Comments on: Have We Forgot How To Hunt Deer? http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer Deer Hunting Season Is Open! Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Latham http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-2163 Jim Latham Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:13:25 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-2163 If I might also add, we may never see this topic published in the hunting magazines. I am afraid that wouldn't sit well with their advertisers. If I might also add, we may never see this topic published in the hunting magazines. I am afraid that wouldn’t sit well with their advertisers.

]]> By: Jim Latham http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-2162 Jim Latham Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:10:26 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-2162 Since I have started hunting with my own son, I have been preaching this exact same argument. Because of his friends, he is under the impression you need all of that crap to be successful. He was proved wrong this year when he got his first buck (a six pointer)in his work clothes, with the exception of his blaze orange vest and hat. A look in the past at old hunting pictures (those that are in color)would reveal a lot of blue jeans and red plaid shirts. Jim Since I have started hunting with my own son, I have been preaching this exact same argument. Because of his friends, he is under the impression you need all of that crap to be successful. He was proved wrong this year when he got his first buck (a six pointer)in his work clothes, with the exception of his blaze orange vest and hat. A look in the past at old hunting pictures (those that are in color)would reveal a lot of blue jeans and red plaid shirts.

Jim

]]> By: Jad http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-2157 Jad Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:51:29 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-2157 I know some folks that are in more than one club that only wear the most fashionable, up to date fancy crap available and frown on me for walking around in jeans and shooting with iron sights!!! I can shoot better at 100 yards with irons than these doctors and lawyers can with their 300 Winchester with a 10X scope! I'm going out tomorrow with black jeans, black fleece, and a piece of burlap camo that I'll wear like a ghillie suit and hopefully I'll bring home some meat! I know some folks that are in more than one club that only wear the most fashionable, up to date fancy crap available and frown on me for walking around in jeans and shooting with iron sights!!! I can shoot better at 100 yards with irons than these doctors and lawyers can with their 300 Winchester with a 10X scope! I’m going out tomorrow with black jeans, black fleece, and a piece of burlap camo that I’ll wear like a ghillie suit and hopefully I’ll bring home some meat!

]]> By: Jackson http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-1825 Jackson Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:52:34 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-1825 well thanks alot im 13 and hunting with super old gear a 8 yr old bow with 1 sight 15 yr old camo that now modern bioligist say have "uv rays" which deer can see but i feel a sense of greatness if ud say to hunt with wat my dad killed some of his biggest deer with.thanks -your fellow hunter ,Jackson well thanks alot im 13 and hunting with super old gear a 8 yr old bow with 1 sight 15 yr old camo that now modern bioligist say have “uv rays” which deer can see but i feel a sense of greatness if ud say to hunt with wat my dad killed some of his biggest deer with.thanks

-your fellow hunter
,Jackson

]]> By: Connie Ramsey http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-1824 Connie Ramsey Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:32:05 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-1824 Hi, My name is Connie Ramsey. I live about 65 miles south of St. Louis, MO. I'm 47 years old. I grew up with brothers and a family who loved to hunt. I raised two boys on a farm where we hunted as much as possible. I am now a grandmother of two little girls, who I am sure will be hunters as well. The reason for this email, is for your input. I am writing what will be the first book in a Christian mystery series for kids 10-15 years of age. The setting for the series is a hunting lodge in Illinois (based on the Pike County, IL area). My main character, Matthew, is 14 years old, loves to hunt and is very interested in crime solving as his Dad is an ex-cop. I realize that our kids have seemed to go the way of Harry Potter and vampire stories, but I have a strong desire to give them another type of hero they would want to emulate. My story lines will have a Christian theme (without being preachy), intelligent mystery and crime solving skills, and an appreciation of nature with a love for the art of hunting. I've been in sales for many years and one of the main things I've learned is to find out who the market is and what it is they want. That is why I'm asking your input. Do you believe this will be a storyline and series that will be appealing to the youth hunters today? Please, let me know your thoughts. Thank you, Connie Ramsey Hi,
My name is Connie Ramsey. I live about 65 miles south of St. Louis, MO. I’m 47 years old. I grew up with brothers and a family who loved to hunt. I raised two boys on a farm where we hunted as much as possible. I am now a grandmother of two little girls, who I am sure will be hunters as well.

