The deer herds in the continental US are healthier than they have ever been and in most areas, the quality of the deer have improved substantially (look at both P&Y as well as B&C entries through the years)
I hear what you're saying Fabs and agree with it to an extent-I see alot of hunters try and compensate for lack of skills with the latest whiz-bang gadget on the market. I personally do feel that some of the newer technology (game cams, optics, rangefinders, etc.) when applied with good woodsmanship skills, can definately help tip the scales in a hunters favor.
That is not to say that one has to have these to hunt successfully (and the marketers job is to ensure the masses that we MUST have all of this!
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Lilred,
Keep on, keeping on! I cannot tell you a few seasons ago just how many times I got busted by deer going to a stand...didn't seem to matter which direction or speed the wind blew, I'd run into deer. The first really good cold front is planning on ripping through my neck of the woods on Thursday bringing with it some snow showers and low's in the mid 20's. (Cough, cough..I believe that I'm starting to come down with something that may have me absent at work later in the week
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10-09-2006, 07:28 AM
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