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What ^he said.
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I think its a practice thing, the first hunt of the year it's always hard to flip the switch to "woods mode" The second go seems to happen almost instantly for me...i think this can be the problem for me and many. sometimes you just need to let yourself be there for a couple days and you'll just end up in the zone. weekend trips never let allow that to happen and of course, for rifle, i got done very quickly.
i battle with solo thing even more because even when i fall into my tortured state of mind, i'm often still going to be a better hunter than if the majority of hunting partner options i have were with me; between the differing physical capabilities, hunting styles and my preference for glassing, there is a reason I still mostly aim for solo missions that always torture my little brain.
i think battling myself is still better than endlessly arguing with a hunting partner about why i think sitting in a random meadow that you've never been to before in your life in an area you didn't even confirm have elk for 6 hours on end day in and day out is a bad idea lol
I think its a practice thing, the first hunt of the year it's always hard to flip the switch to "woods mode" The second go seems to happen almost instantly for me...
I 1000% agree with not hunting with someone, I operate on whims and gut feelings most of the time, it works great for me but trying to explain why I'm doing something that seems illogical is tough, for that reason I don't even really remember the last time I was in the field with someone with the same tag, I love sharing camp but pretty much hunt with people who operate the same way, we gather in the evenings coordinate plans and share beta but the hunt itself is every man for himself.
shush you two... you're going to start giving @Dsnow9 ideas about hunting alonei think this can be the problem for me and many. sometimes you just need to let yourself be there for a couple days and you'll just end up in the zone. weekend trips never let allow that to happen and of course, for rifle, i got done very quickly.
i battle with solo thing even more because even when i fall into my tortured state of mind, i'm often still going to be a better hunter than if the majority of hunting partner options i have were with me; between the differing physical capabilities, hunting styles and my preference for glassing, there is a reason I still mostly aim for solo missions that always torture my little brain.
i think battling myself is still better than endlessly arguing with a hunting partner about why i think sitting in a random meadow that you've never been to before in your life in an area you didn't even confirm have elk for 6 hours on end day in and day out is a bad idea lol
you guys are doing it right, most of the time only one of you has a tag... I go along on every elk hunt I possibly can as a spotter/packer... get that time in so you have gut feelings to act on...
on this hunt you get weird looks for having binos, I can't even begin to list all the bizarre things I have witnessed, last time my brother was glassing and had a grown man with a daisy BB gun set up below him glassing through the scope?you own binoculars and a tripod and understand what their purpose is, which automatically sifts you to the top of the list compared to many of my friends who are lifelong hunters lol
Textbook "insert state here" shenanigans. I was tagging along on a hunt in that state a couple weeks ago, same days as your hunt. Some truly bizarre experiences for sure. The most impressive thing is it feels like they were some really unique and original dumbass decisions too. Where are they getting these ideas? Do they also have magic stones in a magic hat to help them guide hunting choices, or was that just Joseph?on this hunt you get weird looks for having binos, I can't even begin to list all the bizarre things I have witnessed, last time my brother was glassing and had a grown man with a daisy BB gun set up below him glassing through the scope?
It's truly odd, I usually do pretty well at guessing what people will do but on this hunt I'm wrong pretty much 100% of the time, it feels like every camp is hunting the ghost of the one elk that they killed 20 years ago, no scouting, no glassing, mass numbers of people all together... I forgot to mention that of the 6 that walked through the elk hours before light one was wearing a white tracksuit?Textbook "insert state here" shenanigans. I was tagging along on a hunt in that state a couple weeks ago, same days as your hunt. Some truly bizarre experiences for sure. The most impressive thing is it feels like they were some really unique and original dumbass decisions too. Where are they getting these ideas? Do they also have magic stones in a magic hat to help them guide hunting choices, or was that just Joseph?