Well, looks like you have done all you can do. Not a wall, just peaked.
I hunt older, smarter deer and pigs now. Haven’t chosen to kill a buck in years.
Be my 55 season of hunting. But can’t wait to hang cameras and watch the action
This fall.

BP

Dude i did not realize how many beast you have taken. Great accomplishment.

I think we all change some over time. In my case it is family life, kids sports, selfish actions, etc.... My fishing, hunting, practicing with my bow are all lacking. I am staying positive that things will change causing me to get more motivated.




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Man sure is terrible that you got tired of shooting monster bucks. Welcome to come to Central Texas and sweat it out for a 120".

Man if I had shot all those I think I’d consider retirement. Haha seriously for me it’s not about just hunting the next trophy. I love spending time in the woods, especially with my dad and now my kids. I’ll give up the chance at possibly shooting a trophy whitetail if it means I get to let my daughter sit in the stand with me. Like you said, it might just be the beginning of a new chapter and style of hunting for you. Doesn’t mean it won’t be just as enjoyable though.

Hit a wall!!



I’m not there yet but I could see myself paying for guided hunts and fishing trips vs the grind of the season in the next 10 years.




This guy is forcing me to get my bow out and be in the stand opening day in East Texas for the first time ever. I’m hoping the right side has a drop this year from that little bump.



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I am waiting on my 4th East Texas buck over 140 from 150 acres in Anderson County from the taxidermist. I’ve only been at it for 18 years. But I haven’t hit a wall from killing em yet. But I get more the longer I go from working the ground than waiting on them. I have a lease in Colorado City that’s 20,000 acres and the quantity is there but I’ll put that 150 acres in East Texas against our lease in Colorado City on size. Great bucks by the way!!!


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I have bow hunted over 45 years now and white tails were my focus until about 10 years ago. I did hit that wall that you are talking about. I found that I stopped practicing as much and if I did not make it to the lease for a weekend hunt, that was OK. I think I was going more for the comradery that the hunt.
That's when I started shooting a recurve and found I practiced more and the fun was back! I also started hunting other critters like bear, pronghorn, elk and a few exotics. I made a trip to Africa and followed with a second hunt a few years later. It was more about the adventure than the kill.
I actually stopped hunting whitetail in Texas and started hunting Kansas. I grew up in KC Mo and a buddy I grew up with lived in Kansas and started hunting with him. We have hunted everywhere from South Texas to South Africa together and I am looking forward to this fall and heading to Kansas with my son. Sure, I would love to kill a 200 inch whitetail but would give it up if my son could kill a 150.
I still dream of my first moose hunt and now being 68, I better hurry!! I now am lookinh forward to hunting with my grandkids. One of the boys made his first bow kill recently taking a nice full curl black Hawaiian ram. I will not forget that hunt.

My suggestion is to change things up and relax. Don't make it "work".

By the way, congrats on a very nice collection of whitetails!!

Meh. Change some things up and do something different. Sit at home for a few weekends after the opener and start looking at LDP’s. You’ll get the fever back. I don’t like jacking around in this heat either. I try to get all my scouting and prep work done early spring. Summer is for feeding protein and watching them grow. I’ve got to where I’d just assume use my lone wolf and sticks and set up the same morning/afternoon that I’m hunting rather than go throw up tree stands and stick ladders all over God’s creation. To accomplish all those East Texas bucks you are either really lucky, a good, devoted hunter, or maybe both! Lol Scout during the season when things cool off. Those deer aren’t going anywhere. They live there, it’s their home.

Hit a wall!!

You should have titled this... “look at the deer I killed... .”..[emoji2957][emoji23][emoji23][emoji1317]

What a wall! Im 58 and still love it! If your lease needs a replacement for you, Im in!
You must be a heck of a hunter.

All it took for me was going west and hunting elk. It happens

I don't think Im there but my desire to see a buck on the ground is greater for my wife and son than me now days. And Ive only got 3 Texas bucks over 140

Yeah, it’s called burnout. It ebbs and flows.

I could write this exact same paragraph but everywhere you put east Texas I'd put Mexico. I just told my wife the other day I'll probably die with a fishing pole in my hands...fishing is slowly taking over my desire to chase those monsters.... plus I've killed some giants in my hunting career.... kinda like where do you go from here?

One of my favorite sayings is " there's no fences in fishing " to be able to roam where I want is a really cool freedom you just don't get in hunting.