


April 11, 2013
Contest: You May Be Deer Crazy If...
By Dave Hurteau

As I think I’ve mentioned, Bestul and I are writing a book called The Total Deer Hunter Manual (this is a preliminary image of the cover, as you can see). And as writers often do, we are working on the introduction last. Now, the intro itself we’ve got under control. But on the same page, we want to include a sidebar with a list called: “10 Ways to Know You Are Deer Crazy.”
For example, off the top of my head:
[1] A full-body deer target lives on your lawn so many months of the year that your neighbors think it’s yard art.
[2] You read the word “does” as doze even when it means duz.
[3] You can turn any topic into a discussion about deer: Talking to your wife’s lactation consultant you say: “Why a whole year? A whitetail fawn is done suckling after six months...”
You get the idea, right? So we figured, for this sidebar, why not ask the deer craziest among us—namely, you? Tell us one or two ways to know you are deer crazy, and if we pick yours to use in the book we’ll send you a free copy. Have at it.
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You may be deer crazy if "you have ever watched the sun come up and go down while never moving from your ambush point".
1. when you're driving or walking by someone's property and you mentally pick out all the trees that would be awsome to put a stand in
2. you score all of the deer in your neighbors' Christmas decorations and determine which yard has the biggest yield
you might be deer crazy if your heart skips a beat when you see a deer and other people just say, " oh look, a deer!"
You might be deer crazy if you can sort through thousands of trailcam pics and identify every deer on your property by name and age.
You might be deer crazy if your idea of vacation is sitting still for hours on end, 20 feet up a tree, exposed to whatever mother nature has to throw at you.
You may be deer crazy if you mark the passage of time around deer season: "When was I hired? Let's see, I'd just shot that big buck so that would make it Oct, 1995"
You might be deer crazy if...a top heavy woman isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you here the term "nice rack."
You might be deer crazy if you set in the same shoot house from 1 hour before daylight till 1/2 hour after dark for 14 straight days and never get bored. Skip Sunday and then do it all over again for 6 more straight days.
You might be deer crazy if you drive 3 hours to your house every weekend from college because you can't stop thinking about shooting your bow and getting it ready for the season!
You might be dear crazy if your co-worker tells you about the rut he's in and you pee on his leg.
You might be deer crazy...pee on his leg. Just had an email from the doe err...wife.
You might be deer crazy if you watch Youtube videos during the middle of class to try and curb the urge to go bow hunting in February.
You might be deer crazy if your party plans for Halloween consist of dressing in camo and hitting the deer woods.
1. if you think a deer rug would look good in the living room
2. if your kids take deer skulls to show and tell
3. if you watch Bambi and score Bambi's dad
You might be deer crazy if you look forward to waking up hours earlier on the weekend than when you usually do for work during the week.
You might be deer crazy if you relate the excitement of the night before opening day to the excitement of the night before Christmas that your kids enjoy.
You may be deer crazy if...
1. You have ever seriously considered becoming a teacher so you could have 3 straight weeks to hunt over Christmas break.
2. You make a gun with your index finger and thumb and pretend to shoot Santas reindeer while watching "Rudolph".
you might be deer crazy if your yard is planted with Biologic instead of lawn
If you refer to bar hopping as "running the scrapeline" in the fall of the year, you might be deer crazy
If you put more effort into naming the bucks you catch on trail cameras than you did for naming your own kid.
you might be deer crazy if you second guess deodorant fearing you won't be scentless... even in May.
If "stuck in a rut" means something completely different to you than the general population.
If a certain wind direction, moon phase, or weather pattern makes you seriously consider skipping something very important, you might be deer crazy.
You might be deer crazy, if when your significant other says "Dear", you reply "Where?"
You might be deer crazy if you replace the grass in your yard with BioLogic.
You might be deer crazy if your wife tells you Miranda Lamberts "hunters wife" is about you.
you might be deer crazy if you buy your wife a new treestand for christmas in october.
You might be deer crazy when every animal turns into a deer.
