My very first drive with the group I do it with I was a walker and I was shocked at how slow they went. Anyone hunting between Prattsburgh and Naples watch out. Same A-HOLE outlaw friend from Maine of my brother in law, shot at my son who was on watch, 2years running. The way we do these are well planned as well. These days we do some mini drives where 2 to 6 of us may slowly work areas and we can have some success when the deer have been knocked nocturnal from all the pressure after the first week. I have witnessed a lot of very poor drives as I hunt on state land a lot. We had drives named back generations ago like the "Meat Drive"," The Battery Run Drive", "Dead Man's Watch Drive". It was a badge of respect to actually get important positions in the drive and great pride taken in putting up deer. Then you were put on the worst middle areas of the drives where you got the swampiest, thickest pieces and in the middle of guys that were "trusted to drive right". ![]() You were not even allowed the privilege to join a drive unless someone vouched for you, your safety and your accuracy. No skill lol some of these drives took many hours and very specifically were set up by having knowledge of deer, their behavior and terrain familiarity. I have done drives with the old timers up in the Dacks with over a dozen guys to maybe twenty when I was a young lad. I think your opinion is pretty narrow minded is what I think lol. ![]() I hate it I feel there is no sport or skill involved in it. Whats your opinion on deer drives? I'm talking an army of people doing a drive. In fact, if you're on watch, hold on to shoot ones sneaking back through. Walking fast, making noise, barking, yelling, etc. There were zero second chances and I trusted these people. If you ran ahead, you jeopardized your life and I watched family members get the boot from doing it for being dumb (running "into drive cause a big buck did, being out front of people and turning around and shooting a deer, not finishing the drive cause you hit a deer). Walking very slow and observing your surroundings, including your other walkers made me a better hunter. I have tagged out walking in these drives. Rules were simple, stay in line, finish the drive. There was a group of 8-12 of us that would set up these walks. So, you could sit in a stand all day and see nothing. They will move for 2 reasons during the day, they're bumped by a hunter, or a hot doe is getting chased. ![]() Some of these could take all day.įace it folks, by the end of this week deer are nocturnal.
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