How to Assess New Hunting Buddies

By Adam Moore – Wired To Hunt

Good hunting buddies are hard to come by. Great ones are rare. Bad ones, unfortunately, show up more often than they should. Three days into a seven-day hunting trip is a bad time to realize you brought Debbie Downer to the woods. Bad hunting partners can turn dream hunts into nightmares faster than you can punch the trigger on your release. If they don’t notch a tag by the end of the trip, you can bet they’ll kill plenty of joy along the way.

Hopefully, you have an opportunity to get to know someone before you commit to going cross-country with them, but that’s not always the case. Whether you get invited on a paid-for hunting trip or a friend of a friend tags along to help cut costs, you sometimes find yourself in situations with semi-strangers. Aside from these scenarios, you should have plenty of time to vet your hunting partners. Here are a few traits to look for in a good hunting buddy before hitting the road. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY