What you learn if you spend enough time hunting wild game

[Richard22]

If you spend enough time in the woods hunting wild game, you realize there are things that you eventually see as truths. It is knowledge from experience that most newcomers will only realize after they too have spent many seasons in search of success.

Here's just a few to get a list a going...

Deer and other game animals often use the same travel routes for generations. It's not uncommon to take one on the same trail that has been producing harvests for several decades, if not more.

If you hunt long enough, you will one day miss. Anyone who claims they have never missed has either not been hunting very long or has trouble telling the truth.

"It happens" is never a justifiable excuse for poor or unethical shots that lead to unrecovered game. You play the way you practice.

Ground shrinkage and buck fever are both real.

 

[17remhunter]

What you realize is that the reason your out in the woods has nothing to do with hunting

 

[TrapperJ]

I realized a few things

1 the way you look and approach means so much

2 your either to loud or to quiet

3 you will over come alot of fears

4 if you think you know it all about hunting there always that one anmial that is gonna test you

Ive hunted for a year and learned those few things and im excited for what this year brings me to learn

 

[Mallardsx2]

No matter how far from the truck you are, there is always somebody willing to go just as far as you. They likely are not as patient as you give them credit for and they are there to do the same thing as you.

So, if you are hunting public land, you better $hit or get off the pot….

Make your move and don’t regret it.

 

[Akcabin]

The opportunity to be out is more important than harvesting game. You don't need all that stuff

 

[Addicting]

You get what you pay for with clothing. Good materials and design make a world of difference in comfort in bad conditions.

You can sit longer, warmer, and dryer over Grandpa’s flannel.

 

[vanish]

Enjoy the process.

 

[Rack Daniels]

Every animal we hunt is a social one. Deer, pheasant, grouse, elk, turkey. All these animals seek each other out and roll together, MOST of the time. The thing I’ve learned that has been really impactful is that during hunting season, we humans can become very ANTIsocial. I don’t see other hunters in the field as competition. I see them as companions on the landscape… I know there’s a lot of new hunters out there and people don’t all make the same decisions we would. The next point…

-There’s no such thing as a bad student, only a bad teacher. If you see something you don’t like, treat that situation like you would like to be treated.

-HuntTalk is life to more people than hunting is. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.

 

[Dsnow9]

Everyone hunts for different reasons, find your reasons and do it with passion. And it doesn’t matter why other people hunt.

 

[Greybeard]

If you ask someone for advice and he tells you, "Leaves of three, wipe with thee", seek advice elsewhere.

 

[CRJR45]

To quote the greatest actor portraying the greatest character in the greatest movie ever -
Yeah well Luck counts too !

 

[Darkside]

When you learn to become part of your environment where you hunt, you will see more animals. And will be more successful. I have had whitetail deer walk right past me to where I could have reached out and touched them, never did, I feared being Hoofed or Gored.

Now my body makes more noises than the sound of the leaves I'm walking on.

 

[MNElkNut]

I have learned I really enjoy actually hunting. I think a lot of people hunt for meat, horns, glory, whatever, but they don't really enjoy the hunting part. I do. I love it. The sights, smells, cold, etc just make the process so enjoyable. For instance, picture a two track road with falling aspen leaves. I just want to walk down that road and smell the leaves and woods. I love when an animal magically appears in your binocs while glassing. A fresh 2 inches of snow over your favorite terrain. Love it!

 

[TheDudeAbides]

You will see random things in the woods.

You may see one of life's questions that you never thought about.

Like, How porcupines mate?

 

[CRJR45]

You will see random things in the woods.

You may see one of life's questions that you never thought about.

Like, How porcupines mate?

Very carefully .

 

[elkduds]

Shooting isn't hunting. Hunting isn't killing. Wild animals are sentient, to be treated with respect and admiration.

 

[hank4elk]

...I'm an aminal.............

 

[JohnCushman]

How to poop in the woods....