3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
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3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
Confidence, heart, determination, skill, hard work, etc.
What would be your top 3? Mine would go confidence, heart, determination.
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What would be your top 3? Mine would go confidence, heart, determination.
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
Hard work (scouting)
Skill (If you can't hit them or are sloppy setting up you will rarely be successful.)
Determination (Most times this is the difference between success and failure for most things in life)
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Skill (If you can't hit them or are sloppy setting up you will rarely be successful.)
Determination (Most times this is the difference between success and failure for most things in life)
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
Dewey wrote:Hard work (scouting)
Skill (If you can't hit them or are sloppy setting up you will rarely be successful.)
Determination (Most times this is the difference between success and failure for most things in life)
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Agreed. I would only add confidence.
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
courage
brains
bucks
brains
bucks
Green and growing... Or red and rotting
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
A Bow
Some Land
Ambition
Some Land
Ambition
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
Scouting
Being a good shot
Determination
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Being a good shot
Determination
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
Scouting
Being a good shot
Determination
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Being a good shot
Determination
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[glow=red]Happiness is only a gut pile away[/glow]
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
Patience
Passion
Weapons
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Passion
Weapons
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
Knowing when to sit it out is huge IMO.
Something I need to work on....
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Something I need to work on....
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
A bow
A license
Deer
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A license
Deer
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
Good property.
Time.
Bow and arrow.
Time.
Bow and arrow.
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
whitetailassasin wrote:A bow
A license
Deer
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Good answer
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The most important is attitude, you have to know in your heart that you are gonna be successful and keep at it, attitude will get you out there when the others have quite. Second is patience, you got to put in the time, patience for waiting until a spot is right to hunt, patience waiting for the right shot (I need to work on this) and patience knowing it doesn't happen every day you hunt but every second you scout or hunt brings you closer to the moment of truth. 3rd is a mobile stand so you can keep bouncing around, this allows you to put the other things to use, and keeps the pressure down and keeps you in the action. I honestly believe that if you go in the woods with the right attitude you will be successful, you don't have to do everything right but if you think your doing it right your confidence will stay high and allow you to be patient enough to let it happen. And by going into the field with a mobile setup you could theoretically hunt any public land you feel like exploring.
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
(1) It would be hard to argue good hunting ground (public or private) is probably the biggest factor in being a successful hunter.
(2) I would then say time invested would be the next biggest factor. You have to be in the stand to kill good bucks.
(3) I would have to say hunting smart would be the next biggest factor. You will be way more successful if you don't hunt like an imbecile. Knowing how to hunt helps quite a bit. Anyone that is knocking down good bucks consistently has a working system and uses it wisely.
I can think of quite few more contributing factors but 3 is all that was called for. I do believe these 3 to be the most important, and are numbered in order of importance.
(2) I would then say time invested would be the next biggest factor. You have to be in the stand to kill good bucks.
(3) I would have to say hunting smart would be the next biggest factor. You will be way more successful if you don't hunt like an imbecile. Knowing how to hunt helps quite a bit. Anyone that is knocking down good bucks consistently has a working system and uses it wisely.
I can think of quite few more contributing factors but 3 is all that was called for. I do believe these 3 to be the most important, and are numbered in order of importance.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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Re: 3 things you need to be a successful bowhunter?
1- knowing how to make the land you hunt good
2-knowing how to hunt the land
3-practice shooting your bow
2-knowing how to hunt the land
3-practice shooting your bow
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