One of my brother's famous quotes, "when I was young I used to stand until my feet got sore then sit down. Now that I'm older I sit until my butt gets sore then stand up."
Without doing a seminar/lecture here we need to understand each of us is programmed differently. You might be a canine; feline or raptor in your hunting methods. I happen to be most like a raptor because I believe for truly mature bucks you will have the most close range encounters if you let them come to you.
That being said, I get a kick out of guys who say, "if I could hunt this land I'd get big bucks too." No offense to anyone but let's use a couple analogies here. I often hear "you're a lucky guy to have such a great wife." I agree. I kiddingly say, "yeah... but I picked her." Other than being blessed with initially meeting her, the fact of the matter is a lot of the outcome has been because of what I did and said in our 50 year relationship/marriage. Not meaning to sound arrogant but I'm giving myself at least partial credit for my great marriage. Bear with me, this relates to the subject. I see parallel rewards from my hunting efforts similar to a good marriage. Wherever I've hunted/lived in the U.S. for the last 50 or whatever years people have said I'm "lucky" to hunt such great farms. I'm saying you sometimes need to create your own "luck". Just like with a future wife you need to look for initial potential. Then you have to nurture your hunting areas just like a good marriage. You start with great potential; you "manage"; you try to maintain good sex ratios (in the hunting, ha) within the herd and carrying capacities; you help them with supplemental feeding if needed; you patrol and protect from poachers and/or trespassers, trying constantly to keep the jealous outsiders honest; and probably most important, regarding big bucks, you try to limit your take to only FULLY mature 5.5 year old deer to let them grow to their full potential. If you do these things you too will have an outstanding place to hunt. We've done it all across America. Then, if you can talk your neighbors into a similar program the entire area will benefit. It's a win/win/win situation for the deer; the landowners and the hunters. All I'm saying is you put work into developing a great hunting property just like a marriage. And you KNOW via sightings, long range surveillance and/or trail cameras there are monster bucks in your area. When you reach this point it's a lot less likely you'll be bored on stand. Then it's just a matter of setting up a solid foundation for hunting that area based on logic, sound reasoning and an intelligent plan for success. Then having the patience to let it all play out to capitalize on the goals you've worked so hard towards. But always remember along the way we are doing this for personal satisfaction and fun. As with a marriage, family comes first. Best of luck guys. BW
Topic: Do you get bored while stand hunting whitetails? (Read 1375 times)
