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Author Topic: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR  (Read 1813 times)

Offline youngarcher1

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #40 on: January 12, 2011, 03:29:00 PM »
You don't need to shoot something to have one of your best years

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #41 on: January 12, 2011, 03:30:00 PM »
always keep an arrow on the string,so when that big eleven pointer comes walking straight at you to 5 yards,so you dont have too stand there with a dumb look on your face..  :knothead:  ..damnit!!

Offline Mudd

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #42 on: January 12, 2011, 03:32:00 PM »
That I don't know nearly as much as I thought I did and I can learn more from listening and reading than talking or writing.

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Offline awishanew

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #43 on: January 12, 2011, 03:55:00 PM »
I learned that deer pass under your stand at noon when we go back to the camp to eat and warm up. Next year there in for a surprise.

Offline Dave McDaniel

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #44 on: January 12, 2011, 04:04:00 PM »
I learned I need a new place to hunt

I learned I can't afford one

Offline rolltidehunter

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #45 on: January 12, 2011, 04:36:00 PM »
1. i learned that no matter how much i pratice im still going to miss!

2. i had fun playing with efoc and heavy arrows! but i prefer  500 gran arrows for white-tails.

Offline Shedrock

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #46 on: January 12, 2011, 04:37:00 PM »
I learned it's great to have a friend along when you get a big bull bison down!
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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #47 on: January 12, 2011, 04:39:00 PM »
The local deer disguise themselves as coyotes during daylight hours.
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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #48 on: January 12, 2011, 05:57:00 PM »
I learned there is no such thing as a "gimme", Too close is just as bad as too far.

A two blade works well, but a three blade will leave a larger hole, therefore more blood on the ground and not so far a trail.

There is no such thing as too much practice.

A climbing stand is not always your friend, the lower limb will grab it on close shots.

Turkeys can run faster on one leg than I can on two.

Trad is much more fun and rewarding than wheels, but frustrating too.
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Offline doubleo

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #49 on: January 12, 2011, 07:26:00 PM »
I learned that i"m going to have to hunt harder or get luckier to get a deer next year.
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Offline free2bow

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #50 on: January 12, 2011, 07:31:00 PM »
1.  Too high and too close equals too great a chance of a one lung hit.
 2.  Where I live in the South, the best time for me to pattern is in early Oct.
3.  Silencers on a bowstring can be too heavy and increase noise.

Offline brock donald

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #51 on: January 12, 2011, 07:43:00 PM »
I learned first year trad was a blast and no weels for me.

To close is not always a good thing with a longbow

Late season does can get really hard to kill

Offline Covey

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #52 on: January 12, 2011, 07:58:00 PM »
I learned "after being laid off for the first 5 months of 2010" that I can get by with alot less. I have a good job now, BTW. I also learned how truly blessed I realy am!! Jason

Offline camoman

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #53 on: January 12, 2011, 07:59:00 PM »
I learned a ground blind works great!
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Offline Bonebuster

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #54 on: January 12, 2011, 08:23:00 PM »
I learned that hunting is as spiritual as it is physical.

I learned that the woods, and hills, and fields, need US just as much as we need them. It is not just a matter of wildlife management, or a "sport". Our footprints and our reverence create balance.

Anti hunters visit this site...sure as god made green apples. But they do not linger, because they see CLEARLY, the good and natural side of hunting. There is, and can be, no argument AGAINST hunting, because of the words of those who post here.

Offline Grabwad

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #55 on: January 12, 2011, 08:35:00 PM »
I learned that if you set the alarm on your "spare" cell phone because you lost your phone in the woods.....Be sure and set the time first so your not getting dressed for the morning hunt at midnight!

Offline Grabwad

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #56 on: January 12, 2011, 08:40:00 PM »
If you stop on a dirt road in a field, turn out the truck lights to urinate before you hunt, be sure and locate your beanie before starting the process because a black beanie in a stream of urine looks just like a puddle of urine in the dark!!

Offline Grabwad

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #57 on: January 12, 2011, 08:42:00 PM »
If you decide to do #2 in the woods before your hunt, be sure and put your shooting tab in a place that will keep an off white and tan tab from faling into off white, tan and yellow swamp grass.  It will take at least 15 minutes to find.

Offline Grabwad

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #58 on: January 12, 2011, 08:43:00 PM »
If you have 3 valuable misadventure lessons happen in one weekend hunt, you can still consider it a good hunt if your seeing deer on public land!

Offline David Atkinson

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Re: WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR
« Reply #59 on: January 12, 2011, 09:03:00 PM »
Tag sandwiches are best on white bread with a little franks red hot . And a ice cold brew.

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