#2851080 - 06/14/12 11:24 AM
What could you be doing that your not doing?
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BSK
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I suspect most of us know of things we could do to improve our hunting success, but just aren't willing to do for whatever reason. So what could you personally do to improve your hunting success? Why don't you do those things?
I could stop hunting from pre-season positioned ladder stands and go back to climbing stands. Being mobile and not over-hunting areas would certainly improve my success rate. However, as I get older, I don't feel safe in climbing stands and I really hate climbing with them every time I hunt. In addition, I'm getting lazy in my hunting as I get older.
I could hunt longer. I used to hunt until 10:30 or 11:00 AM on morning hunts, and during the rut, i did see some shooter bucks chasing does as late as 10:30 or 11:00. But as I've turned to hunting more just for the enjoyment, once I'm tired of sitting on stand, I get down. And that may be as early as 9:00 or 9:30.
I could hunt more. In the last few years, I've only hunted on 14-16 calendar days, and then primarily during the peak local rut month of November. I just find my interest waning once the rut is over.
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#2851099 - 06/14/12 11:49 AM
Re: What could you be doing that your not doing?
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DntBrnDPig
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I'm the same way. 14-16 days is probably around where I am at as well.
One thing I could do more of but other things get in the way is just getting in the woods more - scouting. I havent had the luxary of having a stable hunting property - so I am often left learning the property every other season. Getting out more in the preseason (and post season if I get access that soon) would be huge for me. But kids, job, etc get my focus more.
Also I really want to learn to identify types of trees but rarely plan out time to commit to it. If I was truly committed I would put more time / focus into it.
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#2851103 - 06/14/12 11:53 AM
Re: What could you be doing that your not doing?
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Baxter83
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On the 120 acre private property I hunt, I could spend some money and do some clearing out and trail cutting. Along with block off some entrances that tresspassers like to use. There are good deer there, but it's so thick it's dang near impossible.
$ is pretty much all that's stopping me at this point. As long as my friends family doesn't sell it (veeeeery unlikely), we'll do these things one of these days in the coming years...
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#2851140 - 06/14/12 12:41 PM
Re: What could you be doing that your not doing?
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smstone22
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I could do alot better on bigger deer by hunting the thousands of acres of private land that I have permission to hunt, but I dont because I get so much more enjoyment out of hunting my own two small tracts and not having to deal with all the idiocy that runs amuck in hunters around here.
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#2851141 - 06/14/12 12:43 PM
Re: What could you be doing that your not doing?
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landman
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I'm cutting some timber this summer...some to create thickets, some to make open ground for openings(food plots, and down the road, could be future home sites when I sell)
this part of the land didn't have openings, kinda balance's the land out.
And BSK, I agree no way I'm dong a climber, I got ladders, couple of shooting houses, popup blinds, and climbs sticks/lock ons
I've read the Lakowski's new book, as in most hunting/management books you find a lot of older info, but I have found a few things that will have me changing what I do
Good Question BSK
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#2851172 - 06/14/12 01:24 PM
Re: What could you be doing that your not doing?
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Rubberduck270
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I need to invest in a climber. Let me be more mobile and creative in my locations.
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#2851185 - 06/14/12 01:38 PM
Re: What could you be doing that your not doing?
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Bayou Buck
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The list of things I could do is too long! The reason I dont do them is usually because of time and money.
Hunting the Western Highland Rim I only hunt out of tree stands about half the time. Thats the one thing I like about the hills.
Edited by Bayou Buck (06/14/12 01:41 PM)
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#2851191 - 06/14/12 01:42 PM
Re: What could you be doing that your not doing?
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muddyboots
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The best one i could do would be to get access to some better property. I jsut cant find the right circumstances.
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#2851192 - 06/14/12 01:45 PM
Re: What could you be doing that your not doing?
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I could just about ditto BSK's comments with one addition. I could go back to hunting the Midwest.
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Lots of good points guys, as I'm getting on up there as well, the climbers are out for me at this point. I really enjoy getting into the woods and to my tree, then quietly climbing into the stand and waiting for it all to begin. 
