Hunting Partner Sticky: Is it working???

wildwoods · #1 07-10-2017, 03:18 PM

Just curious to see if the partner finding thread has turned into any positive relationships? Seems like a lot of first time posters and such.... It would be cool to hear if some folks have has success with it

fish_e_o · #2 07-10-2017, 03:23 PM

finding love on the internet is hard

i should add that i met a guy on here to trade powder and since then we've been hunting together. so you can find it just keep looking

madball · #3 07-10-2017, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by fish_e_o

finding love on the internet is hard

Finding love is way easier than finding a good hunting partner!

Roughneck71 · #4 07-10-2017, 05:20 PM

Yep first year I moved to Calgary 4 years ago met a guy with a mountain elk tag as well...worked out
Darrell

fish_e_o · #5 07-10-2017, 05:28 PM

Do you guys like to know how many partners they've had before you?

TBark · #6 07-10-2017, 06:43 PM

Ha, good one madball,
But like love, you likely expect the other to bring something to the table in a hunting partner too.
It may be a selfish thing, but thats life, in love and in hunting.

TBark

Diesel_wiesel · #7 07-10-2017, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by madball

finding love is way easier than finding a good hunting partner!

true stuffs right there

Bergerboy · #8 07-10-2017, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fish_e_o

Do you guys like to know how many partners they've had before you?

I tell them if I think they have more experience than me but if they are fairly new I take my number divide by 2 and add 3. It makes them more comfortable and doesn't make it look like I've been around the block so to speak.

fish_e_o · #9 07-10-2017, 08:15 PM

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I tell them if I think they have more experience than me but if they are fairly new I take my number divide by 2 and add 3. It makes them more comfortable and doesn't make it look like I've been around the block so to speak.

I like a mid range hunting partner. Too many and they're too serious and they're already set in their ways. They sometimes don't like to try new things.

Too little and I have to lead them around. I end up finding all the spots and they just tag along.

Right in the middle seems to be the best of both worlds. You could be hunting deer one day and pheasants the next. Plus they've hunted enough they know what they're doing.

Lefty-Canuck · #10 07-10-2017, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by madball

Finding love is way easier than finding a good hunting partner!

Yup why I hunt solo quite a bit, no let downs. The ones I do hunt with I would trust with my life.

LC

-JR- · #11 07-10-2017, 08:18 PM

Hunted and fished with a few guys from the site , Some have been really great you take them to your spots and in return, they take you out to theirs spots.
And other ,(you now who you are) will say next year ,and when next year comes they call you and say when are you taking me back out again to your lake . Ha Ha and I say one day .
And to top it all off, you find they have returned many times to your honey holes or your hunting spots with out you and they even have the gull to send you pictures .

Great thing about having a partner is sharing equipment.
In summer you might have the boat for summer fishing and he might have a good 4x4 truck for getting out on the lake for ice fishing.
Its a give and take relationship and having a lot of fun .

Slicktricker · #12 07-10-2017, 08:22 PM

My only issue was with the no shows I've taken few out cf88 came out and that went well but I hunt alone I bow hunt and take it serious and found few were more talk then able to shoot bow

Bergerboy · #13 07-10-2017, 08:32 PM

I hate it when I take a new person out and I'm prepared to spend the entire day and they are done after an hour and want to go home. Especially when they were all talk about their stamina before that.

beaver hunter · #14 07-10-2017, 09:14 PM

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I hate it when I take a new person out and I'm prepared to spend the entire day and they are done after an hour and want to go home. Especially when they were all talk about their stamina before that.

The old "my wife wants me home in a few hours", I just tell those guys to sell their stuff and shut er down.

sns2 · #15 07-10-2017, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

Yup why I hunt solo quite a bit, no let downs. The ones I do hunt with I would trust with my life.

LC

You should partner up with your step-father's one-time hunting pal. I couldn't help myself. LOL .

Bergerboy · #16 07-10-2017, 09:56 PM

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You should partner up with your step-father's one-time hunting pal. I couldn't help myself. LOL .

One time hunting partners are empty and unfulfilling. They are a sign of underlying issues in my opinion.

sns2 · #17 07-10-2017, 09:57 PM

Worked out great for me last year. Went out waterfowl hunting with a member and his son who was my son's age. Boys got along great and had a ton in common. What a great day we had. We then followed it up with a great ice fishing trip. Would go out with them again in a heartbeat. Fantastic people.

sns2 · #18 07-10-2017, 09:58 PM

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One time hunting partners are empty and unfulfilling. They are a sign of underlying issues in my opinion.

If you knew who I was talking about you would laugh for sure!!!

Smokinyotes · #19 07-10-2017, 10:08 PM

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If you knew who I was talking about you would laugh for sure!!!

Wasn't he leftys mentor?

Sorry lefty I just had to.

sns2 · #20 07-10-2017, 10:09 PM

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Wasn't he leftys mentor?

Sorry lefty I just had to.

I believe so.

Lefty-Canuck · #21 07-10-2017, 10:34 PM

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I believe so.

LMAO...you guys are funny

LC

sns2 · #22 07-10-2017, 10:35 PM

Lol

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tikka250 · #23 07-10-2017, 10:37 PM

not on the sticky but on the forum. a member sent out an open invitation to join in on a goose hunt and i never should have gone. that no good arsehole got me addicted to waterfowling and now not only am i broke i dont have time to devote to any other hunting activities because im spending all fall chasing those stupid birds!

58thecat · #24 07-11-2017, 05:38 AM

Looking for love in all the wrong places...

Someone's got a story out there.

hilt134 · #25 07-11-2017, 06:03 AM

Still looking...

Deasoninc · #26 07-11-2017, 06:57 AM

I've had a few hunting partners over the years , some good , some unreliable and some that just want to drive around in a truck all day. Like was said above its harder to find a good hunting partner match then a wife lol . So yes I'm still looking for a hunting partner .

35 whelen · #27 07-11-2017, 08:55 AM

HAVE had a few ended up doing most of the work and scouting ,Now I hunt alone or with my son who likes to hunt the same way I do

Bergerboy · #28 07-11-2017, 10:11 AM

I was just looking at the sticky at the top of the page and there is 1716 posts. It would seem to me this is an inefficient model to look for a hunting partner. I think if someone created an app that would allow hunters to look each other up. If you included a brief description of your hunting style, interests and maybe 3 pictures. You could set a geographic circle of say 200km and see who is around you.

fish_e_o · #29 07-11-2017, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bergerboy

I was just looking at the sticky at the top of the page and there is 1716 posts. It would seem to me this is an inefficient model to look for a hunting partner. I think if someone created an app that would allow hunters to look each other up. If you included a brief description of your hunting style, interests and maybe 3 pictures. You could set a geographic circle of say 200km and see who is around you.

or maybe you're in town for a few days and you want a quick hook up you could look on the app to see who is down for a no commitment hunt.

Bergerboy · #30 07-11-2017, 10:54 AM

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or maybe you're in town for a few days and you want a quick hook up you could look on the app to see who is down for a no commitment hunt.

I like that. I have been concerned in the past of taking someone out and then have them constantly call you and expect to be on every outing after that. I wonder how you could get that across that its just a "quick fix" outing and not a long term thing without hurting anyone's feelings.