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<blockquote data-quote="DMD" data-source="post: 5296567" data-attributes="member: 2937"><p>I agree with your post and I had a similar experience starting out deer hunting in the mid-eighties. I knew nothing. Nothing about guns, hunting, or woodsmanship. ZERO. I basically learned everything on my own. Even hunting magazines didn't help much, as they often dealt with hunting areas far different than large, hardwood tracts. I worked hard for every deer I have killed...till this year. First time in my years of hunting, I put very little time or effort in and killed one that might be the biggest buck of my life and another nice buck. My schedule and circumstances just don't let me put in the time and work I normally do. You know what I found strange about it - I didn't enjoy killing those bucks near as much as I normally enjoy taking a good buck. I came to realize several years ago that I enjoy the journey more than the reward. It wasn't always that way. I used to hunt with a fellow who is quite a bit older than me and hunted longer than I had. Yet, he never learned that. He was always so miserable when he didn't see deer after one sit, always upset that he hadn't killed one after a few sits. I'm not that way. I just enjoy all the aspects of hunting...scouting, stand placement, the chess match. I've found in my life, when you get to that point - you become a better hunter and take a lot more satisfaction out of your reward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DMD, post: 5296567, member: 2937"] I agree with your post and I had a similar experience starting out deer hunting in the mid-eighties. I knew nothing. Nothing about guns, hunting, or woodsmanship. ZERO. I basically learned everything on my own. Even hunting magazines didn't help much, as they often dealt with hunting areas far different than large, hardwood tracts. I worked hard for every deer I have killed...till this year. First time in my years of hunting, I put very little time or effort in and killed one that might be the biggest buck of my life and another nice buck. My schedule and circumstances just don't let me put in the time and work I normally do. You know what I found strange about it - I didn't enjoy killing those bucks near as much as I normally enjoy taking a good buck. I came to realize several years ago that I enjoy the journey more than the reward. It wasn't always that way. I used to hunt with a fellow who is quite a bit older than me and hunted longer than I had. Yet, he never learned that. He was always so miserable when he didn't see deer after one sit, always upset that he hadn't killed one after a few sits. I'm not that way. I just enjoy all the aspects of hunting...scouting, stand placement, the chess match. I've found in my life, when you get to that point - you become a better hunter and take a lot more satisfaction out of your reward. [/QUOTE]
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