It's not very hard for me to talk myself out of going at 3:30am when I wake up..without alarm clock.
Lots of reasons why..
I can hunt anytime I want.
I'm 67 and done his for over 50yrs..the intensity is not what it used to be.
Lots of aches and pains from health problems
But the two main reason this yr are lack of deer
and it's so damn far to walk in up and down ridges to get to the good spots...then pack out the deer if I'm lucky.
Last wk I bought another XOP Hand Climbing Stand another XOP Loc On stand and 4 sections of XOP Climbing Sticks..I think more than anything just to pump myself up. I've got more stands than I can manage already.
I didn't hunt this morning was going this afternoon..and didn't. It's suppose to rain now for about the next 5 days.
But the thing that makes it hardest on my hunting is my dog. He knows exactly when I start to get ready and his whole demeanor and facial expression changes. He gets that sad look and will move to a corner of the bed and turn his head away or will go in the bathroom and pout.
He loves to go run the woods with me and it's hard to leave him. I just explain to him I'm going to get him a deer leg. He gives me a look of disgust..like "That's getting old."