Is it like this every year?

[thatsjet]

My first year hunting ever, I've drawn a great tag for Buck Deer in my home state, and I literally can't sleep for all the dreaming and scheming. I open Google Earth at least a few times a day to look for water and cover around nearby meadows. I have tons of layers for access points, distances from roads, and such plugged in not to mention transferring KML files back and forth to/from OnX maps.

Am I nuts? Will I be less crazy next year?

 

[LCH]

For some, it's every day of the year..

 

[NEWHunter]

Fairly typical. If this year goes well it’ll be worse next year - good luck!

 

[stealthy_bowman]

Am I nuts? Will I be less crazy next year?

Could be even more so

 

[genesis273]

The only thing more exciting than the anticipation of an upcoming hunt, is the rememberence of a great hunt!
It's normal! Enjoy!

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Saddle up partner!!

 

[p_ham]

24-7, 365.

 

[madtom]

I don’t know what normal people think about all year. I don’t want to know either.

 

[JohnCushman]

Isn't the anticipation awesome?

 

[EYJONAS!]

Sounds like a great start to a lifetime of adventures and memories to come. Saddle up little buddy and get ready. Congrats and good luck.

 

[EYJONAS!]

I don’t know what normal people think about all year. I don’t want to know either.

That's effn awesome!

 

[elkduds]

IME, it gets worse as years go by. And by that I mean better.

 

[thatsjet]

Sounds like a great start to a lifetime of adventures and memories to come. Saddle up little buddy and get ready. Congrats and good luck.

Ha! If I'm a 48 year old grandpa of 4 and still a "little buddy" I'LL TAKE IT!!!

 

[Walkathon]

Yes, you're nuts. You'll probably be the same amount of crazy next year. I've been mostly crazy since I started.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Am I nuts? Will I be less crazy next year?

There are enough hunts out there to fill up thousands of years. Yet, we just have one little lifetime to pick a handful of the best. It's like eating from an endless buffet. Come the day after season ends I'm either licking my wounds for the missteps I made, or glorying in my successes. This lasts about a month, then it's back to hundreds of hours of poring over maps, strategizing, filling up notebooks and cell phone GBs with notes, scouting, and practicing. Being a hunting addict keeps you healthy and enjoying the outdoors, although your wallet might complain a little here and there.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Ha! If I'm a 48 year old grandpa of 4 and still a "little buddy" I'LL TAKE IT!!!

That's great, share some pics and the story even if things don't go as planned

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Welcome to the club , I started hunting again at 44 in 2013 first few years I was deer crazy , 2017 it transitioned to elk crazy , it’s an enjoyable ride

 

[Brian in Montana]

It changes over time, but its probably always gonna be with you. Our obsessions become a part of who we are.

 

[thatsjet]

2017 it transitioned to elk crazy

Hey neighbor. Do youhunt the coastal general elk season or out East? I put in for Zumwalt cow but didn't get anything. Hopefully next year. Also planning to try for a leftover elk tag when they drop on the first. If I get one of those it will be a whole nother level of crazy up in here.

 

[RockinU]

I don’t know what normal people think about all year. I don’t want to know either.

Wait...are you saying that we're not normal?