Schoolhousegrizz
WKR
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2021
I have not killed as many big deer as @robby denning and @Travis Hobbs , but I have done pretty good for me. Still have a lot more I want to do. I will share some of my thoughts on here with you.
The keep hammering mentality was not for me and will burn you out and cause you to miss valuable time with your family. Yes you need to hit it hard but you also need to know when to back off a little for your own good. Burning out is no fun at all. I had to stay away from social media. The comparison can lead to nothing but misery and inadequacy. Do it for yourself and for no other reason. You don't have to prove anything to anybody. If you do it for the wrong reasons, the passion, beauty and the love for it can fade away until it becomes something ugly.
Take your family with you on summer scouting trips when you can. The best thing I have ever did was invite my wife to hunt with me. She is now my number one hunting partner. She's not afraid to backpack in or do whatever. She is always optimistic which is much more important than having someone along that can glass really well. The best thing is you don't have to worry about a buddy shooting a buck out from underneath you .
Also I don't hunt small game. Whenever I go fishing or looking for sheds my family comes with me. I pretty much hunt deer and Bear consistently with a few other things sprinkled in over the years. That keeps me from burning out and I feel like I still have plenty of adventure.
Also, I've killed deer with a bow and muzzleloader and a rifle. With that being said, I find myself hunting more and more with a rifle just because it's a takes so much time to get it done with archery equipment, another thing that burnt me out. I don't have the best personality for archery hunting. I'm shooting the bow so much that I wear out my string right before the hunt then I've got to get the bow all set up with the new string and it starts all over. I had to make a rule I can't start shooting my bow until July or I will overdo it, but like I said I've gravitated more towards rifle hunting now.
I hope some of this helps, good luck to you!
The keep hammering mentality was not for me and will burn you out and cause you to miss valuable time with your family. Yes you need to hit it hard but you also need to know when to back off a little for your own good. Burning out is no fun at all. I had to stay away from social media. The comparison can lead to nothing but misery and inadequacy. Do it for yourself and for no other reason. You don't have to prove anything to anybody. If you do it for the wrong reasons, the passion, beauty and the love for it can fade away until it becomes something ugly.
Take your family with you on summer scouting trips when you can. The best thing I have ever did was invite my wife to hunt with me. She is now my number one hunting partner. She's not afraid to backpack in or do whatever. She is always optimistic which is much more important than having someone along that can glass really well. The best thing is you don't have to worry about a buddy shooting a buck out from underneath you .
Also I don't hunt small game. Whenever I go fishing or looking for sheds my family comes with me. I pretty much hunt deer and Bear consistently with a few other things sprinkled in over the years. That keeps me from burning out and I feel like I still have plenty of adventure.
Also, I've killed deer with a bow and muzzleloader and a rifle. With that being said, I find myself hunting more and more with a rifle just because it's a takes so much time to get it done with archery equipment, another thing that burnt me out. I don't have the best personality for archery hunting. I'm shooting the bow so much that I wear out my string right before the hunt then I've got to get the bow all set up with the new string and it starts all over. I had to make a rule I can't start shooting my bow until July or I will overdo it, but like I said I've gravitated more towards rifle hunting now.
I hope some of this helps, good luck to you!
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