You might be deer crazy when you see an animal and say its deer.
You might be deer crazy if you take a certain road home where you saw that herd if deer last month even though it's the longest way home.
You're hopefully deer crazy when you're wife wakes you up because you have been grunting and bleating in your sleep. It's always a good explanation in any event. "Ummm ... yeah, that's it ... I was dreaming about calling in a big buck."
You might be deer crazy if you're a seventeen year old farm boy, and if given a choice, would choose to go hunting the four-footed deer over the two-footed variety.
You might be deer crazy if you own more than one piece of furniture made out of antlers.
You might be deer crazy if you make your Master Gardener certified wife maintain gardens that double as food plots.
That's us.
You might be deer crazy if...
1) You tell people how old your kids are in seasons lived
2) You make more calls on a grunt tube or bleat can than on your cell phone
3) You think "Stuck in a Rut" is paradise on Earth
4) Your boss doens't question your calling in sick during November because he is your ride to the ranch
5) "Taxidermy Bill" is part of your annual budget
6) You take pride in living in a tree smelling like pee and covered in leaves for several months out of a year
7) You keep your most expensive and prized clothing tied up in a trashbag with leaves and dirt
8) You don't worry about lead poisoning because if it was deadly you would have died 20 seasons ago
9) Your greatest accomplishments in life can be seen hanging on the wall
10) Whenever anyone refers to deer antlers as "horns" you drill them like they just cursed the Lord's name in vain.
You might be deer crazy if...the first thing you do every morning is check which way the wind is blowing.
You might be deer crazy if...you long for the sound of rustling leaves on a frosty morning.
You might be deer crazy if...you think venison is its own food group.
You might be deer crazy if:
In early November, you get half way to work, then call in sick because on the way to there you noticed an increase in the number of road killed bucks indicating that the chasing phase of the rut has begun, and you should be in your stand. (Guilty)
You can't remember your anniversary date, or your significant other's birthday, but if somebody asks when opening day of bow season is, you can answer correctly without hesitation. (Also guilty)
Instead of having pictures of family in your wallet, you have trail camera photos of hit-list bucks.
You name your children after the characters from the movie, "Escanaba in da Moonlight."
You might Be deer crazy if your wife like to drive cause you pay more attention to the fields than the road. You might be deer crazy if you teach your sons first words to be a doe bleat when you say deer. If more than one tree in your yard has a treestand. If getting away from your wife anytime of the year involves climbing a tree. If you eat more venison throughout the year than pork, cow and chicken put together.
When you recall significant times of your life in relation to certain deer you have killed. Example- I shot my biggest buck with a bow the year my first nephew was born. I graduated high school the year I got my new Tikka deer rifle.
The list goes on. . .
You might be deer crazy if you drive a little faster when you see a deer crossing sign.
you remember that you might have been a little deer crazy way back when, in the central highlands, you should have been looking for other things, instead of fresh scrapes and rubs.
You might be deer crazy if your favorite seat to watch TV in is your hang on.
You might be deer crazy if...you think you have 'chapstick' in your pocket and it turns out to be a bullet!
backstory--we came out of the woods and my daughter asks "daddy do you have any chapstick?" Then proceeds to say 'never mind I have some...oops no I don't that's just a bullet!"
You may be deer crazy if:
1] Your clothes line is in your living room and consists of using antlers instead of strings.
2] You popped the question of marriage while standing at your picture window looking at deer in the back yard.
3] Any of your friends call or text you whenever they see a deer just as an FYI.
4] You are in the woods turkey hunting and spend more time looking for deer sign and shed antlers.
5] You go to your parent's house to hang out and just watch for movement in the river bottom.
6] Your car freshner consists of earth tones and acorns.
You might be deer crazy if......
1) you turn your wife's wedding dress into a snow camouflage ghillie suit!
2) you start a fight in church arguing whether Noah took a Typical or Non-Typical buck aboard the ark!
You might be deer crazy if you schedule your vacations around the moon phases!
