2015 Regrets?

VA Elite · January 12, 2016, 08:12:00 PM

Do you have any?

zagaya · January 12, 2016, 08:19:00 PM

Leaving the hunting fields too early.

daveycrockett · January 12, 2016, 08:30:00 PM

Not taking the time to hunt this year. Cain't get this season back.

Paul Cousineau · January 12, 2016, 08:41:00 PM

I slept in and skipped hunting on two separate occasions with the perfect wind.

Brianlocal3 · January 12, 2016, 08:52:00 PM

I couldn't make it to the 2015 IBO trad worlds. I was devastated but I just couldn't make it work

kennym · January 12, 2016, 08:54:00 PM

I worked 3 beautiful frosty light wind days in mid Dec. when I was sposed to be taking vacation.

Bosses wanted a little more done, yep, weather went to crap right after that....

January 12, 2016, 08:55:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Brianlocal3:
I couldn't make it to the 2015 IBO trad worlds. I was devastated but I just couldn't make it work

Me neither! But I was hunting in Africa, so I was not devastated!!!

No regrets here!!!

Bisch

VA Elite · January 12, 2016, 09:01:00 PM

other than not being mentally prepared for full trad season, I have no regrets. Actually, I still have a lot of time to kill a deer. Urban antlerless archery season goes til March 31!! I may give it a whirl.

Terry Lightle · January 12, 2016, 09:03:00 PM

Too much work-not enough hunting
Terry

Sawpilot 75 · January 12, 2016, 09:22:00 PM

Not being aggressive enough on hunting certain mature deer last fall. That will change this year.

Cyclic-Rivers · January 12, 2016, 09:37:00 PM

I put too much time in certain areas because I saw deer. In the end I wasted days trying to find areas that had less hunters and more deer.

mbugland · January 12, 2016, 09:38:00 PM

Big regrets... But they will pay off.
Didn't hunt/buy a license....which has really left an itch that hasn't been scratched ( although with the first snow falling today, doesn't feel like hunting season came or went)

All considered though, didn't buy my license out of state 2015/16, so that as I retire from the Army in the coming months and move back home, I am legit buying my 2016 license and tags as soon as I set foot back home.

Hopefully I will have my own chunk of paradise and a house built in time to stil get some scouting in before season.

... So a little regret, but 2016 is looking absolutely amazing

Mr. fingers · January 12, 2016, 10:03:00 PM

shot at wired deer he dropped and spun away before may arrow even got to him. Unfortunately my only shot of the season.

Lefty · January 13, 2016, 12:00:00 AM

My daughter and I have this saying to one another, "No regrets". When we pass a deer or shoot a deer and later start to second guess, the other always says, " No regrets".
As an example, this year my daughter passed on deer early that I thought she would have shot and I shot one I could have passed. But we both have no regrets. I put meat in the freezer and she shot a big doe early and two great deer in late season and really found she enjoyed the late season hunts! I on the other hand, shot the largest deer I had been seeing early and the year ended with smaller deer seen and a unfilled antlerless tag. So, good thing I shot that buck earlier.
Our only regret, is not having more time to spend together in the woods!

MnFn · January 13, 2016, 01:43:00 AM

Nope, you have to make decisions all throughout your life, based on what you know at the time.

We sold our house, downsized, I helped my wife realize some of her wishes. She encouraged me to go hunting when I could and I got in plenty of hunting. Win/win.

I enjoyed it, Shot my first bear, hopefully not my last. Now I am getting ready for next year, if the Good Lord is willing. Don't like dwelling in the past, over what might have been.

Tomorrow is guaranteed to no man. Seize the day at hand!

Tom · January 13, 2016, 06:10:00 AM

My only regret is the coyotes ate better than me on a late shot doe I left overnight. But its not really a regret as I would not willingly push a deer where I was not sure of the hit. It was a chest shot after all but at dusk didn't see the hit and she didn't react at all. Went 60 yards and down-found remnants in the morning-nothing wasted in nature.

highlow · January 13, 2016, 06:50:00 AM

Not really. In the final analysis, I am still able to climb into my stand and at my age that is a VERY good thing. Very thankful instead of regretful.

Izzy · January 13, 2016, 08:44:00 AM

Same as last year, neglected to set my wall tent on some family property in western NY. Next year Lord willing.

Phillip Fields · January 13, 2016, 08:49:00 AM

I regret that I missed so much of the season.

Whip · January 13, 2016, 09:14:00 AM

One afternoon I had the perfect wind for my best stand but chose not to hunt so that my wife and I could visit friends for cocktails. I had a trail camera at that spot and as could be expected, the buck I had been hoping to see all season was there an hour before sundown.

It goes to show, drinking can ruin your life! Lol