Move to a one buck state. Growing up here I can't fathom that there are states that you can kill 2, 5, 10 bucks. It makes you reconsider what you want to hang your tag on, and it makes it more satisfying to tag out and be done for the year.
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The drive to kill
- Thread starter Patriot
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I found this year my insane urge to be out every day has lessened since I got my buck early October. As a matter of fact I went out last evening and hung in a tree where I killed my buck to see what else was in the area, without a bow, just a camera. I saw a doe and a spike buck that I watched for a half hour. By watching it taught me more about deer behavior because the spike was freshening a scrape. After 52 years of hunting I think I have reached that last stage. I am saving my doe tag so I can take my grandson out for rifle season and hopefully witness his first buck harvest.
Learning is a super underrated aspect of what you just said.
Slightly off topic but i was out fishing this summer in bad conditions and not catching anything until i got on a Fish per cast bite that i figured out by mimicking what another boat was doing. Once i caught my limit i picked up and ran home but half way to the dock i was kicking myself since i should have stayed to try different lures and presentations to actually learn what i was doing not just copying someone else.
To relate this to hunting, just as you said, once i have killed a deer i am much more willing to watch deer pass on deer, try different tactics, scout, help other hunters, etc, which in the long run has helped me become a better hunter than more than hunting hard has.