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I suck at deer hunting?



Been on the shelf since 2019 waiting on the next buck.

-Jake

That’s why they call it hunting buddy!

Ron

Starting to think I'll just go hiking and save some $$$.

-Jake

Buy eggs instead of hunting gear

Thankfully I got a coop out back. Although I seriously downsized this past spring..

I could be making $$$$$ had I kept all of them.

Well don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Tag soup for me too as for shooting a Buck. I did shoot a couple of does for the freezer, but goose egg on a shooter Buck. Better Luck next year.

I don't suck at hunting! Animals suck at standing in front of me! Lol!

In all honesty, everyone suffers a dry spell now and then, if you're at it long enough.

I have years when I don’t kill one

I've found that for me, the fastest/best way to bupkes is to be uber-prepared for success.

Wanna kill a good deer? Forget the knife in the truck, camp, home or motel room - surefire way to success.
Same applies for all other things associated with implicit or future success.

If you decide to get out of those 30/30 brass send me a PM

Those are all going to be 170gr interlocks by spring time.

Is it because you are picky?

So, so, true. When I hunt an adjoining state (7 miles to state line from my house) I have to debone/etc to bring back in state. The land is only a few hundred yards from the state line. Not putting a cooler in the truck is a guarantee of success.

Same situation. I hunt Ohio/PA

I wish! PA has antler restrictions which forces me to look for a legal buck.

This year I have two youth bucks to my credit. As luck would have it they were both legal. Other than those two though I didn't see any legal buck while I was hunting. I saw lots of spikes and 4 points.

I'll let the youth get their deer over me every time though.

-Jake

I just finished up a couple antler/plaque mounts yesterday. A nice 8 point I killed back on Dec. 9 {rifle} and a 7 point I killed back on Nov. 11 {crossbow}. Was a pretty good season for me considering I spent most of it sick and in the hospital and only got to hunt 6 days total archery and rifle.

good way to roll Bocajnala

You wanna see a good one, forget your cartridges

I m-m-m-missed one with my xbow early last season and thought my run was over. I was bummed, as I can make that shot easily on a target. Killed him with a rifle on the rifle opener to get even.

I think I’m ready to lose the xbow though and devote that part of the season to other hunting.

For me, sleeping over or deciding at the last minute to go is a good way to increase my odds.

Couple years ago I told dad to bring his lever (glenfield model 30 .30-30) to deer camp and we'd chase doe for a couple days.

We got up, got ready and I went out to start the truck, he came out a few minutes later "we got a problem...."

He grabbed his Henry .22 .

Luckily I keep a single shot 20 ga at the camp and he carried that and a pocketful of slugs that day.

-Jake