If one hunters shifts their thinking from, "I've been hunting here for years and I just can't get on deer...I need to hunt smarter" to "I've been hunting here for years and I just can't get on deer...screw this place" then I'm happy.This .
I will admit I've fell victim to the super smart old deer talk some of the popular "hunting experts" have to preach to keep there popularity alive. This thread has helped me open my mind which is what I think old nutter is trying to get across.
A reasonably intelligent adult, who can hunt once or twice a week throughout the season, and who has 4+ seasons under their belt (if a college degree can be obtained in that amount of time there's no way learning to hunt should be harder) on average should be able to kill what's there to kill. Maybe not every year. But when I read about people hunting places for years, going on decades, and asking for help "figuring it out" I can only assume they're chasing stuff that ain't there or they'd need to stand on a stepstool to raise their IQ.
Or they're more interested in eating at the Waffle House in full camo than hunting.