Hunting alone is crazy?

Hunting Alone....

  • It's safe I do it all the time.

    Votes: 512 81.5%

  • It would be neat to try sometime.

    Votes: 25 4.0%

  • I can see why people do it, I might try it.

    Votes: 44 7.0%

  • It's not a good idea, so I wouldn't do it.

    Votes: 32 5.1%

  • Its really not a good idea and I'd never do it.

    Votes: 15 2.4%
  • Total voters
    628
I prefer to hunt alone and most times that's how I hunt. It get s me away from everyone & everything. If I miss the shot of a lifetime, I only have me to blame! Hunting with family is entirely different,in my case I don't get to see my Dad or Brother everyday.
Loner hunter???? You bet I am!!!
 
I don't do it often only because there is always someone that wants to go or someone that needs a 4x4:rolleyes: :rolleyes: .

But there is no feeling like being in the woods alone in grizz country bow hunting elk far from any person or road....woops...hold on, I'll be back to finish this, I just s**t my pants again:eek:.
 
I give my wife a map of my projected location, and double check my route via my copy map, and GPS (bring extra batteries).

And when I park the car or truck near the spot I often leave a note in the back window for other possible Hikers, salal/mushroom pickers, and other hunters.

ie...
Grouse hunting (shotgun).
Time departed:
Direction of travel:

Also some of our Island spots cross over into logging spots, and I have been told by loggers that they appreciate knowing who is where and what they are doing...esp' if they have hired road security.

Just seems to make sense to me for the areas I'm in.
But if I was in an area that Had Grizzly I would not go alone. :eek:
 
I hunt alone almost all the time,

sometimes I go with my dad, he's getting older and the machine has 2 seats side by side so we ride and chat a lot and occasionaly shoot deer :) and moose when we have tags :D and watch moose wander around when we don't :(

hunting should be relaxing.
 
Hunting alone is a lot like masturbation alot of people do it but aren't always willing to talk about it. I also agree with Camper "Hunting alone is the only time I get any peace and quiet".
 
tracker said:
After hunting with, it's too cold, too wet, too windy, too hot, I have to be home at, too far, etc, etc, you will want to hunt alone.
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I think my dad and a select few others are the only ones I will go out "serious" hunting with. I limit the trips with the "girlfriends" to waterfowling and grouse hunting and the like so a trip cut short due to someone pussing out doesn't piss me off to bad.:rolleyes:
 
I go out to Nova Scotia every year for a hunt camp. The group may start off together but we split up in our own directions. I think it's great being out there by our self, especially coming from the big city.

Besides you are not tempted talk to anyone so you are much quieter in the woods. You see more game that way and someone in another part of the woods may push some animals in your direction.
 
Yeah, "pussies" sure don't add anything to the hunt, but everybody's got to get their start somewhere. I try to be enthusiastic anytime a new hunter (adult or kid) wants to get out and have a try. If we want young hunters to take up the torch and fight to keep the sport of our passions alive, there has to be another generation. Not to mention I kinda want to sell my guns when I'm through with them - not turn them in to some bureaucrat.

That being said, there's no point spending so much time being an ambassador for the sport if it's going to prevent you from enjoying it yourself. In a good year, I find time to hunt a few days with kids, a couple of weeks worth with a proven hunting buddy, and a few days alone. I think I need another couple of years at my current employer to get any more vacation time off (sadly).

SS
 
I do somehunting by myself for upland birds, waterfowl and coyotes. However, I mostly prefer to do my big game hunting with my Brother in Law, the Butcher, with the 4X4, with the big tires and wench, who likes to drive, has pack horses, shoots really well, and always likes to give me the first shot on really big game.....

Don't know why....
 
if im going for varmint or small game with a couple buddies or alone it doesnt matter but i dont have enough big game experience to go without someone i trust totally
 
horseman2 said:
To find a hunting partner willing to go to bed when you do and roll out at the same time is a tall order . . . have no idea where I might find her!
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To late already got her!!!:dancingbanana:

Have pretty much always hunted alone except when with family - the bb gun as kid rings true, thats where it all started for me, my brother and cousins.

I was suprised at the responses toward hunting alone - then I woke up and realized that not to many cowboys that think hunting season is for a truckload of beer with the boys would bother to put the effort in to hang out in a website like this where folks actually try and help each other and protect our rights.

Geoff
 
I often hunt alone.

I jog alone (even on dark streets).

I sometime shoot alone at the range.

I have been known to operate power tools unsupervised.

Are you suggesting I need a chaperone for these activities?
 
Hunt alone?
Like separating from camp to our own haunts? Yes, thats what I like and believe it is safe.
Go hang out by yourself for a week in a remote area of northern B.C.?
Not by choice. There are too many things to go wrong, and having some back up is the best way to go.
 
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