A certain someone who is becoming a good hunting buddy took it. Now, if only I could pry him from a certain someone else. :d
Some great stories guys That is what makes it so tough... Finding that person "like you" and then to be able to trust said person 100%. No easy task.
So far I've been mostly a loner. I have a couple of friends, cousins and an uncle that hunt, but a majority of the time I hunt alone.
What I love about this picture.. besides you two homeboys.. (my newest friends.):love: is the fact that I watched this buck have sex in a creek just 5 days or so prior. Crazy. That's right for those who've seen WKP's Full Circle.. the buck pictured above is the same buck who made his triumphant debut chasing.. then mounting that little doe in the creek bottom. Dan's now eating him.
I have my dad and uncle. I trust them both 100%. But they only go deer hunting. No sheding, no nothing. Just deer. I hope I can make new buddies when I get wherever it is that I am going. I can't stay in this state anymore. Too much drama, too little to offer.
I bowhunted alone for about 15 years until I met my best bud Dan. I hunted with a few before him, but most got burned out with my pace, and my desire to "do it right". We both can't hunt as much as we would like since we live in the city with our properties hours away, but we hunt the same ways, and have the same drive to get it done. It's a pretty rare thing to find these days.
Good friends are hard to come by these days. Especially one that has the hunting passion that you do. But they are out there.
Yea I am in the same boat. Geography keeps me from having a few that I could really mesh with. Other than that, I'm on my own. My Dad is the only local person I'd trust to tell everything,,,and even sometimes I have to remind him not to get too loose lipped to the neighbors.
Scott I hope you find what you are looking for Man Im here to tell you I have had some dandys over the years that kinda ruined me from wanting more. Dont get me wrong though I know,and have hunted with a few that would fit the bill, some from here on this sight. I found out that my sucess went way up when i go at it alone. I have always kinda been a loner anyway in most things i do excluding family, they are a part of anything i do in some way or another. My best hunting bud has been my Oldest son Dalton. My youngest son Tanner will start this april and im so looking forward to it!!
I am lucky to have my perfect hunting buddy, we have literally grown up together since we were 5 years old. As kids we were best-friends, and our parents houses were about a mile away from each other. We spent every free minute together as kids, and now we just know exactly what the other is thinking without ever saying a word. We could spend an entire day hunting without talking and still know exactly what each other is thinking and planning on doing. He isn't just a friend, he is my brother from another mother haha
Definately know what you mean Scott. The closest I have is my taxi friend. But the problem with him is he tries to be at his shop during the weekend and does most of his hunting during the week. So I do get to hunt withhim when I take vacation some and he comes to my place once in a while on the weekends. There just aren't that many guys out there that are as driven as most of us on here. I guess maybe that is a good thing. There may be less bucks if everyone was as hardcore.
I have 1 I would almost consider full time......We hunt together a hell of a lot in the fall......but that's it. We don't do much, if any, scouting in the off season together, no shedding......but we hunt hard. I don't really have any I would consider full time....and none are as serious as I am......Come sept. 15, it's game face time. And this buddy I hunt with all the time doens't put nearly the stand time in that I do.
I have had a couple of bud's. The First on got me hooked on bow hunting.(that wasn't hard) He got married and his wife is a #@!%^ so we parted ways and he doesn't hunt but 2 to 3 days a year. Now my neighbor has the same passion and we kind of see everything the sameway.
