Frustrated? Ever enough to quit?
02-25-2008, 08:10 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,867
RE: Frustrated? Ever enough to quit?
well this past season was my 4th i shot a deer my first season got stuck getting the blazer to it
then the guy that gave me a ride went back and took my deer
the second season i did not see one deer only a ton of gun hunters
then for xmas that year i got a bow for the gun hunter reasons.
My third season i did not get to hunt due to moving
this season i said if i did not get a deer i was done i would sell everything and buy a xbox 360 which i now have anyways
Well after missing two does and one 9 point buck i never even thought about missing
the first doe was due to me trying to let my bow up and i shot by mistake
second one was due to deer fever
the buck was due to a severe case of buck fever where i was shaking like a paint mixer
i shot under him and though i had him until a hour later i get down and see the arrow
I almost cryed that day and i am not ashamed to say it
But i never once thought about quiting this season.
Now i am planning on spending 2000 plus this year for hunting stuff.
Muzzle loader insulated clothes tree stand. ground blind and a target for bow and a few other thing
god this is a costly hobby
then the guy that gave me a ride went back and took my deer
the second season i did not see one deer only a ton of gun hunters
then for xmas that year i got a bow for the gun hunter reasons.
My third season i did not get to hunt due to moving
this season i said if i did not get a deer i was done i would sell everything and buy a xbox 360 which i now have anyways
Well after missing two does and one 9 point buck i never even thought about missing
the first doe was due to me trying to let my bow up and i shot by mistake
second one was due to deer fever
the buck was due to a severe case of buck fever where i was shaking like a paint mixer
i shot under him and though i had him until a hour later i get down and see the arrow
I almost cryed that day and i am not ashamed to say it
But i never once thought about quiting this season.
Now i am planning on spending 2000 plus this year for hunting stuff.
Muzzle loader insulated clothes tree stand. ground blind and a target for bow and a few other thing
god this is a costly hobby
02-25-2008, 08:12 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: YewNork
Posts: 1,794
RE: Frustrated? Ever enough to quit?
ORIGINAL: jmccoy_77
I feel your pain. I don't mind bowhunting public land so much, but rifle hunting is awful. This past opening day, I hiked about 2 hours from the access area, with a climber on my back, to an area that I had scouted extensively. This was literally as far away as you could get from an access area. Right at first light, a guy came tromping through the thicket I was set up in. Shined my light at him and he kept going, only to sit down about 70 yards from me (I couldn't see him) and he shoots a nice buck an hour later that was headed straight towards my thicket. I got home that night and told my wife that if I didn't find private land to hunt before next rifle season, I was done with rifle hunting all together. You guys and gals that have private land to hunt are lucky people and I hope you realize that. Never take it for granted either...10 years ago I had several properties to hunt, totalling around 900 acres. In the years since I've lost it all, mostly to development.
So, to answer your question...Yes.
ORIGINAL: ABarOfSoap
hunting public land makes me want to quit every year, but i never do.
hunting public land makes me want to quit every year, but i never do.
So, to answer your question...Yes.
02-25-2008, 08:18 PM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,867
RE: Frustrated? Ever enough to quit?
guy did that to me there would be one less hunter leaving and one more truck left on the road
ORIGINAL: ABarOfSoap
exactly, ive had such bad experinces on public, people hunting to close to me, walking through your spot, have to carry those have a$s climbers on your back, not knowing where your going,i even had a shotgun hunter shoot towards me, as the pellets bounced off the trees around me, and he new i was there [:'(]
ORIGINAL: jmccoy_77
I feel your pain. I don't mind bowhunting public land so much, but rifle hunting is awful. This past opening day, I hiked about 2 hours from the access area, with a climber on my back, to an area that I had scouted extensively. This was literally as far away as you could get from an access area. Right at first light, a guy came tromping through the thicket I was set up in. Shined my light at him and he kept going, only to sit down about 70 yards from me (I couldn't see him) and he shoots a nice buck an hour later that was headed straight towards my thicket. I got home that night and told my wife that if I didn't find private land to hunt before next rifle season, I was done with rifle hunting all together. You guys and gals that have private land to hunt are lucky people and I hope you realize that. Never take it for granted either...10 years ago I had several properties to hunt, totalling around 900 acres. In the years since I've lost it all, mostly to development.
So, to answer your question...Yes.
ORIGINAL: ABarOfSoap
hunting public land makes me want to quit every year, but i never do.
hunting public land makes me want to quit every year, but i never do.
So, to answer your question...Yes.
02-25-2008, 08:27 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: North Central, Iowa
Posts: 1,900
RE: Frustrated? Ever enough to quit?
The biggest frustation I have ever had, was a 195" buck walk by my stand, just out of my range, walking into my neighbors land, and being shot. That has been the worst![:@]
02-25-2008, 08:33 PM
#15
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location:
Posts: 106
RE: Frustrated? Ever enough to quit?
ORIGINAL: arrow2512
I'am with you salukipv1, I try and let the smaller bucks grow but the guys in the woods next to me shoot at every deer they see . Last year i past up 6 deer and one was a 8 with a drope tine the frist one i've ever seen in the woods if i let him live next year he would have been realy nice but no the guys in the woods next to me had to shoot 5-6 time at him i don't know if he got him or not but i never seen him agian or the other bucks for that matter.I'mgoing to try and get some orther woods to hunt in but it's going to be very hard to do since the farmers and anyone else around here that owns woods to let you hunt ,because there just tired of hunter tespassing or tearing up the gates or leaveing trash on the land. I hope i can get some some where , but anyway thats all i have to say .
I'am with you salukipv1, I try and let the smaller bucks grow but the guys in the woods next to me shoot at every deer they see . Last year i past up 6 deer and one was a 8 with a drope tine the frist one i've ever seen in the woods if i let him live next year he would have been realy nice but no the guys in the woods next to me had to shoot 5-6 time at him i don't know if he got him or not but i never seen him agian or the other bucks for that matter.I'mgoing to try and get some orther woods to hunt in but it's going to be very hard to do since the farmers and anyone else around here that owns woods to let you hunt ,because there just tired of hunter tespassing or tearing up the gates or leaveing trash on the land. I hope i can get some some where , but anyway thats all i have to say .
02-25-2008, 08:41 PM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: NorthEast Arkansas river bottoms
Posts: 422
RE: Frustrated? Ever enough to quit?
Frustrated, you bet. I've been in a deep depression because of bad hunting, other people, stolen stands, etc but it usually works out fine in the end.
But I'd never quit, even if hunting was banned nationwide.
But I'd never quit, even if hunting was banned nationwide.
02-25-2008, 08:56 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
RE: Frustrated? Ever enough to quit?
I've had some tough times when I hunted for several days without seeing any deer,but as I got better at hunting and started using more scent control I was able to see more deer and we improved our hunting area with food plots.Some times when it seems like I'll never see or shoot a deer I change my hunting style or patterns or get away from hunting for a while and it helps me appreciate being out in the woods.I feel sorry for everyone that has to hunt public ground....after reading all the horror stories I should be more thankful for where I hunt! [&:]
I mostly Bow Hunt on the Family Farm andme and some hunting friends leased some private ground to Rifle Hunt on and it has been really nice there,2 of us shot nice Bucks there this past 2007 Deer Season and we're going to help with some work around there and will plant some Spring and Fall food plots there too.
I mostly Bow Hunt on the Family Farm andme and some hunting friends leased some private ground to Rifle Hunt on and it has been really nice there,2 of us shot nice Bucks there this past 2007 Deer Season and we're going to help with some work around there and will plant some Spring and Fall food plots there too.