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Post by nhmountains on Nov 25, 2020 19:53:09 GMT -6
I added up my hours on stand this fall season. It started on October 31. I hunted 21 of the 25 days. 18 full days of dark to dark hunting. (185 hours) 3 partial days totaling 11 hours for 196 hours. I saw 4 deer. 2 bucks, a doe, and an unknown. It was the most time I’ve put into a deer season and I’m lucky to have an understanding wife who actually told me to stay up st camp an extra night so I was able to hunt yesterday morning. In New Hampshire you will be more successful if you put in the time unless you’re lucky and see a deer and shoot it. There’s plenty of those hunters too. I’m not the lucky type though.
I’d sat in the stand I was in yesterday morning many times in November visualizing where a buck would travel coming into view. I heard the bluejays many times and heard and saw gray squirrels many more times. Thank god for iPhones and our website. It helps pass the time.
I’ll be back at camp this weekend in the woods with a rifle bear hunting and marking oaks to release. Our bear season end 11/30 and rifle ends December 6. We have one more hunter in camp with a tag that needs encouragement to hunt now so I’ll be there for him.
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Post by mnfish on Nov 25, 2020 20:08:18 GMT -6
per·sist·ence /pərˈsistəns/ Learn to pronounce noun firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. "companies must have patience and persistence, but the rewards are there" Similar: perseverance tenacity determination resolve resolution resoluteness staying power purposefulness firmness of purpose patience endurance application diligence sedulousness dedication commitment doggedness persistency pertinacity assiduity assiduousness steadfastness tirelessness indefatigability stamina intransigence obstinacy Sitzfleisch stickability stick-to-it-iveness continuance perseveration the continued or prolonged existence of something. "the persistence of huge environmental problems"
"To be NHmountains in the woods hunting a whitetai"
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Post by caveman on Nov 26, 2020 7:35:25 GMT -6
I added up my hours on stand this fall season. It started on October 31. I hunted 21 of the 25 days. 18 full days of dark to dark hunting. (185 hours) 3 partial days totaling 11 hours for 196 hours. I saw 4 deer. 2 bucks, a doe, and an unknown. It was the most time I’ve put into a deer season and I’m lucky to have an understanding wife who actually told me to stay up st camp an extra night so I was able to hunt yesterday morning. In New Hampshire you will be more successful if you put in the time unless you’re lucky and see a deer and shoot it. There’s plenty of those hunters too. I’m not the lucky type though. I’d sat in the stand I was in yesterday morning many times in November visualizing where a buck would travel coming into view. I heard the bluejays many times and heard and saw gray squirrels many more times. Thank god for iPhones and our website. It helps pass the time. I’ll be back at camp this weekend in the woods with a rifle bear hunting and marking oaks to release. Our bear season end 11/30 and rifle ends December 6. We have one more hunter in camp with a tag that needs encouragement to hunt now so I’ll be there for him. Respect to you. If you can be happy with that hunting you are one tough person. At seeing one deer per 50 hours of hunting I would be making changes. I was given a Christmas tree ornament when I first started deer huntng that reads "There is a fine line between hunting deer and sitting in a tree like an idiot." Whenever I go three, four morning/evening sits without seeing anything that ornament gets in my head. Then the thoughts of "should I even be killing a deer here when there are so few here" get flowing, and it's time for me to move on to another woods or another hobby.
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Post by nhmountains on Nov 26, 2020 8:36:08 GMT -6
I added up my hours on stand this fall season. It started on October 31. I hunted 21 of the 25 days. 18 full days of dark to dark hunting. (185 hours) 3 partial days totaling 11 hours for 196 hours. I saw 4 deer. 2 bucks, a doe, and an unknown. It was the most time I’ve put into a deer season and I’m lucky to have an understanding wife who actually told me to stay up st camp an extra night so I was able to hunt yesterday morning. In New Hampshire you will be more successful if you put in the time unless you’re lucky and see a deer and shoot it. There’s plenty of those hunters too. I’m not the lucky type though. I’d sat in the stand I was in yesterday morning many times in November visualizing where a buck would travel coming into view. I heard the bluejays many times and heard and saw gray squirrels many more times. Thank god for iPhones and our website. It helps pass the time. I’ll be back at camp this weekend in the woods with a rifle bear hunting and marking oaks to release. Our bear season end 11/30 and rifle ends December 6. We have one more hunter in camp with a tag that needs encouragement to hunt now so I’ll be there for him. Respect to you. If you can be happy with that hunting you are one tough person. At seeing one deer per 50 hours of hunting I would be making changes. I was given a Christmas tree ornament when I first started deer huntng that reads "There is a fine line between hunting deer and sitting in a tree like an idiot." Whenever I go three, four morning/evening sits without seeing anything that ornament gets in my head. Then the thoughts of "should I even be killing a deer here when there are so few here" get flowing, and it's time for me to move on to another woods or another hobby.
