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The boredom of the off season.

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  1. ybohunt

    ybohunt Die Hard Bowhunter

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    What do you do during the early summer months when there are no hunting seasons open???
     
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    smctitan Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Fish, work on the house/yard, enjoy the warm weather.


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  4. MnHunterr

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    Relax... Fish... Drink beer...

    It is wedding season for sure... Bachelor party this last weekend, wedding this coming weekend, Bachelor party the next weekend, and wedding the weekend after.
     
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  5. BJE80

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    There is no off-season to bowhunting.
     
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  6. ybohunt

    ybohunt Die Hard Bowhunter

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    What i am talking about is when you cant actually go hunting.
     
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  7. BJE80

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    Then I am prepping for the hunting season. Food plots, scouting, setting stands, trail cams.
     
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    Preparing for season. Food plots, shooting, trail cameras, and work.
     
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    Trail Cams and food plot work is all I do in the spring/summer hunting wise. This is the time to work around the house, vacation, kayak, camp, host parties, fish, etc., SO much more to life than hunting.
     
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  10. tynimiller

    tynimiller Legendary Woodsman

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    I play travel softball but other than those weekends spent doing that I'm either working my 2nd job or working/scouting/prepping/preparing for the next hunting season....honestly during the hunting season I do less and is kinda like an offseason to all the off-season to do lists.
     
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  11. BJE80

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    I agree with this. I work much harder prepping for hunting than actually hunting. The hunting season is when I can relax.
     
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    Fishing mostly but i also do track.
     
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    I plant small plots, freshen mineral sites, find potential stand locations, fish, camp, practice with bow, and shoot guns. Things would be much easier if football were during the spring and summer.
     
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    I need another hobby, cause this is all i got!! It gets worse and worse every year....the obsessing, the blank stares out the window, the internet hunting forums!!
     
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  15. BJE80

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    That is another thing. Everything I love to do is in fall. EVERY SINGLE THING.
     
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    Fishing.
     
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    The guys that are successful year in year out never mumble the words ... "off season"
     
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    I really don't consider sitting in a tree hunting. The hunt never stops or starts.
     
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    Since I'm one of those that struggle to find time to sit in a tree stand, my answer is life in general.


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    All about balance.

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    ^what he said^
     
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