Thread: Solo hunting; managing risk

Originally Posted by Tahr

Have hunted by myself mostly forever. In the days when meat was part of my living and I had a young family I taught myself to make good decisions under stressful conditions. I learned to be calm. Part of that was when to call it a day and biv on the spot with a deer rather than carry on in the dark and risk an accident. If you are relaxed in the trees and go with it rather than fight it you will be a lot safer.

Im not as relaxed now and do get a bit anxious at times while hunting and it is beginning to erode my enjoyment a bit. Mainly while traversing new country coming home in the dark.

I too get a wee bit anxious at times. Especially on a couple of blocks in the Blueis.
I’m not a superstitious person, but there have been a couple of occasions when I’ve been really freaked out for no reason I could fathom.
One particular occasion kept me out of the bush for months