I just like to give you guys that see lots of deer a different perspective so when you’re having a bad stretch of 2-3 days without seeing deer that it could be worse. I could’ve seen more deer by still hunting but, would most likely have driven the does off my property and onto the abutting properties which are posted. I did actually look at another property recently that wouldve been a killer property with no problems seeing deer. I put in a bid at full price and got turned down. There was sone funny business going on with the seller and listing agent. I’m not sure why they bothered listing it if they had a “buyer” lined up but, wasted a few hours of my life. If I hunted solely for killing deer I’d had given up long ago.
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 26, 2020 9:46:24 GMT -6
Respect to you. If you can be happy with that hunting you are one tough person. At seeing one deer per 50 hours of hunting I would be making changes. I was given a Christmas tree ornament when I first started deer huntng that reads "There is a fine line between hunting deer and sitting in a tree like an idiot." Whenever I go three, four morning/evening sits without seeing anything that ornament gets in my head. Then the thoughts of "should I even be killing a deer here when there are so few here" get flowing, and it's time for me to move on to another woods or another hobby.
I just like to give you guys that see lots of deer a different perspective so when you’re having a bad stretch of 2-3 days without seeing deer that it could be worse. I could’ve seen more deer by still hunting but, would most likely have driven the does off my property and onto the abutting properties which are posted. I did actually look at another property recently that wouldve been a killer property with no problems seeing deer. I put in a bid at full price and got turned down. There was sone funny business going on with the seller and listing agent. I’m not sure why they bothered listing it if they had a “buyer” lined up but, wasted a few hours of my life. If I hunted solely for killing deer I’d had given up long ago. Oh dear god, agreed. High expectations nearly drove me outta the sport altogether. I've discovered what I enjoy about habitat'n and spending the weekend in the woods. Now, I have decided to withdraw my end of season proclamation. I'm gonna head out today, and tomorrow for sure. If I see something, I may hunt all the way through the weekend. Pondering taking the mini sunflower out to the sacristy to keep warm.
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Post by nhmountains on Nov 27, 2020 3:48:47 GMT -6
I’ll add that if I did live and hunt in an area where there’s lots of deer that I’d be extremely disappointed with only seeing 4 deer in 196 hours of hunting. NH relies on hunted surveys for setting the doe season each year from the previous year’s surveys. From the lack of shits I heard from this year, I’d think the doe season would be cut shorter next year.
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Post by caveman on Nov 27, 2020 8:39:20 GMT -6
Respect to you. If you can be happy with that hunting you are one tough person. At seeing one deer per 50 hours of hunting I would be making changes. I was given a Christmas tree ornament when I first started deer huntng that reads "There is a fine line between hunting deer and sitting in a tree like an idiot." Whenever I go three, four morning/evening sits without seeing anything that ornament gets in my head. Then the thoughts of "should I even be killing a deer here when there are so few here" get flowing, and it's time for me to move on to another woods or another hobby.
I just like to give you guys that see lots of deer a different perspective so when you’re having a bad stretch of 2-3 days without seeing deer that it could be worse. I could’ve seen more deer by still hunting but, would most likely have driven the does off my property and onto the abutting properties which are posted. I did actually look at another property recently that wouldve been a killer property with no problems seeing deer. I put in a bid at full price and got turned down. There was sone funny business going on with the seller and listing agent. I’m not sure why they bothered listing it if they had a “buyer” lined up but, wasted a few hours of my life. If I hunted solely for killing deer I’d had given up long ago. I am with you on hunting solely to kill a deer, but I got to at least see some deer if I am putting in long hours hunting deer, even if it's just white tails hopping away from me. Having a chance to shoot the deer is a huge bonus.
Right now I am getting ready for a special muzzleloader park hunt, my second year doing the hunt. Last year's hunt I saw only a few deer until moving near to the private lands with legal deer feeders (wardens/park staff suggestion.) I HATE being a line sitting hunter or even within 100 yards of the line with thousands of acres to hunt, but if that is where the deer are that is where I have to hunt to even see deer this time of year.
Over??
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