Me!!!
P.S. thats mah fav bible verse" like nimrod a mighty hunter before the lord".

I hope I can kill my deer this fall without all of that. Just me wearing some boots, camo clothing bought in the Bargain Cave at Cabelas, no scent control, and my Winchester .30-30. I understand your attitude though. It seems that more and more you need a six-figure salary to afford everything that comes with deer hunting.

TAM9492-I must disagree with you on that. There will always be traditional- and minimalists who scoff at gear junkies who couldn't start a fire with matches if they had too. No matter how 'advanced' some new age hunters are, they're style cannot be labeled under woodsman.

trail cameras are a good thing especially for people who dont live on their hunting property.

Well, I simply sit in a tree with my home-made knife and jump down onto a big buck and do him in. I ride him until he goes down, so I never have to track him.

I usually do this wearing only my grandfather's WW1 boots, my father's sweatshirt, and a pair of old fatigues. Doesn't matter what the weather is, I wear the same stuff all the time.

I never buy anything. I never read hunting stories or ads for that new-fangled hunting paraphernalia.
'Course I'm still learning to read and write.

There is nothing wrong with technology innovation. Not all things are right for everyone. My guess is that those that are complaining wouldn't be willing to turn in their scoped rifles for flintlocks, and those using flintlocks would not be willing to turn it in for a spear. I don't use alot of the newer technology but I don't condemn those that do. I do use trail cameras. Myself and my two little ones enjoy installing them in the woods and checking them every two weeks. Its kinda like Christmas, you don't know what you are going to get.

I guess my question is; why wouldn't you upgrade your gear if it makes you more comfortable and provides a better hunting experience and provides for a more ethical shot?

And congrats on being the best hunter ever. Nothing like patting yourself on the back.

AKGUY, you weren't any use here anyway. good bye. i use a GPS but at the same time, i still make sure to remember my map reading skills as well as use my compass. don't rely on electronics any more than you need to! i also think a trail cam would be fun to just play around with. you never know what you might capture on it. otherwise, i don't sleep with you so do what you want.

Gee whiz Res. Your gonna put a lot of people out of work if you let the secret out. lol

RES, I've been through some of that stuff and it has always wound up in the yard sale corner. Now, I'm just an old Alabama country boy who buys camo on sale where ever and still manages to fill the freezer every year and even put a rack or two on the tractor shed. It's all sales and marketing to folks who are looking for a guaranteed kill in the shortest possible time. There ain't a magic spell to use, except maybe corn, and that's illegal down here.
Good huntin' everybody. Have fun and enjoy the outdoors. That's what it's all about.

I don't know how to knap flint into anything other than piles of chips and my wife refuses to chew sinew. In deference to your request though I will limit myself to 3 decoys this season.

i hunt the old fashioned way and do just fine. what that means, i'm not sure. i don't use scent, trail cams or decoys. never have.

a-hole some people like to try different methods out of curiousity or to make it interesting. I would doubt your woodsmanship skills are better than some of those of whom you are referring. If you're not interested in their discussion, stay out of it.

Your right Rob, I'll take all your excessive gear and guns off your hands. You are a real hunter you don't need anything camo just a 30-30 with iron sights.

Buckhunter, you are spot on.

Nim·rod   /ˈnɪmrɒd/ Show Spelled[nim-rod]
noun
1. the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
2. ( sometimes lowercase ) a person expert in or devoted to hunting.

Wow, another bad stero-type, ONTARIO. Lets chase away those new to the sport just because they don't know as much as the rest of us. Good idea. Once again, use of "technocrap" does not mean ignorance of nature.

TAM, you're a bit over the line there. I don't see how I'm supposed to be "chasing away" anyone. Of course someone new the sport isn't going to know as much as someone who's more experienced. But keeping the experiences to ourselves isn't going to help them much. And listen, I'm no better than you are, and that was the point of my story. Not patting myself on the back. It takes patience and care to shoot an animal asleep at that close range and under those conditions (having already been shot at earlier in the day). IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE A LOT OF TECHNOCRAP GIMMICKRY AS THE MARKETERS MIGHT WANT YOU TO BELIEVE. If I can do it, you can too (as if killing something is all that matters anyway). That was my point. Now that I have put it up there in billboard size letters so you can understand the moral of the story, maybe you might gather up the maturity to straighten this out?

When you can only go hunting about 3 times a year and have only 1 or 2 scouting trips, a trail cam can come in handy. I like to use scent attractants. I like to use a treestand. Where I hunt, you have to use a blind or a treestand. I wear camo that I buy at Walmart. Just because I use some technology doesnt mean that I am not a good hunter or woodsman. Heck, I bet I could last a lot longer in the woods using a knife and a fire starter, than a bunch of people on this site.

@turkeyMaster - it only matters to folks who think the way they hunt is the only acceptable way to hunt.

Don't use "scent" control or "No-Stinkum" stuff. My high "tech" is a back pack I can carry binocs in along with a grunt tube, warm gloves, snack, bottle of water and a gallon Zip-loc bag to hold the liver. Other than a "ceramic" for sharpening my knife, that's about it. Never had any luck with the "scents".
Kilt four last year. Good enough for me.

Bubba

I wear Carharts, Sorels in really cold weather,Browning Boots the rest of the time. None of any of that other crap people cant seem to live without and my trusty Remington Nought/6

My car can!

With regard to hunting...
Yes, you can with rifles. Bows require much closer proximity. Even the Native American hunters worked on scent control (sweat lodges) and means of camoflague (reports of some who dressed up in deer skins and went on all fours to lure in deer). Their woodsman skills in reading tracks and patterns have shifted to the trail cameras which help in good management.

