does hunting consume your life
 

This time of year hunting consumes my life. Does it anyone else? If i am not working or at school I am hunting.

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deerhunter 1224,

For me, it's a year round obsession. Just gets more intense as the season nears.

Good luck in the coming months.

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he said it right there:D

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Yep is there anything else!!!!

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Its that great time of year.:D

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It's a year around obsession!

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Only from Mar 15 to the end of April for turkey, then October for moose & November for deer. The rest of the year I just read, plan & think about it along with spending some time at the range. Hell NO! - it doesn't consume my life. gg.

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always thought it would.......before a few weeks ago i figured id hunt dang near every day starting oct 16th......but things changed...i met a girl......things are wayyyyy to good between us....and its only getting better...ill hunt around our schedule need be.....i can hunt all my life.....ill get my hunting in....she knows i hunt and love to hunt...but i promised her it wouldnt come between us in anyway....and it wont...except my trip to the mountains to deer hunt a few days....but i promised her shed be happy before i left....and everyhting will be fine if we are still together that time of year.....which i dont see a reason we wont be...we are like twins...get along great.....and love being with eachother...i dont see it ending too soon...sooo my life may change this year a little.....mostly being home earlier saturdays so i can take her out......and i will cut my trips a little short.....but ill get my hunting in.....she will be my first priority first....anyone that can make me as happy as she does will be happy or i wont be leaving her to go hunting.....

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Welllllllllll I am a 43 year old wife and mom and I am on a hunting site instead of chatting with my friends so yea i guess it does. And the only shopping I enjoy doing is in a sporting goods store. The only magazines i subscribe to are hunting magazines. If it isnt 4 wheel drive i dont own it. And it better have room to load a deer or 2. So yea I guess it does just a little bit.

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I wouldn't say that hunting consumes my life but I just enjoy the whole outdoors experience through several hobbies. In the spring and summer months you'll likely find me bass fishing on a lake or river somewhere or riding my mountain bike on a rail trail and in the fall in winter months mostly deer hunting. I also enjoy hiking with my family and going on long drives in the mountains to take in the fall colors. Given the choice though I'd like to be perched high in an oak tree in my portable stand with a bow in my hand and the sun coming up over the ridge and the sound of falling acorns and squirrels barking in the background. Fall is my favorite time of the year and it's here and although life is good, it's about to get a whole lot better. Man, I'ts starting to sound like hunting consumes my life. Happy Huntin everyone...

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Yes hunting consumes my life. I've made choices in jobs, living location and such that directly allow me more time to hunt. I know I could make much more money at a better job in my field, but this one allows me 4 weeks vacation and a bit of flexibility to hunt after work each night. Sometimes I struggle with the decision to find a better job in order to be able to buy land, but then I question what good is land, when I wouldn't be able to hardly ever use it. I focus my life around hunting, I don't just fit hunting in when i have time.

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Yes ,
it's practically all I think about all year long . Then for a few precious months I get to find out how much more I need to learn . :)

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In a word.....

ABSO-FREAKIN-LUTELY!

:D

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And on a rather disturbing note......so does fishing. Could be the reason I'm single.

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I live 8months outta the year so i can hunt the other 4!!!! I always said there are two things in my life that if they get in the way of hunting they have to go, and that is my girlfriend and work. Well the girlfriend is moving out on october 15, and work just approved my vacation. I am single now, but i still have a job and able to hunt all year, oh yea baby!!:D

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THAT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK. BUT TO BE TRUTHFUL MOST OF THE YEAR YES.

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Year round thing for me, i live to hunt.:D

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Im in the same boat too.:(

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Just curious but how many of you guys that are consumed by hunting bowhunt as well as gun hunt?

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Yes I am Obsessed, People say I have OCD of hunting. LOL

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Gosh I bow and gun hunt, shoot I hunt anything I can get my hands on a tag for. I've hunted every game animal imaginable in north america except for caribou and moose. I even hunt varmints.

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Jst ask my wife.

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no joke just ask mine too lol she'll tell you that if I had the choice to go hunting or make love to her. I would choose to go hunting over that lol thats because the way I look at it is when I get home then we can have our us time. just it doesnt always work out like that.

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i could change jobs and make approx 30k more per year. but i would not be able to hunt 60 days a year either. so that is the trade off. call me crazy, but i love being able to hunt 60 days a year. i look at like this(to my wife, ANYWAY ) i dont drink, do drugs, or anything so you can call my obsession w/ whitetails a VICE.

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right now work is pretty much consuming my life, i thought when i started my own business it would be fantastic..........but it's not. i work more now than i ever did when i was working for someone else. i love to hunt, hate to work, but my priorities need taken care of first.

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I hunt all year long, when there aint nothing in season Im out varmit huntin. I didnt know that there was anything else to life!:D

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Yes it consumes my life, just ask my wife.;)

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I'll have to admit that I spend a lot of time thinking about, reading about, and planning hunts, but it is only for a couple of months in the fall, and then I only spend a week or so hunting - some few days bird hunting and some few days either deer or moose hunting (rarely both).

But when it comes down to it, it's just one of many outdoor and indoor hobbies I have and doesn't take up any more thought or effort than others, actually 3rd or 4th on the list after xc skiing, general boating (float and motor), hiking,and music.

I do love deer hunting and moose hunting, but the end goal is the venison and although I really enjoy the time in the woods doing that, I end up making it as efficient as possible since I have so many other things I love to spend time and $$ on!

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Obsessed with hunting....LOL. The only time I don't think of hunting is when I'm fishing. But then if I see a flock of geese or a raft of dive ducks on the lake, then I'm thinking hunting again. I hunt year around. If it isn't varmint or predator's, then it's turkey hunting. Then I a knock on the door to the woodchucks all summer. Then small game starts. It never ends. AND I LOVE IT!!!