Guided hunts are a unique way to become familiar with hunting whether you plan on hunting deer, quail or big-game. Various outfitters offer guided hunts and many people take advantage of those each year. There is an impression in the hunting community that guided hunts are somehow less real or less skillful. Some people who’ve been hunting for years and never needed a guided hunt even think of them as a type of cheating. But nothing is further from the truth. Guided hunts are simply a way to help a beginner get started or to give an old pro at new way of looking at things.
Guided hunts might sound like they’re very rigid and strict, but that’s not the case at all. On the guided hunts, the guide is someone who’s very knowledgeable about whatever game you’re hunting as well as the area you’re hunting in. Sometimes guided hunts are done at hunting lodges where there is a vast reserve of land for everyone to hunt on. That means that the guide is familiar with the area and there’s much less risk of an accident or anything happening. That’s an ideal situation for someone new to hunting who is really not familiar with the outdoors or the forest landscape.
The biggest advantage of guided hunts is that you have a qualified and experienced leader. That person can help you navigate the landscape and explain things about the game you’re hunting to help you understand how to find the game, how to track it, and how to take it down.
Guided hunts are especially nice for people who are hunting big game that can pose a danger. Things like black bear hunting, elk hunting, coyote hunting, mountain lion hunting and other types of large-cat or bear hunting can be dangerous. When you’re hunting a hunter, you are the predator that’s tracking the animal that is usually the one tracking its prey. These animals, when cornered, can become dangerous and charge you. But if you learn about these things on guided hunts, you’ll be much more confident when you go to hunt on your own or with friends. And you’ll have the knowledge that might save your life.
Guided hunts have guides who are very familiar with the area. In fact, many of the guides often live right in the area where they’re guiding you. You’ll be able to camp right in the area where the animals are and where they’re expected to be seen. You can learn how to bait certain animals when it’s allowed in your state or your area and how to call certain animals because an experienced guide will demonstrate all these things for you.
Rather than thinking of it as “fake” hunting, think of it more as a sort of mentoring when it comes to hunting. Many professions and hobbies have apprentices who learn from more experienced people and guided hunts are like that with less experienced hunters learning from the experts. You get out of it what you put into it, so choose your hunt carefully and pay close attention to your guide.
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Originally posted 2010-04-01 03:49:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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