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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/20/16 11:21 PM
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Deerhunter61
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I actually enjoy hunting alone and do so quiet often. When I go on the weekend this year my best friend, wife, will be tagging along which I'm looking forward to but I enjoy hunting during the week when things are quieter...I tend to see more and better bucks when there are fewer people there.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/21/16 03:16 PM
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jrgocards
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More times than not i hunt alone now. My FIL used to go with me every time, but he's pushing 85 now. I enjoy being up there with him and also without him. I sometimes invite a friend to go with me, but it seems like I'm always having to make concessions for him (he needs to hunt the blind (best spot) because he doesn't feel comfortable climbing a tree stand ans he snores pretty bad.
Time by myself is something that I never get at home, so it's nice to get it at the farm.
JR
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/21/16 03:24 PM
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TooLow
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I hunt by myself quite a few times during the season and enjoy it.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/21/16 03:25 PM
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Tex68w
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I tend to hunt Quail by myself, simply don't have many hunting buddies in the area that care to join me, that part I simply don't understand.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/21/16 04:32 PM
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MS1454
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I quail hunting alone if you don't include the dog.
Duck hunting am always with a group.
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/21/16 07:28 PM
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texaspirate
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I do, but its never as fun... I deer hunt alone, but birds and so on... its just no fun without a buddy
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/22/16 08:18 PM
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TXHOGSLAYER
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I used to almost exclusively. Now my son goes with me. I still occasionally dove hunting by myself.
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/23/16 02:26 PM
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TexasVine
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Hunting alone can be very therapeutic. I enjoy being at by myself at times.
TexasVine
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/23/16 11:51 PM
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D-Day
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I do.
I swear Sasquatch, every bobcat in the county, and the Fouke monster are watching me walk in and out in the dark.
The dog is a gentleman, I want to go to his Heaven not man's.--Mark Twain
If dogs don't go to Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.--Will Rogers
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.--Mark Twain
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: Tex68w]
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09/24/16 12:37 AM
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scalebuster
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I tend to hunt Quail by myself, simply don't have many hunting buddies in the area that care to join me, that part I simply don't understand. Get some good dogs and you'll have all the friends you want.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/24/16 02:02 AM
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NDN98
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I enjoy deer hunting alone, but like dove/bird hunting with buddies.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/24/16 02:15 AM
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bigjoe8565
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Until last year I hunted alone 95% of the time. My wife has started going with me now and I like the company.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/24/16 02:21 PM
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4dog
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Prefer alone...stay as long as i want or leave when im ready to...hate it when someone else dictates my hunting schedule.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/24/16 04:37 PM
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Slow Drifter
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When I hunt alone I prefer to be by myself. Have my own place about an hour away and let a few friends and family hunt it. They all generally tag out and/or are more into football by Thanksgiving. I give it a few weeks to calm down and hunt Christmas to Closer. Just about every year I'll take a buck none of them ever saw. This has been going on for about 25 years now and they still haven't figured it out, which is fine with me.
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/25/16 02:30 AM
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DHS274
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When I hunt alone...I prefer to be by myself.
I wish my fiends were more disciplined big game hunters. Dove hunting they are fine. But deer hunting; they don't put in the time during the year, and when in the woods they don't sit still, they cough, hack, fidget, and may as well just play grab [censored] with the raccoons. So I have hunted alone for many years.
I still share my venison with them, 'cause I got friends in low places.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: Simple Searcher]
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09/26/16 05:15 PM
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Bobcat4119
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I do often, It is good therapy, just me, God, and the critters After doing 80 hours in 5 days, there is nothing better than some time alone to unwind. Amen brother!
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/26/16 11:02 PM
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tholloway
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since i hunt public land, nobody wants to go with me, and since its been a couple of years since i have harvested anything,. sometimes i wished it was like it was on t.v., but i like the solitude
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/27/16 12:29 AM
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 as pappy once said: He who hunts alone, thar memorries die with them ...  many a times huntsolo  memorries take with to me grave... Stay Safe... 
i'm postaddic
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/27/16 05:28 PM
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Erathkid
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My best hunting occurs during the week, almost always alone. Weekends are more about keeping the other guys up late, around the fire....Funny, they don't seem to enjoy the same success as I do 
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/27/16 05:40 PM
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Navasot
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I do until I run outa beer
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: Erathkid]
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09/27/16 11:43 PM
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My best hunting occurs during the week, almost always alone. Weekends are more about keeping the other guys up late, around the fire....Funny, they don't seem to enjoy the same success as I do never have figured out those guys that drive several hours just to stay [censored] faced and have the radio up loud. i rather be at home with my comfortable chair and toilet if i wanted to do that. they must just have a poor home life.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: D-Day]
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09/28/16 01:09 AM
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Choctaw
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I do.
I swear Sasquatch, every bobcat in the county, and the Fouke monster are watching me walk in and out in the dark. No, it's just a coven of killer clowns. 
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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09/29/16 01:37 PM
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sbushee
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Just my wife and I on 600 acres. It's so relaxing. Occasionally a child will tag along.
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Re: Who hunts alone
[Re: PaulsBunyan]
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10/01/16 01:32 PM
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Age N Score ?
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As much as I love hunting alone, there are times I really like to have someone with me. My stomach sometimes will make a bowl growl that is worth sharing. I even get to laughing at myself when I start percolating and those air bubbles make a bend around a corner in my gut. They sound so much louder when you are in the woods.!  Then finally comes the escape. I start questioning my diet and intake of foods and worrying if I have a perforated bowl, or something is wrong with my liver. This seems to always happen when there isn't any wind and I have nobody to share it with. But almost every time right about 7:23am I can no longer hold back the pressure and have to leave my blind and duck walk somewhere and rid my body of the foul substance I'm carrying.  But it has never effected the hunting for me as I've had the same deal every year and almost every trip to the blind. Then shortly thereafter round 2 starts. I can't wait for the grandsons to go with me and start stacking up on stories they will tell their kids. 
I Feed Indian Corn. The deer love it and all the colors make them stay at the feeder longer.
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Re: Who hunts alone
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10/01/16 03:28 PM
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Palehorse
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As much as I love hunting alone, there are times I really like to have someone with me. My stomach sometimes will make a bowl growl that is worth sharing. I even get to laughing at myself when I start percolating and those air bubbles make a bend around a corner in my gut. They sound so much louder when you are in the woods.!  Then finally comes the escape. I start questioning my diet and intake of foods and worrying if I have a perforated bowl, or something is wrong with my liver. This seems to always happen when there isn't any wind and I have nobody to share it with. But almost every time right about 7:23am I can no longer hold back the pressure and have to leave my blind and duck walk somewhere and rid my body of the foul substance I'm carrying.  But it has never effected the hunting for me as I've had the same deal every year and almost every trip to the blind. Then shortly thereafter round 2 starts. I can't wait for the grandsons to go with me and start stacking up on stories they will tell their kids. It's guys like you why I prefer to hunt alone. 
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