Yep, a second hobby or third or fourth is a must For me, there's turkey season, my new bow coming in soon, offroading (see signature), trout season, and bassfishing. Plus student teaching

Shoot, I've got two or three different things I can be doing after archery season; that doesn't mean it helps.

I could go steelhead fishing.
I could go duck and goose hunting.

When spring rolls around I can chase bass and walleye and trout.

Turkey season isn't until April.

Its just not the same. I won't be happy again until April 15th. (Well April 9th, really. Y'all don't forget my birthday this year, I'll be expecting presents. )

Wash Hunter don't expect to much for your B-Day. Mine was Fri. the 15th and only one person even wished me a Happy B-Day.Thanks RD Hunter,it didn't go unnoticed.

I'm with you there Wash - I dug out the mountain bike yesterday and got good and filthy, but it's just not the same as bow season. Started lifting again too, but that's more like work. Also, it's depressing how much you lose by taking 3 months off for deer season. I'm down 10-15 pounds and back to relativelylight weights. I really run myself into the ground physically over archery season - hiking, lugging stands, sitting in the cold and not eating really burns off the weight.

I'll start shedhunting soon and getting ready for spring birds. I just can't get into small game, competitive archeryor fishing - not my forte, I guess. I've got some discount coupons for skiing this winter, so hopefully I can pass some weekend days on the slopes to get my mind off the whitetails.

I'd really like to start running traplines again, but I just can't commit to checking them regularly with everything else going on. It wouldn't be fair to the animals. Also, I tendto get a littleobsessive over trapping once I get a line layed, so I know I'd wind up wanting to check it twice a day and everyone would think I'm nuts. I've got too many other balls in the air right now to start obsessing over a fox line. I know you guys who trap can understand.

Bowhunting Whitetailshas always been my #1 passion, so the passing of the season brings about certain void that just can't be filled by anything else. So, I do what any other rational person would do under the circumstances ---- whine and complain.

I feel bad for you. Well now im off to bowhunt until jan 31.

Until you're at the resort, sitting on the side of a trail tightening your loose bindings when you happen tolook over and see a 140 class buck back in the trees.

Trust me, not only does it get that adrenaline pumping, but it also brings that depression back. [&:]

Still have sometime left here in Illto fill my last tag...hopefully With two kids in travel league sports and me helping coach makes the summers pretty busy. Also have purple martins,fishing,a littlegolf. When I get depressed I justlay out some deer sticks,salami or slap a couple deer steaks on the grill... May not help all the time....but dang that stuff sure is good!!![8D] Taking the 3-D target out for a few shots works too.

crutch

No risk of seeing any deeralong our ski slopes, Wash. Skiing in the pacific northwest is nothing like skiing along the east coast. Our slopes are usually under 1000', smallish with rock-solid packed granular man-made base, with thousands of people jam-packed in there every weekend. Every deer within a 50-mile radius is scared away.

I'd compare it to downhill roller-derby.

You guys out west are spoiled. Hah

Hey Fran,
I was doing pretty good until you brought it up.I started pushing and pulling weights again this morning,someone has changed the poundages on the plates.I know I couldn't have lost that much strength in two months.
My wife was laughing at me as I was cleaning my .270 the other day.I had that my best freind died look on my face.They just don't understand the nature of the relationship between a hunter and their tools!

If you don't have time to trap, have you thought about getting out to fox hunt? Its a lot of fun.I hope to be getting out soon myself, I just wish it was colder and snowy.