I'm jealous

[jdmaxwell]

I have hunted CO last 10 years. Now I can't stand whitetail hunting back east..
Wife and I are trying to find right fit and moves west asap

 

[justinspicher]

I was pretty lucky during my Army career and lived in the pacific northwest for a vast majority of it. The last two were in Kansas and it about broke me. I was able to meet a great dude through rokslide who had land to hunt whitetails on, and we even went to Montana in 14 and 15 to elk hunt but it still drove me nuts living in Kansas. I decided to retire and moved to Colorado, landing a job with the forest service. I am outside in the mountains four days a week for work, and two days maybe three for personal recreation. I had one of my best hunting season this year, despite not even loosing an arrow. The pay for the forest service sucks and its all manual labor, but I am in incredible shape, and I know so many places to hunt now. It's a seasonal gig, so I will have to find winter work, but it was definitely worth it all. I live where I want and have all the access to wherever I want to go for camping, fishing and hunting.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

Tree squatting holds no attraction for me. Hunting requires more effort if it is to "feel" like hunting rather than waiting and hoping.

 

[realunlucky]

If your waiting and hoping your doing it wrong for sure.

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[5MilesBack]

If your waiting and hoping your doing it wrong for sure.

I will admit that if the elk weren't bugling, I'd turn into a late season "cow shooter" hunter. This is why deer really don't do much for me. I love the interaction!

 

[MuleyFever]

I hunted whitetails in WI for 23 years. In my 20s I did a mule deer hunt in Alberta and I was hooked. Started going to N Dakota and finally just got sick of WI and quit my job and moved out west 2 weeks later with my girlfriend. That was 5 years ago and my only regret is that I didn't to it 10 years sooner.

 

[PA 5-0]

Deer, elk, bear, dalls, goats--love chasing'm all. Nothing more challenging than chasing big whitetails with a bow IMO, and the adrenaline rush can leave u helpless. Takes a special breed to sit a tree for 12 hours in sub zero temps when it's blowing 40, for 7 days straight. Like any other crazy endeavor, u gotta put in the hours. Sitting in a tree is far from boring. Ever watch a covey of native quail take a bath, see 2 wild pheasants mate, have a gobbler fly up and roost 10 ft from you, have a big red tail hawk land on the rail of ur stand, watch a pack of coyotes kill a deer, see a grouse dive under 2ft of snow to avoid a golden eagle, watch a bobcat stalk a rabbit?? Lots of cool things happen when you allow the woods to go silent. Bring ur video camera.

 

[MuleyFever]

Well... you can see some of those things plus others while siting on the side of a mountain as well, and the view is incredible even when nothing is happening.

Days in a stand in freezing weather will still always be some of my best memories.

 

[WoodBow]

Im a deer hunter at heart. I doubt that will ever change. Sitting in a treestand is my happy place. It's not for everybody and i get that. We have mild fall/winter temps and generous tag allotments here in Texas. I can not fathom living in another state and possibly only getting one tag.

 

[oldgoat]

I never put in for deer tags during elk season,i opt to put in for a plains tag and hunt whitetail. My wife got a mountain deer tag though this year and have to admit it looked like a lot of fun. But by getting a plains tag,i get to bow hunt from the end of August to the end of the year with the exception of having to sit out for a couple of short rifle seasons. The whitetail taste better though! Plus with the plains tag,i still get an occasional chance at Mule Deer stalking!