Does shooting at deer and missing ruin your hunting spot for a prolonged time?
916440
I have personally missed deer and the very next day taken one from the same stand. You might mess up your chances for the day but you won't have any long term effects caused by a miss!! Good Hunting!
987407
i live in kansas.  there is a private lake that i used to hunt ducks every season for a few years.  a guy leased the lake just for hunting, and closed it off to everyone else.  maybe you can have a lease to one party.  that's less headache, and you get one lump sum.  the person leasing it can collect money from other people hunting it, or he can have his own club on there.  i don't know how many acres you have, but from what i understand deer leases are fairly pricey in texas.  here in kansas, people let you hunt for free.
527042
most women do not like to hunt becuase after a deer is killed then they have gto go through the process of cleaning the deer ( de-gutting the thing)  . another threason is because they were never exposed to hunting as little children.  my sister likes to hunt (she got a miracle shot at an 8 point deer and killed it, all on her first shot on a rifle she has never fired in her life, and on her first real hunting trip, im extremely jealous), but she is an exception.
1077559
I don't think people hunt on burial grounds...\n\ndid you mean haunted? if that was the case I don't know. I think graveyards are more know for being haunted than Native burial grounds.
384857
No.  Most hunters I know hunt for the food and those who don't donate the meat.  Deer do tons of damage to hay bails, cars, and it is the only way to control an already out of control deer population, without allowing the deer to starve to death
892561
Had a kid in boy scouts with me whom we took snipe hunting three times...and he never did figure out what was going on.  In fact, he kept wanting to go again:\n"Let's go snipe hunting again tonight...and I get to hold the sack again, all right?  Only this time, let's REALLY try and catch some, OK?  The last three times we went, y'all just snuck up on me and jumped out and scared the hell out of me.  Don't do that this time...I think I really might catch one."\nIt just took all the fun out of it, ya know?
419174
I get deer in my back yard from time to time. They eat the bark off whatever trees I try to plant.\n\n I have a hedgehog and a family of ringneck doves.  A magpie, two voles have a nest under my patio, a wren has a nest under the eave of my front porch.\n\n An owl did live in my back yard but the tree was 300 years old and fell down a few years ago. The owl moved to the woods behind my house. I still hear him hunting at night.\n\nLast spring, I saw a wild boar at dawn but that was only once.\n\nFunny thing is, I live about 20 minutes from the middle of downtown (city of 500,000). Wild, huh?
74444
If you are shooting competitions, you usually have one set of arrows you trust for the competion and a certain number of spares to replace any damaged or lost arrows. The more you go into field archery, the more important the replacements become.\n\nYour accuracy and that of your competition comes into the number of spare arrows as well. Excellent archers will damage their own or their competitors' previous arrows on the target, whereas beginners will have misses which all too often become losses.\n\n\nIf you go hunting, it depends on what you are after, and how many kills you want to achieve. Stalking with too many arrows gets difficult, going out of ammo is frustrating. Ideally have a store of extra ammunition at a base camp or a cache nearby. Terrain difficulty and skill obviously determine your hit rate.\n\n\nTraditional longbow archery demands 24 arrows in the quiver - that's what a yeoman had to carry into battle.
255253
Why would you want to hunt out of a box?  Do you need a heater for when it's cold?  Want to bring in a tv and watch the game?  \n\nReal hunters don't hunt out of boxes or tent blinds.  If you need concealment, build a natural blind.
358775
Always ask permission before entering private property. The land does not have to be posted for trespasser to seek legal action. You can be issued a citation and a fine under civial penalties. You can lose hunting privilages for two years and lose all equipment.
610286
no.it only takes a second to chamber a round and the KA-CHUNK is a scary sound that everybody knows the meaning of. in some states you are better off shooting someone that your are working them over with a baseball bat since the issue of how many blows were enought and did you use too many can come up. 3 rounds center of mass may be overkill but is not generally held to be over the line. a side comment- an unloaded long gun can be a nasty weapon in the right hands. find a grunt and have in teach you the basic strikes he learned in boot camp. a butt stroke to the head or guts will end things pretty well. then you can claim you decided not to shoot the dumb SOB but just wacked him because all you wanted to do was protect yourself. tough to sue somebody for letting you live
858649
Yes, but don't say on stand very long. You need to move around a lot and use the rain to your advantage (masks your odor and sounds). Most likely the only deer you're going to get is the one you walk up on while it's bedding down. I'd recommend you use a shotgun with one slug backed up my as many OOO buckshots as your tube will hold because it'll probably be a running shot unless you're very very sneaky. Look for them in heavy cover (dense pine branches that hang low) probably on the high ground.
828558
I am a 38 year old female and have hunted for most of my life . It is a passion that only hunters and fisher woman can understand. If you like to hunt , then hunt and by all means have fun and enjoy what u like to do. You do not have to explain yourself, if it feels good do it. Hunt for you and no-one else. Does it really matter what anyone else thinks???? I like archery and black powder. it is your time to stand alone and be you.
202371
Are you going to shoot turkey lurkeys :(
937086
Late hunt modern firearm hunt in both eastern and western WA ends November 19 (two days from now). That I know of it's not to late to buy a tag but the hunts ends very soon. Archery I do believe starts the 20th here (eastern WA) but I don't remember what day it ends. Muzzle loader dates I can't remember off memory. If I knew what Game Management Unit you would be hunting in I could tell you more definitely what time you have left and what you are allowed to hunt (buck, doe, etc.).
179957
Growing up when ever we visited my Grandparent who lived in the mountains my dad and uncle always said they were going to take us snipe hunting but they never would. We were always disappointed. It wasn't until I was an adult that someone told me what it was.....Still would have been fun.
73071
Most hunters have a certain sense of stability, and are goal oriented.  They have planning skills, long range goals, are patient and understanding, and kind.  They practice, study, and pay up for their mistakes.  They really do feel bad when they are not accurate with their shot, and the animal has to suffer.\n\nThey also seem less whimpy than the co-worker that went on disability when the stapler attacked him!\n\nIf you have never gone fishing...go fishing.  It is not about catching the fish.  It is more about enjoying nature and getting out of the city noise.\n\nIf you have never gone hunting...sign up for a 5-day packing trip.  Bring your camera and shoot the wildlife with it.  You will enjoy youself and start planning your next trip when you get back to your desk job.\n\nAnd true hunters do not hang out in town with their camos on...because it would make them smell like people, and bacon, and coffee.  You are not going to catch anything smelling like that!