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We have big camps, big rigs, music cranking beer drinken cigar smoken hoot n and holler n sum beaches. Still ain't seen a deer...must be a bad area...

Campmeat's thread got me thinking, Just curious as to how many hunt mainly alone and why. I probably hunt/camp solo 75% of the time, sometimes for several days at a time. When I do hunt with someone it is usually my wife. I don't need company and find solo helps clear my head out of the garbage that tends to clutter it up. Helping out others is different. I usually camp with them when I am helping but if it is my hunt, especially archery, it is usually alone. It makes my family nervous because of poor cell phone reception in some of my areas and health issues that come with age but it is my favorite way to hunt.

I predominately hunt and camp alone. When I'm alone I can really immerse myself 110% into the hunt. Every decision becomes my own, how far I hike and how hard I hunt is solely on me. I enjoy that aspect. But my favorite hunt of the year is with a buddy and we always camp together and most days will hunt together as well. The camaraderie is refreshing and time around the camp fire at night is second to none. Both are great, I probably need to do a better job of mixing both styles.

So I’m a bit late sharing this so with some down time at work figured I’d share my 2021 solo coues hunt! After years of archery hunting , never putting in for in for rifle hunts and always helping close friends of mine on rifle hunts and always saying to myself that I’m gonna put in for a rifle tag because how much fun I always have on them , I finally put in for a late November tag and drew . With having to move two house into one in the beginning of October and the holidays in a new home ,It didn’t give me much time to scout for this hunt. A good buddy of mine pointed me into a area he had been luck in the past . After spending all of opening day glassing up smaller deer and other hunters it felt there wasn’t much in that area that wasn’t being hunted hard and deer that weren’t pushed all over the place . I went back to camp and regrouped and made a different game plan for day 2. At first light I was on this little hill that gave me a huge view into some great wilderness area . With in 20 minutes I glassed up 4 does 2 miles away on this grassy hill side. I watched them for a good hour off and on as I tried to glass other areas trying to find a good buck. Coming back to them every 10 minutes to finally see 4 deer turn into 7 . At that distance was hard for me to see if there was antlers on any of the deer , but seeing a deer stand in front of a small tree and the tree shaking up and down for about 10 minutes and then seeing another deer chase that deer off I knew there was a decent buck in there. I grabbed my pack and decided to make a move on these deer knowing that they’ve been in the same area for almost 2 hours now. I decided to go strait at them . With 3 different washes and big hills to keep track of these deer as I was making my way to them . I’d cut down a hill ,cross a big wash ,bush whacking my way up another steep hill glassing them back up . After about a 2 hour journey , sweating and breathing hard after cresting this hill I thought I wanted to be on to shoot from I put my binoculars up right when this buck was bedding back down between two small trees . I ranged him at 800 yards a lot further than I’m comfortable shooting at. With one more hill in between us I ranged the tip of the hill at 400 yards . That would put me in a distance I’m comfortable with . Knowing he just bedded back down I made the cut down the hill across another wash and back up to a rock outcrop that would give a great view to where he bedded down . Got to the rock outcrop and saw his antlers shining through the small tree he was laying behind. My head started pounding as I saw the uniqueness of this bucks antlers. Got ready and was able to calm down and get comfortable while I waited for him to stand up at 380 yards . He stood up and buck fever kicked in and started to get shaky again ! I pulled the trigger with excitement and shot just above his back . Knowing I screwed up and pulled to hard , I reracked another round found him standing 5 feet from where he stood up , I put my crosshairs on him and took a deep breath and on the Exhale gently squeezed the trigger. After the recoil of a 300 win mag wasn’t able to see him go down. With doubt cause of my first shot , I made the long walk that seemed forever over to where he was to see him pulled up in the bush ! After breaking him down and getting my pack loaded it was start to get dark . I thanked god for this moment by myself and never felt a more rewarding hunt !

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I'm sure I won't draw but here is a video my best friend since childhood took last fall. I don't normally like to post other people's videos but this one is cool. VID-20210910-WA0001.mp4

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Kingpin!!!

Think I have a set of rcbs carbide 3 die will check when I get home

When we first moved to Flag the only car we had was a 67 Buick Skylark, we were living in a trailer park right behind the Mall. We didn't do too bad getting out of our parking spot but because that car was such a boat we had to drive around to the exit onto 89 just north of the Circle K because the snowplow ridge getting out of the trailer park onto 89 was impossible for that car!!! Good times!!!

I hunt alone most of the time. sometimes over a month. Rule at my house is , if I don't come home don't come looking for me.

Same here. I have had some fantastic solo hunts. Being alone in the woods is somewhat ethereal for me(as it is probably for many). But I have found that I enjoy the "camp" just as much as I do the hunt. As I have gotten older I like my trailer and comfy bed. I love a "big camp" with lots of friends(ok not "friends" but people who tolerate me) after a good day hunting. It also makes a bad day of hunting bearable. I have also found that I get more joy out of taking new people and kids hunting than anything else. I would rather fail taking a new person or kid hunting than have success alone. For me it has become more about the experience than the "hunt" or "kill". But I still try very hard to not come home empty handed.

I’m the same way. I hunt alone maybe 75% of the time. But with age, I find the camaraderie with family and friends very rewarding. A few have since passed away and those hunts are still special. To me, elk camp, turkey camp, quail camp….etc is much more enjoyable with people I care about.

Calm down, AOL'ers...it was just a joke

I camp with others about half the time but always hunt alone.

Will definitely be going back out for the match.

and strawberry....

Find some desperate fat chick to live with for free

Great deal. Avoid hazmat and shipping!

Good job bro. Probably added years to your life.

You didn’t hear…?!? 😁

I have called in several, none intentional, calling for coyotes. Have only called in two with the intent of specifically calling in a lion and willing to pass on other game. Taken in 35a during deer season.

Well, not much of a story on this buck. Didn’t have time to scout much this year and didn’t really see anything when i did. My brother took a friend on the youth hunt a couple weeks ago and kicked this buck up in one of our old honeyholes. Went in this morning and killed him at first light then spent the next several hours packing him out. Lots of mass, blades and stickers on this one. He was an old dude