What is your driving force behind hunting?
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: McDonough, GA
Posts: 754
RE: What is your driving force behind hunting?
ORIGINAL: Bowtech 360
What goes through your head when the alarm goes off at 4:30 in the morning that tells you to put on some camo. Is it the chance that a big buck will walk right by your stand, or as simple as just spending some time in the woods? Simplified, Why do you hunt?
What goes through your head when the alarm goes off at 4:30 in the morning that tells you to put on some camo. Is it the chance that a big buck will walk right by your stand, or as simple as just spending some time in the woods? Simplified, Why do you hunt?
2) I gotta get to the stand b4 daylight!
3) It's finally here and I can forget about work for awhile!
4) This is my lucky day!
#24
RE: What is your driving force behind hunting?
I'm pretty much in the woods year around, I love every aspect of it! The boy and I go for walks or scout and glass for critters every chance we get! I wait all year long for hunting season so actually getting up in the mornings or being ready is never a problem! I don't really have to think out it or make it happen, it just does, it what I want to do!
#27
RE: What is your driving force behind hunting?
depends for me....
there are days i went hunting JUST to take a nap....thats no lie...
i remember one day 2 years ago....warm fall day...worked since 730 that morning so i was up at like 5...had a headache...house was always a ZOO...had no intentions on seeing anything...took my bow just incase...went to a spot i didnt have any fears of spooking anything...climbed the tree....kicked back...dont even think i raised my bow or pack...woke up and the stars and moon were out...it was WELL past end of light...
i hunt because i WANT to....but always a different driving force....heck...some days, i wont lie...i dont want to...cold and raining, terrrribly windy, exhausted, etc...i'll shut the alarm off and go back to sleep...i will never let myself feel like i HAVE to hunt or MAKE myself hunt...i hunt for enjoyment...if i gotta force myself, how much enjoyment can i possibly be getting??
but one day i get up to have a good time with the buddies driving deer or hunting grouse...other days i wanna kick back and relax...others i am pumped up hoping the bucks are running hard...others im pumped to see the fall foliage...
i absolutely LOVE sunrises...most people make a big stink about sunsets....to me, sunrises are awesome...listening to the woods wake up...listen to the night time critters going to bed...there is absolutely nothing like a spring sunrise IMO...and to think....how many millions of people rarely even see the sunrise let alone be out there in mother nature expiriencing one unfold..just amazing to me.
i try not to let the little things pass me by....the red tailed hawk that nailed a bird out of sky and made a poof of feathers...the squirrels and chipmunks playing...the birds...the fox...whatever....i try to take it all in and enjoy it all...
yes, im out there to kill something...but i dont let that take 100% all of my attention and focus...i dont make it a chore to ensure something dies...i enjoy the kill....but i learned a lonnnng time ago that theres alot more to hunting than the death of an animal...
there are days i went hunting JUST to take a nap....thats no lie...
i remember one day 2 years ago....warm fall day...worked since 730 that morning so i was up at like 5...had a headache...house was always a ZOO...had no intentions on seeing anything...took my bow just incase...went to a spot i didnt have any fears of spooking anything...climbed the tree....kicked back...dont even think i raised my bow or pack...woke up and the stars and moon were out...it was WELL past end of light...
i hunt because i WANT to....but always a different driving force....heck...some days, i wont lie...i dont want to...cold and raining, terrrribly windy, exhausted, etc...i'll shut the alarm off and go back to sleep...i will never let myself feel like i HAVE to hunt or MAKE myself hunt...i hunt for enjoyment...if i gotta force myself, how much enjoyment can i possibly be getting??
but one day i get up to have a good time with the buddies driving deer or hunting grouse...other days i wanna kick back and relax...others i am pumped up hoping the bucks are running hard...others im pumped to see the fall foliage...
i absolutely LOVE sunrises...most people make a big stink about sunsets....to me, sunrises are awesome...listening to the woods wake up...listen to the night time critters going to bed...there is absolutely nothing like a spring sunrise IMO...and to think....how many millions of people rarely even see the sunrise let alone be out there in mother nature expiriencing one unfold..just amazing to me.
i try not to let the little things pass me by....the red tailed hawk that nailed a bird out of sky and made a poof of feathers...the squirrels and chipmunks playing...the birds...the fox...whatever....i try to take it all in and enjoy it all...
yes, im out there to kill something...but i dont let that take 100% all of my attention and focus...i dont make it a chore to ensure something dies...i enjoy the kill....but i learned a lonnnng time ago that theres alot more to hunting than the death of an animal...
#28
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Join Date: May 2008
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RE: What is your driving force behind hunting?
Now that I remember it, watching all the nooks and crannies come to life and all the plants turn into a green color. I think I need to hunt harder this year and be quieter and move less on stand, mabey ill see more deer. When I see deer in a spot its easy to go out there, when Its been 2 weeks and you havent seen a thing move, my desire weakens, Im moving my stand and putting it where I seen some deer.
#29
RE: What is your driving force behind hunting?
well i get to set in a stand for hours wait for a deer sometimes just sit there doing nothing. mmm i wonder lol.
at first it was meat i did no feel much my first year or two. but last year i got it bad
it just is the uncontrollable need to hunt
at first it was meat i did no feel much my first year or two. but last year i got it bad
it just is the uncontrollable need to hunt
#30
RE: What is your driving force behind hunting?
ORIGINAL: Bowtech 360
Well its almost 10 mins wiht out a new reply made to any post so,
I have trouble getting up in the morning to go hunting any advice?
Well its almost 10 mins wiht out a new reply made to any post so,
I have trouble getting up in the morning to go hunting any advice?