What's "Fun", to you?
05-20-2008 | 03:14 PM
#42
Bartender
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From: Wisconsin
RE: What's "Fun", to you?
Its going on right now the build up for next season. The wait just drive's you nuts in a fun kind of way. Seeing a deer here and their on my nightly drives to work. Seeing the fresh antlers
sprouting for the first time. Calling my brother and telling him about it and statingless then 4 Months to bow season.
Corn is about 2 inches now by the time end of July gets here its allmost full grown and you know the season is around the corner.
By the time mid august gets here I am in full blown driving my wife nuts in anticipation of the coming season. I am shooting by bow more then anytime of the year by now.
Everything is packed tightly, my truck is clean and the inside sprayed down with scent killer. I call by brother and state HEY BRO 1 month until the season starts and he says
really WOW.
Sept arrives and my brother calls me now and the ritual starts of calling everyday until January. We figure out if were meeting opening day or the 2nd day of the season.
We finally get to the season and a big hug, take a deep breath and he shouts his usuall lets get her done. From here on out for the rest of the year I get
my brothers back. This cycle is never ending and this is fun for me among other things.
Watching my sons grow and starting next year 1 can hunt for the first time here in Wisconsin and this will be the ultimate fun.
Before you know it this young boy will be old enough to have a beer with his old man, that will be damn fun!
Then in about 5 years the other will be old enough to hunt and the same great cycle comes around again.
You guys have fun this coming season and keep it simple.
T
sprouting for the first time. Calling my brother and telling him about it and statingless then 4 Months to bow season.
Corn is about 2 inches now by the time end of July gets here its allmost full grown and you know the season is around the corner.
By the time mid august gets here I am in full blown driving my wife nuts in anticipation of the coming season. I am shooting by bow more then anytime of the year by now.
Everything is packed tightly, my truck is clean and the inside sprayed down with scent killer. I call by brother and state HEY BRO 1 month until the season starts and he says
really WOW.
Sept arrives and my brother calls me now and the ritual starts of calling everyday until January. We figure out if were meeting opening day or the 2nd day of the season.
We finally get to the season and a big hug, take a deep breath and he shouts his usuall lets get her done. From here on out for the rest of the year I get
my brothers back. This cycle is never ending and this is fun for me among other things.
Watching my sons grow and starting next year 1 can hunt for the first time here in Wisconsin and this will be the ultimate fun.
Before you know it this young boy will be old enough to have a beer with his old man, that will be damn fun!
Then in about 5 years the other will be old enough to hunt and the same great cycle comes around again.
You guys have fun this coming season and keep it simple.
T
05-20-2008 | 03:25 PM
#44
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Central Minnesota
RE: What's "Fun", to you?
ORIGINAL: peakrut
Its going on right now the build up for next season. The wait just drive's you nuts in a fun kind of way. Seeing a deer here and their on my nightly drives to work. Seeing the fresh antlers
sprouting for the first time. Calling my brother and telling him about it and statingless then 4 Months to bow season.
Corn is about 2 inches now by the time end of July gets here its allmost full grown and you know the season is around the corner.
By the time mid august gets here I am in full blown driving my wife nuts in anticipation of the coming season. I am shooting by bow more then anytime of the year by now.
Everything is packed tightly, my truck is clean and the inside sprayed down with scent killer. I call by brother and state HEY BRO 1 month until the season starts and he says
really WOW.
Sept arrives and my brother calls me now and the ritual starts of calling everyday until January. We figure out if were meeting opening day or the 2nd day of the season.
We finally get to the season and a big hug, take a deep breath and he shouts his usuall lets get her done. From here on out for the rest of the year I get
my brothers back. This cycle is never ending and this is fun for me among other things.
Watching my sons grow and starting next year 1 can hunt for the first time here in Wisconsin and this will be the ultimate fun.
Before you know it this young boy will be old enough to have a beer with his old man, that will be damn fun!
Then in about 5 years the other will be old enough to hunt and the same great cycle comes around again.
You guys have fun this coming season and keep it simple.
T
Its going on right now the build up for next season. The wait just drive's you nuts in a fun kind of way. Seeing a deer here and their on my nightly drives to work. Seeing the fresh antlers
sprouting for the first time. Calling my brother and telling him about it and statingless then 4 Months to bow season.
Corn is about 2 inches now by the time end of July gets here its allmost full grown and you know the season is around the corner.
By the time mid august gets here I am in full blown driving my wife nuts in anticipation of the coming season. I am shooting by bow more then anytime of the year by now.
Everything is packed tightly, my truck is clean and the inside sprayed down with scent killer. I call by brother and state HEY BRO 1 month until the season starts and he says
really WOW.
Sept arrives and my brother calls me now and the ritual starts of calling everyday until January. We figure out if were meeting opening day or the 2nd day of the season.
We finally get to the season and a big hug, take a deep breath and he shouts his usuall lets get her done. From here on out for the rest of the year I get
my brothers back. This cycle is never ending and this is fun for me among other things.
Watching my sons grow and starting next year 1 can hunt for the first time here in Wisconsin and this will be the ultimate fun.
Before you know it this young boy will be old enough to have a beer with his old man, that will be damn fun!
Then in about 5 years the other will be old enough to hunt and the same great cycle comes around again.
You guys have fun this coming season and keep it simple.
T
05-20-2008 | 03:45 PM
#45
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Texas
RE: What's "Fun", to you?
[quote]ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Wow...This is a good topic...
I enjoy EVEY hunt. Anytime I sit in a stand, Im having fun.
