Originally Posted by
hunter63
Well said...
Now as I'm getting older,....the need to take game doesn't seem so important as it once was.
Alway was in the "Eat what you shoot" school as well...have given up a few partners(?) for that same reason.
Mostly it's :
Lack of hunting areas ...use to work hard on that all year.....Biggie
Hunting partners/family ...dying off ...or just quitting....
Used to spend a lot of time hunting alone...as I only had to answer to myself...Lately because of health reasons.....prefer taking someone with to at least dial 911
Just the ambition to get my butte out of the sack, in a cold tent at O-dark thirty.....
Favorite time of day....dawn in the woods...least favorite...getting up that early.
Still go out and do still take a gun(s)...
Use to start about the middle of Sept....and hit it hard till about the end of Jan.
Not so much these days.
Mostly miss the challenge, planning, gear, companionship, and just marvel at the outdoors.
No guilt....just a decision if I want to take this game or not.