The reason for this email, is for your input. I am writing what will be the first book in a Christian mystery series for kids 10-15 years of age. The setting for the series is a hunting lodge in Illinois (based on the Pike County, IL area). My main character, Matthew, is 14 years old, loves to hunt and is very interested in crime solving as his Dad is an ex-cop.

I realize that our kids have seemed to go the way of Harry Potter and vampire stories, but I have a strong desire to give them another type of hero they would want to emulate. My story lines will have a Christian theme (without being preachy), intelligent mystery and crime solving skills, and an appreciation of nature with a love for the art of hunting.

I’ve been in sales for many years and one of the main things I’ve learned is to find out who the market is and what it is they want. That is why I’m asking your input. Do you believe this will be a storyline and series that will be appealing to the youth hunters today?
Please, let me know your thoughts.

Thank you,
Connie Ramsey

]]> By: 2-Hollows http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-1482 2-Hollows Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:21:18 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-1482 The discussion is important, but sadly I see not getting a lot of activity. Don and Gerald I too remember the day..(I started in 1965 at the age of 10)as my dad's apprentice. He taught me during the whole season, and if we were lucky, I got to help drag a deer several miles to our back porch steps. One important thing he taught me which I still hold dear is that if you want to see deer, you need to walk like a deer. Get off the beaten paths to where the deer are. I hear too many fellow hunters who ride their wheelers to their tree stand complaining about how bad hunting is now. How they hardly ever see anything. It's sad too that they complain about seeing "too many hunters" as if this is the reason they don't see anything. I remember up until the mid eighties hunters walked in the woods, and yes you saw them, but you also saw a lot more deer in a day too. Why is it we see less while at the same time biologists are telling us there are more deer? It's because the deer are smart enough to know they can lay low all day and nobody will come near them. Hunters are riding the wheelers, and walking the logging roads, and watching meadows, and the deer are just up there, out of sight. In Vermont we have a youth season that the wildlife people claim is essential to recruiting and retaining new hunters. It makes no sense to me though, and in fact what is accomplishes is it gives first crack at our deer herd to inexperienced shooters who wound and watch them run away, mentored by neo hunters who drive to the stand and have no idea that if it runs away it doesn't mean you didn't kill it. To make it even more fun, the wildlife department enacted a headhunter law that protects spikehorns from everybody but the youth hunters. This of course is to commercialize hunting, to grow bigger racks to get out of state dollars. Forget about the spiritual or the meat hunting aspects. Lets teach our kids to hunt for all the wrong reasons, and lets only let them hunt with us for a couple of days before the deer season begins. The discussion is important, but sadly I see not getting a lot of activity. Don and Gerald I too remember the day..(I started in 1965 at the age of 10)as my dad’s apprentice. He taught me during the whole season, and if we were lucky, I got to help drag a deer several miles to our back porch steps. One important thing he taught me which I still hold dear is that if you want to see deer, you need to walk like a deer. Get off the beaten paths to where the deer are.

I hear too many fellow hunters who ride their wheelers to their tree stand complaining about how bad hunting is now. How they hardly ever see anything. It’s sad too that they complain about seeing “too many hunters” as if this is the reason they don’t see anything. I remember up until the mid eighties hunters walked in the woods, and yes you saw them, but you also saw a lot more deer in a day too. Why is it we see less while at the same time biologists are telling us there are more deer?

It’s because the deer are smart enough to know they can lay low all day and nobody will come near them. Hunters are riding the wheelers, and walking the logging roads, and watching meadows, and the deer are just up there, out of sight.

In Vermont we have a youth season that the wildlife people claim is essential to recruiting and retaining new hunters. It makes no sense to me though, and in fact what is accomplishes is it gives first crack at our deer herd to inexperienced shooters who wound and watch them run away, mentored by neo hunters who drive to the stand and have no idea that if it runs away it doesn’t mean you didn’t kill it.

