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The Basics, Starting Out
What are your top tips to make me a better hunter?
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<blockquote data-quote="clamb4" data-source="post: 1147477" data-attributes="member: 5812"><p>Thinking back when I was learning the basics I learned the most when hunting with experienced hunters. Not just in the field but sitting around a campfire hearing hunting stories and asking questions. My father hunted deer his whole life it was his passion. He knew where deer would be different times of in all kinds of weather, and I learned just being around him.</p><p> </p><p>So like the others have said if you can find someone that has more experience than you it will help you learn faster. I also learn the most when I or someone in the party fills a tag. The more you see and are part of the better.</p><p> </p><p>I hunted elk this year with my nephew and we were hunting a mountain side that had a strip of trees about 150 yards wide that started at the base and went all the way to the top. On each side of the trees was open sage. We had seen about thirty elk move into the trees and the trick was to see them before they see us. Its hard to teach someone how to do it. You get one chance if you blow it no elk. We had cow tags.</p><p> I talked to him, told him to do what I do don't move to fast keep quite and constantly keep your eyes moving. We kept the wind in our favor and started walking. We were crossing back and forth in the trees because I couldn't see the width of the trees without moving back and forth and didn't want to miss them. We worked our way up and about 3/4 of the way I knew we would see them soon (experience). So I told my nephew to stay close and let me know if he see's anything. He was to watch forward and right and I would watch forward and left. There was a spot where I walked in front of him to go between two trees and he pulls me to the ground by grabbing my jacket from behind. I knew he saw elk. The elk were to our right in a little clearing. I could see 7 or 8 of them. I ranged them at 169 yards. It took a while to get us both positioned to shoot and only moving when they were not looking our way. It was down hill to the elk and we couldn't lay down so we put our elbows in our knee's sitting position. Counted to three and both shot, we both connected it was great fun. My nephew learned a lot from that experience. It is hard to see elk before they see you and there is so many things that go into it it's hard to tell someone.</p><p> </p><p>Lastly I have learned useful things by reading about hunting in magazines, like American hunter. The more experience you get the less helpful it will be, but you can learn some basic tendencies about elk, deer, bear or whatever. Sometimes they will tell you about mistakes they made and that can be useful.</p><p> There is no nothing that will teach you faster than lots of hunting, any kind of hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clamb4, post: 1147477, member: 5812"] Thinking back when I was learning the basics I learned the most when hunting with experienced hunters. Not just in the field but sitting around a campfire hearing hunting stories and asking questions. My father hunted deer his whole life it was his passion. He knew where deer would be different times of in all kinds of weather, and I learned just being around him. So like the others have said if you can find someone that has more experience than you it will help you learn faster. I also learn the most when I or someone in the party fills a tag. The more you see and are part of the better. I hunted elk this year with my nephew and we were hunting a mountain side that had a strip of trees about 150 yards wide that started at the base and went all the way to the top. On each side of the trees was open sage. We had seen about thirty elk move into the trees and the trick was to see them before they see us. Its hard to teach someone how to do it. You get one chance if you blow it no elk. We had cow tags. I talked to him, told him to do what I do don't move to fast keep quite and constantly keep your eyes moving. We kept the wind in our favor and started walking. We were crossing back and forth in the trees because I couldn't see the width of the trees without moving back and forth and didn't want to miss them. We worked our way up and about 3/4 of the way I knew we would see them soon (experience). So I told my nephew to stay close and let me know if he see's anything. He was to watch forward and right and I would watch forward and left. There was a spot where I walked in front of him to go between two trees and he pulls me to the ground by grabbing my jacket from behind. I knew he saw elk. The elk were to our right in a little clearing. I could see 7 or 8 of them. I ranged them at 169 yards. It took a while to get us both positioned to shoot and only moving when they were not looking our way. It was down hill to the elk and we couldn't lay down so we put our elbows in our knee's sitting position. Counted to three and both shot, we both connected it was great fun. My nephew learned a lot from that experience. It is hard to see elk before they see you and there is so many things that go into it it's hard to tell someone. Lastly I have learned useful things by reading about hunting in magazines, like American hunter. The more experience you get the less helpful it will be, but you can learn some basic tendencies about elk, deer, bear or whatever. Sometimes they will tell you about mistakes they made and that can be useful. There is no nothing that will teach you faster than lots of hunting, any kind of hunting. [/QUOTE]
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