Do you prefer hunting alone or with company?

deer jamie · Post by **deer jamie** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:17 am

i like being in the stand bymyself but i do enjoy when i got out with a buddy and hunt the same country block (when you shoot the big one its nice to show it off right away ) its keeps the blood pumping

its also nice to have someone to walk in and out with

sumner4991 · Post by **sumner4991** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:22 am

I like hunting by myself, but, not alone. I like people knowing where I am just in case.

Now that I carry a cell phone . . .my friends are with me everywhere I go. Only issue is when I left it in the woods.

Missouri_Hunter · Post by **Missouri_Hunter** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:26 am

It really depends on the situation...I do enjoy the time alone with just my thoughts and the wonderful spirit of the woods all around me...But then I crave the time I have with my daughter during the firearms opening weekend...we spend the weekend with my hunting buddy and his daughter and it is really special...taking kids hunting is a blast...

B-Logger · Post by **B-Logger** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:58 pm

I've always enjoyed solitude and the same for hunting. However I do have to admit that I do miss my family not hunting with me any more.

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:16 pm

I like it both ways

wheelie · Post by **wheelie** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:25 pm

enjoy both ways but when you have another person you motivate each other. Best times are out with my dog. He likes crow and turkey hunting LOL

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:30 pm

Well, I hunt alone a lot, because I live in an isolated location.

It really depends on who I'd be hunting with.

For instance, my trip to Indiana wasn't so much about hunting as it was about hunting with my brother.

There's a distinction there that only close siblings can understand.

In any case, I don't mind hunting with others when it's a "split-up and go off to your stand and meet up later" situation. In fact, in many ways that is safer and better than hunting by yourself. There are many real dangers in hunting alone here where I live. It takes a long time for rescue to even get to your house (sometimes as much as an hour) ... let alone out in the boonies.

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:37 pm

ALONE------I focus more on everything...not worried about what time to meet back at the truck and all...gun hunting is different I like to pair up and outsmart the bucks..

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:04 pm

Alone its your time schedule then! Not some one else's

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:19 pm

i like to hunt by my self, but i don't mind taking someone or going with someone to a hunting location. i even have put someone in one of my stands and go to another to hunt.

Golden Eagle · Post by **Golden Eagle** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:30 pm

I have always preferred Hunting Deer alone, especially Archery.
Now Turkey Hunting I like Hunting with Someone else but enough distance between Us to cover more area.
The only Small Game I hunt is Squirrel and I Hunt alone.

ninepointer · Post by **ninepointer** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:01 pm

Both.

I enjoy crossbow hunt alone, as well as with a partner or two. I find that that the added eyes in the bush really help increase your knowledge of deer movements. I might come down from my stand after seeing nothing, convinced that the area is a dud. Then I meet up with my partner who tells me about the 7 deer he saw passing along the fence line 100 yards behind me! I have one spot that is best suited to a single hunter; its just too hard to manage the scent-streams otherwise.

But what I enjoy most is my week-long rifle hunt at our hunt camp. Nothing beats the thrill of shooting a deer and having a group of your fellow hunters (16 in our case) there to lend a hand and celebrate along with you.

MADMAX2 · Post by **MADMAX2** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:01 pm

I enjoy my archery time alone but like to get together with the shotgun gang!!for the controlled hunt

Kelley · Post by **Kelley** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:39 pm

The older I get the more I like to hunt alone. Will be 66 next Tue. By the time I am 80 I won;t have any hunting buddies.

Someone always knows which farm I am hunting.
Kelley

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:56 pm

I like to hunt alone, but it sure is nice to have company when it comes time to drag one out.

Nothing like a cell phone for company on every hunt.