"Hunter" or "Deer Hunter" ?

[Buzzard Breath]

I refer to myself as a "hunter". I hunt far more than just deer. If I only hunted deer, I would probably refer to myself as a "deer hunter". Not really sure though. I couldn't imagine restricting myself to just deer.

 

[Vermin93]

Is being a awesome "deer hunter" better/more practical/more fun/more stimulating than being a good "hunter"?

No, since turkey hunting is just as fun and stimulating.

I thought this might help answer, but I saw no deer in the clip.

The Deer Hunter

 

[EastTNHunter]

"Hunter." I hunt squirrel, rabbit, and want to hunt many other things...

 

[Dbllunger]

Definately a "hunter". I hunted a lot of different things before I ever went deer hunting and have hunted a lot of other things since I started deer hunting. Deer hunting is my favorite but I will pop a squirrel, rabbit, dove, duck, pheasant, quail, turkey, coyote, bobcat in a heartbeat if the season is in and the mood strikes me.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Sometimes when I want to exert my dominance... especially when in the presence of inferior deer hunters... I make sure to clarify myself as "BOW HUNTER"

 

[timberjack86]

I refer to myself as a "hunter". I hunt far more than just deer. If I only hunted deer, I would probably refer to myself as a "deer hunter". Not really sure though. I couldn't imagine restricting myself to just deer.

Yep I am not just a deer hunter.

 

[BSK]

I'm primarily a deer hunter. When I was young I hunted a few other species (squirrel, rabbit, dove, hogs), but I haven't hunted anything but deer in many years.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

So, if a persons declares himself to be a "Bow Hunter", I always understood that to mean "You only hunt with a bow", or, "You primarily hunt with a bow", otherwise, you are a "hunter" who bow hunts. Right?

It's kind of like saying you race cars. Sure, you can race mom's minivan vs your neighbors go kart... but I'm talking Nascar here... Ricky Bobby Nascar...

But to answer the original question... I hunt it all but ducks, I'm too poor to even think about getting into that mess... plus, it interfers with deer hunting... I mean... bow hunting :grin:

 

[Football Hunter]

I'm primarily a deer hunter. When I was young I hunted a few other species (squirrel, rabbit, dove, hogs), but I haven't hunted anything but deer in many years.

Same here,but have gotten in on some duck hunting lately,been fun.

 

[catman529]

As much as I love deer hunting, I could not restrict myself to just hunting deer. Turkeys, squirrel and dove are important to me... Especially turkeys.

 

[TheLBLman]

I would describe myself more as a hunter-manager.

Regarding the hunting, yes, I may spend more of that time hunting deer than any other single species, but I am first and foremost a hunter-manager, very involved in what I can do to "manage" the land and all wildlife for the betterment of all, not just to the betterment of my deer "hunting". And I will typically spend more time annually "hunting" other things than just hunting "deer".

I enjoy year-round wildlife photography as well as being out in nature, year-round. Many activities overlap, including lots of hiking, which some may do purely for the "hiking". Much of my hiking is combined with other interests, such as looking for places to improve wildlife habitat, place wildlife cam traps, turkey hunting, etc. I'll spend almost as much time out "hiking" with a shotgun handy during turkey season as I spend sitting on a deer stand (or deer hunting).

Maybe I'm more a "student", of nature.

 

[plinker22]

deer hunter.

 

[Bone Collector]

Hunter for the same reasons. I hunt other stuff than Deer.

 

[Beekeeper]

Hunter. I usually find time to hunt whatever is in season!!!!!!

 

[Boone 58]

I am a hunter, but deer hunter defines 90 % of it....

 

[mike243]

Hunter,been 1 forever, deer were not here in my early years in #s to hunt,a lot of birds & squirrels & rabbits fell to a shotgun/slingshot/bb gun in my younger years.Killed my first deer at 24 .I started trying 8 years before.

 

[deerhunter10]

im a hunter. I hunt a lot of things.

