Sometimes a night in a tent….

[HuntTalk Freak]

Is all you need to reset your attitude. I haven’t been out to my hunting property since early January. In fact I’ve barely spent anytime outdoors since spring. I’m either working, raising my daughter or sitting my fat ass in front of the TV watching other people do things outside. I’ve been in a huge rut.

For the first time ever my wife told me I needed to get out of the house and down here. Rifle season starts this weekend. I almost didn’t even make the five hour drive today but promised myself I would go and work a little bit above all not get stressed or angry.

I expected my cabin to be in bad shape with mice and I was correct. So I brought stuff to camp. So after working a little in the cabin I set out to find a camping spot in the rocky and uneven landscape of the Texas hill country.

I’ve thought about camping in this spot for a while simply because it’s one of the flatter and softer spots available.

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

Made a small fire ring and cooked me up T-bone and some Asian noodles. Listening to the coyotes by the fire.

 

[thomas89]

Glad you got out! Love/hate that, “watching other people do outside things” …we’ve all been there.

 

[WildWill]

We all get our head space and timing off every now and then. Sometimes something small like camping and a good steak can greatly change one's perspective.

 

[utah400elk]

It takes a bit of time away from being outdoors to remember that it is good for your soul. Enjoy.

 

[isu22andy]

Not much to add but that’s a sick AR .

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

I’ve mentioned it here before but before I met my wife I worked, hunted and guided on this property before it got split up into multiple pieces. I pretty much lived outside fall to spring and the adjustment has been hard especially after my daughter was born. My sense of duty is to be home every night to be a good father and husband. Yet being inside and not out in the wild has a noticeable affect on me.

I’m sure many of you have felt the same. Anyway, don’t take advice from a guy drinking Weller from a whataburger cup.

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

Not much to add but that’s a sick AR .

Thanks! I use to build them and had around a dozen at one time. I built this one around the time I started shooting less but it still has around 5k through it. I think the lower has around 25-30k on it now though.

 

[Big Bore]

Pure therapy right there! What part of the hill country? I live in New Braunfels and hunt between Junction and Menard.

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

Pure therapy right there! What part of the hill country? I live in New Braunfels and hunt between Junction and Menard.

I’m on the border of San Saba and Cherokee.

It was a bit frosty this morning. Lots of deer movement. I saw a pretty good buck jump the fence and onto the neighbors.

Had a hog and a cottontail come into camp last night.

 

[Lefty315]

Nature is good for the soul, whether it’s hunting, fishing or just plain hanging out. If more people figured that out society might not be so screwed up.