Sgt Fury’s 2021 NJ and Ohio seasons
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Been on stand for around 45 minutes. About an inch of snow on the ground and the forcast is for 6-12 by late afternoon. It was 63* yesterday!
Couple of minutes after I took these pics, snow really started to come down heavy…doe went straight to the laurels to bed.
I'm curious, what weapon are you hunting with today?
Regardless what you're using, I wish you the best of luck George!
Regardless what you're using, I wish you the best of luck George!
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Passed on a evening stand to get a jump on plowing the snow. Just finished and checked my camera in the back yard…dirty bastards came out in full force! Only saw a single doe this morning. Didn’t see any bucks on the cell cam pics so that takes the sting out of not sitting a little bit.
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4th. Pic down where deer is real close.. Looks like a small shed buck...
Had a few spikes around…probably one of them. Good eyes for an old guy!
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Something still has to work good....Had a few spikes around…probably one of them. Good eyes for an old guy!
Well, today was the last day for deer in NJ…done for the season. Tonight I saw around ten does. The 8 pointer I was after will have to wait until next season.
I’ve got to say, being retired and able to hunt every day of the season, I kinda got burned out and toward the end, it wasn’t fun anymore. Too much pressure on myself to go hunting even when I wasn’t in the mood. All the time spent on stand dark to dark for two weeks then another week for gun season in Ohio this year ran me down a bit, then continuing December and January just about every day. I need to learn to pull back and only go when I want to…and not feel like I have to. Now it’s rabbit hunting a couple days a week, which is always fun, then fishing for white perch in March. Hopefully I’ll be “hungry” again come next fall bow season.
It’s a grind, I did the same my first season I retired. Reigned it in the next few years and now I probably spend close too a month total hunting. Week increments with gun and muzzle loader seasons with it.
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I understand what your saying. My season is long and rut is the last 5 weeks of the season after every deer is on high alert and nocturnal.
To me having that much free time to enjoy what we loved gives me opportunities to hunt right. By this I mean hunting when I should be hunting (weather, wind direction). Too many times I hunted and had “5” hunts I could make and hunted 5 times even when the conditions were wrong. I like my extended stays and don’t feel the need to hunt every hour of the day, take off a hunt or two or hunt a different quarry to break things up. Do I get burned out? You bet your sweet ass! But it’s a passion and I will continue to do it. I’ve hunted a shit ton this year, passed on some good bucks, went oos and hunted ducks, fished, it’s all about what you like to do. I’m burnt right now but in a week I will be wanting more. It’s all about the chase and memories made and shared. Enjoy the journey.
No difference than going on vacation to relax and come home needing to rest for a week…..wtf
To me having that much free time to enjoy what we loved gives me opportunities to hunt right. By this I mean hunting when I should be hunting (weather, wind direction). Too many times I hunted and had “5” hunts I could make and hunted 5 times even when the conditions were wrong. I like my extended stays and don’t feel the need to hunt every hour of the day, take off a hunt or two or hunt a different quarry to break things up. Do I get burned out? You bet your sweet ass! But it’s a passion and I will continue to do it. I’ve hunted a shit ton this year, passed on some good bucks, went oos and hunted ducks, fished, it’s all about what you like to do. I’m burnt right now but in a week I will be wanting more. It’s all about the chase and memories made and shared. Enjoy the journey.
No difference than going on vacation to relax and come home needing to rest for a week…..wtf
Yep, I know exactly how you feel, retired Oct 1st so I could hunt a lot more this year. Turned out to be a real grind after the rut and the first gun season was over. I hunt NJ and Ohio too and didn't connect in either state. Now I just enjoy checking the camera's and hunting maybe once a week, usually just enjoying the outdoors and watching deer I've probably seen a dozen times already. Time to start thinking about fishin !