Scott Kirkpatrick
You know you're deer crazy when:
1. You look at new homes and your major concern is an all season location to hang your hunting cloths to keep them "scent free."
2. You and your wife constantly debate the correct plural for deer, she says "deers" I say, deer. If you look in the dictionary, either use is correct however.
3. You debate wall space in your home to ensure you have accounted for next season's taxidermy mount.
4. You have more empty or half bottles of scent eliminator type spray in your garage then empty pop and water bottle recyclables.
5. Your gun cabinet is filled with mostly different types of firearm setups for tactical deer hunting scenarios and depending on the type of hunting you will do that day during deer season (e.g. the open sighted shotgun for drives and dense areas, the scoped "beanfield" rifle for food and field plot sets, the "beater gun" for those days you just feel like walking, stalking, hikeing, brush busting for anything venison, etc.
6. You have totes filled with hunting clothes for each of the within season seasons (e.g. early bow season light camo, to middle to late bow season insulated garb, wool pants and buffalo plaid woolrich coat for the classic northeast firearms hunt or the late season holes cut out of the old sleeping bag sub zero stand hunting suit.
You know you're deer crazy when...
- Your one-year-old uses the phrase "big buck" and points to every deer he sees.
- Your mother-in-law believes the first workday after season opener is considered a "man holiday".
-After years of trying to convince your "city folk" wife to eat venison, she now says "We're almost out of deer meat, I think it's time you went hunting".
You know you are deer crazy when:
1) You start stalking the candy machine at work
2) You climb a ladder to fix something, and then cup your hands around your eyes to get a better look at your surroundings...er kitchen
3) You start using Doe/Buck urine as regular cologne/perfume
4) Your boss asks you a question in a meeting and your answer is how many days, hours, minutes and seconds there are before deer season opens
5) You use your thumb and pointer finger as a makeshift shotgun (rubber band included), and start practicing new techniques on your kid's stuffed animals
You know you are deer crazy when:
1) You start stalking the candy machine at work
2) You climb a ladder to fix something, and then cup your hands around your eyes to get a better look at your surroundings...er kitchen
3) You start using Doe/Buck urine as regular cologne/perfume
4) Your boss asks you a question in a meeting and your answer is how many days, hours, minutes and seconds there are before deer season opens
5) You use your thumb and pointer finger as a makeshift shotgun (rubber band included), and start practicing new techniques on your kid's stuffed animals
You know you're deer crazy if:
-you own more camo outfitts than formal clothing (ie suits, tux, dress clothes)
-while driving, you see a deer in the field or woods and have to come to a complete stop, back up and observe it, even a doe.
I'm guily of both
You know your deer crazy if you fit the description of ALL the above ^^^^^^^^^
If you read all this BS
You may be deer crazy if you think Doe In Estrus Urine smells better than perfume.
You might be deer crazy because texting isn't the reason your driving distracted. It's because you keep looking for deer on a field edge or in the woods while doing 70MPH!
If the smell of "Doe-in-Estrous" turns you on.
You might be deer crazy if you know the when the opening and closing day of deer season is, but can't remember your kid's birthdays.
"You may be deer crazy", if you take your youngest daughter, Tessa, deer hunting, and the night before you watch "The Deer Hunter" and she says it's too boring, so you both watch "Bambi", the "Prince of the Forest" and have a good cry together.
"You may be deer crazy" when you have all your trail cams in video mode. This is so you can watch your favorite soap opera "Deer's Of Our Live's" You have all of the deer in your herd named, aged and know who they associate with, their foes. You also know all of the drama that goes on in their lives.....
1) All of your vacation days are saved for November.
2) You consider a shoulder mount "fine art."
3) You follow the price of corn like a commodities trader on Wall Street.
You might be deer crazy if you think that the phrases "10 bucks" or "that's a lot of dough" are hunting terms
You might be deer crazy if....
You wait in line like it's Black Friday for leftover doe permits....
You hear Black Friday and think of the last Friday of hunting season....
