For me it's that my subconscious thinks if I buy more gear the season will somehow get here faster.
That’s what I think of while driving north to hunt. After about 4 hours of driving, when I’m second guessing my trip, I think of snake boots, thermacell refills, bug nets, and all that sweat.Living in Florida where it’s 90 degrees for the entire hunting season
Roll tideMy biggest weakness? I can not pass on a doe for the life of me!
When I lived in Michigan, I didn't mind the dark at all. I hated getting up early, so usually missed making it into the woods before gray light, but I did on occasion with no issues. Same thing coming out at night, even in the SGA that had a crap ton of coyotes!My weakness…truthfully, I hate the damn dark. Yeah, I said it haha. I kill deer, but I wonder if I would kill more if I got in earlier or stayed later. As my buddy always tells me “what can get you in the dark, can get you in the light” but it’s still not my favorite time to lurk around. Although I tough it out sometimes, more often than not it hinders me. Oddly enough, I feel completely fine once I’m settled in the tree, just not while my two feet are on the ground. Which of you grown men are a sissy like me? Don’t lie! Haha
He said doe, not spotted fawn… calm downRoll tide
My biggest weakness is not having sympathy or compassion for anyone during deer season. Come to your wedding? Nope. Come hang out. Nope. Lost a leg? I got a ground blind.Just a fun idea, but If there was a job interview for deer hunting and a question was what's your biggest deer hunting weakness, and what you're doing to improve it, what would it be?
Something I struggled with pretty good last year was picking the right tree. I have to give myself a pat on the back as I've gotten pretty good at finding the general spot I need to be to get on bucks, but once there I can't seem to pick the perfect tree to be in. Sometimes it might be from laziness as I don't feel like climbing a tree with 20 limbs. But mostly from which trails to cover that's going to offer the best opportunity. Seems to being something you can only learn by failing again and again.
My biggest weakness is not having sympathy or compassion for anyone during deer season. Come to your wedding? Nope. Come hang out. Nope. Lost a leg? I got a ground blind.
He said doe, not spotted fawn… calm down
Mine would probably be my entry and exit. They aren’t always considered as much as they should but I have gotten much better at it!Just a fun idea, but If there was a job interview for deer hunting and a question was what's your biggest deer hunting weakness, and what you're doing to improve it, what would it be?
Something I struggled with pretty good last year was picking the right tree. I have to give myself a pat on the back as I've gotten pretty good at finding the general spot I need to be to get on bucks, but once there I can't seem to pick the perfect tree to be in. Sometimes it might be from laziness as I don't feel like climbing a tree with 20 limbs. But mostly from which trails to cover that's going to offer the best opportunity. Seems to being something you can only learn by failing again and again.
My weakness…truthfully, I hate the damn dark. Yeah, I said it haha. I kill deer, but I wonder if I would kill more if I got in earlier or stayed later. As my buddy always tells me “what can get you in the dark, can get you in the light” but it’s still not my favorite time to lurk around. Although I tough it out sometimes, more often than not it hinders me. Oddly enough, I feel completely fine once I’m settled in the tree, just not while my two feet are on the ground. Which of you grown men are a sissy like me? Don’t lie! Haha
The dim light is intentional but not because I don’t want to see danger. I’m just trying not to spook every deer in the woods. Jeff sturgis and John Eberhart talk about that and I need every edge I can get. One of my other fears is one day I will realize that deer and turkeys are a lot smarter than I am!I take it to mean the dim flashlight is intentional cause you don’t want to see it coming.
There isn’t likely much anyone can do against a charging bear in the dark. But I’d use a spotlight nonetheless, if I wasn’t worried it would spook deer.
Another weird one for me is Owls. I’ve been swooped on three or four times and one actually contacted my face mask while attempting to turn, as I had thrown my arm up. Always happened during grey light in the morning while on stand.