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<blockquote data-quote="Grill-n-man" data-source="post: 4966017" data-attributes="member: 12966"><p>First thing to help you is to take a deep breath, relax, and calm down. This is hunting not killing. Remember its about the hunt not the killing. The hunt is more than seeing the animal your after, its watching and learning about all the other things around you thats going on. Figuring out the why of all those other things will help more than you now. When i started if you saw 5 all season you were extremely lucky. You are learning and knowledge takes patience. Also stop watching these science fiction shows they call hunting shows. If you want to watch some real hunting shows and learn a few things watch the ones from people like Dan Fitzgerald back in the 80s. You need to put the time and work in to figure it out. And I dont mean deer hunting. You need to be in the woods at all times of the year looking and learning. You are in an age of where electronics has taken the place of boots to the ground. Don't be afraid to put some miles on those boots. If your acorns (mast) and water is anything like around here, deer do not have to travel very far to eat and drink so they are not covering much ground. Cameras only help at a minimal, they only tell you a what and when not the most important thing the why. Talking to other more experienced hunters, not facebook and forums, but real words face to face is a tremendous help. Those lost check stations have greatly impacted new hunters in a negative way. So much has been taught and learned leaning over truck beds than most will ever know. A good example of being the new hunter is when I started Ft. Campbell. I had never been there before and spent several days for the first couple years not seeing deer like most. But what I did do is listen to the stories and how each hunter liked to hunt while standing in line for hours. After a few years of listening to the stories I got to figuring out what areas has or didnt have, the walkers, the all day sitters, the field watchers, the thicket hunters, and was able to use this to my advantage. So as soon as let the frustration go and the knowledge sink, not only did I start seeing but killing deer. So in short, take a deep breath and relax and let what your eyes and ears are telling you sink in. Dont be afraid to try new things. If you find yourself sitting there wondering why all the squirrels seem to want to be on the other side of the ridge then go look and find out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grill-n-man, post: 4966017, member: 12966"] First thing to help you is to take a deep breath, relax, and calm down. This is hunting not killing. Remember its about the hunt not the killing. The hunt is more than seeing the animal your after, its watching and learning about all the other things around you thats going on. Figuring out the why of all those other things will help more than you now. When i started if you saw 5 all season you were extremely lucky. You are learning and knowledge takes patience. Also stop watching these science fiction shows they call hunting shows. If you want to watch some real hunting shows and learn a few things watch the ones from people like Dan Fitzgerald back in the 80s. You need to put the time and work in to figure it out. And I dont mean deer hunting. You need to be in the woods at all times of the year looking and learning. You are in an age of where electronics has taken the place of boots to the ground. Don't be afraid to put some miles on those boots. If your acorns (mast) and water is anything like around here, deer do not have to travel very far to eat and drink so they are not covering much ground. Cameras only help at a minimal, they only tell you a what and when not the most important thing the why. Talking to other more experienced hunters, not facebook and forums, but real words face to face is a tremendous help. Those lost check stations have greatly impacted new hunters in a negative way. So much has been taught and learned leaning over truck beds than most will ever know. A good example of being the new hunter is when I started Ft. Campbell. I had never been there before and spent several days for the first couple years not seeing deer like most. But what I did do is listen to the stories and how each hunter liked to hunt while standing in line for hours. After a few years of listening to the stories I got to figuring out what areas has or didnt have, the walkers, the all day sitters, the field watchers, the thicket hunters, and was able to use this to my advantage. So as soon as let the frustration go and the knowledge sink, not only did I start seeing but killing deer. So in short, take a deep breath and relax and let what your eyes and ears are telling you sink in. Dont be afraid to try new things. If you find yourself sitting there wondering why all the squirrels seem to want to be on the other side of the ridge then go look and find out. [/QUOTE]
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