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Anyone else this way?

Once deer season is over. Then I get ate up with fishing. I fish for crappie,catfish, sauger,walleye, bass. It don't matter but crappie is my number one for fishing. I will turkey hunt also. But turkey hunting also overlaps spring fish spawn. So I turkey hunt then fish the afternoon. Last couple years I've had the lazy azz bad. Can't seem to shake it.
 
In my teens, I was ate up with fishing. All I wanted to do was bass fish. Then I discovered deer hunting. That started to take precedence, but at the time, living/hunting KY, deer seasons were short. So, fishing - which could be done all year - was still high on my list. But once I got my own hunting property, and especially once I got into wildlife and habitat management - which could be done all year - deer hunting finally won out. I still love to fish, but I rarely get around to it. I don't think I've cast a line in a couple years.

As for hunting other species, nope. Deer are all I'm interested me. Don't turkey, dove, duck, quail, rabbit, or squirrel hunt. And I have no interest in going out west to hunt the big mountain species.
 
DMD said:
I often wonder if I'm the only one so interested in deer hunting, but have no interest in fishing or other types of hunting. How about you?
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"Go west young man" ! Try elk hunting, mule deer hunting, and fly fishing in the rocky mountains, and deer hunting will probably become your "2nd/3rd" favorite thing to do :)

seriously, there is nothing like standing waist deep in a clear mountain stream at 12k feet, casting a dry fly in the middle of a hatch!! Or sitting on a mountain top at daybreak, and hearing an elk bugle a few hundred yards away.
 
gtk said:
"Go west young man" ! Try elk hunting, mule deer hunting, and fly fishing in the rocky mountains, and deer hunting will probably become your "2nd/3rd" favorite thing to do :)

seriously, there is nothing like standing waist deep in a clear mountain stream at 12k feet, casting a dry fly in the middle of a hatch!! Or sitting on a mountain top at daybreak, and hearing an elk bugle a few hundred yards away.
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I wish I was a young man 😂. I'd like to elk hunt. And maybe bear hunt. I love the western US. But, honestly, if it were a choice between elk hunting out west or whitetail hunting anywhere I choose... I'd choose Whitetails. As far as fishing...i just really don't enjoy fishing at all. The few times I've been fishing, all i do is think about all the work i need to be doing at the house. Or... I'm wondering about the land around me and what kind of deer it holds.

I've had all kinds of people try to take me fishing - never have cared about it.

I've tried hunting various species - don't care a thing about it.

I pretty much deer hunt, run, or work. That's about it. I know.. I'm weird.
 
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gtk said:
"Go west young man" ! Try elk hunting, mule deer hunting, and fly fishing in the rocky mountains, and deer hunting will probably become your "2nd/3rd" favorite thing to do :)

seriously, there is nothing like standing waist deep in a clear mountain stream at 12k feet, casting a dry fly in the middle of a hatch!! Or sitting on a mountain top at daybreak, and hearing an elk bugle a few hundred yards away.
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I'm out there every year at hunting season. I hear elk bugling, see huge bull moose, giant mule deer, and more bear than I can count. Absolutely zero interest in hunting those species.
 
At this point in my life, I would rather fish than deer hunt. Best part of deer hunting now is the camaraderie of camping at deer lease. Used to grouse hunt back when knees were still able. Don't get into turkey hunting because it interferes with fishing. Pretty much a meat fisherman now for walleye, crappie, sauger and big flatheads.
 
My interests have evolved over time.

I was focused only on deer hunting in my youth through my twenties. I started turkey hunting more seriously about 15 years ago. Now I anticipate it as much as deer hunting, and I love spring mornings in the turkey woods.

In the past 3 or so years I have shifted interest to western big game. Part of that is related to having the financial means now that I didn't have years ago, but also access to more information.
 
Deer hunting is number one for me, and I just can't get over Whitetail bucks. I doubt that'll ever change.

I enjoy trying to keep up with the hounds while bear hunting, but it's a social hunt with friends. Throw in a hog or two and it's an adrenaline rush.

Coyote hunting is pretty fun, again, another social hunt. I'd almost rather call and let friends do the shooting.

Dove, rabbit, squirrel used to be a lot of fun too, but it's been quite a while for me. The larger tracts we rabbit hunted as kids are mostly gone now, and I don't enjoy cleaning squirrels, although I'd shoot as many as anyone else would like to clean.

I ain't never been mad at a duck, and turkeys don't hold much interest for me, although I've had fun calling them in for friends who've killed them. That was kind of exciting.

Now, I could river and creek fish for Smallmouth from Spring til early Fall and never get tired of that. Love it.

Elk don't hold much interest for me anymore, but I'd LOVE to kill a big Muley, and just one Alaskan moose, preferably by float trip.
 
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BSK said:
In my teens, I was ate up with fishing. All I wanted to do was bass fish. Then I discovered deer hunting. That started to take precedence, but at the time, living/hunting KY, deer seasons were short. So, fishing - which could be done all year - was still high on my list. But once I got my own hunting property, and especially once I got into wildlife and habitat management - which could be done all year - deer hunting finally won out. I still love to fish, but I rarely get around to it. I don't think I've cast a line in a couple years.

As for hunting other species, nope. Deer are all I'm interested me. Don't turkey, dove, duck, quail, rabbit, or squirrel hunt. And I have no interest in going out west to hunt the big mountain species.
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Wow! You're a one species man! Being the best at something requires intense focus. No one really cares if your 10th best at something. Good on you!
 
fairchaser said:
Wow! You're a one species man! Being the best at something requires intense focus. No one really cares if your 10th best at something. Good on you!
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I'm the most obsessive person you will ever meet. Once I latch onto a challenge, I focus everything I've got on that until a master it. Then I move on to a new interest/challenge. Only problem with deer hunting is, even after 45 years, I still haven't mastered it!
 
Creek bottoms said:
I like deer hunting but I'd give it up if I had to choose between it and turkey hunting.
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What he said! I'd rather shoot a big buck but would rather turkey hunt. I'd give up half of deer season for another week of turkeys. Don't get to do either as much as I'd like but enjoy it when I do. I normally duck hunt one weekend a year and used to dove hunt but haven't in a couple of years due to no place to go. When it come to fishing I enjoy it but only go a time or two a year with a buddy. When I'm on the lake these days it's with the wife doing water sports and just relaxing.
 

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