What is the BEST piece of hunting advice you've been given?

[Inline6]

Make it happen, no matter what anyone says, maybe money is not an issue and time is. Make the time. If time is not an issue and money is get a second job. Your regret of not going will far out weigh the regret of making it happen.

 

[Tra3]

Take your kids hunting and make sure they have fun. If that means you don’t get your game so what. They grow up.

This is great advice. Each season they get a bit older, and so do we. When they were little, we always had “Crisis chocolate” in our packs. A sit down and some chocolate really does refocus youth in a rough moment. Add coffee to that chocolate stop and it does the same for the adults.

 

[Colorado Luckydog]

do it while you are young and physically able.

This may be the best advice yet!!

 

[Rickmt]

1 Hunt where the critters are.
2 don’t forget your bullets.
3 respect the animal.

 

[BenKK]

Was it Ruark who wrote something like, “Hit ‘em where they ain’t”, referring to hunting in unlikely, desolate country where nobody else can be bothered to go? I’ve often found the big bulls lurking out there.

 

[Safari Dave]

Don't wait until you are so old that you can't do it without help.

I would much rather tell my grandchildren stories of what I did when I was younger, from my rocking chair on the porch, than be rolled into a position to take a shot, than when I am 80.

 

[KMG Hunting Safaris]

Slow down. Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the quicker it goes.

 

[R eight]

"All the game that’s ever been got is not worth one man shot."

and

"hunting is not a competition."

 

[Jamouk]

From Hunting in Romania


Don't forget your wooden knife .. that way if a Bear appears you won't cut your pants when scraping the crap out of them later !

 

[TSIBINDI]

Remember...the best safety on a firearm is between your ears.

 

[cpr0312]

Don't wait to follow your wants and dreams, even if you have to pinch pennies! Life is short and who knows what your health will look like in 5 years, 1 year, 6 months, or tomorrow.

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

Don't wait to follow your wants and dreams, even if you have to pinch pennies! Life is short and who knows what your health will look like in 5 years, 1 year, 6 months, or tomorrow.

I could not have said that better! You are correct! Life is short. Go for it while you can, there is no guarantee on the future.

 

[SFRanger7GP]

Best hunting advice I have been given: "Go hunting in Africa."

 

[uplander01]

There is a lot of good advice in this thread.

 

[Camdog]

"Hunt where there is game".

 

[KMG Hunting Safaris]

Remember...the best safety on a firearm is between your ears.

Yeah, but seen too many of those safety's not being engaged.

 

[JOHN GRENZ]

Always better to have toilet paper and not need it then to need it and not have it!

 

[Arthur Morta]

From a Father who did not believe in just shooting for shootings sake: -
"You will eat what you shoot..."

 

[MAdcox]

"Quit dreaming about Africa and GO!"

 

[Buffalo1]

Don't rush your shot !