Hunting Sense

Hunters in general tend to be an innovative bunch of people. We are constantly either trying, or coming up with, new tactics, ideas, or items to help us in our pursuit of the animals we hunt. To continue being successful, we have to constantly adapt to our game and the particular circumstances of a certain hunting condition.

So, quite often, we find ourselves not only using new products that hit the market, but often times we fabricate what we need ourselves. These could range from hunting blinds to our own scents, and numerous things in-between. I know because I’ve been there and done that myself.

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For the longest time I practiced shooting my bow in the backyard at a home-made Will Stop type target. Shooting at a stuffed bag got the job done as far as practice went, but it was more fun when shooting against someone else. It was also something largely determined by the type of weather as to when and how long I actually practiced. Then I discovered one of my local archery shops had an indoor 3D video range, a TechnoHunt Archery Simulation system.

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It’s no secret that social networking and bookmarking is popular right now, and for good reasons. Never has it been so easy to connect with people who share common interests as yourself and with friends. And as the popularity of such sites increase, the way internet surfers search for and find information and news relevant to them and their interests do as well.

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Hunters have long known about and taken advantage of topographic maps and aerial photos. They can be invaluable tools for preliminary scouting of possible stand locations. Finding them for the right area and/or waiting for them to arrive once you had was the hard part. That’s not the case anymore.

With advances in technology and the Internet, hunters now have these tools available at their fingertips. With just a few keystrokes, you can have access to nearly every topographic map in the U.S. and aerial photos to go along with them if available. Who says that the net is all bad?

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If you’re wondering what kind of new sporting products you’ll find on store shelves this year, ESPN is your inside source for the next four days with coverage of the SHOT (Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade) Show in Orlando.

I have to admit; I’m sometimes a sucker for the latest and greatest technology for hunting. Whether or not it actually helps or improves my chances and my experience outdoors is often questionable though. Often times I find simplicity is still the best bet, but it’s still fun to see what’s new.

This event is specifically geared toward industry pros and media to showcase and unveil companies’ new products. Referred to as “the world’s largest toy store” for the hunter or shooter by National Shooting Sports Foundation spokesman Steve Wagner, the show offers 653,000 square feet of exhibits from nearly 1,900 companies. It includes everything from new scents, lights, stealth apparel, and cold-weather clothing to the latest firearms.

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‘Shoot deer first with a gun, not a camera’ says Larry Wood of the Tennessean.com. What he is referring to is the use of trail cams and he has a very unique view on them.

Larry likens their use to ’swiping a deer’s bus schedule, then waiting for it at the bus stop.’ He also says, ‘They represent yet another step down the slippery slope of technology that blurs the definition and defies the spirit of hunting.’ Huh?

I don’t know about you other hunters out there, but I don’t see the trail camera as something that takes away from hunting or the spirit of it. Hunters spend a lot of time out in the field scouting and watching for deer, but there’s no way they can be out there constantly. A trail cam is just another way to extend your scouting, by no means does it improve your odds or take the challenge out of the hunt.

I have no problem with the traditionalist way of thinking about hunting, but if they don’t want to use a new gadget, at least provide a better argument against it.

How do you use trail cams? How do they affect your hunting?

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I was just doing a search for outdoor gear catalogs besides the standard Bass Pro Shops and Cabelas catalogs and discovered a nifty new feature Google offers as a search.

Google Catalogs.

I’ve long known that there were a number of searches available at Google by clicking the more button, but today is the first time I noticed the catalog search.  Clicking on it, I entered in my search criteria and presto, a thumbnailed list of catalogs on hunting.  Granted, some of them had little to do with the type of hunting I was interested in, but it was a start.  After refining the search a little, I narrowed the results down to what I was looking for by quite a bit.  The Google Catalog search is still in beta, so for the first go round, it seems promising.

No matter if you love or hate Google, you have to admit they keep coming up with new ways to make searching the net for what we want easier and easier.

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I happened across Deer Channel: You See and Hear What The Buck Sees and Hears while browsing some of my frequented hunting sites today. Enjoying hunting shows the way I do and always wanting to learn more about the magnificent animal I hunt, I had to check out the website at DeerChannel.com.

This is an oppurtunity to get to see deer being deer, doing the things that we can only guess about. What better way is there for a hunter to educate themselves about their elusive prey? The cameras roll 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The normal subscription fees are a tad bit expensive for the everyday hunter, but they’re running a special introductory subscription rate that’s fairly reasonable for the potential information you can learn about deer.

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