Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and one thing that I'm especially thankful is that I was able to hunt during the hey day of deer hunting in Georgia - 1970's and 1980s The deer herd was expanding, you could get permission to hunt or the asking, and scoring a trophy deer was possible for anyone - we had a break at Thanksgiving so you could get some rabbit hunting in, limits were low, as was the overall pressure.
My "designer" camouflage was whatever shade of flannel shirt I was wearing that year. I would sit on a stump for the first 20 years I hunted deer, and did as well as anyone else around. I finally started using climbers and ladder stands for my own safety.
I could sit on a stump or log all day, and just watch the woods, and it was a religious experience, cleansing the soul.
But Lord have mercy, I read this and other forums (which are much worse) and folks worry so much about stuff that I just never think about, I have to wonder if they are really having any fun. Some body is hunting too close to the line, some one shot a little buck, someone is hunting too close to my stand, we shot all the does, we didn't shoot all the does, the worse is some one shot MY buck. You know, the one that is mine because it's on my camera and I have been feeding all year.
We are a trophy managed club, but the SOBs on the next property are brown and down. I want some way to manage their property for them, because I know better. Our club sucks, the members (except for me) suck.
The bullets I'm using suck because I made the perfect shot and the deer ran away. If it's not the bullet, it's the rifle - the deer ran off because I'm using the wrong rifle. My camouflage sucks, what is the newest, bestest pattern.
I'm about finished with hunting due to physical limitations and I know the interweb emphasizes the whiners and complainers, but how come I just don't see anyone posting about the wonderful day they had away from work, just sitting in the woods.
My "designer" camouflage was whatever shade of flannel shirt I was wearing that year. I would sit on a stump for the first 20 years I hunted deer, and did as well as anyone else around. I finally started using climbers and ladder stands for my own safety.
I could sit on a stump or log all day, and just watch the woods, and it was a religious experience, cleansing the soul.
But Lord have mercy, I read this and other forums (which are much worse) and folks worry so much about stuff that I just never think about, I have to wonder if they are really having any fun. Some body is hunting too close to the line, some one shot a little buck, someone is hunting too close to my stand, we shot all the does, we didn't shoot all the does, the worse is some one shot MY buck. You know, the one that is mine because it's on my camera and I have been feeding all year.
We are a trophy managed club, but the SOBs on the next property are brown and down. I want some way to manage their property for them, because I know better. Our club sucks, the members (except for me) suck.
The bullets I'm using suck because I made the perfect shot and the deer ran away. If it's not the bullet, it's the rifle - the deer ran off because I'm using the wrong rifle. My camouflage sucks, what is the newest, bestest pattern.
I'm about finished with hunting due to physical limitations and I know the interweb emphasizes the whiners and complainers, but how come I just don't see anyone posting about the wonderful day they had away from work, just sitting in the woods.