How far back in "natural" do you want to go? Tred Barta?

Start with knapping your own knife from natural materials found in the forest and carve yourself a bow and arrows. Somehow manage to get yourself some sinew for a bow string to hunt with, like those before us did.

Sorry I meant or "bibs" not "and"

I just use a rifle and one bullet. All else is extra, but I understand what you mean! LOL

Well, okay, I confess I did move up to GPS a few years back. If I was still hunting back in Montana though it would be just extra weight. Out here it's a different story. Bushwhacking it in this flat land of endless forest and lakes can be a bit dangerous. Map doesn't help you much either if there's no significant points of land to take a bearing on. A compass may be somewhat helpful if you have some idea where you are. Curiously, I have never packed either. Had a few close shaves out there as a result. Biggest problem for me is that I wasn't able to get back to my haunts every single year when I was in graduate school and then working for USNPS. The tree growth changes the area so much so fast that I found myself getting disoriented way too often. GPS is a bit of a cheat, but that's as far as I'll go with the technocrap.

My hunting buddy has actually jumped from a moving truck and wrestled a whitetail doe to the ground, breaking it's neck. I didn't witness it but talked to others who did. I think there was alcohol involved...

Last season I switched from a mapping GPS to a wrist-mounted Garmin Foretrex with minimum features. Works great!

Well, I certainly might go with a few technological advancements that help ensure that the animal is not going to suffer. Making life easier for me is another matter. If that involves taking away from the experience of bonding with nature, I want no part of it. That includes improving the odds that I will make a kill. Making a kill is not the #1 reason why I'm out there. It's actually about #4 behind bonding with nature, providing enjoyment for my dogs (and they don't need to have something killed to have a good time either), and keeping fit.

Many of you are making my point exactly: it's the technocrap that you are enjoying. And you are completely altering nature for that purpose. Food plots to keep the deer on your private preserve, mineral additives to artificially make their antlers bigger, trail-cams so that the deer don't even get a break from human pursuit at night (yes, I REALLY hate those things), ATVs so natural limits to accessibility can be obliterated, scent trails, decoys, decoys, etc., etc., etc. Most modern day "hunters" wouldn't stand a chance up here hunting without that garbage. Give them a good rifle and put them on a fresh track in -15 weather with good snow and they wouldn't last till noon if they couldn't get their mid-day fix at McDonalds. God forbid if they didn't see a moose that day or even that week! The trip would be a total "disaster". But would it? They could see all kinds of things if they'd open their eyes, including watching their waistline shrink. Instead, they'd rather be sitting on the throne at home seeing what's new in the Cabela's catalogue.

I guess I am pretty basic in what I need to hunt deer. I do use Scent Killer and I believe it helps. I check out the new things that come along and would use them if I saw the need. My camo doesn't always match.

I dont believe scent killer works (last months issue of Field & Stream) so i dont use it last season i had a spike and doe feed no more than 10 yards in front of me all i had to do was keep the wind on my side! I do use trail cams though but thats a huge help to most people who cant get out very much and i want to see whats in the area im going to be hunting as for doe urine and all the other stuff i dont think its necessary but if it helps you i dont see a problem with it!

As far as I am concerned, sportsmen can make up their own mind regarding tactics and techniques. Mine work for me but to each his or her own. As long as it is legal and bothers no one, I'd say have at it. If a sportsman is brand new or has been at it for 50-70 years, I don't blame them for trying something new once in a while or for trying something that might inspire their confidence. Some people have only a day or two to hunt and most will not hunt in the best places in the world. I enjoy seening new sportsmen; I welcome all to the great outdoors and don't look down on any of them for doing their own thing as long as it doesn't bother anyone and is legal.

In my lifetime I have seen about a thousand new fish lures invented while nightcrawlers have always worked pretty well. I, for one, like seeing the new lures and every once in a while I even try one.

Whether or not you use "new technology" or not, the main purpose of hunting is to acquire meat and being out in the outdoors. And why separate us outdoorsmen into different groups just because of what gear we use? If someone wants to use some technology to safely, legally, and humanely kill a deer then why bother them? And then if you want to make your own bow and arrows and go after a deer then that's okay too. Granted things have gotten sort of out of control, but in this sport that's losing interest, why nitpick things? I don't have a problem with anyone that is hunting as long as they are safe, humane, and are following the law.

RES, sorry i guess i took it personally because i had previously posted a couple questions about decoying deer and it seemed as if your post was in response though it probably wasn't. Often i know the answer to a question i post but am interested in what others do or think. Some guys i hunt with use decoys sometimes and talk about the excitemant and interesting responses from other deer, so i'd like to see for myself. No hard feelings and i regret the namecalling. Takes one to know one in this case for sure. Happy hunting, gadgets or no gadgets.

Gadgets or no gadgets, you know if youre a true woodsman and can take care of yourself.

Sorry for the double post, blame CAPTCHA.

i dont really see a problem with using it deer have gotten smarter. my grandpa told me stories of when he could see a buck and he would come closer trying to figure out what you were instead of running away and he used to have a old yellow jeep that he could pull into some thick grass and deer would walk up within 10 to 15 yards looking at it now if you do that you could forget about seeing anything. about the stupidest deer ive ever seen is the bucks in illinois in rut i had one walk up 6 yards away because i had doe scent in front of me

dunno why I even bothered registering for this site..youre all a bunch of old women..good luck with this..Ive seen enough