09/24/2026
Man deer hunting is so bittersweet. I’m in the post excitement, feel bad stage that I feel every year after I kill the buck I’m chasing. No more sneaking in trying to figure him out without scaring him out of his home, no more checking trail cams praying it’s him. Every year I get a lil bit more than excited about the chase than I do the final moments. My girl says I’m getting soft and eventually I’m going to be out there shooting them with rubber arrows and pretending it was a real kill so that I don’t have to feel bad after 🤣🤣🤣 no way. I’ll keep doing what I do and I’ll just keep feeling sad after😏🦌🏹 I think that at least if we feel a true connection and sympathy for any animal we hunt, we should feel ok with how it ends.
