Get rid of the wife...lol

I know how you feel jdyer. This will be the first year since 1992 that I haven't killed a deer. And it's not from lack of trying. I've certainly put in the treestand hours.

Get rid of the wife...lol

A friend of mine was such a bad hunter it cost him his marriage.

His wife didn't believe that he was actually hunting; she thought he was having an affair.

"You claim to be hunting with Jake, but he's getting all these deer and you never come home with anything."

Swear to God, that's what she said. Once she ran into my son at the store, and she asked my son if her husband was really hunting with us.

All in all, he's better off now anyway.

not even a doe?

Sure I am whining but this forum is my therapy. I am glad 2009 is over turkey season was horrible and I was never able to seal the deal during archery, muzzle loader, or gun. I had my chances and well I pretty much suck!!!!!!!!!

This will be my first year in the last 4 that nothing has come home with me. I would like to think I have become a better hunter in the past 4 years but I can truely say I have gotten worse. I stink!!! I know people say being in the woods is the reward and I get that and enjoy being in the outdoors...but I hate sitting for long periods of time and my wife gives me grief about hunting and the time I am away so when there is nothing to show for it...well....I know I should feel blessed to be able to hunt lots of guys cannot and lots of guys are fighting to give us the ability to hunt and be free...but I just needed to vent my frustration somewhere.....There is next Saturday

I hunted a lot during archery and Mz season. Saw less deer than ever and ended up with only one deer- the only one I shot at. I think TWRA may have miscalculated the severity of EHD in East Tn.

This is a SWAG performed by TWRA.

Move to where? There is no land in East Tn with "lots of deer". Dont forget we dont have the luxury of killing does in rifle season either except for limited quota draw hunts.

I have 3 kids one being a baby...your time in the woods sounds like mine. Several times this year i took off work to hunt only to come out of the woods and work at the house because I sat in the woods thinking about what I had to do at the house.

Contrary to popular belief,....There are more important things than deer hunting....

i will say this

u need to make a move

try going some where else to hunt

some people think that they are bad hunters but actually they hunt bad land

like my self i am not a good hunter i am a proficient killer that hunts land with a lot of deer

good luck to ya
but next year look to expand where you hunt

Contrary to popular belief,....There are more important things than deer hunting....

jdyer,

There would be alot of people on this site in your shoes if we had to hunt Greene and Cocke counties. I'm not saying there isn't deer there, and you don't suck but those counties in NE Tn are night and day different than other counties in East Tennessee, like Meigs, McMinn, etc. And most certainly East is different than Middle and West, etc.

Don't beat yourself up. Hang in there

Now BSK on the other hand, where he hunts and what he has to hunt, by him not killing a deer, that's worse than sucking. It's almost an embarrassment to the rest of us hunters.

next year, take the nice drive down here to West Tenn. and we'll shoo one your way...haha.

Seriously.........I'd be glad to put you up for a weekend and almost guarantee you a deer......

next year, that is....I'm done for this year unless someone needs a juvy spot.

Bh

I don't know a thing about deer hunting, deer densities or land availability in Greene or Cocke counties, but I gotta agree with DA on this one.
I spend probably 2/3rds more time scouting (in season) and acquiring permission/leasing land than I do hunting.
It's pretty much a year round deal.