Full Version: dont know what to do anymore
tonight a guy thats only went out 2 this year shot a deer. now i would usally be happy but as i said before he only went out once. i have been goin out all season with no luck. i dont know whats goin on anymore.
Its all about being at the right place at the right time. Have you gone to gun season yet?
QUOTE (buckmaster14a @ Nov 17 2008, 08:15 PM) 
Its all about being at the right place at the right time. Have you gone to gun season yet?
yea youth gun season starts this weekend so that includes me than regular gun season opens dec 1
You will have a great advantage there, you wont need them to get so close. good luck, i think you'll get one this weekend.
As a young hunter you might not understand what I am saying but I think you are trying too hard.
If you are going out fixated on killing a deer you are setting yourself up for disappointment and frustration. I believe deer can sense a predator's thoughts. If you are the predator, the deer will know it. If you are like the rabbits, you are not a threat. You are just minding your own business.
Go out for a walk, enjoy the cool air, listen to the squirrels, or migrating birds. Relax.
Eventually, at some point while you are relaxed and enjoying your time in the field, a deer will appear. Take a few deep breaths, settle the sights...
Killing a deer isn't going to make you a better person. It isn't a competition with your buddy.
I go out hunting as much as I can and to be completely honest, I enjoy myself more when I don't shoot something. I can think back and remember the frost on the grass, or the fox I squeaked to a few feet away, then the look in his eye when he knew he could be in trouble.
When I shoot something, I know I will be getting dirty and I will lose a whole evening processing it, and I will need to wash the blood out of my truck and, and, and...
Next time you go out, don't go "hunting". Just go for a walk and carry your gun. Take time to enjoy yourself and appreciate nature. Stop and sit on a stump or lean against a tree.
It will happen.
If you are going out fixated on killing a deer you are setting yourself up for disappointment and frustration. I believe deer can sense a predator's thoughts. If you are the predator, the deer will know it. If you are like the rabbits, you are not a threat. You are just minding your own business.
Go out for a walk, enjoy the cool air, listen to the squirrels, or migrating birds. Relax.
Eventually, at some point while you are relaxed and enjoying your time in the field, a deer will appear. Take a few deep breaths, settle the sights...
Killing a deer isn't going to make you a better person. It isn't a competition with your buddy.
I go out hunting as much as I can and to be completely honest, I enjoy myself more when I don't shoot something. I can think back and remember the frost on the grass, or the fox I squeaked to a few feet away, then the look in his eye when he knew he could be in trouble.
When I shoot something, I know I will be getting dirty and I will lose a whole evening processing it, and I will need to wash the blood out of my truck and, and, and...
Next time you go out, don't go "hunting". Just go for a walk and carry your gun. Take time to enjoy yourself and appreciate nature. Stop and sit on a stump or lean against a tree.
It will happen.
QUOTE (Canis latrans @ Nov 17 2008, 07:19 PM)
As a young hunter you might not understand what I am saying but I think you are trying too hard.
If you are going out fixated on killing a deer you are setting yourself up for disappointment and frustration. I believe deer can sense a predator's thoughts. If you are the predator, the deer will know it. If you are like the rabbits, you are not a threat. You are just minding your own business.
Go out for a walk, enjoy the cool air, listen to the squirrels, or migrating birds. Relax.
Eventually, at some point while you are relaxed and enjoying your time in the field, a deer will appear. Take a few deep breaths, settle the sights...
Killing a deer isn't going to make you a better person. It isn't a competition with your buddy.
I go out hunting as much as I can and to be completely honest, I enjoy myself more when I don't shoot something. I can think back and remember the frost on the grass, or the fox I squeaked to a few feet away, then the look in his eye when he knew he could be in trouble.
When I shoot something, I know I will be getting dirty and I will lose a whole evening processing it, and I will need to wash the blood out of my truck and, and, and...
Next time you go out, don't go "hunting". Just go for a walk and carry your gun. Take time to enjoy yourself and appreciate nature. Stop and sit on a stump or lean against a tree.
It will happen.
If you are going out fixated on killing a deer you are setting yourself up for disappointment and frustration. I believe deer can sense a predator's thoughts. If you are the predator, the deer will know it. If you are like the rabbits, you are not a threat. You are just minding your own business.
Go out for a walk, enjoy the cool air, listen to the squirrels, or migrating birds. Relax.
Eventually, at some point while you are relaxed and enjoying your time in the field, a deer will appear. Take a few deep breaths, settle the sights...
Killing a deer isn't going to make you a better person. It isn't a competition with your buddy.
I go out hunting as much as I can and to be completely honest, I enjoy myself more when I don't shoot something. I can think back and remember the frost on the grass, or the fox I squeaked to a few feet away, then the look in his eye when he knew he could be in trouble.
When I shoot something, I know I will be getting dirty and I will lose a whole evening processing it, and I will need to wash the blood out of my truck and, and, and...
Next time you go out, don't go "hunting". Just go for a walk and carry your gun. Take time to enjoy yourself and appreciate nature. Stop and sit on a stump or lean against a tree.
It will happen.
That my friend is what hunting really is. I enjoy watching them just as much if not more than shooting them. Killing not even at the top of the list why most people hunt, or at least on this forum. Its the peace and enjoying all mother nature has to offer. I dont know how old you are but scouting, persistence, and patience are the 3 key ingredients. The more time you spend in the woods the closer you are to connecting. Good luck and have fun.
I agree with what Canis latrans said.
First few deer any of us took were usually the hardest. All you wanna do is get a chance to pull the trigger or release the arrow.
