Losing interest

[BitBackShot]

I'm not sure why, but I really, really enjoy helping my buddy manage his place by shooting does, culls, etc. Probably more than I do worrying about whether I'll get a big buck before my neighbor shoots it.

I love being outside and I love hunting animals. Don't care as much about the antlers, though a surprise set will still get my pulse up quick.

[sbushee]

When my kids get out of the house, I’ll probabky give up the lease game and hunt out of state couple times of year. I love the “camp” aspect of the lease but too many times a lot of the guys just get drunk and loud

[speck1]

You know it’s getting bad when your wife thinks something is wrong with you. I love preparing and shooting my bows as much as possible but the desire to go hunt is fading. My older two boys are in college and i just don’t have the drive to go hunt by myself. I am lucky to live in an area with tons of axis so needing meat is my motivation. With full freezers it’s hard to get motivated. Of course that all changes if a giant shows up on camera.

[jerp]

I think much depends on your expectations and what you are trying to draw from the experience. When I get excited about an upcoming trip to the lease I am mostly excited about getting out from behind this desk and leaving the city for a couple of days. If my excitement was based on the expectation of killing a nice buck, pretty much every season would end in disappointment. Where I hunt it is doubtful that I will ever see a 130+ buck much less get within bow range of one. I guess this city-dweller is just happy to have a place in the country to go unwind, enjoy nature and maybe bag a doe or stick a pig. So to answer your question, my passion for going to the lease has not waned however the actual hunting part is not as important as it once was. I always come home relaxed and refreshed whether or not I loosed an arrow or pulled a trigger.

[tps7742]

I took a break from hunting 2010 until 2015 due to burn out for different reasons. Fast forward I retired in 2015 found a decent lease for our area close to home. I don’t put allot of work/effort into it any longer but I am back to enjoying hunting again, especially with the grandkids.

[ckamp52]

I have lost a lot of interest. I love to hunt but its just not the same. hard to get excited about having to shell out a ton of money just to get to hunt these days. Used to be able to find people to let ya get a doe for some meat and now anybody that owns more than 2 acres wants you to pay top dollar for a deer. venison probably costs more than waygu these days

[txpitdog]

The season kinda snuck up on me this year. Didn’t get all fired up like I normally do and just sort of shrugged it off. Not to mention I picked up a new hobby that has competed for time and money. My younger son is ramping up on his hunting interest though so I have had fun, a LOT of fun, taking him hunting and working to help him be successful.

[jwo]

I’m there thinking my last year

[wow]

May humt once or twice a year now.

[Passthrough]

I get that way at times. But then I go to KS and see some of them bruisers and the passion is restored! I get ZERO out of seeing dinky azz 100-120” deer I grew up shooting in the hill country. The older I get,the less I want to clean one. I still enjoy hunting with my dad or kids anytime though! They’re old enough to clean their own stuff

[Black-N-Red]

I was getting there last year. This year I haven’t hunted over a feeder. Made it a whole lot more interesting.

[Davoh]

Everybody here wanting a change of scenery... heh... My family's place I've hunted all my life, is on the market. I dread the day it sells. Honestly, I probably will give it up at that point.
Hunting anywhere else just isn't the same as coming in from the stand to the gas heater in that old rock cabin.

[Larry]

I totally get it, but my issue isn't just a burnout issue. We have a five week old baby boy. It's all I can do to pry myself away from home for a few hours at a time. I get to missing home something fierce. I literally sat in the blind an hour yesterday afternoon feeling miserable and packed my stuff and headed home. Overnight trips this season don't even cross my mind. I have a place to hunt 20 mins from home and two places about an hour away. The place 20 mins away makes it easier to stomach.

[El Paisano]

Seems like all I am interested in lately is squirrels and hogs, and rabbits with my longbow. I actually enjoy exploring new territory as much as anything else. I have many thousands of acres bordering me that I haven't seen yet...and crappie fishing.

[Man]

I find myself still excited for evening hunts. But much less about getting up at 4am eyes wide open like I used to. Also find myself more excited taking new hunters hunting than actually hunting myself.
But the other side of that is that I have been eating really organically for about 2 years now (becouse I have come to the self conclusion that something in the processed foods is whats causing all the cancers) ....so the hunts now are more food based and less trophy based.