Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Serious Deer Talk Forum Where are you in your "hunting career?"

I started small game hunting as a young kid with other family members and transitioned to deer hunting around age 12. I grew up hunting with more than just Dad. I�ve shared hunting camp with everyone from cousins, to grandma, to great-aunt. Hunting was an ingrained part of life for the whole family.

These days I�m about like anyone else when they reach middle age. I'm 37 now. I still enjoy deer hunting but I don�t feel the need to torture myself anymore to the point that it�s a grueling test of will power. I don�t care as much about getting up at 3 or 4 in the morning and sitting in the freezing arse cold for hours on end just to put another rack on the wall.

I find much more enjoyment in other aspects of hunting these days. I really enjoy habitat management and blood tracking with my dogs. I have recently added trapping to that list of other aspects that I enjoy. When my boys get a little older, I�d like to start working with one of the big landowners or plantations in the area doing the whole nine yards��deer management, habitat management, food plot management, hunter management, blood tracking, trapping, etc�..