#3063767 - 12/04/12 07:36 PM
Re: Lost interest
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rukiddin?
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I know the feeling. I'm 35, grew up in another state (NC) and I have killed more deer than most will see. A couple good ones too. I have more private land than I can hunt. Sometimes its aggravating when I'm back home...Trying to decide where to go. I got into duck hunting and to this day, I'd much rather be duck hunting than deer hunting. We would duck hunt 45+ days a season with deer being an after thought..Duck hunting in East TN is a joke. Not worth the time or the effort for so few birds.
Since we moved to East TN. I all but quit both except when I go back home. Althought I have since picked up a peice of private property in E TN. I get burnt out and have'nt been there since the friday of ML. I have never deer hunted public land, never had to and I never will. Now on Saturday's, I shoot skeet or sporting clays. More fun.
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#3063790 - 12/04/12 07:45 PM
Re: Lost interest
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cmoses
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Loc: Cottontown
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Will if any of y'all want to give me some of that prime hunting land to hunt I will be glad to accept it
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#3063796 - 12/04/12 07:48 PM
Re: Lost interest
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Bone Collector
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Loc: Murfreesboro, TN
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I guess if it was easy for me i would lose interest eventually, but maybe not. I can;t wait for the season to get here once it ends.
I too live in Mid Tn and if you want to talk to the land owner's and put us on the land we will be happy to shoot some of the deer 
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#3063816 - 12/04/12 07:57 PM
Re: Lost interest
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WestTn Huntin'man
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Loc: Benton Co.
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Part of the hunt is the challenge of learning the land and habits of the deer on it.
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#3063818 - 12/04/12 07:58 PM
Re: Lost interest
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tntaxidermist
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The last deer I killed was in 1998 I believe, not real sure last time I deer hunted but its been at least 8 yrs Id say. I got heavy into turkey hunting and found deer hunting boring plus I didn't care much for sitting in the cold. I've wanted to get back into it the past couple of years because I want some meat but now I have nowhere to hunt.
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#3063829 - 12/04/12 08:03 PM
Re: Lost interest
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Hunter 257W
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I went through burnout in my early 30's too. I would find myself going deer hunting purely because I knew the season would end and I would "miss out" if I didn't go. I would dread the alarm clock going off but drag myself out of bed and go anyway. I finally got to the point that I would just walk through the woods with my rifle until one day I said to myself, "What are you doing if you don't enjoy this??" I quit for 11 years. But then one Fall about 10 years ago the old urge to deer hunt just came back. One thing that has contributed to my renewed interest is the whole idea of Quality Deer Management as it relates to habitat improvement. Planting food plots, trees and altering the native habitat around my farm to help the deer herd makes it much more fullfilling than just hunting. It's a year round involvement.
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#3063845 - 12/04/12 08:10 PM
Re: Lost interest
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Swamphunter
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I love watching deer in the woods. I've killed one deer in the last 4 years. I trophy hunt and have no desire to kill deer too young to know how to stay alive. Apparently, I'm not real good at killing the mature ones, but I love trying. My 13 year old kills a couple a year and that keeps us in meat. He can shoot whatever he wants but usually wants to wait for a big one. We have a great time hunting together, watching the deer and turkeys, the sunrises, etc. This year we have a huge fox squirrel that lives near our ground blind. He gets so close every morning we could almost grab him. We get a kick out of that. I may never see another deer big enough or old enough to make me want to shoot, but I love being out there. It's about the experience for me. If and when one of us pulls the trigger it's a bonus.
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#3063892 - 12/04/12 08:33 PM
Re: Lost interest
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BSK
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Many, MANY great posts on this thread. Steadyb, perhaps deer hunting has lost its challenge for you, and like fairchaser said, you must keep looking for the next higher challenge to stay interested. Or perhaps deer hunting just isn't your thing anymore. I've certainly seen friends and family drop out of deer hunting forever. They just lost interest as they aged. And that's OK. It isn't for everybody.
I truly hope you find something that will make you excited again, whether it is a new goal in deer hunting or something else entirely.
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#3063946 - 12/04/12 09:06 PM
Re: Lost interest
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Swamphunter
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By the way, I used to force myself to go every day I could, even if I really didn't feel like it. I would also force myself to stay long after I was ready to quit. This year, I go when I want, and if I feel like sleeping in and doing something else, that's what I do. Also, when I get ready to leave, I do. If my son and I or some of the guys in the club decide at 9oclock we want to go eat breakfast, we do. I enjoy it much more that way. It shouldn't be like a second job. This approach probably isn't what it takes to kill trophy bucks but it's what I enjoy.
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#3064032 - 12/04/12 10:28 PM
Re: Lost interest
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steadyb
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Good responses, I am spoiled in that I have good places to hunt. I own a farm with a chance at a good one but I would rather put out plots and work on the land than hunt if that makes any sense. I have hunted horns only for the last ten years and have only killed two or three bucks in that time. If my son would get into it I would again. I guess the thrill of seeing one when I was younger was much more than seeing many now. BTW I saw many more good bucks in Md. Tn 25 years ago than I do now.
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