You may be deer crazy if you store your rings on antler sheds.... (Guilty)
You might be deer crazy if, nobody can buy you a gift because all you want is hunting equipment, but you've already bought it all for yourself...
You might be deer crazy if you are able to get 5000 signatures to petition the first day of deer season as a national holiday.
You may be deer crazy when you are at the zoo, see a deer and instinctively pull up your gun but all that's in your hands is air
You might be deer crazy when you put out a deer decoy and try to "stalk" it
1. If you've ever had an argument about moving the head mounts out of the master bedroom.
2. If you've ever asked your wife to go hunting just for her estrus urine.
3. If you've ever asked your wife to double up on her birth control pills because you need to bottle her urine for the upcoming season...
4. And you had your laboratory co-worker test it to see what the estrogen concentration was.
5. If you've ever taken the wife's birth control pills yourself because she refused to bottle her mid-cycle urine like you asked.
6. If you've ever peed in your backyard just to test out the new trail camera.
1. If you only have a job long enough to afford hunting through the next deer hunting season.
2. If you move to a new state every year and work just long enough to afford their season.
3. If the main criteria you look at when looking for a new job involves the length of that states' deer hunting season.
4. If the second reason to move to another state is its central location to the states with the largest deer populations.
1. You might be deer crazy if you own more scent eliminators than household cleaning products.
2. You might be deer crazy if you have multiple subscriptions to North American Whitetail magazine so you can keep a copy in every bathroom of the house.
3. You might be deer crazy if you start every letter/email you write with "Deer such and such".
4. Finally, You might be deer crazy if you have ever written a book about deer.
You might be deer crazy when you see a road killed deer and feel deep remorse that their death couldn't have been in a more dignified way.
you might be deer crazy if you planned the birth of your child so you would not miss any part of deer season
You absolutely know you’re deer crazy when:
After all those years of entering the mall and rolling your eyeballs cause your wife stopped to visit the fragrance consultant again - only to realize your leaned over a firearms counter swirling pee and estrus harping they’re not FRESH ENOUGH!
You mite be Deer Crazy if you have 2 sons that you named Bestul and Hurteau
You might be Deer crazy if you first saw a Drone in the news and thought "Mobile Trail Cam".
You might be deer crazy if you have more trail camera pictures of deer than pictures of your kids.
you might be deer crazy if you count down the days to deer season in hours and minutes instead of days!
You might be deer crazy if you automatically search for a gun/bow when you see a big buck, no matter where you are or if a gun/bow if even there.
You might be deer crazy if you have ever ran across a extremely busy 6 lane highway while pulling on you camo and loading an arrow just to get crack at a buck you saw off the highway.
You might be deer crazy if you name son Buck and your daughter Fawn!
You might be deer crazy if you forget your wife's birthday and your anniversary but you never ever forget opening day of deer season.
Your whole family might be deer crazy if your wife is pregnant-
you break the news to your dad by telling him to check out this cool night vision photo of a deer the trail cam just picked up-
dad thinks the trail cam photo (actually an ultrasound photo) is a yearling-
then you have to explain to him he's going to be a grandfather and watch the confused/delighted look on his face
You might be deer crazy if you've read all of the previous posts in this contest.
You might be deer crazy if every meal you make has venison in it.
You might be deer crazy if you put a bigger set of antlers on your 3D Buck target because you would have passed on shooting him with the ones he came with.
You might be deer crazy if you dream all night of that big buck walking by your stand.
You might be deer crazy if you dream of that perfect shot on a deer.
1. you might be deer crazy if you ask if your family/friend if they can change their wedding date because it is the first day of deer season.
2. your co-worker about cuts his finger off while working and you wait a few minutes so you can see if you can track his blood trail.
3. when a non deer hunting friend says look at that rack, and you are confused because you don't see any deer.
1.You might be deer crazy if you wear Scent Killer antiperspirant more days a year than cologne.
2. You might be deer crazy if you schedule your year around the firearms and bow seasons.
3. You might be deer crazy if the first thing you think of when you see a roadkill is "Man I wonder why those people let that one go to waste!?"
