where did the thrill go
 

Last year i was pumped it was my third year out of the last four hunting. I skipped the year before last. I was pumpedall year i missed a spike the first daythen i missed a 9 point the last week of oct. i was pumped even when it hit20 degrees and wind.
This yearsome of the thrill about going hunting. It is like i am less pumped justlike a normaleveryday thing.
I wonder if some of it is the fact last year was the first year i have hunted with my bow. i still love the hunt. Though it has been a hard season so far. i have saw deer twice when hunting out of 14 hunts. Only one was in shooting distance and she was running full speed. She did noteven stop for more then 2 seconds.
Maybe that is it. But even opening day it was differnt.
Am i lossing mywant to hunt or is this just normal as the yearsgoby.This is my fifth year hunting i would think i would still have that thrill when going.DO not get me wrong i am stillobsessive about hunting itis alli think about. Just that heart pumpingchest pounding feeling when going in. Maybe it will come back when i drop a deer.
Has this ever happen to you

RE: where did the thrill go
 

Hey tim, are you bipolar?

RE: where did the thrill go
 

Why do you say that. Well maybe alittle :Dno not realy.

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I've had a hard time the last 2 years getting motivated in the early season. Once Nov. comes I start getting excited! I'm taking off work Nov.7-11th and sitting all day. I'm gettng pumped about that!

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Can't say that I've ever experience that. Matter of fact when pre- season scouting starts and as hunting season is in I rarely think of any thing else. well maybe a little sleep, food and some tail for my self. ;)
Been repeating season after season for more years than I want to admit. Season just getting good now, get out there are see a few wall hangers to get the blood flowing. :)

RE: where did the thrill go
 

start shooting a recurve or longbow, you WILL refind what you've lost

traditional archery - it changes everything

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if skipping a year does not get you pumped for the following year i dont know what will. Heck I dont skip any but thats just me. Look around when you in the woods and enjoy all the small things!

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Sounds like you need to diversify and hunt somedifferent game. "Go west young man!"

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Hunting changed big time for me when I got back from Iraq last year. You just have to re-find what it was that got you so pumped up so much in the first place.

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I have been doing this for about 45 year and have been through about every thingin archery and bowhunting. I have went back to huntingwith the long bow and recurve. After about 5 years andIhave takena lot of deer and other big game with a recurve. After losing two are three deer I almost quit hunting and shooting.I was also winning all the 3D shoots around here with a compound and when I went back to a recurveI still was. Thats when we shotwith the compound shooters there was no different divisions.I have hunted out of state west, north and south ,I have shot target as a am and as a pro and I done will as each, have some state records and won some national shoots. I love bowhunting and to me making the cleanest kill I can makeis every thing to me. Going outsetting in a tree andseeing the nature as it was meant to be and to get set up tomake thatgreat shotalso means everything to me. Bowhunting has been my life and Ilove to shoot a great group and to hit what I'm aiming at. Itgives me a great feeling.There are hunters and there are shooters.I think you got be a little bit of both to begood bowhunter. I thinkI'm a little more of a shooter and great shot and a clean kill is the most important thing to me. When I get ready to get down in the morning I look around and do you see that leaf over there and putting a arrow right in the middle at 30 yard make feel like I'm shooting great and can't wait to see a good buck. If I miss I'm back home and go out shooting to figure out way I missed and correct it. I don't just right itoff as a bad shot.

Bowhunting is a great sport just hang in there and enjoy the hunt

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It can get to be a grind, with all the early mornings and tough days. Especially if you have several days back to back of not seeing much. Then it gets kind of frustrating, but I don't ever think I'll lose the "thrill". Just like playin' ball back whenI was in school. The 3 hour practices and 7 am shoot arounds before classes from October to April was a grind too, but on game day, man I couldn't have been more pumped up.

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This year I've felt way more focused than pumped. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that my son is old enough to gun hunt. I've been spending more time getting gear in order and ensuring all my stuff is right. I spent more time cleaning trails and ensuring stands are in order, etc. I guess I didn't have time to get pumped per se.

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I skipped it because i moved from Ky to NC i did this in sept just before season started in NC you must have hunter safty to hunt. I did not and it was to late to get it anywhere. So i had to by law. I did some scouting and stuff like that.

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Skip a YEAR!! Man-O-Man the crazy talk is just flying all over. I think it must be the wind.

Hunting hard is hard work but you gotta believe good things are gonna happen everytime you go out. When I got out of bed this AM at 3:30 I was disapointed that the wind was gusting 30mph and I had to go back to bed.