There is so much stuff, it blows the mind

[elkbowhunter]

I used to be the gadget guy. I kicked that habit about 8 years ago. Nothing but essentials in my backpack now. Flashlight, camera, video camera, knife, TP, binos and a small first aid kit.

I have a younger bowhunter friend that is a major gadget guy! if there is a commercial out he has bought it ,tried and endorses it like its gold and lets me know about it that I have to have it!! Reminds me of me at that age. Im a hard sell anymore. Pretty much have learned its pretty much all about money.--- ka ching ka ching.
I go much simpler now a days...Like most say... hunt the wind and glass like a madman.

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

I have a younger bowhunter friend that is a major gadget guy! if there is a commercial out he has bought it ,tried and endorses it like its gold and lets me know about it that I have to have it!! Reminds me of me at that age. Im a hard sell anymore. Pretty much have learned its pretty much all about money.--- ka ching ka ching.
I go much simpler now a days...Like most say... hunt the wind and glass like a madman.

Sounds familiar. I realize I am throwing money away. I need to Stick to the basics.

[Draco]

Same bow for 20 years now, camos are that age as well. Same stuff in my bag as as been there for 40 years. I hate new stuff.

[Limbwalker]

I remember when I was a kid we used to just sit down next to a tree or get in a stand. There was no corn, bb2, acorn rage, rice bran, etc. etc. You just waited to see if a deer walked in front of you. Hunting is about being in the right place at the right time.

Amen to that. I did the same exact thing. Got left by a tree when I was 9, with nothing but my bow and my thoughts, waiting for a deer to come by.

I still think of that day very fondly all the time.

John

[PondPopper]

I remember when I was a kid we used to just sit down next to a tree or get in a stand. There was no corn, bb2, acorn rage, rice bran, etc. etc. You just waited to see if a deer walked in front of you. Hunting is about being in the right place at the right time.

Yep. When we discovered the old 5 gallon bucket/wind vane feeders with thought we were smart. I remember the first "electric feeder" I ever saw. I was in awe of it. You could have knocked me over with a feather..It was mystical..... had to have one of those fan dangled gizmos!!
My first was a "Kenco". Bought it in 1988. Still have and use it.
True story.

[Froggy]

Same bow for 20 years now, camos are that age as well. Same stuff in my bag as as been there for 40 years. I hate new stuff.

Dang, you're an old geezer.

[Shinesintx]

I let a buddy hunt my place with me last year as I was new to bowhunting and thought he might know a few things. First hunt with him, he's getting ready in my cabin...and he's wearing some kind of wire mesh suit. I asked him WTH...and he said it helped contain our bodies electrical field. I then said, ok, what good is that? He said deer would not be able to detect our magnetic field. I told him it might work as a hazmat suit. People will drop big coin on stupid stuff.

[Draco]

Dang, you're an old geezer.

I'll be 65 in a couple months, still in great shape though and handsome to boot.

[PondPopper]

I let a buddy hunt my place with me last year as I was new to bowhunting and thought he might know a few things. First hunt with him, he's getting ready in my cabin...and he's wearing some kind of wire mesh suit. I asked him WTH...and he said it helped contain our bodies electrical field. I then said, ok, what good is that? He said deer would not be able to detect our magnetic field. I told him it might work as a hazmat suit. People will drop big coin on stupid stuff.

Ahh the magical HECS suit.
Ol Fred Bear would pass out laughing at some of this stuff.

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

Me and my kids went out today and I decided I would rather have cameras over feeders. I can throw corn on the ground but cameras will tell me if anything is hitting it. They are both expensive on batteries but for me cameras would be more useful.

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

I let a buddy hunt my place with me last year as I was new to bowhunting and thought he might know a few things. First hunt with him, he's getting ready in my cabin...and he's wearing some kind of wire mesh suit. I asked him WTH...and he said it helped contain our bodies electrical field. I then said, ok, what good is that? He said deer would not be able to detect our magnetic field. I told him it might work as a hazmat suit. People will drop big coin on stupid stuff.

I dont even buy Scentblocker or Scentlok clothing. Hunters have killed deer without it for decades.

[Limbwalker]

Yep. When we discovered the old 5 gallon bucket/wind vane feeders with thought we were smart. I remember the first "electric feeder" I ever saw. I was in awe of it. You could have knocked me over with a feather..It was mystical..... had to have one of those fan dangled gizmos!!
My first was a "Kenco". Bought it in 1988. Still have and use it.
True story.

I remember those days well.

We rarely baited (couldn't afford the corn!) but when we did, we had nailed wooden (wooden!) soda bottle crates to trees and poured the corn in them. Eventually those rotted away and we then used 5 gal. buckets with slits in the bottom and the sides pushed in a bit. The corn would stay in if you did it just right and the deer could lick the corn out.

About the time the battery powered timers came out was when I sold my compound and went traditional, and stopped baiting too. But as a kid, I remember very well staring at those wooden soda bottle crates full of corn, as if a deer was going to pop straight out of it! ha, ha.

[treestand]

I let a buddy hunt my place with me last year as I was new to bowhunting and thought he might know a few things. First hunt with him, he's getting ready in my cabin...and he's wearing some kind of wire mesh suit. I asked him WTH...and he said it helped contain our bodies electrical field. I then said, ok, what good is that? He said deer would not be able to detect our magnetic field. I told him it might work as a hazmat suit. People will drop big coin on stupid stuff.

Did your buddy have a tin foil hat too??

[M16]

I'll be 65 in a couple months, still in great shape though and handsome to boot.

You are a good looking dog for your age. Who's that old guy driving you around.

[175gr7.62]

We are worse than women with all their make-up/beauty crap. The worst offenders are always bullets, broadheads, and camo. All I carry to stand now is a book, a bag cooler with a few beers, my weapon, and some bino's. The only reason I wear camo is because that is about the only color they make quiet warm clothing in.

The bottom line is that a deer will smell you if he gets down wind, all you need is a sharp broadhead that hits where you aim it, and you don't need a $50.00 box of pure copper super light speed magnum bullets to kill a deer.