You might be deer crazy if you do thousands of dollars of damage to your truck by hitting a deer and the first thing that crosses your mind is, "I wonder if I hurt the backstraps?"
You might be deer crazy if you're more excited to get The Total Deer Hunter Manual than your 15 year old daughter is to go to a Justin Beiber concert!
You might be deer crazy if you bought your home based on the number of tree stands you can put up in your backyard.
You might be deer crazy if you worry that your 12 bottles of Doe In Heat aren't enough.
You might be deer crazy if you plan your budget and vacations around deer Deer season.
You might be Deer crazy if you pass on having sex so you won't be tired when you go hunting.
You may be deer crazy if your wife leaves you on November 8th, and you don't notice until the 18th...
You may be deer crazy if all of the deer crossing signs within a 1 mile radius have bullet holes on them
You may be deer crazy if you ask your town council for permission to hunt their property
You may be deer crazy if you try to start communicating with people in a series of grunts snort wheezes bleats and rattles
You may be deer crazy if you ever talked your wife/girlfriend into running in circles past your treestand naked and covered in doe in heat scent
If your main motivation for starting your own business was more time in the woods, you might be..
You may be deer crazy if you refused to get married in the fall because a wedding would conflict with bow season.
You may be deer crazy if, when someone asks you where you live, you refuse to answer because it would give away your favorite tree stand location
You might be deer crazy if your boots wear out before you finish hunting.
when you're shopping for a new vehicle, the first words out of your mouth to your wife are "where am I gonna put the deer?"
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You practice your buck and doe calls while sitting in the bathroom.
You may be deer crazy if you stood up your senior year homecoming date to track a deer you didnt shoot.
You might be deer crazy if:
You spent more on your bow or deer rifle than on your significant other's engagement ring.
You can't look at an aerial image or topo map without thinking about where you would put a tree stand.
You own more camo clothes than everyday clothes.
You have a chest freezer, refrigerator, and/or walk-in cooler designated specifically for deer and nothing else.
You may be deer crazy if your last name is Hurteau
you might be deer crazy if someone asks you what kind of cologne you are wearing, and you answer, " hunters specialties acorn."
You might be deer crazy if you tell your best friend that you want to name your first son Hunter, because you are a deer hunter through and through. But, your wife won't let you, so you name him Bo(w) because that is your favorite way to hunt deer. Your best friend a year later, has a son and asks you if he can name his son Hunter, since you came up with the name first. He names his son Hunter! True story.
You might be deer crazy if you start planning next years hunt the day after season ends
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1. when you're driving or walking by someone's property and you mentally pick out all the trees that would be awsome to put a stand in
2. you score all of the deer in your neighbors' Christmas decorations and determine which yard has the biggest yield
you might be deer crazy if you second guess deodorant fearing you won't be scentless... even in May.
You may be deer crazy if your wife leaves you on November 8th, and you don't notice until the 18th...
You might be dear crazy if your co-worker tells you about the rut he's in and you pee on his leg.
You might be deer crazy if you look forward to waking up hours earlier on the weekend than when you usually do for work during the week.
You might be deer crazy, if when your significant other says "Dear", you reply "Where?"
You may be deer crazy if "you have ever watched the sun come up and go down while never moving from your ambush point".
You might be deer crazy if you can sort through thousands of trailcam pics and identify every deer on your property by name and age.
You might be deer crazy if your idea of vacation is sitting still for hours on end, 20 feet up a tree, exposed to whatever mother nature has to throw at you.
1. if you think a deer rug would look good in the living room
2. if your kids take deer skulls to show and tell
3. if you watch Bambi and score Bambi's dad
You might be deer crazy if you relate the excitement of the night before opening day to the excitement of the night before Christmas that your kids enjoy.
you might be deer crazy if your yard is planted with Biologic instead of lawn
You might be deer crazy if......
1) you turn your wife's wedding dress into a snow camouflage ghillie suit!
