Do you hunt alone or with buddies and relatives ?

[dgr416]

I use to hunt with my dad from the age of 3 till i was 36 when he quit hunting .Then in alaska i took every kid i could find hunting for 12 years .Then i came back to ga took more kids hunting till i ran out of kids to take .I had some good hunting buddies but they are all in Heaven .I have hunteed alone the past 10 years or so .

 

[manitou]

Mostly alone. Occasionally with buddies or my wife.

 

[Hydra6]

I have multiple friends that I hunt with in Wyoming and New Mexico. We live in Georgia, Ohio, and other places but stay in touch with a group chat. Did not try out West last two years due to shortage of tags.

 

[durdy1]

I use to hunt with a buddy. Then alone for a while. Now I try to get the young kids out with me. I do like my peace and quiet alone, but that is limited.

 

[dgr416]

I am suprised there are no women hunters on this forum .I bet i have over 600 that hunt on my facebook .I have taken a few girlfriends hunting but they just didnt get into it .One of my women friends on fb has the worldrecord for smallest group at 1000 yards by a woman .A friend in Alaska was only one of three women that had shot every species of large game in North America including polar bear walrus and jaguar Ethel Leady was her name her and her hisband hunted together forever .They sheep hunted till the age of 75 together .

 

[stazmania]

Both. I used to take family with tags or kids that had a tag/permit or I hunted alone. Now I just hunt alone. Hey that would make a great song lyric

 

[birddog 68]

Good on you dgr416 for introducing many youngsters to hunting!
I hunt with a buddy when hunting western states but when whitetail hunting it’s mainly a solo hunt.

 

[Turpentine21]

Depends on type of hunt. I dove hunt with a few friends. In general I don't like people to much these days so I go by myself deer hunting. That said, I do enjoy taking kids hunting. I get way more out of seeing them shoot than me actually shooting.

 

[epags]

FWIW (and that's not much) When I used to hunt, I hunted with friends when after 4 legged game and when after birds, I hunted alone.

 

[stazmania]

hunting solo is awesome. It frees you to become a part of the hunt/nature, uninterrupted by others, able to do your own thing unencumbered.

 

[crashlanding]

Hunt mainly alone unless my adult kids draw a tag, I’ve gotten reallllll picky about where I kill elk

 

[dfanonymous]

Western tags are wild. It depends on a lot of things. Work schedules, season dates etc.

On top of that most of us are playing our own game in the tag system, so split partying depending on the state doesn’t’ usually work.

There for most big hunts I’m usually alone.

But if head family historically pic up otc with me. When the draws didn’t work. That’s not really the case anymore since OTC is all but going away across the west.

 

[lancetkenyon]

Only 1 family member who wants to hunt as hard as I do. My 28 year old nephew.

I go on a lot of hunts with family for their tags.

But when it is MY tag, I mostly hunt solo.

 

[1stpitch]

Alone or with my son. No drama that way.