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Out of all the things that make bow season special, what is the one thing that makes it so special for you? Can only choose ONE!! I have to go with simply the Fall atmosphere in the woods. above the kills, the encouters and everything else, the Fall season in the woods (smells, cool breezes, and quiet evenings in the stand) are included with the Fall woods.

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Getting to watch the world wake up and go to bed from 20 feet up.

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The time I spend with my friends and family. If I never shoot another deer in my life, I'd keep going every chance I have if I can continue to have the fun it has brought me for the last 18 years.

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All the things I get to see and learn every year about all different wildlife in the peaceful wilderness.

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i would have to agree with you vabowman the way the woods is in the fall is absolutly awsome something that once you have the one truely great fall morning or evening you wont for get it.

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Just being there!

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Showing up back home with a deer in the back of my truck. The look of excitement from my son and wife is priceless!

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I like my first year elk hunting. I think the thing I like about the elk hunt is trying to find such a big animal it isn't as easy as I thought..

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I would say the alone time with myself and God. I spend my time on stand, thinking about anything and everything that goes on in my life, as well as discussing that with God in my prayers. Sure the scenery is beautiful and the kill offers an adrenaline rush like no other, but I find out alot about myself every year in the deer stand.

Brent

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I agree 100%

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That adrenaline rush of making a good shot and the numerous "Thank you God's" that follow.;)

Rob said it best though,

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It would be the Peace.

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The smells,they bring back awesome memoirs, thoughts and feelingsfrom the past...I love it.

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goin bow huntin with my 70+ year old grandfather....an seein his excitment a listening to his excitment when he shoots something

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There Is nothing like It in the world. I'm at peace when my recurve Is In hand.:) Its who I am.

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the Rutt, I love watching those deer running all over the place acting like teenagers at a prom party.

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I agree with you VA, it's just being in da woods.:) It's like home to me. Quiet, peaceful, relaxation.

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the view from top of the mountain when goat hunting..... will be there in 3-4 days:):D[8D];)nothing like it when it is clear, usually not

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Being 20ft closer to God.

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Spending time with my dad. He's retired and lives in FL, but he comes up to WIfor6 weeks for the bow season to spend time with my family and hunt with me and our friends.

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Enjoying....apreciating God`s creation
The sound of silence
the rustle of leaves and the heartpounding anticipation that follows
watching a yearling buck walk by without knowing I`m there and being glad I didn`t shoot
too many to choose just one for me

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Getting my father back into bowhunting this year.

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The peace and solitude of the fall and all its wonders....

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I think it's the just getting out in the woods. I love sitting out there and glassing for deer and and the smells of the woods. You got the love it.

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I'll be honest and say it is killing whatever animal I am there to kill. Yeah...I like being out there, I like just seeing the animals, I like relaxing, and I like spending time with friends and family. But...I don't need to go hunting (out there with intent to kill) to do those things. I can do those things at my convenience and liesure without havingto get up at dark thirty after an hour or two of sleep, freeze my butt off, or make monetary and family sacrifices.

However...I willsay that I would give up all my kills for the year to be sitting with both my kids when they get theirs. My daughter is plenty big and old enough to kill a deer on her own, or with one of our cameramen with her, but yet I just can't not sit with herwhen it is her time to go hunting.

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I go t o stand really early in the mornings.....on purpose. It serves two roles....

1. I NEED to get there early to beat them home.

2. I'm somewhat ashamedto say that it takes this time of year for me to sometimes re-connect, fully. I look forward every morning to getting in early, getting dressed from my perch and that moment when I get "set" and sit down is magical. It'll hit me as I'm walking to stand, Saturday morning. It'll be a bit different in that I'm going to be in unfamiliar woods, this weekend, but the feeling I trust will be similar. All becomes right with the world for that moment.

I had similar feeling when I waterfowl hunted.....and got the boat to my spot, blind set up.....and my dog and I could share that time. I still miss her and those moments. She was a GREAT friend and hunting partner. Godspeed Ashley.

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I'll be hunting with some new friends in WISC and sharing some new hunting stories around the camp fire.

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spending time with my cousin who is my hunting partner, we succesfully hunted just about all the species in ohio together, early this year he was alomst killed in a bad accident, so im grateful that i have him..hes more like a brother.

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Two extra months to hunt deer.

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Good morning Landon,
Good question!
The one thing that always stands out to me is the smell of the fall woods. It stirs something in me and makes me feel alive again. I also enjoy the quiet times to reconnect with God and refocus my life.
My girlfriend notices it. She says there's a twinkle in my eye when I hunt.

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Ditto , Halloween is my favorite day , Its when I leave South Florida , with 90% + humidity and temps in the 90s , for SW PA low humidity , temps in the 40s , that smell , hardwoods , deer , good people , and everything else that makes for some great hunting .

Choosing only one , it would be the smell .

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i would have to say the element! not a specific season or condition, just the element of the hunt!!!

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magicman!!! what up??

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the up and close encounters. after all these years, i still freak out when a buck (or doe) is seven yards away and they don't know i am there:D

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The noises I hear ...always keeps my nerves on edge..could be a hog , squirrel, another hunter, a deer , an armidillo, a bird, a wild turkey, raccoon, coyote , bobcat or lizard...you never know..so my ears keyed up from the time I get out of my truck till I get back in the truck..
Love those sounds of nature..:)

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serenity[/b]

noun[/i]

1.
a disposition free from stress or emotion

2.

the absence of mental stress or anxiety

that pretty much sums it up!!!!

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The appeal to my senses. I love the smells and the feel of the cool air and the sight of those leaves changing color!!! I wouldnt trade it for the world!!!:D

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