Obsessed with Deer!
 

I grew up squirrel, dove, and quail hunting with my dad (he quit deer hunting when I was an infant due the loss of his best friend in a deer hunting-related accident). It wasn't until I was a teenager that I became curious about deer hunting because a lot of my friends were doing it. He finally went out and bought me my first deer rifle--a Marlin 30-30 scoped with a Tasco fixed 4x32.

My first trip was with my dad to a friends farm. I did not see any deer on that trip butI became infactuated with deer and deer hunting. I killed my first deer in 1997 at the age of 26. It was a button buck, honestly thought it was a doe and did not determine it was a buck until we had already hung him to dress. I killed my second deer exactly one month later. I have almost killed at least one deer every year since, including my first wall-hanger three years ago (8-pt. with 5-inch droptine on the left, estimated age at 5 1/2 years old, field dressed at 130 lbs. which is probably above average weight for the state of Alabama.).

I now have a library of some 10 or more books directly related to Whitetail whether it be from a hunting, biological, ecological, or management perspective. I am a member of QDMA and have keep current with subsriptions to Notrh American Whitetail, Deer and Deer Hunting, Whitetail Journal, and Hunt Club Digest. I have kept every magazine I have ever purchased or received. My wife accuses me of being addicted/posessed with deer and hunting. My reply is that it's better than most other people's addictions such as infedility, alcohol, drugs, abuse, etc.

Is there anyone else out there that shares my "obsession"? If so, I would like to hear about it.

RE: Obsessed with Deer!
 

I'm right there with you Mossy, 90% of my day is spent thinking about it.

RE: Obsessed with Deer!
 

Truth rings from your signature.

RE: Obsessed with Deer!
 

Yep, count me in, too.

Starting January first I am looking forward to October again and live, eat, breathe and sleep thinking about deer.

I have a friend that is in the same boat. (er - tree stand)

I'm not sure that I want to be cured of the addiction - EVER!

RE: Obsessed with Deer!
 

im addicted also i live my dreaming about hunting and all its contents i love it!!!!

RE: Obsessed with Deer!
 

well i guess so,i haven't worked but 3 days sense the 1st of october

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I guess that I'm pretty fortunate in that I have access to deer hunting rougly four-and-a-half months out of the year. I live in Alabama, and our bow season came in this year on October 13th and gun season came in on the 17th of November. The both of them run through the end of January. I just haven't been able to be out int he woods yet this year (birth of my third son was this past Thursday and the wife convinced me that being at my hunting club two hours away was not a good idea...I'm smart enough to know which battles to pick).

I was raised in the panhandle of Florida (Northwest Florida) in farming country where we can hunt through February.

The rest of my year--outside of caoching youth baseball--is spent on preparation for the next season. This coming off-season will be the best. I plan getting my 6-yo son a small caliber deer rifle (.223 or .243)and start letting him shoot at the range and getting him ready for next year. At his age, he knows more about whitetailed deer than some people that have hunted a lifetime. I'm so excited.

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Count me in too! I grew up duck hunting and got turned on to deer at the age of 20! It's been 32 years now,that I haven't been duck hunting!:D

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There are many that share the addiction!! My addition isn't so much for one critter but for variety!

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LOL I AM AN IM ONLY 15. ITS HARD TO BE CRAZY ABOUT HUNTING WHEN YOU GROW UP IN A NON-HUNTING FAMILY I GOTTA SAY

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I didn't start hunting until last Thanksgiving and I'm 37 now. Never had the desire to hunt anything, just fish. My son wanted to hunt so my sister and brother in law were going to take him. He would have been going this year, but last Sept. 1st my BIL got killed in a car accident caused by a deer. He ran completely over one that ran out in front of him. He loved hunting, deer and taking my niece.I thinkthey were almost as excited to take my son as my son was to go. He still wanted to hunt so I bought stuff I needed and hunted. His interests waned a little because he isn't really hunting, he's only 8. He'll get his 22/20 gauge for Christmas and get to practice with it until Turkey season, and hopefully get to carry it.

I'm fortunate that I can hunt where I live and I go 110% into anything. I could probably sit in the woods about 40 total hours a week counting after work and weekends. I just love the solitude and the anticipation. I'm hunting with a bow and muzzleloader, neither of which I had before this year. Bought the bow in August and the ML I got two weeks ago. Killed my only deer, a spike buck, with the bow. I don't think I'm obsessed with deer, just with the challenge. I love turkey hunting also, butall I care to eat are deer and turkey so that's all I hunt. Last year consisted of sitting in the ladder stand wondering what I was doing. After my effort and learning I got my deer the second day of the first year I really hunted and my turkey the second week.

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hillbilly deluxe,glad to see that you got to hunt,to many kids grow up never geting to even try hunting or fishing. someone must have takin time to get you started hunting.

RE: Obsessed with Deer!
 

Been PASSIONATELY hunting since i was 6 years old, I'm 18 now. Since my grandmother said i was 'obssesed' with deer hunting ina negative, deragatory manner, i shun away from that term, and choose passionate:D. But i would say i am obsessed also:)

RE: Obsessed with Deer!
 

Hunting is a variety of obsessions, and it can't be overcome.

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I've hunted since I was 10 years old (22 years) and always loved it. But about 3 years ago, I don't know what changed, but I am completely ate up with it now. I'm completely obsessed, it's all I think about, and I don't care. There are a lot worse things to be consumed with.