#1981207 - 07/02/10 06:05 PM
Is deer hunting fun.....?
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gator-n-buck
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I ask this question because I have read thousands of post of hunters worrying about the small stuff, regs, buck limits, and etc... How can hunting be fun if hunters are not happy or worried about the next guy....? Just a thought and don't beat me up to bad on the subject......
P.S... I always thought trigger control was not jerking the trigger, not letting big deer walk by,,,,
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#1981214 - 07/02/10 06:10 PM
Re: Is deer hunting fun.....?
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Diehard Hunter
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Absolutely, I have gone "Old School", no new fangled gadgets or gimmicks, just the way I used to do it back in the late '70s. I just hunt, whatever the limits may be. if i don't kill anything, so be it, a day in the field is better than a day at work or watching TV.
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#1981225 - 07/02/10 06:21 PM
Re: Is deer hunting fun.....?
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smstone22
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If it wasnt fun I wouldnt do it. I love it, but I love the chase the most. The scouting, habitat work all year, the trail cam pics, seeing positive results for all your hard work. Its just like icing on the cake when you get a deer, be it a doe or mature buck.
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#1981226 - 07/02/10 06:22 PM
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fourwheeler431
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I really enjoy time at camp myself after a long day in the woods. Sitting around a fire bsing with the guys on the lease.
Don't get me wrong I love the hunt,but if I don't get anything I'm fine with that also.
Edited by fourwheeler431 (07/02/10 06:25 PM)
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#1981233 - 07/02/10 06:31 PM
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When I am in the woods there is no other place I would like to be. There are probably places that I need to be but at that point in time there is no other place that I want to be.
The same is true whether I am hunting, fishing, scouting, working on the lease or the farm, or any other thing that falls within the realm of hunting and/or fishing.
When this ceases to be true I will find something else that makes me feel the same way but I don't think this will happen for at least 50 or more years!!!
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#1981237 - 07/02/10 06:34 PM
Re: Is deer hunting fun.....?
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gator-n-buck
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I really enjoy time at camp myself after a long day in the woods. Sitting around a fire bsing with the guys on the lease.
Don't get me wrong I love the hunt,but if I don't get anything I'm fine with that also.
Ditto... I have told my buddies a million times on draw hunts, its the luck of the draw... We should have more fun around the camp fire and be less serious on draw hunts on areas that we haven't hunted with a hundred hunter running around the woods in a 3 day period....
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#1981260 - 07/02/10 06:58 PM
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elauwit
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Absolutely, I have gone "Old School", no new fangled gadgets or gimmicks, just the way I used to do it back in the late '70s. I just hunt, whatever the limits may be. if i don't kill anything, so be it, a day in the field is better than a day at work or watching TV.
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#1981278 - 07/02/10 07:18 PM
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RAFI
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I enjoy hunting but am enjoying sitting in camp more and more every year.Sometimes we just stay in camp and skip an afternoon hunt.
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#1981330 - 07/03/10 09:38 AM
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It is fun, but I will admit it is stressful. One of my big worries is if I am hunting a dead deer. I don't hunt spots I always hunt breeding scrape lines and it is long hours and slow hunting. Shots in the area always make me wonder if the 1 buck I am after is gone and all my time is being wasted. Most of the time he is still there and we meet at some point. it is part of it I guess, but I wish I the stress wasn't.
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#1981588 - 07/03/10 03:24 PM
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TennBuck
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ah....it has its moments. not as fun as it was 10 years ago. deer hunting has become bigger than it is.
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#1981698 - 07/03/10 05:48 PM
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BigCam50
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If it wasnt fun I wouldnt do it. I love it, but I love the chase the most. The scouting, habitat work all year, the trail cam pics, seeing positive results for all your hard work. Its just like icing on the cake when you get a deer, be it a doe or mature buck.
Great post and I agree!
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#1981736 - 07/03/10 06:42 PM
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I wouldn't do it if I wasn't having fun or enjoying it,life is way too short!
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#1981750 - 07/03/10 07:06 PM
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If it wasnt fun I wouldnt do it. I love it, but I love the chase the most. The scouting, habitat work all year, the trail cam pics, seeing positive results for all your hard work. Its just like icing on the cake when you get a deer, be it a doe or mature buck.
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#1981752 - 07/03/10 07:08 PM
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Football Hunter
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I ask this question because I have read thousands of post of hunters worrying about the small stuff, regs, buck limits, and etc... How can hunting be fun if hunters are not happy or worried about the next guy....? Just a thought and don't beat me up to bad on the subject......
P.S... I always thought trigger control was not jerking the trigger, not letting big deer walk by,,,,
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#1981754 - 07/03/10 07:11 PM
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Football Hunter
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BUT!!!!! NOTHING <AND I MEAN NOTHING,is more fun than when about five packs of dogs ,all running bucks comes together on top of you,MASS CONFUSION!!! but what fun!!!!!!
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#1981881 - 07/03/10 10:52 PM
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boweye91
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If deer hunting isn't fun, then I'm insane. Because I spend my whole year thinking about deer season and to put that much thought, time and effort into something that isn't fun is crazy.
Personally, I like all the little gadgets and what not. Also, I'm all for passing deer in hopes of growing bigger ones. I like to be improving in everything I do, and killing bigger deer is a way I do that.
Having said that, it is each persons right to decide what they want to shoot. And no one can say which is the right way to do it. As long as you enjoy it.
Edited by boweye91 (07/03/10 10:56 PM)
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#1981892 - 07/03/10 11:10 PM
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RKenney
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I saw my first deer at Catoosa in the mid 60's and I was freaked
out. An intrigue and facination for the animal that you hunt, not
only makes it "fun", but it drives you to pursue that animal.
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#1981912 - 07/04/10 12:06 AM
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Carlos Viagra
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I saw my first deer at Catoosa in the mid 60's and I was freaked
out. An intrigue and facination for the animal that you hunt, not
only makes it "fun", but it drives you to pursue that animal.
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#1982340 - 07/04/10 06:16 PM
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mathews338
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If deer hunting isn't fun, then I'm insane. Because I spend my whole year thinking about deer season and to put that much thought, time and effort into something that isn't fun is crazy.
Personally, I like all the little gadgets and what not. Also, I'm all for passing deer in hopes of growing bigger ones. I like to be improving in everything I do, and killing bigger deer is a way I do that.
Having said that, it is each persons right to decide what they want to shoot. And no one can say which is the right way to do it. As long as you enjoy it.
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#1982414 - 07/04/10 09:34 PM
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As long as I "want" to hunt, it's FUN!
If the day ever comes that I'm like some people.....where I feel it's only fun if I "kill" something. It's no longer fun! That would only be about ego and "keeping up with the Jones'".
I've found myself passing more deer as the years add up. Often that means going without a buck for the year. But I still have fun doing it that way because I don't care about just killing something to post or brag that I killed "something".
If I don't make it fun for ME. I ain't gonna do it! 
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#1982528 - 07/04/10 11:27 PM
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moondawg
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It is fun to me. I don't worry about the details. If I get cold, I go home. If it's raining, and if I don't feel like dealing with the rain, I go home. Since I don't have any control over what the people do in the fields surrounding mine, I don't worry about it.
I will shoot what I want, depending on my mood. I hunt within the rules and let the chips fall where they may.
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