Why I hunt

[Buckfever]

I think that the burden of responsibilities takes a toll. It weighs on us, it makes us tentative, cautious, understandably so.

When get out there in the woods, I bring that with as it's part of me, what I've become.

But it has no place there and slowly I shed it and I feel free.

And I remember who I am.

Why I hunt.

[DropTyne]

Gentlemen, we've got a poet on our hands! Loved it man, I feel the same way. The headaches from the pressures of work and life in general are far worse than the back aches of a day on stand.

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[Dewey]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

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[Stanley]

Cool.

[Buckfever]

I swear I wasn't trying to be poetic, I was just tired and it came out that way. While I share my hunts virtually with a good buddy who's out of state, this year I'm hunting alone. Doing the lone wolf thing on the hunting and being unencumbered by all the other crap, I'm able to really experience the purity of it. Which I haven't been able to for a while. No question I think it's very important to be successful, to execute on the whole thing. But clearly at least to me this does a whole lot more for me than just getting out there and hunting.

[whitetail4ever]

Wow...neat post man. Totally agree...hunting is such great medicine for the rigors and demands of life. I am so glad I became a hunter. I can't believe I missed out on it for all those years. (I started hunting when I was 27) Now I can't imagine life without it! When I was in college, my buddy from my home town used to always go home every weekend during deer season (bow and gun) and I didn't understand it. He was never around to hang out or party on weekends with us. I remember him talking about the rut and it went in one ear and out the other. I haven't talked to him for a number of years now and when I tell him that I love to hunt, he will say I told ya so. Hunting is a way of life for me now.

[Crazinamatese]

Awesome topic and posts. Im solo this year as well. Trying to stay humble and discovering myself more and more on each hunt.