I love all aspects of hunting, from letting the little guys walk, taking doe, hanging stands, planting plots, clearing lanes, making scraping areas, setting and checking trail cams..you name it, I love it. I have so much fun working the properties to better the conditions for deer and my chances at harvesting a nice buck.
If you take what the woods gives you, awesome...you had fun and ejoyed the outdoors. For me, I love seeing deer, they all get my heart pumping, but I know when I see a buck I want to harvest. Even if I dont know that particular buck, have no history with him...If my heart starts pumping hardand I have to take a deep breath..then I know he is a shooter..and that is so addicting, seeing as how it doesnt happen eveyday.
So as a whole, what makes hunting "fun" to me ishaving ahobby that affords me the ability to spend timein and with wildlife, and itis never ending. Its 365 days per year. Seeing deer makes it fun. Seeing deer use what you provided for them, makes it fun. Having it ALL come together, even if you harvest a doe out of that set, thats fun...
I dont have to stick a racked deer to enjoy myself, but working to grow bigger deer and seeing your efforts pay off, thats fun.
[/quote
Droptine,
You and I look at it the exact same way. We work year round on our ranch trying to grow better deer and like you said seeing it pay off is awesome....I could not have said it better myself but I might add my wife and kids aregetting into it also and that adds a whole other dimension of fun to it for me......
Wow...This is a good topic...
I enjoy EVEY hunt. Anytime I sit in a stand, Im having fun.
I love all aspects of hunting, from letting the little guys walk, taking doe, hanging stands, planting plots, clearing lanes, making scraping areas, setting and checking trail cams..you name it, I love it. I have so much fun working the properties to better the conditions for deer and my chances at harvesting a nice buck.
If you take what the woods gives you, awesome...you had fun and ejoyed the outdoors. For me, I love seeing deer, they all get my heart pumping, but I know when I see a buck I want to harvest. Even if I dont know that particular buck, have no history with him...If my heart starts pumping hardand I have to take a deep breath..then I know he is a shooter..and that is so addicting, seeing as how it doesnt happen eveyday.
So as a whole, what makes hunting "fun" to me ishaving ahobby that affords me the ability to spend timein and with wildlife, and itis never ending. Its 365 days per year. Seeing deer makes it fun. Seeing deer use what you provided for them, makes it fun. Having it ALL come together, even if you harvest a doe out of that set, thats fun...
I dont have to stick a racked deer to enjoy myself, but working to grow bigger deer and seeing your efforts pay off, thats fun.
[/quote
Droptine,
You and I look at it the exact same way. We work year round on our ranch trying to grow better deer and like you said seeing it pay off is awesome....I could not have said it better myself but I might add my wife and kids aregetting into it also and that adds a whole other dimension of fun to it for me......
05-20-2008 | 03:53 PM
#46
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Indiana (southern)
RE: What's "Fun", to you?
In a weird way, sometimes i just have to laugh at myself when the unexpected happens in the deer woods and the deer win
Thats just fun playing the game and being out there. a score is great, but i have learned to enjoy myself with time well spent
Thats just fun playing the game and being out there. a score is great, but i have learned to enjoy myself with time well spent
05-20-2008 | 04:21 PM
#47
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RE: What's "Fun", to you?
Fun is well you know just having Fun!! It will be different things to me on different days or even depending on what area I'm hunting.
Some days it's just busting a Doe other days it would be taking a P&Y Buck. I always set my goals according to the time of year and area I'm hunting.
I enjoy the Kill and would not hunt without it. I never set my goals to the point that I take the fun out for the entire year.
If someone enjoys sitting in a tree for hours, days, weeks, and months without shooting something then more power to them. It's just not Fun to me
Dan
Some days it's just busting a Doe other days it would be taking a P&Y Buck. I always set my goals according to the time of year and area I'm hunting.
I enjoy the Kill and would not hunt without it. I never set my goals to the point that I take the fun out for the entire year.
If someone enjoys sitting in a tree for hours, days, weeks, and months without shooting something then more power to them. It's just not Fun to me
Dan
05-20-2008 | 05:25 PM
#48
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
RE: What's "Fun", to you?
I'd have to define "fun" as a cumulitive experience over the course of a season. Sometimes individual hunts are fun....well most times, but sometimes they are down right miserable, but its an acceptable level I am willing to tolerate in order to have a chance at success.
I can't define any specific criteria for fun, but I know it when I am enjoying it.
I can't define any specific criteria for fun, but I know it when I am enjoying it.
05-20-2008 | 05:25 PM
#49
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From: Southeast, Va
RE: What's "Fun", to you?
you really wanna know fun....??? fun is the Cowboys winning a play off game and the Celtics winning a titel again!!! also fun, watching espn classics of the 92-96 cowboys and the 1980's Celtics....it don't get better than Troy Aikman and Larry Bird....
05-20-2008 | 05:37 PM
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RE: What's "Fun", to you?
ORIGINAL: Vabowman
you really wanna know fun....??? fun is the Cowboys winning a play off game and the Celtics winning a titel again!!! also fun, watching espn classics of the 92-96 cowboys and the 1980's Celtics....it don't get better than Troy Aikman and Larry Bird....
you really wanna know fun....??? fun is the Cowboys winning a play off game and the Celtics winning a titel again!!! also fun, watching espn classics of the 92-96 cowboys and the 1980's Celtics....it don't get better than Troy Aikman and Larry Bird....
Better is Magic Johnson shoving the Ball down Bird's throat all night and then watching him (Bird)cry after the Game. Happened in the NCAA and the NBA!
Good Times for sure!!
Dan