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Have you ever lost your desire to hunt, or to associate with your Trad brothers?

Started by P.J. Petiniot, September 14, 2008, 10:54:00 PM

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myshootinstinks

I've gotten a little burned-out on hunting at times.  Usually toward the end of a season when I've spent many days in the field pursuing antelope, deer, elk.  The seasons here all come at about the time and are fairly short so trying to hunt everything can turn into a hassle. I've never gotten burned out so bad that I'd want to give it up altogether. Nowadays I focus on one big game animal a year and enjoy it more. The old saying, "quality, not quantity".

MJB

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sweet old bill

I think we all change over time in our hunting needs or wants.

As a young hunter it seemed the key was I wanted to get that deer. I sure would put a lot more time in the effort. I hunted with a small group of hunters that were made up of my Dad and some of his friends. When he passed away I just could not seem to want to hunt at the camp any longer, it just was not the same. I then met a archer at a NFAA shoot and we hit it off and went to a lot of shoot togthers, became good friends and hunting buds.

He passed away several years ago and since then I still hunt but again it just not the same.

Plus I think the hunting itself also has changed, as well as my age and ability to hunt ( bad legs / back )

So I hunt each day during the season as weather and health permits, I go out for 3 hours in the morning and the last 3 hours each day. I use ground blinds, and keep waiting for that special buck. I let the does and young buck walk on by.

I also shoot most days from April ( snow off) thru November ( gun season ) I have a 30 target 3d Range and also shoot in the bow shop at 10 yards working on form. I still am I feel a lousy shot, got to be under 20 yards for me to take a shot, now for 3D I will take those 35 yard shots, if it looks like I can find the arrow.

So yes we do lose some of the fire over time.

Now I have a grandson that just loves to shoot and can not wait till another year he will be able to have his Jr. archery lic., now he is the way I was when I started, when I take him with me just to sit in the woods, you can se that face is like it is xmas morning...I wish I could bottle that look and feel.

Bill
you should see how I use to shoot
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jimmerc

I'm truly sorry for the people that do lose interest in hunting and hanging with their trad buds,as you are truly missed! a very good friend of mine is in that very state of mind now, i miss him and talking with him about archery and hunting! i hope one day he will return!! as for myself,no,never lost that feeling in 35 years and hope that i never do!every new hunting season brings that excitement of,like a kid on christmas eve, and each hunt during the season brings the same feeling!  for me hunting is way more than bringing home the meat,it is my therp. for the damage from everyday have to do it things,job,taxes,driving anywheres on these over crouded roads,bad neighbors,insane laws ect.... you get the picture!! i hope that you find that feeling again!
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DRR324

I'm sure I've spoken about it before on a post or two here- but I'm in the stage of life where every day is a blur.  Raising 3 kids- all playing sports, and I coach 5 different teams throughout the year.  Between home and work, I'm running circles everyday- hunting is my outlet.  I can't wait for the treestand time, peace and quiet, blood pumping encounters with my local whitetails.  The recharge of my batteries.  Not sure if it would help- but you may want to try photography.  Read some of Jerry Gowins articles, and pursue the passion through the lens.  Your still outdoors, and still hunting, but the clean up is a lot easier when you are successful!
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Peter Arthur

What an interesting thread.
I have come to hunting late in life.. I never hunted at all when I was young, save for a few Pheasant hunts.
My desire was self induced and I "had it bad" for 10 years or so. Then, for about 3 years, up until this year, I lost it.
For me, as others have said, it was a "time in my life" thing. I found myself working more, my kids activities kept me very busy and I just got interested in other things.
Now, I've just sent my oldest Daughter off to College and I am getting into it again.
Don't worry about it.. You'll find your way back again.

Joshua Grimshaw

Started big game hunting at 14. I am now 32 and I do not care for gun hunting deer like I used to. I think that is because I love bowhunting so much.

Bjorn


TimZeigler

I'm sure there are alot of underprivledged youth that would appreciate a day in the woods with someone so knowledgeable.  Find one and take him/her out with you, the energy coming off of them when they see there first wild animal will hopefully recharge your batteries, or at least help you find that passion again.  Tim
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pseman

I have never lost the desire, but like someone posted earlier, I have certainly lost the time. I am currently in that stage in life with small children and a very busy schedule that I find it very frustrating to try and satisfy my desire to hunt and enjoy the outdoors without neglecting my duties as a husband/father. I almost dread hunting season at times because of the stress it causes.

