In your opinion, what are must have resources to sharpen your woodsmanship/general deer hunting skills other than mentors or experience?
I know this is a somewhat loaded question since mentors and experience go together with hunting like spaghetti and meatballs (lamb and tuna fish?).
Being an unmentored, “later in life” starting hunter, I am interested to hear what others would consider must have resources (literature, media, etc) to becoming a better hunter, or interpreting sign smarter/identifying key components to a potential set, etc (woodsmanship).
One example that has helped me tremendously is pretty ‘new school’. It is an app that really had a great impact - I downloaded it and paid a yearly fee (like $20?) and I can take a picture of any leaf/mast and it will tell me (in seconds if I have service, later when I get service) exactly what plant/tree I am looking at. There’s no doubt that this has seriously boosted my knowledge in terms of tree identification and what to look for when scouting.
Interested to hear what you guys have.
I know this is a somewhat loaded question since mentors and experience go together with hunting like spaghetti and meatballs (lamb and tuna fish?).
Being an unmentored, “later in life” starting hunter, I am interested to hear what others would consider must have resources (literature, media, etc) to becoming a better hunter, or interpreting sign smarter/identifying key components to a potential set, etc (woodsmanship).
One example that has helped me tremendously is pretty ‘new school’. It is an app that really had a great impact - I downloaded it and paid a yearly fee (like $20?) and I can take a picture of any leaf/mast and it will tell me (in seconds if I have service, later when I get service) exactly what plant/tree I am looking at. There’s no doubt that this has seriously boosted my knowledge in terms of tree identification and what to look for when scouting.
Interested to hear what you guys have.