The Internet - Help or Hinder?
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It hasn\'t helped the actual hunt.
It\'s helped give me with the weather in the high country. It\'s made the application process easier. The statistics are interesting to look at.
None of this has changed my hunts, and I got along fine without them in the past.
I think the net is a better tool for those new to hunting. but sometimes I think a new hunter would do better by learning on their own. They would understand better why they do certain things on a hunt rather than have someone tell them what to do.
One thing I do like about the net is i\'m able to buy anything I want. I live in a small town with few stores, and no gun shops.
It\'s helped give me with the weather in the high country. It\'s made the application process easier. The statistics are interesting to look at.
None of this has changed my hunts, and I got along fine without them in the past.
I think the net is a better tool for those new to hunting. but sometimes I think a new hunter would do better by learning on their own. They would understand better why they do certain things on a hunt rather than have someone tell them what to do.
One thing I do like about the net is i\'m able to buy anything I want. I live in a small town with few stores, and no gun shops.
cohunter14
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- Jul 10, 2017
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I think it helps for sure. As I mentioned in another thread, I don\'t read many books so the internet is where I read my info. Forums like this have given me the opportunity to learn even more from other experienced hunters. It also gives you the opportunity to bounce ideas off of others, as I have recently done with Brad in regards to the area I will be hunting this year. Never can have too much knowledge :upthumb:
It has helped in various ways.
Google Earth is a big help in scouting as well as looking at potential areas one is considering putting in a tag for. GE helped me determine the elk units my buddy and I applied for this year in WY. Two years ago it was very helpful in seeking out areas to hike into the mountain goat unit my buddy drew into. Every season I use GE as a scouting tool. It saves a lot of driving and walking to help narrow down areas I want to look at closer on foot.
As Pete indicates, the ability to purchase gear, maps, etc. is another great aspect of the helpfulness of the internet. Not every company sells at sporting good stores, some just sell online and many towns do not even have the stores that would carry that gear.
Gear reviews through forums, customer reviews, etc. help one gather information on a product to help build a database in your mind of that piece of gear to help one evaluate it.
You Tube is very helpful with a great variety of topics from 3rd axis leveling for archers, gutless processing methods, shooting form just to name a few.
The statistics, season information, other data and brochures provided by the game and fish departments provides a vast amount of analysis data to help one determine which unit to apply for.
Then we have forums like this that are great to learn how different people hunt, shot placement, camp set ups, weapon set ups and the list goes on and on.
Google Earth is a big help in scouting as well as looking at potential areas one is considering putting in a tag for. GE helped me determine the elk units my buddy and I applied for this year in WY. Two years ago it was very helpful in seeking out areas to hike into the mountain goat unit my buddy drew into. Every season I use GE as a scouting tool. It saves a lot of driving and walking to help narrow down areas I want to look at closer on foot.
As Pete indicates, the ability to purchase gear, maps, etc. is another great aspect of the helpfulness of the internet. Not every company sells at sporting good stores, some just sell online and many towns do not even have the stores that would carry that gear.
Gear reviews through forums, customer reviews, etc. help one gather information on a product to help build a database in your mind of that piece of gear to help one evaluate it.
You Tube is very helpful with a great variety of topics from 3rd axis leveling for archers, gutless processing methods, shooting form just to name a few.
The statistics, season information, other data and brochures provided by the game and fish departments provides a vast amount of analysis data to help one determine which unit to apply for.
Then we have forums like this that are great to learn how different people hunt, shot placement, camp set ups, weapon set ups and the list goes on and on.
cohunter14
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- Jul 10, 2017
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\"Baby Huey\" said:
Great points Roman. There\'s a lot of things you forget about using like GE. I also use the CPW mapping site pretty frequently.
elkmtngear
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- Aug 9, 2017
- 1,152
I\'ve picked up a lot of great tips that have certainly made my elk hunting more effective...mainly on hunting forums.
I\'m always learning. :think:
I\'m always learning. :think:
hindered, in a way.
hasnt prevented me from killing elk but has definatly increased the crowds.
most all of my hunting areas have been found by boots on the ground. I don\'t believe I have found one by internet scouting. on another forum a guy was gonna help others out and bragging about his elk encounters well as people google those things come up and pretty soon every trail head is full of vehicles. and everybody thinks they are master elk caller himself.(he has since stopped posting the area) elk become much harder to call in and usually stay later at night and head to bedding earier in the mornings.We used to get a \"easy elk\" near a roads but now we have to plung in the thickets for miles and others still are trying to be the next cameron hanes are packing in further and more around where the wilderness areas are getting more crowded than the normal forest.
hasnt prevented me from killing elk but has definatly increased the crowds.
most all of my hunting areas have been found by boots on the ground. I don\'t believe I have found one by internet scouting. on another forum a guy was gonna help others out and bragging about his elk encounters well as people google those things come up and pretty soon every trail head is full of vehicles. and everybody thinks they are master elk caller himself.(he has since stopped posting the area) elk become much harder to call in and usually stay later at night and head to bedding earier in the mornings.We used to get a \"easy elk\" near a roads but now we have to plung in the thickets for miles and others still are trying to be the next cameron hanes are packing in further and more around where the wilderness areas are getting more crowded than the normal forest.
For elk hunting it\'s been a big help. I got to hunt with Terry last year and learned a lot. I\'ve learned a lot about gear and places to go. I have got to talk to Troy and learn about calling. None of this was around when I started turkey hunting 20+ years ago. This fall I get to hunt with Dan and Gary, so I would say it\'s helped me out quite a bit as a flatlander from the East. Now if I lived in a Western state and grew up elk hunting I probably wouldn\'t be so fond of it!
I have learned from you very ordinary people. I have learned more from what I am referring to as ordinary people (hunters) than the big names in hunting. You get a tip here and there from them, but not much, and it is not open to scrutiny like everything we read or write here.
elky McElkerson
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- Mar 13, 2014
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Irony alert!\"Still Hunter\" said:
Even a paper map is a billion times easier to source on the net. Try buying an Alaskan brooks range map out of Orlando.
The Internet is a game changer.
Never had a problem with Colorado maps, and i\'m only speaking from my experience with the net. I\'m positive it brought hunters into my hunting areas that wouldn\'t have happened without the net.
The only thing the net has showed me is how many hunters depend on calling. Kind of shocked me.
The only thing the net has showed me is how many hunters depend on calling. Kind of shocked me.
mandrroofing
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- Apr 23, 2013
- 81
The web has definitely helped me.a few years ago, Never have been on an elk hunt and did a lot of web surfing and learning from guys with lots of experience.living 1500 miles away from my hunting grounds i caint scout preseason.the web has tought me a lot from GE to great fourms with some great guys and gals.what i dont like seeing is people saying to much about certain areas,i do believe in regards to public hunting areas, some say to much.im all for learning tips and tactics on the web.i think its awsome when someone wants to privately have a conversastion and help a fellow hunter out with more specific hunting areas thats great! When you post it for everyone to see,dont expect to be alone next season.lol just bugs me . again private conversation s vs public conversations big difference in my opinion.
iccyman001
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- Apr 30, 2014
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Welcome Matt.
I agree that it\'s important to remember what to say private and what to say public.
I agree that it\'s important to remember what to say private and what to say public.
