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Good Hunting !

i dont have any. I usually just put my climber on my back and find an area I like and then hope I get lucky. I saw where you posted what a hunter could expect on each type of hunt but not what skills would be required to be successful on the example I gave. Your a guide,dont you think that the scouting and hanging stands in areas that consistently produce mature trophy bucks requires skill and knowledge? If it does then what have you left for the hunter to do other than shoot?

I would love to see some photos of your mature trophy bucks that you have taken. I am sure you have lots of big ones to show us.

The reason I asked what skills you have is so that I will know how to answer your question.

What skills as a hunter does it take to: find a deer trail, look for some fresh tracks, find some poop under an oak tree, lick your finger and stick it in the air to feel which way the wind is blowing, locate a tree suitable for climbing that is down wind of the above mentioned things, climb that tree, and wait for a deer to walk by you?

I dont know what my skills our lack of or what my history of trophy kills has to do with the answer I am asking for but if I am understanding you correctly then all guides and hunters have as much chance of killing mature bucks as the next guy since there is no real skill or knowledge needed.

So you are saying no skill is needed to be a guide or a good hunter?

Nope. I believe to be consistently successful on mature bucks requires knowledge and skill. We aren't getting anywhere here.

Again, what skills?

The skill and knowledge to be able to determine the bedding and feeding habits of mature bucks along with the ability to adapt to the changing feeding habits of the deer population as a whole. The ability to determine travel corridors, funnels and saddles and place stands in strategic locations that will offer the best shot opportunities while minimizing your impact in the area. And the last which is not really a skill, being willing to do the work and put the time in that it takes to be successful.

How many acres do you currently hunt that is in one tract?

Why would you want to be tied up together with another guy???

Im doing all the answering and getting no answers in return. Im gonna let the thread die and try for the record in the football forum after jan 10.

Please ask me a question then answer mine.

So...do Florida hunters need a guide on unguided hunts?

i keep checking back for more boobies and you guys are letting me down big time!

GO BILL!!!!! HAHAHAHA

HERE YA GO BUDDY

Buckman....is THE man!!!! Is it ethical to hunt them in a small enclosure????

I hunt them year round!!! kinda like bGH, ive been to Spain, Amsterdam, Germany, and Greece to bag these!!! I have nailed the coast down pretty good If you can get them into a small encloser than your doing good.lol

Sounds sweet, but expensive just like those trophy hunts!