[Tripple D]

Can’t count the times I’ve had that gut feeling that tomorrow would be a successful day and sure enough I’d be successful on a target deer. Numerous times decided not to go hunting and would be doing something else in the morning and it would hit me just like bang- you gotta go to spot X this afternoon so I’d shower and get ready and go and sure enough I’d wind up shooting a deer. It’s gotten so my wife will say - so should I get things ready in the garage to hang him, never questions me about going even if we had other plans. She has learned that when I get that feeling it means meat for the freezer!
Ant one else ever have that gut feeling?

 

[KEVIN]

"GUT feelings" now means I only have a certain amount of time to find a crapper !!

 

[Statik]

My first buck came from my brother's gut feeling. Told me to get the rifle ready cause there was going to be a buck. Time as I was loaded, the buck was just standing there waiting to get shot.

 

[Tyson10gauge]

Many times , gearing up the night b4 I would say , better take this or that or make sure I have other things packed cause going need it for that long drag out . I'd be loading up the truck and say well lets go harvest that deer today , that evening I be hanging one up .

 

[Camocam92]

Had the feeling moose hunting before when the conditions were perfect in the morning. I’ve had them deer hunting but definitely fought them, I’m way too superstitious. I try and never say garuntee or 100 % chance cause that’s the time you’ll get nothing. It helps sometimes the deer are super patternable for a few days on the trail cameras lol.

 

[Tripple D]

Had the feeling moose hunting before when the conditions were perfect in the morning. I’ve had them deer hunting but definitely fought them, I’m way too superstitious. I try and never say garuntee or 100 % chance cause that’s the time you’ll get nothing. It helps sometimes the deer are super patternable for a few days on the trail cameras lol.

Superstitious,lol. This is different, it just hits me that I have to be in a certain area that particular day and yes the specific area comes with it and I hunt 6-7 totally different areas. Plus I can never remember having that feeling hit me and not being successful, except when I don’t go lol. Of course no way to tell then cause most times there are no cameras in that particular spot.

 

[louisbear]

For me, I don’t think it is so much of a “gut feeling. It’s more like my instinct telling me that based on past experiences hunting a certain area, and with today’s weather conditions and time in the season, I should be hunting that area today.
On numerous occasions especially mid day, I convinced our hunting party to head for a spot that my intuition told be would offer a better chance at success and often that was the case.

However, after a few years, I was not allowed to hunt without wearing the “Green Wool Sweater” that I just happened to be wearing every time we harvested an animal. I’m not superstitious, just practical as that was a nice light, yet warm piece of clothing that was easily layered.

 

[gary]

those nights, before a hunt, waking up every 20 mins wondering if Im late getting out the door count?

 

[greybeard]

I would go with instinct as well, and I would agree that on those days I would double check to see that I had specific gear with me and one of my two favorite hinting rifles with me my 30-06 or 270.

 

[Tripple D]

For me, I don’t think it is so much of a “gut feeling. It’s more like my instinct telling me that based on past experiences hunting a certain area, and with today’s weather conditions and time in the season, I should be hunting that area today.
On numerous occasions especially mid day, I convinced our hunting party to head for a spot that my intuition told be would offer a better chance at success and often that was the case.

However, after a few years, I was not allowed to hunt without wearing the “Green Wool Sweater” that I just happened to be wearing every time we harvested an animal. I’m not superstitious, just practical as that was a nice light, yet warm piece of clothing that was easily layered.

Think that’s something different. The first time it happened to me it was a spot I’d only been to once or twice before. An area we called “ The pine tree”. Just thought it was THE place to go sit and that was the morning I shot my 16 pointer.
The second time was even weirder. Grandad and Dad always had a nap after lunch before heading out for the afternoon hunt. I would usually go looking for partridge but on this particular day I decided to nap too. Around 2:30 Dad said let’s get ready and go, we always drove out to the end of the back road cause that’s where we hunted deer. But it just hit me and I said you go I’m going to sit and watch the little field here. Grandads property had two fields one behind the other with a strip of alders in between. Dad asked if I was feeling ok because it would be strange for me not to go to my fav spots. I simply said yeah I’m fine but I’m sure there will be a buck come out there this afternoon. I remember I took an old plastic pail to set on and sat in the strip of alders and about twenty minutes before dark a nice big buck walked out to the middle of the field and started to feed! None of us had ever sat and watched that little field before.
Hard to explain, it just comes into my head, no vision or anything but just - go here this evening/ morning. My son has asked why I didn’t pass that gene on to him!!

 

[Caper391]

My gut instinct normally tells me to stay in bed...one of these days I'll listen.

 

[Tripple D]

My gut instinct normally tells me to stay in bed...one of these days I'll listen.

That’s not your gut instinct it’s OLD AGE

 

[Caper391]

That’s not your gut instinct it’s OLD AGE

I think you may be right...lol