Hunting is an exciting time for many of us. We work so hard to track down our hunt and feel good when we get the results we were hoping for. However, sometimes we get so invested in the hunt that we may make some careless mistakes. If you know what mistakes to avoid it might make your hunting experience even better. You might be surprised to learn what mistakes you have been making all this time!
Some Mistakes You Should Avoid While On The Hunt Include:
1. Give your friend’s dog some in-the-field coaching.
2. Before the hunt starts, tell your outfitter what a hell of a shot you are.3. You know you’re in shape, so you don’t work out before your elk hunt.
4. Leave the duck blind to make a call during prime shooting hours.
5. Put your long-john bottoms on backward.
6. Give the airline ticket agent a hard time about your guns.
7. Put off signing your license until you get something on the ground.
8. Go on a true wilderness hunt without a spare scope.
9. Treat the outfitter, the wranglers, the guides, and the cook like servants.
10. If something goes wrong on a hunt, complain loudly and often.
11. You get a deer, but your friend Albatross gets a much bigger deer, so you sulk.
12. You are the only one in the party who doesn’t get anything, so you really sulk.
13. On a bird hunt, you pick up someone’s shotgun without asking permission.
14. The lodge at which you’re staying has very strict rules about gun safety. You take personal offense at them because you’ve been hunting for years.
15. Fail to harness yourself into your tree stand.
As you can see, most if not all of these mistakes can be avoided by just using some common sense and thinking things through. As long as you make sure to avoid these careless mistakes hunting will continue to be enjoyable and successful for you! Have you made any of these mistakes while hunting before?
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