Why are hunting questions all about equipment and not about technique?

I have found in my life that hunting is about the man who hunts, his style and abilities,not about his stuff,.What do you think?Why are hunting questions all about equipment and not about technique?
The answer is that it's Yahoo!s fault. Since there is no category specifically for asking questions about firearms, all those questions come to the closest category they can find. Hunting.





I do see technique questions here, they're just outnumbered 100 to 1 by mall ninjas flaunting their ignorance. Which, if you think about it, really does mirror life.Why are hunting questions all about equipment and not about technique?
I agree with you. I've been fishing with a cane pole and a coffee can of worms, and caught limit in the time somebody with a 400 dollar rod %26amp; reel with a 1200 dollar fish-finder caught 2 fish that were too small to keep.








Ditto hunting. For years I used my somewhat old and occasionally cantankerous 94 Winchester. Although I did splurge for a scope (Christmas present - 120 bucks) this year, (old eyes need more optical help than young eyes) - I took some nice deer with it pretty regularly just shooting open sights.





Compare with some city friends of mine that would come out to the farm to deer hunt, all of them had 2,000 dollar rifles with 800 dollar scopes and never SEE a deer all day because the beer cans and cell phones made too much noise.





Sad, really....





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I think,in part, it's because technique is something that has to be researched and learned. If someone on here asked me how I hunted deer successfully, I'd never have time to type everything.
now that i think about it, your completely right. there's more to hunting than sitting out in the woods and pointing the gun and pulling the trigger. there's so much technique involved (i've realized how much i lack because of how new i am at deer hunting) but also with any shooting, technique is more important than just pulling the trigger and hoping you'll get what ya wanted to shoot








Roadhunter- was she the only girl in the county to have done so? probably not. i've accomplished a lot. and all but 3 guys on the team didn't have a problem with that. i bet that girl your talking about didn't have to overcome sexist guy's opinions either and by no means am I refering to anyone here- I'm talking about 2 coaches on my team- one said I wouldn't shoot sh*t and the other didnt count my scores on anything!
Count yer blessings Mtn. Man. If I have observed anything I have noticed that 10% of the hunters get 90% of the game. I assume that you, like me usually get the deer you are after. How do we do that? I get my 2 deer each year, many hunters get one deer in 5 years. Just what is that difference. I can no more explain my ';secrets'; than you can explain yours. I can tell you for sure that my 6.5x55 gets deer one shot at a time, and I can give you the ';magic'; numbers for that. My technique, I shoot straight, and...I'm damned sneaky! J
hunting is 90% luck.


and 10% of your equipment and your ability to react to the situation in a successful way.


a custom made rifle with a 3000 dollar swarovski 18 powered scope sighted in to knock a fly off a donkey's *** at 500 yards ain't worth a **** if you can't hit a deer at 50.


however cheap shitty equipment can cost you the kill sometimes, trust me i know.


but the main thing is to be totally prepared for the hunt.
I'm with you Mountain. I've been close enough to elk walking by to slap them--not kidding. I've taken deer at 25 feet. I always try to have people invest in accuracy not distance. For me, any shot over 300 yards stretches the term ';hunting'; into marksmanship instead. Nothing wrong with it, if you know your gun and your abilities. Hunting out west, I know a 400 yard shot on a big mule deer buck or bull elk is sometimes the only one you get all year.


One of the best use of a couple hours is find a copy of ';The Perfect Shot'; books for African and North American game. It is very helpful for shot placement, more important it tells you when to NOT shoot.My son and I did a short outdoor spot on the local TV station http://video.kxly.com/watch.php?id=13489





I teach my son to respect the animal,weapon and resources because we risk losing so much if we don't. The ';one bad apple'; is the worst thing possible for hunters.
I agree with Hawaiian: There is no category for people who are really wanting to talk about firearms. We get questions that have absolutely nothing to do with hunting, like bullet-proof vests and self-defense weapons. It's hard to find the real hunting questions mixed in with all of that.
That is a good question...I've been hunting (all kinds) for most of my life and kept buying new/better equipment until I realized exactly what you are talking about! I have now sold all but one of my deer rifles and all but one of my shotguns! That's all I need. It's not about the equipment!
because its so much easier to run to the store and buy something then to get in the woods and learn something.





a lot of it has to do with people trying to sell you their stuff and saying without it you'll never have any luck, and then there's always idiots who buy it...
It's hard to demonstrate technique over the keyboard, easy to talk about specs.
very simple. because Yahoo decided not to have a gun Q/A section. maybe they think the additional board may use more bandwidth than they have for all of Y!ans.
Because every man has his own way when out in the wild.
I think this is where ';sport'; enters the picture.