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Cabin Fever

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I get a one track (OK... 2 track  ;)  ) mind! I get so consumed with hunting that I have a hard time focusing on anything else! I sit in meetings and try my best to appear that I am paying attention (or care), while thinking about what else I need to do to prepare for the upcoming season! I gaze out the window and watch leaves falling and pay attention to wind direction, figuring out which stand I would be at today if I could hunt. I plan which stand I hope to hunt first and where I expect the deer to come from. I sit at my desk and look at the calendar, to plan out vacation days, and jot down notes to myself of things that I need to do or buy, etc... I have 3rd quarter reports, monthly regulatory inspections, monthly reports, required management reviews, etc... that are ALL due in Oct! I try my best to get everything done before season, so I don't have to think about much else. Who has time for this when we need to prepare for hunting season??  :)

I had to sit out last bow season, due to a broken foot, so I have a LOT of pent up anxiety in me! 

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nyslowhand Enthusiast

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Never gets any better after all these years!

Hope that doesn't change or I'll be finding other distractions for Oct/Nov/Dec.

Thought it would be better now that I've retired.

Don't have the daily obligations, like work to keep me distracted.

So I'm constantly looking out the window, checking the weather or wanting to take a walk in the woods.

Guess this free time will be beneficial when the season eventually gets here, but seems like an eternity 'til then!!!

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Hah!

Least I don't feel so bad about it now. I'm the same way...already took the .22 Mag out...just to look at it.

Getting anxious now that I know I can use it 'before Deer Season' too. It makes those long shots at the Bushy Tails all that much easier.

Been trolling around this site and the Bark at the Moon site as soon as it became September.

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I hear ya!  People call text or email with plans or need me for something.  I feel like hanging a sign saying that my hours change on Sept. 27th.  ;)

I actually did that before I retired I would make it a 4 day work week leave right from work and get up to my club on Thursday nite. John

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<< same boat here... its a yearly grind for me and about 3 months before the season it gets intense! i start watching my hunting DVD's like months before the season just to take it all in... its funny, i dont know if its just me but when i watch my drury videos and do some pre season stuff it makes me feel liek the season has been going for months by the time the actual season gets here. and when it gets here im pretty calm cool and collect when those bucks start coming out. but boy do i get pumped tho none the less.

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I think about hunting all year, but the closer it gets, the more focused I become and it just consumes my thoughts! Just chompin' at the bit!! Now I know how those bucks feel when the first "sweet-scent" of the season arrives and they know that lovin' is just around the corner!!

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For many of my years of work, I was fortunate enough to be able to set my own hours. I used to start work at 4:00 am, and get out at 2:00 (overtime was a standard part of the day). I was home at 3:00. So I've always been able to satisfy my "forest fever" as somebody put it. I have to admit that I have been blessed with a pretty darn good life. Now that I've entered retirement, things have gotten nothing but better. The only thing holding me back now is some of the crappy weather we are getting lately. Other than that, I pretty much do as I damn well please ..... lol. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!

Doc

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Other than that, I pretty much do as I damn well please after I finish the honey-do-list ..... lol. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!

Doc

Forest Fever sounds logical.

Wood Lusting has too many connotations!

Years ago, at work a guy told me I had Hunter's Glare.

As I looked at him dumbfounded, he said I looked like I was far away, up in a tree and intensely staring into the brush.

Totally removed mentally from my current location.

I didn't need to ask, he was a hunter also!

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For many of my years of work, I was fortunate enough to be able to set my own hours. I used to start work at 4:00 am, and get out at 2:00 (overtime was a standard part of the day). I was home at 3:00.

Doc

Nice, huh? I get to set my own hours and love it! Sucks getting up so early, but it sure is convenient to get out when everyone else is just breaking for lunch! I get a lot done around camp and get to hunt afternoons when I want without burning vacation time.

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