Loosing my mojo

[Five Seasons]

You read correctly, 20 doe last Thursday, and now that im looking to fill the freezer...not a single one in sight.

I had the same. 14 at once. Then 9 the other night. Then I decided I was going to shoot one and none showed up haha.

Edited December 2, 2013 by Belo

[crappyice]

I passed on two deer this year for the first time in my hunting career and have been blanked since....getting nervous!

[apoallo]

I am in a slum as well my promising spot turned out to be a bust not a single sighting of deer. I didn't have a backup spot had tons of pictures all of September and October now nothing in November

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[TeeBugg]

Always remembered hearing this saying and man has it rang true over the years... dont pass a deer the first day that you would shoot on the last. Guess it has alot to do with luck and being in the right place at the right time

[RTGobbler]

I've felt the same way the last few days. Think it mostly has to do with not seeing deer for me.

Saw deer on camera and in the woods, and passed on a few deer in October. November has been a burst though, until this morning I had not seen a deer since the Sunday of opening weekend. Now that I saw one I feel better.

Same thing happens to me when I stop getting birds in the spring. Sometimes you just have to grind it out.

[WNYBuckHunter]

I hunted all last week and was getting worn down, even though I was killing deer. I took this weekend off and spent the time with my kids at home. Now I have to work all week. The break will have my head back in the game this weekend. Sometimes its good to just take a break from it.

[BUCKANDAQUARTER]

Taking a break would probably be a good thing, but as mentioned earier in the post by someone, that end of season "desperation", I guess, is creaping in. If the season was longer there is no doubt about it I would take a day or two off, working doesn't count! The responses have helped tremendously I must say, and I am starting to come out of the funk a little. I have the afternoon off from work so I damn well better see something tonight so I can keep my head in the game!!

[Meat Manager]

Some mornings I have a hard time getting up, but unless its pouring in archery season I almost always get up because I've talked myself into harvesting many times by getting up.

Also, I'm so obsessed with whitetail hunting that I literally dream about it all year...that helps get me out there from Sept in NJ to NY oct to january (tompkins Dmfa) back into NJ thru feb for winter bow season.

Finally I have only seen 1 mature buck in the past month and I got him with the bow...seeing picks of mature bucks on my game cams keep me out any chance my wife and son will give me.

That said...if your not feeling it, don't half ass it or you'll end up making a mistake of one sort or another because of lack of focus.

Sounds like youve got it sorted...kill face!

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Edited December 2, 2013 by Meat Manager

[Jennifer]

Do you ever feel like they are taunting you? This morning I woke up and there were fresh tracks inches from my bedroom window...

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Do you ever feel like they are taunting you? This morning I woke up and there were fresh tracks inches from my bedroom window...

One word----Noose....lol

[dbHunterNY]

After 10 straight days of waking up at 4 am it is getting old, I agree... now I go back to work and I need a vacation... lol

 

 

to each their own.  10 straight days of getting up at 4 am to go hunting would be exactly my vacation.  more specifically all of it!  so I wouldn't be getting any more.

 

[Merlot]

I like Montana Mojo, rather than New York numbness.

[phade]

I can say the biggest factor to me is the close of the season. Ohio has bow open until Feb. 1. It's more of a marathon than a sprint for that state's hunters. Short gun season placed correctly and a lengthy bow season. I don't want to get into what is right or wrong management wise, but the simple logistics of having a long bow season allows for one to "hunt" at one's own pace (if you bowhunt). With a long gun season that can really pressure the deer, and a quickly ending bow season thereafter, I start to get wore out.

Edited December 2, 2013 by phade

[BUCKANDAQUARTER]

I really enjoyed this years bow season... Not only because I got my buck, but for the reasons phade stated above. If I couldn't get out it wasn't the end of the world. I never found myself burning out, or beating myself up if I needed a break to regroup. I do enjoy gun season, but when I really thought I was on to one all my efforts were ripped to shreds when the army showed up on Thanksgiving, and didn't leave. I know we hunters are generally out there for similar reasons so I harbour no resentment towards the 6 other guys that showed up. In fact as long as they had permission to be there I'd help them drag one out. Went out tonight to the water spring stand. Heard the tell tale twig snap in the distance. Then heard the rustling get closer.  Unfortunatly shooting hours ended with no sightings.

[Five Seasons]

Gun season is just too long. Most states have a 7 or 10 day season. You get it all in and don't feel beaten down. Them you back to bow or mz and hunt with less pressure...