How many times per season?
11-16-2008, 12:34 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chatham, Ohio
Posts: 8,834
RE: How many times per season?
I had that feeling this morning Jeff. No deer spooked on the way in, snowing ever so slightly with a good wind. Saw two 1.5 year old bucks and 3 does...so shots though but i feel it was a good hunt.
11-16-2008, 01:55 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: IA/WI/IL
Posts: 1,482
RE: How many times per season?
I hunted 11 times this season and only got really positive feeling about the hunt twice. The first time ended up being an awesome evening where I had a bunch of deer all around me for hours, and the second time was when I shot my buck. I have learned to trust intuition as it seems to almost always pay off for me (in having a great hunt). Both times I just knew I should hunt those locations.
11-16-2008, 06:49 PM
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location:
Posts: 3,465
RE: How many times per season?
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
I almost never have that feeling. I have to pep talk myself into most sits. At best when I do feel confident, its just knowing I am in a good spot, but I almost never feel I am in the perfet spot.
I almost never have that feeling. I have to pep talk myself into most sits. At best when I do feel confident, its just knowing I am in a good spot, but I almost never feel I am in the perfet spot.
Even though I hunt a great location, sort of, I never have very much confidence on my home turf. Hunting new farms and new setups, nearly every setup I make I start out with that feeling.
11-16-2008, 06:52 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Midway Ky USA
Posts: 1,157
RE: How many times per season?
To be honest, not until I hit the stand and see my first deer, do I get that feeling. Probably 4-5 times per year, when I think all is going my way and this is the day. Not that I totally think it could happen any day, it's just some days, u know.
11-16-2008, 07:02 PM
#18
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: How many times per season?
After Oct 24th I seen 5 bucks and one was a nice 11 I could have shot, I felt pretty good.
By 11-05-2008 good feeling was gone
It just was not going to happen, the lack of corn killed me. IMO the single most important thing to have where you hunt to hold mature bucks, in high pressure areas is acorn field.
This is ag areas I am speaking about
By 11-05-2008 good feeling was gone
It just was not going to happen, the lack of corn killed me. IMO the single most important thing to have where you hunt to hold mature bucks, in high pressure areas is acorn field.This is ag areas I am speaking about
