HUSKERBUCK
PMA Member
Im gonna sound like a broken record. Im gonna try my da*$dest to stay in the stand longer. Im also gonna try to sit all day a couple of times. A couple of times last year duing my vacation in November I could not get into my stand until 8 AM or so because I had to take my kids to school. Well I stayed in the stand until noon instead of my usual 4 hours of 6-10 and really did see more deer moving at that time than I ever expected to see.
Limb Chicken
Active Member
I am going to hunt mornings more...I have had my best luck in the afternoon but I think that is because I am not giving morning a fair shake. I am also going to pay more attention to exiting the stand at night. Many times I am in a hurry and try to take the fastest way and I think it has hurt me in the past. I am planning my routes now...
medicsnoke
Member
Im only going to shoot deer over 200"
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I'm going to spend more time sitting in a ground blind with my kids rather than a treestand by myself
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..........Quite the opposite, I'm going to spend a little more time in the stand alone. My last 4 seasons or so have been great times sitting with my son but he has now graduated to doing it on his own. I look forward to seeing him succeed and fail. Both are what hunting is all about.
I'm going to spend more time sitting in a ground blind with my kids rather than a treestand by myself
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baggin_bucks
Active Member
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I will try keeping the wife happy while hunting as much as possible.
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Just Kidding mine is pretty understanding...... most of the time
I will try keeping the wife happy while hunting as much as possible.
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Just Kidding mine is pretty understanding...... most of the time
cybball
Well-Known Member
My wife calls herself the "hunter's widow" from mid October until late December.
I'm going to try to get up into my stand earlier this year. I walked in and found too many nice deer under my stand when I should have been up in it. I'm also shooting like crazy this summer. I've practiced in the past, but this year, I want it to be second nature. I want that 30 yard shot to be a piece of cake.
I'm going to try to get up into my stand earlier this year. I walked in and found too many nice deer under my stand when I should have been up in it. I'm also shooting like crazy this summer. I've practiced in the past, but this year, I want it to be second nature. I want that 30 yard shot to be a piece of cake.
Ghost
Life Member
Skully...I think that is a good plan. In years past if I'm busy at work I won't even enter the timber until November first.
Some years it's just too darn hot to make for enjoyable hunting early anyway.
I too am going to make an effort to have many more set ups outside of my best areas for the early season.
I want to spend the most time in my best areas during the best time of the year.
Oh, I almost forgot...what am I going to do different?...much more time away from work and in the tree.
Some years it's just too darn hot to make for enjoyable hunting early anyway.
I too am going to make an effort to have many more set ups outside of my best areas for the early season.
I want to spend the most time in my best areas during the best time of the year.
Oh, I almost forgot...what am I going to do different?...much more time away from work and in the tree.
katy
Ballagh
Like you guys said, I will get the Dbl Bull out in Sept with the chair and decoy waiting inside of it! And not hit that spot til the first week of Nov. And I think I will go pee outside my blind more often and a little earlier in the season. Maybe everytime. Worked last year!
Although, I sold that blind to NWBuck. Sheet! Good luck with it! Make sure you take your bow out with you!
Although, I sold that blind to NWBuck. Sheet! Good luck with it! Make sure you take your bow out with you!
Shredder
Life Member
Despite my medical condition in late october, I am going to sit on stand as often as I can (last year pneumonia plagued me the last week of october).
Try to get my wife shooting a bigger buck than she did last fall on video
Try and take the daughter out in the double bull and shoot a doe or buck
Try to make it up to Ghost's place and video his daughter or him hunting a little bit.
Make myself even more mobile this fall with Lone Wolf stands
Try to get my wife shooting a bigger buck than she did last fall on video
Try and take the daughter out in the double bull and shoot a doe or buck
Try to make it up to Ghost's place and video his daughter or him hunting a little bit.
Make myself even more mobile this fall with Lone Wolf stands
loneranger
Well-Known Member
On the topic of wives and hunting: Have you heard the story of the Prayer of the Hunter's Wife? She prays,"When I die, Have me buried in the woods, then maybe my husband will Hunt for Me."
cornfield
New Member
Shredder...How come one of your goals isn't to help your 'ole buddy Silvertip get a good buck?
I would guess that my goals this year are to:
1) Learn my property better.
2) Hunt every opportunity I get.
3) Shoot a good buck with my newest recurve.
4) Most importantly, I want to enjoy every single minute in the field regardless of what I put on the ground!
I would guess that my goals this year are to:
1) Learn my property better.
2) Hunt every opportunity I get.
3) Shoot a good buck with my newest recurve.
4) Most importantly, I want to enjoy every single minute in the field regardless of what I put on the ground!