But my desire to hunt and spend time outdoors certainly has not wained. On the contrary, it has skyrocketed in the last two years since changing over to traditional gear.
Mark Thornton

It doesn't matter how or what you shoot, as long as you hit your target.

b.glass

I haven't lost the desire yet. But if I do, I guess I won't hunt. Is it sad to think you've lost the desire to hunt? Do you want to keep it? I have noticed that I go through "phases" for lack of a better word. It used to be all about primitive. Then I went to glass and carbon. Now I'm leaning more to the primitive again. I do think that helping a new comer is an added fulfillment. What I wouldn't have done (and still do) for someone to shoot with and show me what I needed to know!
I shouldn't have to explain why I hunt or how I hunt or if I don't hunt or why I don't bring home game. I hunt or don't hunt because I want or don't want to. I sat the season out 2 seasons ago. Being out in the woods or in my shop is therapy for me. Not that I had to tell you that, I wanted to.  :cool:
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nutmeg

Well I'm in that boat myself right now. I can't say that I've lost the desire to bowhunt but, the fire isn't burning as brightly as it once did. I've been at this trad game for 47yrs. and it defines who I am, how I think about and relate to many things...you all know what I'm talking about. However,taking an animal has become, at least for now, not quite as important as it once was. I just enjoy being out there. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't shoot if the "greenlight" went on. This is the first opening day I've missed ever and it doesn't bother me. Of course I had rotator cuff surgery on June 13 and I can't draw a bow but, I will be able to by Christmas they say. However, that's not what governs all of the way I feel. I was talking to a well known trad man the other day, whom you all know or at least know of and he has similar feelings. I'm 57 yrs. old and he is three or four years younger than me. Is it an age thing guys and girls? Do we get to the point where we've taken our share of game and the thrill of the hunt diminishes somewhat?This thread struck a chord. Just my 2c. (nut)
Rich Potter


Glenn Newell

P.J. all you need to do mate is hop on a plane and fly to Australia and have a good couple of weeks of no concience pig hunting in the Channel Country and when you get sick of that chase some goats on the Jump-ups, get the adrenlian flowing in your veins again. I have never lost the feeling for bowhunting and I have always used traditional gear for the 34 years I have bowhunted and it just gets stronger these days...Glenn...

Bill Kissner

Hey PJ! I would guess you do not have a close hunting buddy? If not, get together with someone that you have a lot in common with that loves to hunt. Sometimes it takes a good friend with the same interests to keep us going. I know I enjoy hunting a lot more if I am in a camp with like minded people.
Time spent alone in the woods puts you closer to God.

"Can't" never accomplished anything.

waknstak IL

Not yet,  I never can get enough of the woods. I like it now with a longbow more than ever.
"You can't have NO in your heart"- Joe Dirt

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JimE.IV

The last 5 years watching my Mother fight a losing battle to cancer has taken a lot out of me.

I used to post on message boards everyday...I don't anymore.

I used to go to 20+ shoots a year...I don't anymore.

I used to shoot in 3 leagues a year...I don't anymore.

I used to hunt 30+ days a year...I haven't in 4 years.

I still shoot everyday just now I like to be by myself. I still love to hunt and this year I hope to get back to 30+ days.

C.Bergquist

Indeed, the fires in my belly are also barely there any more. Not sure if there's one single reason. Unlikely there is, and it really matters not.

I'm at the point these days where buying a 2008 NY hunting license is something that I'm having a hard time finding a compelling reason to do.

Back in the day, I lived for bowhunting. It's all I thought about, all I identified with, all I wanted to do each fall. These days, I'm more than content to have a backpack on my back with enough gear and food for 3 or 4 days, wearing my hiking boots, and map of the Adirondacks in my pocket.

Getting away from "everything" is much more of a priority for me now than sitting in a tree b!tching about the 4-wheeler tracks running under my stand, the random rifle shots that permeate the mornings during archery season, spending $4+ a gallon to drive myself into this aggravation, etc... The negatives that swirl through my head are beginning to outweigh the reasons for me to get up and go hunting.

Should this season find me absent from the woods, the only thing I can say that I'll truly miss is spending the first couple days of shotgun season I typically spend with Jeff and Bubba. That little time slot with my two friends will be missed, not for the hunting, but only for the lost time with them. It's the only time we seem to get together anymore.

Right now, the coin is still in the air. No idea how it'll land. I just know that I pretty much don't care...


Chuck


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