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hunting causes stress

Dont think my Dr would like my stress level atm. Dang deer may be healthy to eat but chasing them during the rut can suck! I hate you right now Tall Tine.

Dont think my Dr would like my stress level atm. Dang deer may be healthy to eat but chasing them during the rut can suck! I hate you right now Tall Tine.

Sometimes you eat the deer and sometimes the deer wins!

Lol. I'll take the stress of chasing a big buck anytime over the stress of real life.

There is truth to the stress deal....a lot of folks put pressure on themselves to kill a big buck. The TV shows gives the impression there is one around every corner. Try shelling out $18,000 for a Brown Bear hunt and your guides a nitwit....the pressure can take the shine off of hunting real quick. I don`t mind not killing deer but I HATE not seeing deer. I am certainly not seeing numbers I was 4 years ago let alone 20 years ago.

The stress is only the stress you put on yourself, I used to get stressed (and ornery) when I was trying to hold out for "Mr. Big". I gave up on that after my wife got on me a few years in a row when I started to get cranky during the rut and she said that I went out there to enjoy myself and relax. The seasons have been much more enjoyable over the last 10 years, even though I've only had about 5 deer in bow range the last 6 years, 1 adult doe, 1 young buck that spotted me after catching me off-guard, 1 nice buck that heard me draw back from 6 yards on the ground and a couple of fawns(I hunt in an area that doesn't have a lot of deer). That is the only thing that bothers me these days, but I still enjoy sitting in my stands.

I do have land in Waupaca County, but just don't have time to get there to bowhunt, every year I plan on going there for a weekend.......it just never pans out......one of these years though!!

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