too aggressive-too much desires

[Michael Arnette]

I have often wondered about this too. I am learning to just enjoy the time outdoors, it makes everything more enjoyable anyway.

[Thumper Dunker]

I seem to do better when I don't care if I get something or not.

[Blog on Bottom]

Love the topic!
I don't know if there are any bad vibes when I'm in predatory mode, but I know I enjoy a hunt more when I really don't care and am there just to enjoy myself.
Except...when the rut is just starting, I get into predator mode and cover some ground. Then though, the bucks in a doe chase are so stupid that bad vibes don't matter!
If the pic posts, here's a pic I took with my blackberry this past weekend when I really didn't care if I got a deer or not. I was just walking along stump shooting and scouting for firewood.
 

[Tradtical Commando]

Have you ever felt like someone was watching you and then scan a crowd and see someone staring. Have you ever been looking at someone and have them turn completely around and look straight at you. Have you ever walked into a room and feel tension in it due to something happening outside your knowledge. I have all of the above. I know for a fact that when I am in kill mode every animal in the woods can sense it. When I am nonchalant and just enjoying being in the woods there seem to be critters everywhere and I have more successful hunts. I'm not saying it's some psychic hoodoo force, but emotions and energy (especially tension in my experience) seem to be palpable in the air to me.

[Tradtical Commando]

I am also enjoying hearing everyone else's perspectives on this and now I don't feel so crazy... Lol
Great topic idea and thanks for coming up with it!
Good luck in the rut southeasterners.

[nineworlds9]

Fanatik, your story sounds similar to mine.  I find when I have gone out and focus on good hunting strategy and do my best to forget the animals that is when they show themselves.  Keep at it.

[Pat B.]

I'm convinced that the more you feel and act like a predator the more the prey species avoid you like the plague..

Part of my job is handling cattle.  There is an art to doing so effectively and the same principles come into play. If you stop to consider, the same is true when interacting with people.

I certainly may be wrong but my experiences in the field for 50 years support my beliefs...

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Interesting topic.... I know different people give off different vibes. I'd never turn my back on someone my dog growled at. She's a very lovable pooch that seems to love people in general, but every now and then she gets one whiff of someone and starts growling....

I know for a fact the farmer out in the fields don't bother the deer at all. But let them catch sight of something moving slowly down the fence row, and they are out of there like a shot....

who knows really.... fun to contemplate though...