Re-entering society after hunting

[rileybassman]

Sucks.

The older I get, the more I notice this. After 4-5 days in the mountains, coming back to civilization is getting harder and harder. I find my senses completely change when I'm out hunting and there's this sense of "this is how I was supposed to live" feeling that takes over while I am out and then we re-enter society and everything is so loud, stinky, bright, and pointless feeling.

Anyway - it's a dreary day full of meetings and appointments that fund my hunting adventures. Just wondered if anyone else feels this when coming off a hunting high?

 

[torrey.harris.5]

Same!!!


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[Smokey Bear]

I agree 100%. Time to dream about it again for a year.

 

[Bubblehide]

I'm old enough now that at the 2 week point, I'm ready to take a hot shower and sleep in a real bed (despite how comfortable Zenbivy is).

 

[nphunter]

Sucks.

The older I get, the more I notice this. After 4-5 days in the mountains, coming back to civilization is getting harder and harder. I find my senses completely change when I'm out hunting and there's this sense of "this is how I was supposed to live" feeling that takes over while I am out and then we re-enter society and everything is so loud, stinky, bright, and pointless feeling.

Anyway - it's a dreary day full of meetings and appointments that fund my hunting adventures. Just wondered if anyone else feels this when coming off a hunting high?

I take the whole month of September off and am in the woods most of it. It's a nightmare being at work the last week of August and even worse when I return to work! It was super nice during Covid, that year I spent like 28 days during September in tent with no cell service, almost as if the world wasn't falling apart around me, came out for like a week and went for another 10 days on a mule deer hunt. I forgot all about it until we drove to town for gas and the old man in the middle of nowhere told us we needed masks, it felt like we had entered into the twilight zone.

 

[Ten Bears]

the second I get my mind right in the mountains, it ends and I have to go back to how I got my mind wrong…

 

[Samson7x]

Absolutely yes! When we got back into the nearest town we ate at a cool pizza joint. I was so overstimulated from noise I almost couldn't enjoy the pizza. I'm a fat kid so the pizza was still delicious despite the atmosphere.

 

[mattflipper]

I agree 100%. When I’m away and outside it feels natural but when I get back to work I feel like I’m pretending to live and function just to get to the next trip or hunt.

 

[Doc Holliday]

The most pronounced I ever experienced, we had been in a wilderness area of Colorado for a week. We came out of the trail head, drove to the local town 30 min away that is also a ski town, and went to a local favorite spot for gourmet pizza, beers, etc. The music they were playing, the sound of everyone in their talking, etc. was deafening and sounded like straight garbage. I looked around and kind of hated everything and everyone I was seeing.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Absolutely yes! When we got back into the nearest town we ate at a cool pizza joint. I was so overstimulated from noise I almost couldn't enjoy the pizza. I'm a fat kid so the pizza was still delicious despite the atmosphere.

Wonder if we are talking about the same place....

 

[cnelk]

You find out (in case you forget) how stupid the general public really is…

 

[AZ_Hunter]

Coming back sucks.

Though I do miss my family by about day 5.

But the rest of society sucks.

 

[MuleyFever]

You find out (in case you forget) how stupid the general public really is…

Unless you ran into them on the mountain. Sometimes they come find you to give you a reminder.

 

[MallardSX2]

You find out (in case you forget) how stupid the general public really is…

I was literally just typing something similar and then deleted it. But I agree....most people are liars, ignorant/clueless, or just plain stupid.

 

[rileybassman]

Coming back sucks.

Though I do miss my family by about day 5.

But the rest of society sucks.

I usually am hunting with my wife, which is wonderful, but I do miss my kids... tho that is a lot of the noise at the same time

 

[ReaptheHeat]

Yes, I get that feeling whenever I have to go down to Denver. No wonder everyone is in a mental health crisis, its a concrete jungle of insanity.

 

[hibernation]

Takes me a few days to really get into a hunt and feel sharp. After a week or two of that, coming back into town is rough.

 

[IdahoBeav]

Never- my family, especially the kids, take it pretty hard when I am gone. I am always happy to get back.

 

[Joshk358]

Man, that hits home. Was just out for 3 day bowhunting whitetails and I did miss the family.....but coming back into the real world sucks. For sure.

 

[5MilesBack]

As soon as I hit any traffic at all or a slowdown, I'm immediately off any high I had from hunting. That can happen pretty quickly, depending on where I'm hunting.