when to throw in the towel!?!?!
11-11-2007, 08:06 AM
#31
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Shawnee, KS
Posts: 131
RE: when to throw in the towel!?!?!
I feel the same way sometimes, but just be grateful that God has given you the opportunity to be out there at alll. When I leave the timber for the night and begin reflecting on lost chances or wasted time I remind myself of the things that I an grateful for-like the chance to be out here and seeing or hearing the things I did at all. Every time I see a deer I thank God for the opportunity and the blessing he has given me.
11-11-2007, 08:19 AM
#32
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: when to throw in the towel!?!?!
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Stressing too much. $150 ? Haha, Ive spent WELL over $3000 already this season and that doesnt include the new bow that Im buying in a few weeks, the decoy and scents that Im picking up or ammunition for gun sighting and hunting ! Ill probably top $4000, roughly. 2 trail cameras, 7 sets of camo, base layers, boots, socks, scents, stands, corn, 3 dozen arrows, broadheads, brothers new bow, releases, block target, warm weather layers, 2 scent lok camo suits, gas, tinks bags, calls, videos, knives, flashlights, batteries, TEXT MESSAGES from the stand, washer & dryer usage, etc. I spend a TON of money during hunting season. Id say you're doing just fine.
Dont believe me, Ill mail you the freaking reciepts !
Get out there and shoot more. Im an amazing shot with my bow, but, I still shoot a few times a week during the season. 1 or 2 times per week during the summer and everyday the month before the season starts. Shoot from treestands at a 3-D target. That way you start to cover more of the bases. Good luck, bud. Its hunting. Last year, I shot 4 deer. 1 from a treestand and 4 from the ground. Its hard to get them to the stand and then make a good shot, but you learn. This year, Ive harvested 5 doe, clean shots. Ive passed countless doe and many bucks, counting a pass on a 140?'' 8-pointer today !
Stressing too much. $150 ? Haha, Ive spent WELL over $3000 already this season and that doesnt include the new bow that Im buying in a few weeks, the decoy and scents that Im picking up or ammunition for gun sighting and hunting ! Ill probably top $4000, roughly. 2 trail cameras, 7 sets of camo, base layers, boots, socks, scents, stands, corn, 3 dozen arrows, broadheads, brothers new bow, releases, block target, warm weather layers, 2 scent lok camo suits, gas, tinks bags, calls, videos, knives, flashlights, batteries, TEXT MESSAGES from the stand, washer & dryer usage, etc. I spend a TON of money during hunting season. Id say you're doing just fine.
Dont believe me, Ill mail you the freaking reciepts !
Get out there and shoot more. Im an amazing shot with my bow, but, I still shoot a few times a week during the season. 1 or 2 times per week during the summer and everyday the month before the season starts. Shoot from treestands at a 3-D target. That way you start to cover more of the bases. Good luck, bud. Its hunting. Last year, I shot 4 deer. 1 from a treestand and 4 from the ground. Its hard to get them to the stand and then make a good shot, but you learn. This year, Ive harvested 5 doe, clean shots. Ive passed countless doe and many bucks, counting a pass on a 140?'' 8-pointer today !
11-11-2007, 09:07 AM
#33
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location:
Posts: 346
RE: when to throw in the towel!?!?!
Bow huntingtakes a whole different level of commitment both mentaly,as in your mind set, and physicaly as in constant practice. When I decided to get back into bowhunting in 2000 I had no idea how much things had changed since the late 1970's when I stopped bow hunting. I picked up a Cabela's archery catolog and it blew my mind. Compoundbows, arrow rest, fancy sights, releases?All new to me.The point is I took the callange, studied, asked questions. I bought an inexpensive PSE,set it upmyself and tought myself to shoot all over. After a few months Iwas hooked,BIG TIMEand moved up to a high end bow and was shooting daily out to sixty yards in my back yard. I read every bowhunting magazine I could find and studied them. My first three years netted three bucks having passed onsome waiting for the perfect shot.I haven'trifle hunted since, although I may this year. The frustrations were many but the rewards so sweet. jquillin0001, based on your attitued in yourpost andyour response I'm not sure thatyou'reready for the commitment that is bowhunting.
11-11-2007, 08:36 PM
#34
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hopkinsville, Ky
Posts: 26
RE: never going to throw in the towel!!!!!
i finally did it, i shot a nice 140 class buck, i will have pictures whenever i get this damn camera to work on this computer, thanks for everyones help and middle finger to the smartasses!!!!!! hell yea
11-11-2007, 09:24 PM
#38
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Becker County, MN
Posts: 550
RE: never going to throw in the towel!!!!!
ORIGINAL: jquillin0001
i finally did it, i shot a nice 140 class buck, i will have pictures whenever i get this damn camera to work on this computer, thanks for everyones help and middle finger to the smartasses!!!!!! hell yea
i finally did it, i shot a nice 140 class buck, i will have pictures whenever i get this damn camera to work on this computer, thanks for everyones help and middle finger to the smartasses!!!!!! hell yea
You must hunt in a great area to have so many chances at big bucks in one season
11-11-2007, 09:25 PM
#39
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Tuttle, OK
Posts: 714
RE: when to throw in the towel!?!?!
That's why they call it "hunting" and not "killing". I could spend 10 years hunting without getting a shot at a deer, and the thought of giving it up wouldn't cross my mind. Taking an animal is only a bonus to being able to experience everything that "we", as hunters, are able to experience. I think the first thing you should do, before practicing and doing what everyone else said to do, is to take a step back and think about the real reason you are out there experiencing something that many people aren't able to experience or appreciate. The way you are cursing, and the poor attitude, leads me to believe you are out there for all the wrong reasons to begin with. I could be way off base, but it is just a vibe I am getting. Maybe next time, just go out with a camera and shoot your deer that way. It might teash you a thing or two about appreciating what so many will never be able to experience. Maybe this way, you will get to share the experience with others by being able to show them pictures of the "wall hanger" that you saw.
