ORIGINAL: Windwalker7

Last year I informed everyone that I quit hunting.

I had lost my desire to kill. I sat out the archery season but still had that urge to just be out there. It's an addiction, I tell you. I wrestled with this for a long time. The decicision to quit or go. That smell of autum in the air about drove me crazy.

I missed it. Still bothers me when I kill. You'd think after killing so many I'd just be numb to it, but it actually worked the opposite way for me.

Anyway I did end up buying a hunting license and a couple left over doe tags. I did go rifle hunting but hunted with a pistol and muzzleloader the first day. I wanted to try something a bit more challenging.

Got a doe with the pistol on the first Monday of the PA season.


I also saw a real nice buck in the area before the season. So on Tuesday I took the rifle and decided it would be that buck or none.( Still wish I'd took the inline)Selective hunting as some of you had suggested to me before. You guys told me I should try something different instead.

You talked about picking a paticular buck and hunting just for him. Although I used a rifle, I suceeded in my goal and got that buck.

It was a different season this year for me. I passed onsome deer that I had tags for. That's something I never did before. IfI had a tag I'd shoot.
I liked how it felt to let them walk.



Anyway, I just wanted to inform you guys, that I am back.