Guest bbarnett51 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 I was just looking through some pictures and it got me thinking. IS nicer always better? Let me explain.... I have a friend that has a deer club that is unbelievable!! Plasma TV's, king size beds, stainless steel appliances.etc... You get the point. The deer stands are top notch and they look out over food plots that look like holes from the US OPEN. I usually see between 20-50 deer with many large bucks in the mix. Perfect right? NO NO NO Everytime I go I wish I was sitting in my climber over looking a scrape line in my small plot of timber. Where I will be lucky to see even 2-3 deer. When the hunt is done, I would go back and get the fire started outside of the 1965 RV. And then crawl into my $30 sleeping bag. Now, don't get me wrong. I love to be comfortable .I even have a lease with a cabin, however, it is very simple. I just feel that some people get carried away and take the fun out of hunting. To me its about the chase and being a part of nature. Thats what feeds my soul!! OK sorry for the rambling but does anyone else feel like me or am I CRAZY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
257bob Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? If you can afford the best, more power to you. I have never been involved with a deer camp. I have always lived a few miles from our land, so I am used to the comforts of home. If I was forced to travel to a camp, I would want it as close as possible to home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? I'm with you, I think I would prefer the old camper and the camaraderie of the other guys in camp than a place like you describe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Hey, invite me down on your lease you describe, and I'll let you know how I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bownarow Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? There is nothing like sharing a fire with all your hunting buddies winding down from the days hunt and recharging for the next. Our deer camp is less than 10 miles from my house but you bet the farm that I'll be there at least a few weekends out of the year. Drink a few beers, eat some great campfire cuisine, tell a few stories and enjoy the beautiful outdoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Sounds like a really nice lease. If you can afford it why not. I hunt out the back door, so dont have to do the deer camp thing at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? I don't have top notch stands or equipment or clothing but you know what, it works! Like you, the hunt is all about being out in the woods and not knowing when a deer is going to come in range and then when one does, the adrenaline rush and making a good shot. To me, it isn't about having the scent lock clothing, or the best tree stand and bow for your money even though they might make hunting a more comfortable experience. It's the "roughing it" that gives us some of the the good hunting memories and stories in my opinion. I make do with what I have and do fine Good luck to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rifleman25 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? I have a place I hunt right near home, in Wyoming and Colorado I take my 5th wheel. About 4 hrs from home in east central nebraska we have a cheap metal building we put up and use as a camp. We spend alot of time down there in the summer as well fourwheeling and fishing in the ponds. Steve Beilgard came down last winter and helped guide some disabled hunters with me. Everyone seemed to enjoy out little set up. view from the outside Great room Kitchen great room from the loft pics of the loft with 8 beds Great room looking towards the kitchem w/ loft above From kitchen looking out into great room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rifleman25 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Nicer is not always better but I want to be as comfortable as possible any place I stay. This is far from a Hilton but it suits us perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bbarnett51 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Rifeman looks like you got just about the perfect set-up!! That would suit me just fine. I agree about being comfortable!! There is just a gray area when things get too cushy for me. I stay at many duck clubs that have tvs and pool tables and they are ok. There is just a fine line somewhere that gets crossed and the experience is lost for me. This is also not a jealous of others type thread either. I had a chance to join the club and turned it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Im fine with the old beat up camper and the lock on sitting there waiting for the deer. Dont matter to me how it looks just as long as i can get some good sleep. rifleman25 that is very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? hmm.......i could live without all of that fancy stuff...would i like to have it...heck yeah....but it wouldn't really be the end of the world if i didn't have it...they still put the work in on the food plots right? by "club" do you mean it belongs to a whole bunch of people? or just a few huntin buddies? (deer camp) our camp is pretty simple...its an old farm house that has been in my aunts family for years...i think her dad built it by hand (a few additions have made it a little bigger than the original)....it is heated by a kerosene heater and a wood stove....has indoor pluming (part of the addition) but that has no insulation so it is freezing in there. we have a TV but just an antenna...enough to see some football on saturday and sunday and to watch the news to see what the weather is going to be like....ut like i said...if we had all of that fancy stuff i wouldn't be complaining food plots, nice stands....i'm all for it...as long as there is some sort of management program in effect to keep the members from shooting spikes and small bucks and give them a chance to grow up into a good mature deer...to me its all about being in the outdoors doing what i love to do....sure coming home empty handed stinks but i thank god for everyday i get to spend out in the woods whether its in an old ground blind or a fancy new ladder stand looking over a food plot...its all beautiful to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterfisherman Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Nice is ok but there is something to be said about ruffing it. My favorite hunting memories are of my dad and I sleeping on cots in this guys garage. He allowed us to hunt his farm and would put a small space heater in his garage so we would have a place to stay. My dad would bring a cooler full of food and every morning would fill the crockpot with a roast and potatoes. Once you got close to the garage you could smell that food cooking and would start to drule. Everydog in the county would be sniffing around that garage and trying everything to get in. We had no luxuries at all but I allways thought we were kings. Those were the best hunting trips I ever took. Now that the kind farmer and my father have past it's just not the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mcmullin Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Rilfeman that place is sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbucks Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? i would love to stay out in a camper in a little camper in a sleeping bag thats just awsome heck sometimes i do it! but yea i fell the way you do, but i wouldent complain about seeing the 20-50 deer that would be kool just to watch them but yeah i like to hunt the spots were your lucky to see 2-3 deer a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? My very first year of deer hunting with a gun, my highschool buddy and I climbed our hill and built a lean-to style shelter that was completely enclosed, out of saplings and pine boughs. We spent opening week in that thing even though the weather got pretty cold and snowy. Of course back then we didn't have the fancy space age sleeping bags and fancy camping gear, but we made do and that week of hunting ranks up pretty high on my list of great hunting experiences. Well, that was a whole bunch of years ago, and I am not quite the rugged tough guy that I was back then. Today, I like my accomodations to be a lot more comfortable and I do appreciate some "creature-comforts" in my hunting camps. I will say that over my lifetime, the best hunting and camping experiences were coupled with some pretty primitive accomodations, but eventually we reach a stage where just getting a good night's sleep is a challenge....lol. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Rifleman, That place is perfect. I'm trying to talk the wife into a retirement home just like that. I don't need luxury, but went on a tent hunt one time with small tents. Didn't care for that at all. I need some room for all my stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rifleman25 Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? I'm with you Finn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Cool, riflemans lodge even comes with a pet cat. Meow!!! Ive never had the experience of hunting out of a lodge. I dont like roughing it but I prefer to be camped in the travel trailer in the woods with a generator. That always gives me the feeling of being at deer camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Really nice place there rifleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switchback29A1 Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? I couldn't hunt there...id stay up all night playing pool. Although you can't argue with 20-50 deer..it might get old eventually, but id stay up untill the day it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unioncountyslayer Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? Call me crazy, but the one you described first sounds pretty good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Re: Is nicer always better???? real nice looking place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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