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Started by Greg Massey, April 27, 2016, 12:14:39 PM
Quote from: 2eagles on April 28, 2016, 07:40:16 AMSome really good thoughts here. It doesn't make any difference what I'm hunting for, I plan on bringing home game. If a hunt begins with an I don't think I'll do good today attitude, you're already defeated and should probably stay home. To me, after hunting for over 60 seasons, it comes down to having fun. I enjoy getting up stupid early in the AM. I enjoy the ride. I try to enjoy the whole time hunting. If I'm lucky enough to bring home the bacon, I enjoy eating the gift. Have fun. Get it?
Quote from: Greg Massey on April 27, 2016, 12:14:39 PMSchool is in session every day in the turkey woods. From the minute you leave your truck until the second legal shooting hour expires. I think people can pretty much become to over confident and make mistakes with being successful in turkey hunting. Experience and what to expect and how to react is all a part of becoming a good woodsman. No matter where you hunt you must spend time with turkeys to learn about their habitat, you must scout, watch and spend time to learn more about these birds and later on it will pay big dividends. Being a successful turkey hunter is more than I'M JUST A KILLER OF TURKEYS you have to become excellent woodsman, that can call and are skilled with the tools needed to get the job done. More than a lot of other outdoor activity, turkey hunting requires persistence, patience and positive attitude. Spring turkey hunting can change in a second, turning a bad day of hunting into a hunt of a lifetime. Turkeys have a nature of acting in a seemingly random fashion, not following any pattern or mode of behavior from day to day. Without question, experience, woodsmanship skills, scouting and learning are some of the most important factors in turkey hunting success. So again can we become so over confident that killing is all we think about as a turkey hunter? Sometimes i think we become to over confident in thinking it's just about i'm a killer of turkeys. It more of just having the opportunity and enjoying what nature has to offer and how bless we are to hunt these birds. So again as hunters let's not get to the point that it's just i'm a killing machine of these animals if you get to that point i would suggest you take a few years off from turkey hunting. This is again just my opinion of becoming over confident in our ability as hunters at my age of 60 and all the years i've hunted i still want to learn about these turkeys and how to become a better woodsman. I never want to say i'm the best turkey hunter, were never to old to keep learning our sport of hunting and to keep improving our ability and confidence.
Quote from: g8rvet on April 29, 2016, 05:35:52 PMPretty much everything you just said is not why I hunt Va. As long as you are not affecting me, have at it. Unlike many, I will not judge you for what you do and how you do it. I am a pretty good turkey hunter and that is good enough for me. I am a really good duck hunter and pretty good at catching redfish. But my turkey, duck and redfish taste just as good as yours and I enjoy the whole process. You can call yourself some kind of zen master turkey hunter. For me I am perfectly happy having fun and being one of the simple unwashed, occasional decoy using, sometimes don't call in the hot bird, sometimes set up wrong, sometimes don't fill all my tags in one state, regular joe turkey hunter. I am a lot more impressed by the guys I know that are humble, kill a very high ratio of birds/hunt and just enjoy the hunt. They don't sell anything, don't promote themselves as some kind of expert, don't compare or rank themselves to others, don't look down on decoy users or blind users and just love the game. I am not implying you nor anyone else is not like that, just saying that they have figured out the joy of the hunt, instead of comparing their success rates to others and that makes them successful. And that is who I admire. That is the only goal I strive to attain. I know two members of this site like that and I have never seen them belittle or brag. That is admirable to me.
Quote from: g8rvet on April 28, 2016, 01:07:14 PMReminds me of something. I have hunted a lake for 27 seasons. Seen good years and bad years. I pretty much have a feel for where the birds are and how they will work. Not because I am so awesome, but I have been there long enough with my eyes open, I know what to do and when to do it. Just experience. A local newbie "guide" in the area knows me (he took over a pond I used to have permission to wood duck hunt on so he could "guide" there, told me I could no longer hunt it) and he sees me on the ramp and starts pumping me for information, quietly so his client can't hear him. Asks me where I am gonna set up and where he should. I look him square in the eyes and say "I am gonna set up where I saw birds when I was scouting yesterday, you can set up anywhere you dang well please". I then cranked up and sped off in the darkness so he could not follow me. Tool.
Quote from: Farmboy27 on April 29, 2016, 07:56:56 PMQuote from: g8rvet on April 29, 2016, 05:35:52 PMPretty much everything you just said is not why I hunt Va. As long as you are not affecting me, have at it. Unlike many, I will not judge you for what you do and how you do it. I am a pretty good turkey hunter and that is good enough for me. I am a really good duck hunter and pretty good at catching redfish. But my turkey, duck and redfish taste just as good as yours and I enjoy the whole process. You can call yourself some kind of zen master turkey hunter. For me I am perfectly happy having fun and being one of the simple unwashed, occasional decoy using, sometimes don't call in the hot bird, sometimes set up wrong, sometimes don't fill all my tags in one state, regular joe turkey hunter. I am a lot more impressed by the guys I know that are humble, kill a very high ratio of birds/hunt and just enjoy the hunt. They don't sell anything, don't promote themselves as some kind of expert, don't compare or rank themselves to others, don't look down on decoy users or blind users and just love the game. I am not implying you nor anyone else is not like that, just saying that they have figured out the joy of the hunt, instead of comparing their success rates to others and that makes them successful. And that is who I admire. That is the only goal I strive to attain. I know two members of this site like that and I have never seen them belittle or brag. That is admirable to me. I agree. There is a big difference between being confident and in thinking that you are a ninja master, Jedi knight, holy monk of turkey hunting. Anytime I see someone posting about how they kill birds most of the time they hunt and how they use tactical strategy that they preplan, I just roll my eyes and laugh. Anyone who claims to consistently kill most of the time is either lying or hunting bird loaded private ground. Neither case impresses me in the least. And if they think all the strategy talk is going to impress me, come on dude! We ain't playing chess or fighting a battle! It's hunting. Sure, go out with a plan. But don't try to tell me that I'm not as good as you because I don't walk into a hunt like in going to battle. I have tons of confidence. I'm also in this game to have tons of fun!
Quote from: Planner on April 29, 2016, 08:41:59 PMQuote from: g8rvet on April 28, 2016, 01:07:14 PMReminds me of something. I have hunted a lake for 27 seasons. Seen good years and bad years. I pretty much have a feel for where the birds are and how they will work. Not because I am so awesome, but I have been there long enough with my eyes open, I know what to do and when to do it. Just experience. A local newbie "guide" in the area knows me (he took over a pond I used to have permission to wood duck hunt on so he could "guide" there, told me I could no longer hunt it) and he sees me on the ramp and starts pumping me for information, quietly so his client can't hear him. Asks me where I am gonna set up and where he should. I look him square in the eyes and say "I am gonna set up where I saw birds when I was scouting yesterday, you can set up anywhere you dang well please". I then cranked up and sped off in the darkness so he could not follow me. Tool. Could it have been that he was asking so he wouldn't set up his clients too close to you and ruin your hunt? When I've hunted public land I've asked guys this same question as a courtesy to not step on their toes.
Quote from: Happy on April 30, 2016, 02:59:38 PM The only person I am out to beat is myself. I do think a lot of hunters don't get how important confidence and good old fashioned stubbornness are. I know at times these birds have put a whoopin on me and had me questioning whether every bird I have ever killed has been luck or skill. To be honest I have benafited from both. Spend enough time hunting hard and luck will smile down once on a while.