2) you start a fight in church arguing whether Noah took a Typical or Non-Typical buck aboard the ark!
You might be deer crazy because texting isn't the reason your driving distracted. It's because you keep looking for deer on a field edge or in the woods while doing 70MPH!
You might be Deer crazy if you first saw a Drone in the news and thought "Mobile Trail Cam".
You might be deer crazy if you have more trail camera pictures of deer than pictures of your kids.
You might be deer crazy if...a top heavy woman isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you here the term "nice rack."
You might be deer crazy if you set in the same shoot house from 1 hour before daylight till 1/2 hour after dark for 14 straight days and never get bored. Skip Sunday and then do it all over again for 6 more straight days.
You might be deer crazy if your party plans for Halloween consist of dressing in camo and hitting the deer woods.
You may be deer crazy if...
1. You have ever seriously considered becoming a teacher so you could have 3 straight weeks to hunt over Christmas break.
2. You make a gun with your index finger and thumb and pretend to shoot Santas reindeer while watching "Rudolph".
If you refer to bar hopping as "running the scrapeline" in the fall of the year, you might be deer crazy
If you put more effort into naming the bucks you catch on trail cameras than you did for naming your own kid.
You might be deer crazy if you replace the grass in your yard with BioLogic.
you might be deer crazy if you buy your wife a new treestand for christmas in october.
You might be deer crazy if you own more than one piece of furniture made out of antlers.
You might Be deer crazy if your wife like to drive cause you pay more attention to the fields than the road. You might be deer crazy if you teach your sons first words to be a doe bleat when you say deer. If more than one tree in your yard has a treestand. If getting away from your wife anytime of the year involves climbing a tree. If you eat more venison throughout the year than pork, cow and chicken put together.
If the smell of "Doe-in-Estrous" turns you on.
"You may be deer crazy" when you have all your trail cams in video mode. This is so you can watch your favorite soap opera "Deer's Of Our Live's" You have all of the deer in your herd named, aged and know who they associate with, their foes. You also know all of the drama that goes on in their lives.....
You might be deer crazy if....
You wait in line like it's Black Friday for leftover doe permits....
You hear Black Friday and think of the last Friday of hunting season....
You may be deer crazy if you store your rings on antler sheds.... (Guilty)
1. If you've ever had an argument about moving the head mounts out of the master bedroom.
2. If you've ever asked your wife to go hunting just for her estrus urine.
3. If you've ever asked your wife to double up on her birth control pills because you need to bottle her urine for the upcoming season...
4. And you had your laboratory co-worker test it to see what the estrogen concentration was.
5. If you've ever taken the wife's birth control pills yourself because she refused to bottle her mid-cycle urine like you asked.
6. If you've ever peed in your backyard just to test out the new trail camera.
1. You might be deer crazy if you own more scent eliminators than household cleaning products.
2. You might be deer crazy if you have multiple subscriptions to North American Whitetail magazine so you can keep a copy in every bathroom of the house.
3. You might be deer crazy if you start every letter/email you write with "Deer such and such".
4. Finally, You might be deer crazy if you have ever written a book about deer.
You might be deer crazy when you see a road killed deer and feel deep remorse that their death couldn't have been in a more dignified way.
You might be deer crazy if you automatically search for a gun/bow when you see a big buck, no matter where you are or if a gun/bow if even there.
You might be deer crazy if you have ever ran across a extremely busy 6 lane highway while pulling on you camo and loading an arrow just to get crack at a buck you saw off the highway.
You might be deer crazy if you name son Buck and your daughter Fawn!
You might be deer crazy if you forget your wife's birthday and your anniversary but you never ever forget opening day of deer season.
You might be deer crazy if you've read all of the previous posts in this contest.
You might be deer crazy if you put a bigger set of antlers on your 3D Buck target because you would have passed on shooting him with the ones he came with.
1. you might be deer crazy if you ask if your family/friend if they can change their wedding date because it is the first day of deer season.
