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How to learn to hunt with a selfbow?

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Allyn T:
It's a cool place and big enough you could hunt it your whole life and never sit the same spot twice

Pappy:
I have had the same thoughts Fox from time to time, just don't want to shoot and I will say the least enjoyable part for me after all these years is the killing of such a beautiful creature, but that being said I do love to eat them and it is the main meat I feed my family with every year, not that I couldn't buy meat but bottom line is something has to die, either by me our someone else, as it is said "you can't grill um until you kill um" I just want to do it as cleanly and quickly as I can and always give thanks for the bounty. :) Good luck in you adventure.
 Pappy

Fox:
Thanks for all the reassuring as to actually taking the shot everyone... I had lots of fun in the woods the other day, had a doe run up and stand 5 yards from me while I was in a creek getting some water, that was exciting, no shot opportunity, but it was fun! I have another question  :D ... how many times should I hunt the same spot without any success or seeing any deer there? should I hunt one spot and go back there the next day? or is my scent a problem then? should I hunt the same spot like 2 or 3 times? before I try to find somewhere else?  thanks again !


-Fox

Allyn T:
I personally do not like hunting a spot more than once if I don't see anything and even if I do see something usually the second time there are way less if any deer and if you try a third time I don't see anything

Pappy:
I hunt the same spots quite regular, I am just careful going in and out and with my clothing, if I see deer and they aren't alerted I see no problem with it, if I spook one or it spots me then I will do something different. I have 12 or 15 stands/blinds up on my farm in different areas so moving around a bit is also very effective at least in the starting of the season to see what is going on, but when I zero in on a spot/area I will hunt it pretty hard until things change. Patients is a big part of the game. Just because you didn't see them there today doesn't mean you won't see them tomorrow especially if you have good sign around and didn't spook them. I am blessed to have a big farm but you have to realize that in most areas the deer are use to seeing people and smelling humans and it is not going to run them out of the area, they may be a little more cautious but they are going to leave home. If you are hunting big woods it is a little different when they don't see or smell humans except during hunting season so you have to be a little moue cautious. Hang in there, it will happen usually when yo least expect it.  ;) :)
Pappy

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