To make it even more fun, the wildlife department enacted a headhunter law that protects spikehorns from everybody but the youth hunters. This of course is to commercialize hunting, to grow bigger racks to get out of state dollars. Forget about the spiritual or the meat hunting aspects. Lets teach our kids to hunt for all the wrong reasons, and lets only let them hunt with us for a couple of days before the deer season begins.

]]> By: Justin http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-1480 Justin Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:26:28 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-1480 No, not all of us young hunters are that naive. I'm 25 and have been hunting since I was 8 with a minimal, hodge podge collection of hand-me-down, mis-matched camo and gear. While, all of the cool new gadgets are admittedly, tempting and sometimes invoke thoughts of inadequacy, ultimately none of them have been necessary for me or my family to take nice deer year after year. Thanks for a nice site. This is my first time stopping by and I expect to be back. Justin No, not all of us young hunters are that naive. I’m 25 and have been hunting since I was 8 with a minimal, hodge podge collection of hand-me-down, mis-matched camo and gear. While, all of the cool new gadgets are admittedly, tempting and sometimes invoke thoughts of inadequacy, ultimately none of them have been necessary for me or my family to take nice deer year after year.

Thanks for a nice site. This is my first time stopping by and I expect to be back.

Justin

]]> By: Victoria http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-1471 Victoria Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:55:04 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-1471 Hi there. I see it's been over two year since your last response, but I would enjoy a response from you. I am researching the cons of using the latest technology while hunting. I am looking for someone with some insight on the pro's of gimmick-free hunting. Ideally, I'd like to see a outfitting group who'll focus on old school hunting techniques. Someone you can rely on to TEACH you how to perfect your hunting skills, (Just like the man who worked with your dad) rather than take you on a trip and let you rely on the gadgets you've brought along. I would greatly appreciate any information (wisdom) you'd care to share with me on the topic of the "pro's of old school hunting". Thanks - V Hi there. I see it’s been over two year since your last response, but I would enjoy a response from you.

I am researching the cons of using the latest technology while hunting. I am looking for someone with some insight on the pro’s of gimmick-free hunting.

Ideally, I’d like to see a outfitting group who’ll focus on old school hunting techniques. Someone you can rely on to TEACH you how to perfect your hunting skills, (Just like the man who worked with your dad) rather than take you on a trip and let you rely on the gadgets you’ve brought along.

I would greatly appreciate any information (wisdom) you’d care to share with me on the topic of the “pro’s of old school hunting”.

Thanks
- V

]]> By: cally http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-1442 cally Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:36 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-1442 my husband got his first turkey a couple of years ago, in upstate NY. wearing blue jeans and a gray sweatshirt!!! He did have 2 decoys and a call. my husband got his first turkey a couple of years ago, in upstate NY. wearing blue jeans and a gray sweatshirt!!! He did have 2 decoys and a call.

]]> By: John http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer/comment-page-1#comment-1429 John Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:38:58 +0000 http://www.buckhuntersblog.com/deer-hunting/have-we-forgot-how-to-hunt-deer#comment-1429 Guys, I don't think you have to spend money on expensive camo and other devices. I will tell you that the deer live on that property you hunt. You know what your neighborhood smells like. If you have taken a deer while smoking a cigarette, holding a cup of coffee, and eating a limburger cheese sandwich, you were a lucky man. Oh yeah, and you were downwind. Your habits (smoking, etc.) will cost you deer. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut, but that nut is up wind. Be quite, be still, and don't stink, that will get you a deer. Best of luck. Guys,
I don’t think you have to spend money on expensive camo and other devices. I will tell you that the deer live on that property you hunt. You know what your neighborhood smells like. If you have taken a deer while smoking a cigarette, holding a cup of coffee, and eating a limburger cheese sandwich, you were a lucky man. Oh yeah, and you were downwind. Your habits (smoking, etc.) will cost you deer. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut, but that nut is up wind. Be quite, be still, and don’t stink, that will get you a deer.
Best of luck.

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