Do you hunt with buddies or go solo?
#31
RE: Do you hunt with buddies or go solo?
ORIGINAL: burniegoeasily
Butch
Move to Texas, I could use some good music at my cabin. It would be a good trade, hunt for some good guitar playing.
I welcome the thought of hooking up with a few VA guys and going hunting!
Move to Texas, I could use some good music at my cabin. It would be a good trade, hunt for some good guitar playing.
Butch A.
#32
RE: Do you hunt with buddies or go solo?
It depends.
In bow season, I usually like to go it alone, just because I'm peaceful like that. Turkey hunting, I have better success when I'm out by myself, but there's a couple guys that I do enjoy going with.
Now in rifle season, I usually only have a few doe tags, so I like to go to deer camp where the more, the merrier. Those guys don't take hunting too seriously, so it's a lot of fun. The woods up there are huge and camp sleeps about 20, so it's not like we're cramped for space.
I guess it depends. To sum it up best, I like to hunt alone when my buck tag is empty. I stay out from dark-to-dark, and log long hours in the tree when my schedule permits. Most guys don't like to take it that seriously, but I do. After I tag a buck, I like to take other guys out, videotape, and just enjoy whatever free time I have.
In bow season, I usually like to go it alone, just because I'm peaceful like that. Turkey hunting, I have better success when I'm out by myself, but there's a couple guys that I do enjoy going with.
Now in rifle season, I usually only have a few doe tags, so I like to go to deer camp where the more, the merrier. Those guys don't take hunting too seriously, so it's a lot of fun. The woods up there are huge and camp sleeps about 20, so it's not like we're cramped for space.
I guess it depends. To sum it up best, I like to hunt alone when my buck tag is empty. I stay out from dark-to-dark, and log long hours in the tree when my schedule permits. Most guys don't like to take it that seriously, but I do. After I tag a buck, I like to take other guys out, videotape, and just enjoy whatever free time I have.
#33
RE: Do you hunt with buddies or go solo?
I spend the majority of my hunting/scouting time alone, especially with whitetails. Elk and turkeys I enjoy tandom hunting during their breeding seasons for calling purposes, yet I still do most of it alone. Bear mostly alone. It sure is nice to have a hunting partner when the elk or bear are down I can't wait for my son's to be big enough to hunt and pack!
#37
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location:
Posts: 356
RE: Do you hunt with buddies or go solo?
I do both. There are times where I enjoy hunting alone and being secluded to make sure to enjoy a day's hunting without relying on meeting anyone or having my hunting buddy disrupt my hunt. However, there are times where hunting with my buddy is enjoyable and desired. It's great to meet for lunch in the woods or at dark to share with each other what we saw or didn't see and compare results.
Broken down, I'd say about 75% of the time during bow season I hunt alone either from dawn until 9AM or 2PM until dusk...and the other 25% of the time it's with my hunting buddy. During shotgun season here in NJ, it's more like 40% hunting alone and 60% of the time with my buddy. I guess it's because during shotgun season we'r emore successful and help each other out with dragging deer, etc.
But, even when hunting alone I call his work voicemail and provide him with complete details of my hunt, what I got, what i saw, etc.
Broken down, I'd say about 75% of the time during bow season I hunt alone either from dawn until 9AM or 2PM until dusk...and the other 25% of the time it's with my hunting buddy. During shotgun season here in NJ, it's more like 40% hunting alone and 60% of the time with my buddy. I guess it's because during shotgun season we'r emore successful and help each other out with dragging deer, etc.
But, even when hunting alone I call his work voicemail and provide him with complete details of my hunt, what I got, what i saw, etc.
#39
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: Do you hunt with buddies or go solo?
I enjoy the company of hunting buddies while enroute to our hunting locations, when looking for a deer one of you shot, and when returning home discussing the days events. While actually hunting, I prefer to go solo. Because of my work schedule, I usually am solo.