 

[redblood]

without a doubt a hunter. squirrel, coyote, dove, rabbit, deer, bobcat, fox and turkey. squirrel and predator hunter foremost. love turkey hunting. do not find deer hunting as physically or mentally challenging as many of the others. i think alot of the degradation of physical, acccuracy and woodmanship related skills can be attributed to often sedimenary nature of deer hunting. i believe it impossible to fully develop hunting skills, by just hunting any one animal species- especially deer and dove.

 

[redblood]

I'm primarily a deer hunter. When I was young I hunted a few other species (squirrel, rabbit, dove, hogs), but I haven't hunted anything but deer in many years.

any particular reason why that is the case?

 

[mike243]

I'm primarily a deer hunter. When I was young I hunted a few other species (squirrel, rabbit, dove, hogs), but I haven't hunted anything but deer in many years.

any particular reason why that is the case?

I can answer that for most of us,limited time,trying to earn a living & pick what to spend your limited time doing.family takes #1.its life,do the best you can with limiting the bad affects to your family ie time away from them.

 

[redblood]

I'm primarily a deer hunter. When I was young I hunted a few other species (squirrel, rabbit, dove, hogs), but I haven't hunted anything but deer in many years.

any particular reason why that is the case?

I can answer that for most of us,limited time,trying to earn a living & pick what to spend your limited time doing.family takes #1.its life,do the best you can with limiting the bad affects to your family ie time away from them.

i can understand time restraints- for me its teaching high school classes, online classes and running a business. My why inquiry relates to why deer hunting gets the time allocation over the other species aforementioned.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I hunt everything for whatever season it is. But deer hunting is what puts wind in my sail. For whatever the season for any species it is, I don't get excited until about a week beforehand. But for deer, around March, I'm counting down the days until the end of September

 

[Shed Hunter]

I only hunt deer. I have plenty of time to hunt other things just don't care to do so.

 

[moose1984]

hunter, I love to hunt deer and small game

 

[Hunter 257W]

I guess I would have to say general hunter and maybe even more of a shooter than pure hunter. I weaned my shooting teeth so to speak on groundhogs in alfalfa fields after all. Also was sent out to watch over sorghum grass hay fields when they were 1st coming up to keep flocks of blackbirds run out so lots of shooting there.

Like many here though, I've drifted towards more of just a deer hunter in recent years mostly because of a lack of the other game. No groundhogs left in shootable numbers. Haven't had a decent place to shoot doves in many years. Don't have the good fortune to have a blackbird roost nearby to shoot as I used to either. Talk about shotgunning heaven.....find a good BB roost and set up under a flight path coming into the roost far enough out to not disturb the roost but close enough that the birds are sticking to a well defined route and bring all the shells you can carry. Even the best dove shoot pails to that in my opinion. You can take all the shots you want at individual birds and if you want more challenge, go for the inevitable starlings that tag along with the black birds.

As turkeys seem to be increasing around my place, I hope to add them to my list of game too.

Don't get me wrong though, nothing can ever replace the excitement of deer hunting. Especially Opening Day of rifle season.

 

[nodog]

I can hunt.

 

[Vermin93]

I only hunt deer. I have plenty of time to hunt other things just don't care to do so.

I'm curious if you've ever hunted turkeys? I have only been turkey hunting for 2 years and I can't imagine any hunter not wanting to do it once they taste a little success. I think it's just awesome!

 

[BSK]

I'm primarily a deer hunter. When I was young I hunted a few other species (squirrel, rabbit, dove, hogs), but I haven't hunted anything but deer in many years.

any particular reason why that is the case?

I think it was more a social thing. When I was young, my circle of friends hunted everything, and we all hunted together socially. Now my circle of friends is basically my family members, and no one hunts anything but deer.

 

[BSK]

I only hunt deer. I have plenty of time to hunt other things just don't care to do so.

I'm curious if you've ever hunted turkeys? I have only been turkey hunting for 2 years and I can't imagine any hunter not wanting to do it once they taste a little success. I think it's just awesome!

I guess I'm the opposite. I can't imagine spending all that time and energy chasing a big bird that looks far too much like a vulture!

 

[MattR]

I would like to hunt turkey, never really got the chance to and I think it would be fun. I hunted small game when I was a kid and that was fun.

But.... I love deer hunting.