Do you prefer to hunt by yourself or with others&why?

[Marc]

Do you prefer to hunt by yourself or with others & why?

Myself.

While I enjoy taking my kids or a friend as a non-hunter, If I am hunting, it is almost always by myself.


If I am hunting with an experienced hunter, one of us will lose out on calling and hunting the way we prefer.

I feel like turkey hunting and harvesting a bird is a solitary experience.  My favorite part of turkey hunting is fooling a bird and calling him in...  As it is with most experienced hunters.  Hunting with another person, generally one person is calling and the other is shooting.  I have ZERO desire to have someone call in a bird for me to shoot.

[captpete]

There are only 2 people I hunt with...my wife and buddy. The wife has only hunted for about 7-8 years. She has no desire to hunt by herself or learn to call. My buddy and I deer hunt together. Depending on what season the wife decides to hunt, my buddy and I will hunt together. If either one of them tags out before I do, then I hunt by myself. Since retiring, I have bought a tag for a different season because I have more time to hunt than them.

[Happy]

If I am on the gun, I prefer to be alone. I like being by myself in the woods. I like taking my boy and hunting with a friend, but they are the trigger men then. I have nothing against others, but I tend to be more efficient by myself.

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[Yoder409]

Myself the vast majority of the time.

Used to take the Mrs. and kids.  But they all quit on me.  Hunt with my brother on occasion.  And more recently, I've introduced my cousin to the sport.  So, I'm trying to flatten the learning curve, helping him get up to speed.  And, very occasionally I'll hunt with a buddy here or there.

But mainly turkey hunting is a solo gig for me. 

[Joneshunter]

On my land I'm basically solo maybe every blue moon I'll get a buddy. But if they ask me to go with them i probably will

[boatpaddle]

I prefer to hunt alone in the spring...

Kenny Morgan wrote a book...Turkey Hunting, A ONE MAN'S GAME.

Great read !!!

I really enjoy taking younger hunters in the fall...
Usually allot more activity in the woods...Rutting deer, bears wondering around, & moving around to find the turkeys..

A good break up of a flock & it's game on...
The younger hunters get to hear turkey calling at it's best.
If they do harvest a bird, both of us are rewarded with a life long memory...
You'll hear the story repeated numerous times to anyone, that will listen...

The look in their eyes & the smile on their face....PRICELESS!!

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[Old Swamper]

Alone. Me against him, period.

[deathfoot]

I go alone 99% of the time. I may be on the same property as my buddy but we usually aren't hunting side by side.

I've traveled the country to turkey hunt. The past several years has been solo. I've gone with others but prefer to travel alone as well. This year tho, I'm going with a group to Kentucky. I'm a bit nervous about it cause I'm so used to doing my own thing.

I just enjoy taking it all in and doing what I want and getting away from everything.

[GregGwaltney]

Alone 99% of the time, unless it is with my family.

[Spyderman]

Alone or with my dad.

[ChesterCopperpot]

Alone or with my one well-trusted partner. I'll take others on occasion, but my preference is either alone or with the one partner.


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[eggshell]

If this is the day I am serious about bagging a gobbler, I will be alone. The irony is I will probably put more effort in if someone is with me than if I am by myself on most days. If birds aren't vocal or I get tired I go home on my own. I feel obligated to put my best into getting someone else an opportunity. I truly care more about others success than my own. I have two people that I generally hunt with and trust. I would guess 80 % of my time I am alone.

[ferocious calls]

Old gobblers hunt best alone.  That said, hunting with others let's me see more Toms get harvested. 

[ScottTaulbee]

If I'm hunting, I'm alone. 100% of the time. But I do enjoy calling for others


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[Dougas]

I hunt alone
All by myself
You know when I hunt alone
I prefer to be by myself


I do enjoy hunting with others and I do occasionally. I have a 2 good buddies, my brother and my adult grandson I hunt with. What we do, is park and everyone goes their separate ways. We meet up for lunch and then split up and meet up at dark. Sometimes we split up and hunt in pairs.

The reason I usually hunt alone is that I have no one to answer to, no time limit to meet up, if I make a mistake, it's my own. I hate it when I make a mistake that costs someone an opportunity and I would rather to not lose out on an opportunity because of someone else's mistakes, though that doesn't bother me near as much as when I cost someone their opportunity.