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Author Topic: Lone hunters ?  (Read 877 times)

Offline Butchie

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2013, 08:26:00 AM »
Another loner here.     :wavey:
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Offline Hoyt

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2013, 08:37:00 AM »
I've hunted with another person two times in the last 25yrs. Before that I pretty much hunted alone.

Offline Recurve50 LBS

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #22 on: May 04, 2013, 09:02:00 AM »
I do most of my hunting alone. I prefer to hunt with a buddy for safety reasons, help dragging a deer or for ideas where the action might be better than the place we're hunting.
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Offline muley40

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #23 on: May 04, 2013, 09:11:00 AM »
I like hunting alone but I really enjoyed hunting out west with good friends and the camp life but being 72 I have lost a lot of friends who passed on or just quite hunting because of old age in the last decade.
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Offline RedStag5728

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2013, 09:32:00 AM »
Me and my family usually hunt together, being that we are all on the same piece of property but have our own spots, this way we can help each other track deer, and we've got the property we hunt covered. However I am solo when it comes to trad, everybody else shoots...do I really want to sin here or not?

Nah, let's just say they can't see anymore and therefore need rifle-scopes on their "bows" but about half of the time I like to hunt alone, it gives me the full hunting experience when I gotta track and hunt on my own and sharpens my outdoor skills.
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Offline flyfisher76544

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2013, 09:40:00 AM »
I mostly hunt alone. Sometimes my son will join in and I do have one hunting bud but he is one of those fair weather hunters and he uses training wheels.
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Offline lone hunter

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #26 on: May 04, 2013, 10:19:00 AM »
Me. Hunting with someone else just seems to lessen the experience for me. Been hunting alone for a long time now.

Offline Angus

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2013, 10:24:00 AM »
A 3-D shoot or in camp is fine, but seldom do I want company.  Makes it a lot quieter.
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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #28 on: May 04, 2013, 10:43:00 AM »
I've done both, but prefer having the right hunting partner to share camp with.  In the field though, I'd much rather be on my own.  That's also why I generally don't care much for guided hunts.
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Offline Archie

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #29 on: May 04, 2013, 10:46:00 AM »
I like hunting alone, and have never hunted with a trad bow with anyone else (7 years).  This fall will be the first time that I go out with a partner, and it's a long, wild float trip for moose in Alaska.
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Offline JamesV

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #30 on: May 04, 2013, 10:58:00 AM »
The wife has been my hunting/fishing partner for almost 40 years and we both enjoy haveing others along.
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Offline Pat B.

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #31 on: May 04, 2013, 11:02:00 AM »
With my longbow in hand I go it alone...

The only conflict I run into is within myself!
Generally I win the argument, lol..

Offline bearsfeet

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #32 on: May 04, 2013, 11:04:00 AM »
90% of the time I hunt alone. Elk hunting I don't mind hunting with 1-2 others though because I like to be the caller and watch the show. Deer though I prefer to go alone
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Offline markliep

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #33 on: May 04, 2013, 11:37:00 AM »
Mainly on my own - to hunt with the two other guys I know who hunt usually means a lot of added driving time which means less family time - as my usual hunting grounds on family land it's just easier to hunt alone but spend time with the family when I'm done - M

Offline Bill Leeming

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #34 on: May 04, 2013, 12:38:00 PM »
Enjoy hunting alone - always have. Usually fish alone unless my wife is with me then she is my partner. She enjoys fly fishing as much as I do.

Offline Roger Norris

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #35 on: May 04, 2013, 01:09:00 PM »
I hunt alone when hunting deer here in Michigan. When chasing rabbits I like some company.

Out west hunts, have always been with a partner, and I enjoyed it.
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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #36 on: May 04, 2013, 01:56:00 PM »
I like both However,

If hunting with others, I like to share camp and we each do our own thing.

I hate hunting other peoples schedules but now with sharing a car with my wife, I am grateful for anyone willing to give me a ride.
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Offline b.glass

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #37 on: May 04, 2013, 02:30:00 PM »
I mostly hunt alone but not necessarly by design. Either way I like being out there.
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Offline shedhunta

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #38 on: May 04, 2013, 02:50:00 PM »
Have all my success alone.  Really enjoy solo hunts but I do look forward to taking my son when he gets older.
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Offline Gerry

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Re: Lone hunters ?
« Reply #39 on: May 04, 2013, 03:03:00 PM »
Alone but not by choice; used to have a partner but he was lost to an accident.   Work had me moving  around and relocating so I never really connected with anyone.

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