So I actually learned this a couple years ago but it’s been driven home hard this season. Every year I spend more time taking other people hunting that I actually take time to hunt for myself. I’m speaking of actually in the blind hunting time and not so much the time spent in preparation. I’ve taken five people this season and four of them were successful. We only have a 10 day gun season here and I wasn’t able to hunt but 1/2 a day on my own. Last season it was four people and this year it was five. I have a hard time saying no to people who ask, especially the kids and veterans. I do, more so this season, find myself wanting to be a little resentful of them because I’m yet to fill a tag. Don’t misunderstand, I wouldn’t trade that time with them for anything. My inner selfish nature wants to fill a tag for myself though. I absolutely love deer hunting and everything about it. I love the quiet, the smells, the cold, the rush of adrenaline, everything. I guess my desire to share that has eclipsed my desire to experience it for “me.” But the negative energy always creeps in on me.