re: Do yourself a favor and make hunting a hobby.

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f I'm not going to eat it I'm not going to kill it

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At this stage in my life, it is this. I could care less about horns or putting anything else on the wall. I only shoot what I am going to eat. My diet is so protein heavy that eating beef and chicken has become very redundant that eating deer, Axis, elk, doves, ducks, and saltwater fish is a welcome change of pace.

I might would be different as it comes to deer if I still bow hunted because there is so many ways to frick up a bow kill shot that getting a trophy with a bow still means something where shooting a deer at a feeder with a rifle is about like shooting a cow in pasture for me.

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shooting a deer at a feeder with a rifle is about like shooting a cow in pasture for me.

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almost an exact quote from my dad when I asked why he didn't deer hunt, except the feeder part, don't think that was a common thing yet when I was a kid

I can think of a lot of things I would rather do than wake up before the sun comes up, put on hunting clothes, drive out to hunting land to walk/sit in cold arse weather for 3-5 hours and possibly not see shite.

I’m good

Lemme see your archery kills baw

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Outdoor board

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Do yourself a favor and make hunting a hobby.
They already do and know this.

Feel like some of you guys grew up with some really shitty hunting spots I’ve killed at least 1 8 point every year the past 15 years and I kill as many doe as I feel like cleaning (I never tag out. After I get 3 or 4 deer I’m good.) and I’m not one to take a lot of time off to go hunting either. Just go on the weekends and have success. I’d say I’m somewhere between 30-40% success rate every time I go out.

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I have nothing against hunting per se

I just find it boring, particularly deer hunting

Duck hunting is more fun if you are in a blind with your baws but I dont go out of my way to do it and havent been in a few years

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Same here. I hunted everyday of the duck season in 1998. Stopped hunting in 2000. Most of that hunting was with friends, but at least one day a week by myself.

As far as deer hunting, I went once as a guest of an uncle to hunt in West Texas. Hunting blue quail in midday was fun, the rest was boring. Only two deer taken by everyone hunting that week. One with the other guest of my uncle who was a retire oil company exec who loved hunting but stopped being invited after he retired. He slept in his deer stand most of the time and while awake for 15 minutes shot a 16 point buck. I didn't see a thing from my deer stand the entire week.

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It's life changing.

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Should be, it's the most expensive meat in the world.

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Amazing how many men would rather drink beer at the camp over being present in their kids lives.

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the kids can be at the camp too

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I just find it boring, particularly deer hunting

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Morning or evenings sitting in a stand on a crisp day listening to the leaves rustle and acorns falling, watching squirrels and listening to birds...even if I don't see a deer, it's the most relaxing time of my entire year.