My Buddy

This is basically a rant/venting, but I have a 70 year buddy who is a great guy and really good friend (possibly my bestfriend), and he got me into a new woods, but his style of hunting is reckless and head scratching to me.We've hunted together for years, but not the same property. We hunted together same property opening day night, I was about 25' up a self climber, he was in a blind (which he has let soak for about 3 weeks) very close to each other his idea not mine, he wanted to try to kill does together at the same time . We get a bachelor group of scrub bucks at 70 yards and he starts hitting a grunt call bring them in to about 20 yards which they become very suspicious of the ground blind. The bucks become nervous eventually leave, he tries to call in 4 more. I just talked to him over lunch and tonight he''s setting up same spot bringing his decoy. Is it just me or is he just educating the deer? We have a 150-160ish running around there, but he's about a month early with the aggressiveness right? This guy always kills deer every year (he's a 6 tags, i kill 6 deer guy), but hunts spots where he should be killing a 160ish deer every 3 years or so, some of his hunting spot (especially tusc county) people would give a testicle for! I mean he's 70 and he's been doing this for 30+ years, but he truly likes the idea of trophy hunting but can't stand not killing deer! I am going to actually start "hunting the hunter" and try to hunt where I think he will push the deer. Anybody have advise, or deal with a close friend family member that does this?

Bigslam51 said:

So your best friend is 70 years old, wtf Gary. That's kinda weird. I'd mention to him that his aggressive tactics this early will only make the rest of the season harder.

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We became friends few years ago through hunting, we now live 3 or 4 miles from each other, I could call him anytime and he'd be there visa versa, my friends my age don't hunt like I do and my best friend has 5 kids. I was just speaking honest. I am going to Colorado with my 70 years olld buddies mutual friend and he's 70 also. I guess I'm weird

"J" said:

Probably the “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” might come into play here....

Have you actually made your concerns to him so he knows it’s rubbing you the wrong way with his tactics?

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I did tell him years ago on his own his prime property, that this agressive hunting style wasnt very smart and I had no dog in that fight just tried being a good friend. There is no doubt in my mind he educates a lot of deer every year. He does what he wants, I am very grateful he got me into this woods, I just think he is killing our chances at the this big boy!