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$78 for Bobby Worthington’s Final Quest is money better spent on Little Debbie’s

Alright rather than buy more books and dvds I’m offering all expenses paid trips to come help me figure out my hunting areas (terms and conditions apply, room board travel gas tags not included, see rules for details)

I'll stay up here in the mountains where there's not giant prehistoric lizards that can eat me lol.

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I will reiterate that so far, Final Pursuit is great. He talks about nuancy stuff that most of us tend to want to overlook. I'm reserving my full approval until I have actually finished the book. But I tend to be one of those read for 15 minutes and the next thing I know the book is lying on the floor as I wake up from my slumber 45 minutes later types. Not that the book is boring..... but I get up early and am usually pretty tired when I do have time to read.
 
Don't forget those legless, godless, snakes! Pretty snowing here in MI with a very anti-reptile high of 21° :tearsofjoy:
Must be boring hunting a place where you never get to experience a cottonmouth smacking your boot. You didnt see the durned thing because you were too busy swatting the humminbird sized skeeters.
 
That might be worth a fortune years down the road. See what some of Gene Wensels books are going for?

I've got a collection of Wensell books, Rothar books, Jay Massey books and many others that are no longer in print that my Dad bought 30-40 years ago. I looked up how much many of them are worth one day and am seriously considering taking half of my guns out of my fire proof gun safe so there's room for those books. They're worth more than most of my guns.
 
Thanks for starting this thread @Plebe, it'll keep me from derailing at least one thread with my random thoughts. :tearsofjoy:

I won't ever claim to be in the same class of hunter of these guys mentioned here but you can't spend 50+ seasons in the whitetail woods without learning a few things along the way, even if you're a guy who needs to learn them more than once like myself. I can honestly say I'd never heard of most of these whitetail experts until I joined this forum. Names like Infalt, Eberhart, Rothar, Worthington, etc. would have meant absolutely nothing to me. I guess I lived a sheltered existence. :tearsofjoy:

However I have to say that since I've started digesting their thoughts on hunting, both online and in written form, I've found validation for a lot of the things I have been doing based on the lessons learned and subsequent evolution of my hunting style through those 50 years of chasing whitetails. In addition I've learned a few tricks from these guys to add to my style that I might not have come across without them sharing their experiences.

That's not to say I agree that everything I've read/garnered from these guys will work in my little corner of the world but all info is good info. I've spent my life hunting in the upland hardwoods of NW Michigan and a lot of the lessons I've learned may not be applicable to the palmettos of Florida or even the agriculture lands of the midwest. You have to be able to cipher out the tidbits and pick and choose those that are applicable to your situation.

For example, in my little corner of experience, I find that hunting buck bedding areas is the best ticket in the early season when bucks are still in bachelor groups and or may be moving mostly in the dark. As my season moves toward late October and rut approaches and begins I shift my focus to focusing on travel corridors and funnels hoping to catch the bucks cruising for does or tending them. Late season, once snow starts to cover the ground and hunting pressure decreases I move my focus to the known late season food sources as the bucks are trying to replenish their reserves to survive the winter. For me all of these involve some level of mobile hunting as I move around a lot in an attempt to prevent getting patterned. In my mind all of these phases are represented in some way, shape or form by the advice given by the "masters". I guess what I'm trying to say in my long winded post is that I adapt my style throughout the season in an attempt to stay with the bucks as their patterns change.

The bottom line, to me anyway, is that only field experience will show what may or may not work for your particular environment and preferred hunting style. Adopt what works for you and keep the rest in mind for potential future use.
 
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little debbies can go pound sand. Pumpkin spice for life baby. My life has been spirling out of control and into the abyss since pumpkin flavor is gone for the season
Little Debbie wont leave you like a jilted lover. I am sure the season of estrogen lattes will come back around though. The metro's seem lean more and more that direction. ;)
 
little debbies can go pound sand. Pumpkin spice for life baby. My life has been spirling out of control and into the abyss since pumpkin flavor is gone for the season
I don't know you that well, but I know your life has been out of control for a lot longer than the termination of pumpkin spice season
 
little debbies can go pound sand. Pumpkin spice for life baby. My life has been spirling out of control and into the abyss since pumpkin flavor is gone for the season

To be honest, those PS lattes are holding you back imo. Worth it though, it’s only recreation. (Just don’t spill one on a leather-bound copy of the subject book.)
 
Looks like Josh Brolin doing a Saturday Night Live deer hunter sketch. No Country for Old Bucks.

Lol, it is indeed Brolin. Good eye. But in an actual (looks bad) movie. Oddly, I came across it while I was searching to find out more about Bobby Worthington.

As it is for Boyne Joe, Worthington (and Ferguson) are both new to me.

Might pull a Worthington maneuver and sit in one place (aka recliner) and put in the time (aka consume Little Debbies and Netflix)….maybe I can learn something from the 2012 Hunter of the Year awardee, lol.

Here’s the trailer:

 
One thing I found interesting in the book is the best November days to hunt. In his book Come November Gene Wensel said the best days to hunt mature bucks is November 7th thru 17th.
Bobby Worthington in his book Final Quest says the best time for mature bucks is November 2nd thru 10th if the weather is cold. Bobby says that from November 10th to around November 18th or so the bucks will be in hard lockdown. From about November 25th to about December 2nd the big bucks will start moving again. I am wondering why the difference in opinion?
May be the difference in buck to doe ratio where they hunt.
Any opinions?
 
little debbies can go pound sand. Pumpkin spice for life baby. My life has been spirling out of control and into the abyss since pumpkin flavor is gone for the season
I’ve never been a pumpkin spice guy. But the other day I had some PS coated almonds that were fantastic.
 
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