Yep different strokes for different folks.
I don't enjoy sitting in a treestand with it 90 degrees, sweat rolling off me, and then having to deal with skeeters, gnats, yellow jackets, etc. If you do shoot a deer, your work has just begun. Now you are in a race against those green flies, yellow jackets, and the deer itself spoiling due to it being 80-90 degrees. You gotta gut it, drag it, load it, then either drive it to a processors or cut it up yourself. I found myself sitting there thinking of all the other things I could be doing with my time. Same goes for when its cold. I can get a lot more enjoyment out of the outdoors if I am comfortable. And a high of 20 degrees, dressed in layers and still freezing my rear off...that ain't fun or enjoyable to me.
I can sit on my porch in the evenings and enjoy nature just as good. Or take a trip on some of these backroads in the evenings and see all the deer and turkey I could possibly want to see. I can even point the camera and shoot 'em without all the work of having to deal with 'em after the shot.
I think everybody craves a little ego boosting...if they'll admit to it. Most wont. But they do it anyway. If it didn't matter about the kill, and if the kill was no big of a deal...then why take pictures of it, and why send it to all your buddies via phone as soon as you've killed one, and why post it on the forums/social media for everybody to see?
I don't enjoy sitting in a treestand with it 90 degrees, sweat rolling off me, and then having to deal with skeeters, gnats, yellow jackets, etc. If you do shoot a deer, your work has just begun. Now you are in a race against those green flies, yellow jackets, and the deer itself spoiling due to it being 80-90 degrees. You gotta gut it, drag it, load it, then either drive it to a processors or cut it up yourself. I found myself sitting there thinking of all the other things I could be doing with my time. Same goes for when its cold. I can get a lot more enjoyment out of the outdoors if I am comfortable. And a high of 20 degrees, dressed in layers and still freezing my rear off...that ain't fun or enjoyable to me.
I can sit on my porch in the evenings and enjoy nature just as good. Or take a trip on some of these backroads in the evenings and see all the deer and turkey I could possibly want to see. I can even point the camera and shoot 'em without all the work of having to deal with 'em after the shot.
I think everybody craves a little ego boosting...if they'll admit to it. Most wont. But they do it anyway. If it didn't matter about the kill, and if the kill was no big of a deal...then why take pictures of it, and why send it to all your buddies via phone as soon as you've killed one, and why post it on the forums/social media for everybody to see?
