How Do You Pick a Hunting Partner

Ike I have a solution for you that will make it easier not to hurt your friend. Tell him you already have a hunting partner. ME

When you go to a restaurant if they salt or pepper their food before tasting it and if they don't treat the waitperson respectfully and leave a good tip don't go hunting with them. The first shows a lack of awareness and singlemindedness that may be dangerous and the second shows how they would truly treat you if given the chance.
Mark

Interesting analogy Mark... :-k

6X we'd have to do that long distance relationship thing with you being in MO...LoL! :))

hehehe, mine was really easy.... I married her!

Well, my elk hunting partner and I basically hunted alot of the same country. So it was either compete with each other or hunt together, so we began hunting together in 2001. When I killed a bull on the morning of 9-11-01, it kind of changed our lives forever. Whenever I hear somebody mention 9-11, I think about what we were doing that morning.

TK

I hunt with my dad and my brother so that parts easy. but come next year when i start bow hunting that will change since neither of them seem to be interested in trying it. so I'll be looking for someone to hunt with next year or I'll go solo.( kinda suck to be solo after i shoot my 350 class elk though).

It's all about helping each other out. For example, last year I killed my deer a day before we were to leave. My buddy gave up the last day to help me pack my deer out 3.5 miles because it was too warm to leave him in camp. I'd do the same for him. Also, my three hunting buddies and my Dad are all driving 250 miles to help me find elk for my LE hunt this year. And I'll do the same when they draw!!!

so what exactly is the situation anyway?

so what exactly is the situation anyway?

Yes, so what exactly is the situation anyway? You never did explain it.

My best hunting partner is my Dad. I have others but he is by far the best. Since being in the Marine Corps finding hunting partners where I am stationed has alway been interesting. I have been lucky and found some great partners it just stinks when I have to leave them behind or one of us is missing out because of deployments.

did I miss something. is there a rule that said you can't have more than 1 hunting partner???

we need more information.

I have a great hunting partner I met in the hills three years ago. I was on a coveted elk tag that I drew in SE Idaho and for some reason or another this guy took a liking to me. He gave me some great leads on some nice bulls. The last night of the hunt, I still hadn't filled and he took me to where he knew a 6x6 was and I shot him at 496 yards!

Last year, on my way home from a successful goat hunt I swung in and deer hunted with him for a day. He glasses a big 4x4 bout two miles away and we went after him. The stalk took four hours and we ended walking about 4 miles to get him. It was the steepest rock climbing I have ever done. You could put your hand in front of you and touch the ground as you were hiking up the hill. We got in position of the buck we had glasses and waited for 3 hours. He finally stepped out at 322 yards and my buddy took the shot. I was the spotter and was sure of a good hit, but he thought he had missed. We walked over there and no sign of anything.. He went uphill to look and I went down and yelled for him to come down to check out his big buck! We boned out the deer and packed the meat, cape, 2 rifles, two packs all the way back to the truck. When we got back he said "Man I owe you a pack job now don't I?" I replied "Nope. We are buddies and that's what we do." One of the best hunting partners, who would do the same for me any day of the week.

thats a good question, i wish i knew the answer too...mine is my dad but he lives in wisconsin so that does me no good here in utah.

so many different styles of hunting, different levels of how serious you are about it, and to match the personalities as well is tough...we need to make a classified ad section to find a hunting partners or something?? ha.

i guess that's why i hunt alone, it isnt as much fun but i get the job done

good luck on your search if you figure out the answer let us know