hunting is to easy these days
03-16-2009, 03:36 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: grottoes,va.
Posts: 764
hunting is to easy these days
i like to go into a new area with know idea whats there,no camera's ,no feeding. just hunt for a few days and half the fun is trying to find big buck sign on new property. i like to kill a buck the first time i lay eyes on him. its the way everyone used to hunt where i live,now we have guys feeding so much you will hardly ever see a deer on some property. they just as well go high fence and just raise farm deer to shoot.
i saw a guy near me last week with a bunch of new feeders on his truck,thats fine now. come sept 1 its illegal to feed deer in va. so this year i'm sending the warden to them all.
i saw a guy near me last week with a bunch of new feeders on his truck,thats fine now. come sept 1 its illegal to feed deer in va. so this year i'm sending the warden to them all.
03-16-2009, 04:01 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Darrtown, OH
Posts: 4,210
RE: hunting is to easy these days
Well maybe its easier because of some new techonology- bows, guns, etc. but I would say that it seems like a challenge. I mean my buck from last year was shot the first time I saw him but I wouldn't have minded getting a pic of him. But thats JMO ( this will be my fifth year of hunting.)
03-16-2009, 04:19 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Camp Lejeune, NC
Posts: 3,869
RE: hunting is to easy these days
ORIGINAL: srwshooter
i like to go into a new area with know idea whats there,no camera's ,no feeding. just hunt for a few days and half the fun is trying to find big buck sign on new property. i like to kill a buck the first time i lay eyes on him. its the way everyone used to hunt where i live,now we have guys feeding so much you will hardly ever see a deer on some property. they just as well go high fence and just raise farm deer to shoot.
i saw a guy near me last week with a bunch of new feeders on his truck,thats fine now. come sept 1 its illegal to feed deer in va. so this year i'm sending the warden to them all.
i like to go into a new area with know idea whats there,no camera's ,no feeding. just hunt for a few days and half the fun is trying to find big buck sign on new property. i like to kill a buck the first time i lay eyes on him. its the way everyone used to hunt where i live,now we have guys feeding so much you will hardly ever see a deer on some property. they just as well go high fence and just raise farm deer to shoot.
i saw a guy near me last week with a bunch of new feeders on his truck,thats fine now. come sept 1 its illegal to feed deer in va. so this year i'm sending the warden to them all.
As for calling the law on people using feeders... If it's illegal then more power to you.
03-16-2009, 06:25 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South central Nebraska
Posts: 2,317
RE: hunting is to easy these days
Wow, you sound real confident about yourself. Just go in there, walk around and shoot a buck. Good strategy, but how often does that work for ya? And are you the kind that says I shot a buck with inch antlers too? But it was a buck. Sorry, my strategy is putting up cams and studying what I have around. Wait for a buck that looks like the biggest of the bunch and set out for him. I have goals I like to deal with, not just luck. Get picky about what you are shooting. Maybe then you'll say "well maybe this isn't as easy as I thought". And so what if a guy has feeders. Doesn't mean all the deer go to feeders. Maybe theres other problems that won't keep deer on property. Such as people walking around all the time. ANd just curious, how do you know where other people are putting their feeders? Other than having to go on their land?
03-17-2009, 03:15 AM
#6
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: grottoes,va.
Posts: 764
RE: hunting is to easy these days
ORIGINAL: Mottz
Wow, you sound real confident about yourself. Just go in there, walk around and shoot a buck. Good strategy, but how often does that work for ya? And are you the kind that says I shot a buck with inch antlers too? But it was a buck. Sorry, my strategy is putting up cams and studying what I have around. Wait for a buck that looks like the biggest of the bunch and set out for him. I have goals I like to deal with, not just luck. Get picky about what you are shooting. Maybe then you'll say "well maybe this isn't as easy as I thought". And so what if a guy has feeders. Doesn't mean all the deer go to feeders. Maybe theres other problems that won't keep deer on property. Such as people walking around all the time. ANd just curious, how do you know where other people are putting their feeders? Other than having to go on their land?
Wow, you sound real confident about yourself. Just go in there, walk around and shoot a buck. Good strategy, but how often does that work for ya? And are you the kind that says I shot a buck with inch antlers too? But it was a buck. Sorry, my strategy is putting up cams and studying what I have around. Wait for a buck that looks like the biggest of the bunch and set out for him. I have goals I like to deal with, not just luck. Get picky about what you are shooting. Maybe then you'll say "well maybe this isn't as easy as I thought". And so what if a guy has feeders. Doesn't mean all the deer go to feeders. Maybe theres other problems that won't keep deer on property. Such as people walking around all the time. ANd just curious, how do you know where other people are putting their feeders? Other than having to go on their land?
as far as the deer feeders ,i know these guys really well. there feeding deer. having watched more and more people move in near me and having hunted 90%of the land they now own,i know what they are doing. plus they talk to much about the big deer they kill over bait.
oh,if these 2 are not big enough ,let me know.i'll try to do better next season. killed the first 9pt on monday and the 8pt on tuesday during the rut. both chasing does.
03-17-2009, 05:22 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Cove City, North Carolina
Posts: 256
RE: hunting is to easy these days
i hunted like this guy's talking about this year. i hunted on base, and i didn't see crap. i felt it was a big disadvantage for me to not know where to go, and not to have any idea where the deer were. sure i found some sign, but you can't put sign on the dinner table.
03-17-2009, 06:59 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 3,406
RE: hunting is to easy these days
If you think hunting is too easy, come on up to northern New England.
No cameras, no baiting, just miles of woods with the deer population lower than you probably have ever experienced.
We have some of the biggest bucks in the country that dress well over 200 pounds. The kind of deer that will take you breath away.
So, if you want a real challenge, c'mon up and spend a week hunting these big bucks.
You might be lucky enough just to see one.
No cameras, no baiting, just miles of woods with the deer population lower than you probably have ever experienced.
We have some of the biggest bucks in the country that dress well over 200 pounds. The kind of deer that will take you breath away.
So, if you want a real challenge, c'mon up and spend a week hunting these big bucks.
You might be lucky enough just to see one.
03-17-2009, 07:13 AM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 102
RE: hunting is to easy these days
ORIGINAL: brushbustin
People who bait are just flat out lazy!No if's and's or but's about it.
People who bait are just flat out lazy!No if's and's or but's about it.
03-17-2009, 07:28 AM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA
Posts: 698
RE: hunting is to easy these days
I happen to know that Grottoes,VA..is located very close to the Shenandoah National Park. So depending were you hunt determines how "easy it is" to kill nice bucks every year.