I started hunting in Northern, MN in '86 (12 years old). I think I saw 1 doe that first year doing about mach 2 through a 50 foot opening.
Second year, might have scene two deer. (Wasn't many deer around that area back in those days).
Four years later I finally harvested my first doe, two years later my sixth deer in my sixth year of hunting I took my first buck.
22 years later I no longer care if I harvest anything, I just enjoy going out and the experience. I will admit I get frustrated if I do not see anything but it matters little if I get anything and I kind of dread the mess afterwords.
On a side note I've been hunting the same parcel of land for 16 years out here in South Dakota and it's just within the last 6-8 years that I've figured out where the most ideal spots are archery hunt on it. And there's still plenty of nights where I'll see the buck I'm after go right past one of the stands I'm NOT on. The next night I'll go sit in that one and sure enough, he'll stroll past one of the others.
(I have three stands within 100 yards of one another)
Just keep at it and most importantly enjoy the experience, the rest will come together sooner or later.
First few deer any of us took were usually the hardest. All you wanna do is get a chance to pull the trigger or release the arrow.
I started hunting in Northern, MN in '86 (12 years old). I think I saw 1 doe that first year doing about mach 2 through a 50 foot opening.
Second year, might have scene two deer. (Wasn't many deer around that area back in those days).
Four years later I finally harvested my first doe, two years later my sixth deer in my sixth year of hunting I took my first buck.
22 years later I no longer care if I harvest anything, I just enjoy going out and the experience. I will admit I get frustrated if I do not see anything but it matters little if I get anything and I kind of dread the mess afterwords.
On a side note I've been hunting the same parcel of land for 16 years out here in South Dakota and it's just within the last 6-8 years that I've figured out where the most ideal spots are archery hunt on it. And there's still plenty of nights where I'll see the buck I'm after go right past one of the stands I'm NOT on. The next night I'll go sit in that one and sure enough, he'll stroll past one of the others.
(I have three stands within 100 yards of one another)
Just keep at it and most importantly enjoy the experience, the rest will come together sooner or later.
QUOTE (nate121080 @ Nov 17 2008, 09:35 PM)
That my friend is what hunting really is. I enjoy watching them just as much if not more than shooting them. Killing not even at the top of the list why most people hunt, or at least on this forum. Its the peace and enjoying all mother nature has to offer. I dont know how old you are but scouting, persistence, and patience are the 3 key ingredients. The more time you spend in the woods the closer you are to connecting. Good luck and have fun.
Seeing deer for me is just as good as killing one. A lot of times when i would get home from bow hunting, my dad would ask me.... "Did you kill one," I would have a huge smile on my face. I would say no, but I did see 1, or 2 or more depending on what i saw.
Not always about killing deer, but enjoying what God has created
QUOTE (buckmaster14a @ Nov 19 2008, 12:53 PM)
Seeing deer for me is just as good as killing one. A lot of times when i would get home from bow hunting, my dad would ask me.... "Did you kill one," I would have a huge smile on my face. I would say no, but I did see 1, or 2 or more depending on what i saw.
Not always about killing deer, but enjoying what God has created
Not always about killing deer, but enjoying what God has created
Dats right
We all want sucess to some degree- but it aint about killin the most or the biggest
Just enjoy the time in the feild
B4 you no it you'll be limited to how much you can even go>
QUOTE (Canis latrans @ Nov 17 2008, 06:19 PM)
As a young hunter you might not understand what I am saying but I think you are trying too hard.
If you are going out fixated on killing a deer you are setting yourself up for disappointment and frustration. I believe deer can sense a predator's thoughts. If you are the predator, the deer will know it. If you are like the rabbits, you are not a threat. You are just minding your own business.
Go out for a walk, enjoy the cool air, listen to the squirrels, or migrating birds. Relax.
Eventually, at some point while you are relaxed and enjoying your time in the field, a deer will appear. Take a few deep breaths, settle the sights...
Killing a deer isn't going to make you a better person. It isn't a competition with your buddy.
I go out hunting as much as I can and to be completely honest, I enjoy myself more when I don't shoot something. I can think back and remember the frost on the grass, or the fox I squeaked to a few feet away, then the look in his eye when he knew he could be in trouble.
When I shoot something, I know I will be getting dirty and I will lose a whole evening processing it, and I will need to wash the blood out of my truck and, and, and...
Next time you go out, don't go "hunting". Just go for a walk and carry your gun. Take time to enjoy yourself and appreciate nature. Stop and sit on a stump or lean against a tree.
It will happen.
If you are going out fixated on killing a deer you are setting yourself up for disappointment and frustration. I believe deer can sense a predator's thoughts. If you are the predator, the deer will know it. If you are like the rabbits, you are not a threat. You are just minding your own business.
Go out for a walk, enjoy the cool air, listen to the squirrels, or migrating birds. Relax.
Eventually, at some point while you are relaxed and enjoying your time in the field, a deer will appear. Take a few deep breaths, settle the sights...
Killing a deer isn't going to make you a better person. It isn't a competition with your buddy.
I go out hunting as much as I can and to be completely honest, I enjoy myself more when I don't shoot something. I can think back and remember the frost on the grass, or the fox I squeaked to a few feet away, then the look in his eye when he knew he could be in trouble.
When I shoot something, I know I will be getting dirty and I will lose a whole evening processing it, and I will need to wash the blood out of my truck and, and, and...
Next time you go out, don't go "hunting". Just go for a walk and carry your gun. Take time to enjoy yourself and appreciate nature. Stop and sit on a stump or lean against a tree.
It will happen.
You just summed that up in the best way possible. Words of Wisdom.
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