Been thinkin'. (I know, dangerous right?) Anyway, so what makes you, as a bowhunter (of any animal), feel the need to push the envelope? What makes you drive as hard as you do? Just a question in my mind. I am probably the most laid back bowhunter I know. I do not press too hard. I do strive for success, but not in any way, shape, form or fashion as to take away from other areas of my life. I just like to bowhunt when I can, enjoy the woods and be successful when opportunity is there. What about you? Is there a reason you are reaching beyond the "status quo" of bowhunting?
I like you hunt for all the same reasons. But I enjoy killing deer as well, and when I get a buck in my craw, I just need to put the time in. This is what I do, I dont go out and drink, smoke, shop, ect. I love to deer hunt. I will never let it take away any family time, but for those months that the season is in I try to be out there when posible.
Wonderin' what? If you could have accomplished what others already have? Or, if you could have accomplished something no one ever has?
Wonderin' if I could accomplish what interested me.....if I'd only tried. I don't wanna die.....wonderin'. Of course....you knew that.
I have always been serious about the things that meant the most to me. Hunting has slowly grown on me to the point where I truly love all the hard work involved, so it must hold a special place in my heart.
Honestly, for my early years,(12-20) I was the status quo bowhunter. I went out 4-8 times a seaspn. Something clicked a few years ago and I couldn't turn it off. It fills a void, meets a need, makes a connection somewhere inside of me. Sounds cliche, but bowhunting and all that goes into it, completes me.
I hope hunting never becomes work for me, I am really hunting to have a good time and enjoy the outdoors at what ever that day brings, for me hunting with my sons tops any deer that may come my way, although both boys have discovered girls so getting them to go is hard work (the teenage years) but for me clearing a stand site now for the rut is fun,even hanging a stand, My goal is to make my hunting easier, more comfortable (stands) and when it's time i go to my best spots and enjoy.
I only take interest in hobbies that I give everything to...If I was not this way about hunting, I would not do it. I became pretty good at no limit hold em, racing street bikes, paint ball etc...I now do none of the above, all my bikes, 4 wheelers, paint ball guns and nights at the poker table are gone. If i do not obsess over it, then my personality type will fill the void with something else. Please understand this is the way I am wired, and does not make me a feel like I am am better hunter than anyone else...as far as bowhunting, from the first time I got to hear/watch an arrow hit the side of a deer and hear all the sounds associated with what happened next...well that is something I cannot and will not ever shake...I absolutly love it.
Bowhunting is the only work that I enjoy doing and I'm not very good at it...I don't think I really push the envelope.
Everyone "tries" to an extent Jeff. And no, I did not know that, or I would not have asked.:D Honest answer Duke. And, you know what, I really believe this about you. This is really why you do it. No sarcasm whatsoever intended either. Trev, you young man, have issues. Lol:D
I think if you dig deeper, it shows in most aspects of someone's life. All the "hardcore" guys I know (myself included) are that way in many things they do. I think it's more the individual than the actual act of hunting.
cfdjay, that is honest, and true. Kinda knew that to some extent. We all do some things in life half-heartedly, and some we obsess over. I am just at a crossroads in determining an order of priorities in my life. Right now, bowhunting is on the list, but way down towards the bottom.
I learned the hard way about sacrifice. I moved away from friends and family for my career. Biggest mistake of my life.
I'm fortunate enough, at the moment, to have a job that allows me bowhunt whitetails all during the fall. I'm consistently being challenged by the world of whitetails, and to be content with just the "norm" of hunting you would never be successful, whatever your definition of "successful" would be. So, to have this fortunate time, it would be wise to seek out all the techniques and tactics to be successful. I do not have a family of my own, and have nothing to tie me down. Bowhunting whitetails is all I think about 24/7 and always up for a challenge and something new to give me that edge!
The best way I can sum this up (for myself and not passing judgement on anyone else) is: Show me thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure. - Thomas Edison
