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Intensity
#3007808
01/09/20 03:11 PM
01/09/20 03:11 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,486 Guntersville
AC870
OP
Old Mossy Horns
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OP
Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,486
Guntersville
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I’ve just about decided this is perhaps THE defining difference between the true killas and the rest of us. I got a buddy popped a 6-1/2 year old buck this week. This guy every year kills 1, 2 or 3 really nice ones in January. Here’s the key difference. He goes every morning, every evening even if it’s just 15-20 minutes. It’s what he does. He once hunted 54 days straight. There are more of these guys among us than you realize. Some of em are on here but don’t post much. After 3 or 4 days of anything, I’m ready to do something different. These cats are a breed apart.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007828
01/09/20 03:35 PM
01/09/20 03:35 PM
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 23,870 Clarksville, TN /Greenville, ...
bill
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 23,870
Clarksville, TN /Greenville, ...
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Time and good property. I hunted a 154 acres in Jackson County for 11 years and took 13 bucks over 125". I didn't hunt a lot until January but once January came I hunted around 20 days. Most of the time only coming out of the woods for an hour around lunch. For the last several years I've hunted mostly in Alabama on 100 acres of family land that isn't anything special and still don't spend much time in the woods until late January into February. I still usually kill a good deer off it most years but I'll spend 10 to 14 days straight in the woods to get that 1 shot. I'm blessed to have the time to devote to it. Time, decent property and not stinking up the woods checking cameras and hunting when odds are low seem to work pretty good for me.
"Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles" - Bauvard
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Re: Intensity
[Re: jono23]
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01/09/20 03:36 PM
01/09/20 03:36 PM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 19,982 Northport, AL
GomerPyle
Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
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Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 19,982
Northport, AL
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A breed apart, or have a way better job situation that allows them to do it exactly.......I'd love to be able to go every morning before work, or every afternoon after work, even if just for 20-30 minutes. But I have to get 2 kids ready for school and then take them to school every morning, and I work until 430-5pm, so it's not a matter of "intensity" or "drive", it's a matter of there simply isn't the time to do it. I'm envious of those that have the time to do it
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007839
01/09/20 03:44 PM
01/09/20 03:44 PM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 9,111 B'ham
Goatkiller
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 9,111
B'ham
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There are days when I wished I lived where I was born and I think of all the good times I could have had sitting on the back porch every night in the Summer and maybe hunting every single day during deer season right out my back door.
And then the phone in my office rings.
No government employees were harmed in the making of this mess.
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007886
01/09/20 04:42 PM
01/09/20 04:42 PM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 21,443 HSV AL
jmudler
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 21,443
HSV AL
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My BIL is the same way. Hunts darn near every day. He killed 2 nice bucks last year. The 1st at 27 days straight and the next 6 days later.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007887
01/09/20 04:45 PM
01/09/20 04:45 PM
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Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 16,805 Banana Republic
jb20
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 16,805
Banana Republic
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I go everyday like that lol and I take my kids to school...i killed my best before school 2 years ago
Last edited by jb20; 01/09/20 04:46 PM.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007888
01/09/20 04:45 PM
01/09/20 04:45 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 10,404 Scottsboro, Al
jbatey1
Lucky Bastage
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Lucky Bastage
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 10,404
Scottsboro, Al
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Thats a plus about my new job, 4 days off after every 4 work days. It hasn't translated into kills yet, but it's awesome being able to hunt this much.
If my off days would coincide half thetime with half decent weather it would be nice.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007909
01/09/20 05:18 PM
01/09/20 05:18 PM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,029 Prattville
jake44
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,029
Prattville
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I hunted 4 times before Jan.1 I've hunted 5 times since, taking the last 2 weeks of January off, and will be after them everyday!! It's the time to be in the woods, and no I'm not a stone cold killer either!! If I dont kill him then, it will be time to get ready for March, whichever day it opens this year!!
Last edited by jake44; 01/09/20 05:19 PM.
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007923
01/09/20 05:34 PM
01/09/20 05:34 PM
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 18,759 .
ford150man
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 18,759
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I’ve seen more 120”+ bucks on a 160 acre tract I used to hunt than I did several thousand acre tracts in better parts of the state. I think it had a lot to do with low pressure on the smaller tract plus I was forced to concentrate on a smaller area.
If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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Re: Intensity
[Re: ford150man]
#3007925
01/09/20 05:36 PM
01/09/20 05:36 PM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 19,982 Northport, AL
GomerPyle
Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
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Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 19,982
Northport, AL
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plus I was forced to concentrate on a smaller area. yeah, you learned the land better. I've always had folks tell me when hunting huge public lands to not try to hunt all of it - it's just too overwhelming - just pick a few hundred acres at a time and pretend that's all it is
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007951
01/09/20 06:24 PM
01/09/20 06:24 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 6,350 D'Iberville, MS
MS_Hunter
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 6,350
D'Iberville, MS
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You can't kill 1 if your not in the woods
In your darkest hour when the demons come, call on me brother and we'll fight them together.
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Re: Intensity
[Re: AC870]
#3007954
01/09/20 06:26 PM
01/09/20 06:26 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 25,905 Prattville, Alabama
Skullworks
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 25,905
Prattville, Alabama
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I don’t hate them that bad any more.
"I'm not near as critical about how big they are as I once was. Smiles are more important now! We will grow more deer." Jimmy G.
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Re: Intensity
[Re: Skullworks]
#3007960
01/09/20 06:32 PM
01/09/20 06:32 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,797 Smith Lake
300Ruger
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,797
Smith Lake
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I don’t hate them that bad any more. Same here. And now that all the skill you need is to have $6 for a bag of corn at the Walmart, I’m kind of just done with it. I can save my back and just shoot targets now and save a ton of money, time, effort, and wear on my equipment.
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Re: Intensity
[Re: Skullworks]
#3007972
01/09/20 06:41 PM
01/09/20 06:41 PM
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Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 8,377 Gulfcrest
bigt
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 8,377
Gulfcrest
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I don’t hate them that bad any more. ^^^^^^^This I used to hunt every chance I got, but now I don’t hunt until January in Alabama. I just bought my license today lol. After running a club and keeping harvest records for over twenty years and monitoring game cameras it became crystal clear that when my kill criteria went up it was not productive to hunt before January. If I want to see some does I just look in my backyard and since I don’t live in the city I don’t have the need to go run sit in a tree to get away from the hustle and bustle. When I go sit in my tree most of the day it is for one reason only....because i feel the odds are in my favor to kill a good buck.
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