Comments on: Have We Forgot How To Hunt Deer? http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer Deer Hunting Season Is Open! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Don http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-7 Don Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:08:08 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-7 @Gerald - First, thanks for stopping by. Second, I couldn't agree with you more. That's a nice site you have, I encourage everyone to go and browse through it. @JM - thanks for stopping by and commenting. I agree. According to all the companies out there today, we didn't know how to hunt deer before they came along. How did we ever manage before they came along and saved us from our heathern ways? Every year I seem to go to the field with less and less gear. A weapon, grunt call (I have called them up by mouth though), binoculars, knife, compass, rope, etc. If I'm hunting close to the vehicle, I don't even take all that. Maybe there's a movement out there to throw off all this uneccessary junk the companies are pushing on hunters? Who knows. Not all the young hunters can be that naive? Can they? Don @Gerald - First, thanks for stopping by. Second, I couldn’t agree with you more. That’s a nice site you have, I encourage everyone to go and browse through it.

@JM - thanks for stopping by and commenting. I agree. According to all the companies out there today, we didn’t know how to hunt deer before they came along. How did we ever manage before they came along and saved us from our heathern ways?

Every year I seem to go to the field with less and less gear. A weapon, grunt call (I have called them up by mouth though), binoculars, knife, compass, rope, etc. If I’m hunting close to the vehicle, I don’t even take all that.

Maybe there’s a movement out there to throw off all this uneccessary junk the companies are pushing on hunters? Who knows. Not all the young hunters can be that naive? Can they?

Don

]]> By: Jm R http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-5 Jm R Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:31:59 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-5 I can't agree with you more on the subject matter here Don. When I learned to hunt in the late 70's, I also had nearly nothing for outfitting in style and or camo for cover. To this day, I still have not harvested as many deer as I did back then. It goes back to the idea of basics, or KISS, (keep it simple stupid theory). We tend to feed on the frenzy of the newest and cleverest ideas to help us obtain more deer in the freezer. When in reality all we need is warm clothing, food for the longer days in the field, and a weapon of choice. Back in the early days of hunting people did not have all the gadgets of today. Yet they brought home the meat and needs to feed a family. It is the advertising industries marketing strategies that make us desire these items. Popular shows on hunting channels make us feel that we are not up to par or well equipped without there goods. To be a successful hunter we need all the camo cover, scents, and other items to be a great hunter. I agree that if we spent more time reading the patterns of the animal we are hunting, we would have more success without all the gadgets in their bag of tricks they sell us. I look forward to your next posting on this subject matter. I can’t agree with you more on the subject matter here Don. When I learned to hunt in the late 70’s, I also had nearly nothing for outfitting in style and or camo for cover. To this day, I still have not harvested as many deer as I did back then. It goes back to the idea of basics, or KISS, (keep it simple stupid theory). We tend to feed on the frenzy of the newest and cleverest ideas to help us obtain more deer in the freezer. When in reality all we need is warm clothing, food for the longer days in the field, and a weapon of choice. Back in the early days of hunting people did not have all the gadgets of today. Yet they brought home the meat and needs to feed a family. It is the advertising industries marketing strategies that make us desire these items. Popular shows on hunting channels make us feel that we are not up to par or well equipped without there goods. To be a successful hunter we need all the camo cover, scents, and other items to be a great hunter. I agree that if we spent more time reading the patterns of the animal we are hunting, we would have more success without all the gadgets in their bag of tricks they sell us. I look forward to your next posting on this subject matter.

]]> By: Gerald Dodd http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-3 Gerald Dodd Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:27:42 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-3 Don, A wonderful take on today's mega hunting craze. I remember the times I used skunk scent so heavy all I got was a headache! And I remember the first time I saw tree bark camo. What a sight it was. You are right about the fact that the face of hunting has changed. Unfortunately another important difference between today's deer hunter and the older deer hunters I grew up with is what I'll refer to as a sense of "jealousy" or perhaps "selfish" better describes it. Many (though thankfully not all) of today's deer hunters are far to occupied to get kids involved with hunting. How many are willing to take their own kids hunting. What about the neighborhood kids, especially the ones from single parent homes who don't have an active dad to introduce them to hunting. Unfortunately for all of us, most simply won't take the time. And that fact is going to reach up and bite us unless we wake up. The number of kids who are becoming involved with hunting is declining. Many studies document the fact that the average age of hunters is increasing rapidly. Fewer and fewer hunting licenses are being sold. When the anti hunters you mentioned outnumber the hunters at the ballot box, you are going to see the face of hunting change forever. And today's hunters' attitude is going to ultimately be the straw that breaks the camels' back. We are too self centered as hunters, caring too much about the contents of the "bag left home" that you mentioned, rather than the intrinsic value of the hunt itself. The challenge. I've always wanted to take a deer while wearing a pair of blue jeans rather than camo. The challenge of it! We have not only lost sight of the challenge of hunting, as you so well put it, but we have lost sight of the importance of bringing in replacements for us as hunters. The kids of today are far too involved with video games, drugs, gangs, etc. They need to become indoctrinated into hunting! And hunting needs them just as much! Take a kid hunting today. And visit www.savingourhunting.com to see how some people are giving away free lifetime hunting licenses to kids in order to reduce one more hurdle to parents who can't afford a hunting license for their kids. Thanks for your time and for a well thought out essay on some of the problems facing hunting today. Gerald Don,
A wonderful take on today’s mega hunting craze. I remember the times I used skunk scent so heavy all I got was a headache! And I remember the first time I saw tree bark camo. What a sight it was. You are right about the fact that the face of hunting has changed. Unfortunately another important difference between today’s deer hunter and the older deer hunters I grew up with is what I’ll refer to as a sense of “jealousy” or perhaps “selfish” better describes it. Many (though thankfully not all) of today’s deer hunters are far to occupied to get kids involved with hunting. How many are willing to take their own kids hunting. What about the neighborhood kids, especially the ones from single parent homes who don’t have an active dad to introduce them to hunting. Unfortunately for all of us, most simply won’t take the time. And that fact is going to reach up and bite us unless we wake up. The number of kids who are becoming involved with hunting is declining. Many studies document the fact that the average age of hunters is increasing rapidly. Fewer and fewer hunting licenses are being sold. When the anti hunters you mentioned outnumber the hunters at the ballot box, you are going to see the face of hunting change forever. And today’s hunters’ attitude is going to ultimately be the straw that breaks the camels’ back. We are too self centered as hunters, caring too much about the contents of the “bag left home” that you mentioned, rather than the intrinsic value of the hunt itself. The challenge. I’ve always wanted to take a deer while wearing a pair of blue jeans rather than camo. The challenge of it! We have not only lost sight of the challenge of hunting, as you so well put it, but we have lost sight of the importance of bringing in replacements for us as hunters. The kids of today are far too involved with video games, drugs, gangs, etc. They need to become indoctrinated into hunting! And hunting needs them just as much! Take a kid hunting today. And visit http://www.savingourhunting.com to see how some people are giving away free lifetime hunting licenses to kids in order to reduce one more hurdle to parents who can’t afford a hunting license for their kids. Thanks for your time and for a well thought out essay on some of the problems facing hunting today. Gerald

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