2. your co-worker about cuts his finger off while working and you wait a few minutes so you can see if you can track his blood trail.
3. when a non deer hunting friend says look at that rack, and you are confused because you don't see any deer.
1.You might be deer crazy if you wear Scent Killer antiperspirant more days a year than cologne.
2. You might be deer crazy if you schedule your year around the firearms and bow seasons.
3. You might be deer crazy if the first thing you think of when you see a roadkill is "Man I wonder why those people let that one go to waste!?"
You might be deer crazy if you do thousands of dollars of damage to your truck by hitting a deer and the first thing that crosses your mind is, "I wonder if I hurt the backstraps?"
You might be deer crazy if you're more excited to get The Total Deer Hunter Manual than your 15 year old daughter is to go to a Justin Beiber concert!
You may be deer crazy if you try to start communicating with people in a series of grunts snort wheezes bleats and rattles
If your main motivation for starting your own business was more time in the woods, you might be..
when you're shopping for a new vehicle, the first words out of your mouth to your wife are "where am I gonna put the deer?"
&
You practice your buck and doe calls while sitting in the bathroom.
you might be deer crazy if your heart skips a beat when you see a deer and other people just say, " oh look, a deer!"
You may be deer crazy if you mark the passage of time around deer season: "When was I hired? Let's see, I'd just shot that big buck so that would make it Oct, 1995"
You might be deer crazy if you drive 3 hours to your house every weekend from college because you can't stop thinking about shooting your bow and getting it ready for the season!
You might be deer crazy...pee on his leg. Just had an email from the doe err...wife.
You might be deer crazy if you watch Youtube videos during the middle of class to try and curb the urge to go bow hunting in February.
If "stuck in a rut" means something completely different to you than the general population.
If a certain wind direction, moon phase, or weather pattern makes you seriously consider skipping something very important, you might be deer crazy.
You might be deer crazy if your wife tells you Miranda Lamberts "hunters wife" is about you.
You might be deer crazy when every animal turns into a deer.
You might be deer crazy when you see an animal and say its deer.
You might be deer crazy if you take a certain road home where you saw that herd if deer last month even though it's the longest way home.
You're hopefully deer crazy when you're wife wakes you up because you have been grunting and bleating in your sleep. It's always a good explanation in any event. "Ummm ... yeah, that's it ... I was dreaming about calling in a big buck."
You might be deer crazy if you're a seventeen year old farm boy, and if given a choice, would choose to go hunting the four-footed deer over the two-footed variety.
You might be deer crazy if you make your Master Gardener certified wife maintain gardens that double as food plots.
That's us.
You might be deer crazy if...
1) You tell people how old your kids are in seasons lived
2) You make more calls on a grunt tube or bleat can than on your cell phone
3) You think "Stuck in a Rut" is paradise on Earth
4) Your boss doens't question your calling in sick during November because he is your ride to the ranch
5) "Taxidermy Bill" is part of your annual budget
6) You take pride in living in a tree smelling like pee and covered in leaves for several months out of a year
7) You keep your most expensive and prized clothing tied up in a trashbag with leaves and dirt
8) You don't worry about lead poisoning because if it was deadly you would have died 20 seasons ago
9) Your greatest accomplishments in life can be seen hanging on the wall
10) Whenever anyone refers to deer antlers as "horns" you drill them like they just cursed the Lord's name in vain.
You might be deer crazy if...the first thing you do every morning is check which way the wind is blowing.
You might be deer crazy if...you long for the sound of rustling leaves on a frosty morning.
You might be deer crazy if...you think venison is its own food group.
You might be deer crazy if:
In early November, you get half way to work, then call in sick because on the way to there you noticed an increase in the number of road killed bucks indicating that the chasing phase of the rut has begun, and you should be in your stand. (Guilty)
You can't remember your anniversary date, or your significant other's birthday, but if somebody asks when opening day of bow season is, you can answer correctly without hesitation. (Also guilty)
Instead of having pictures of family in your wallet, you have trail camera photos of hit-list bucks.
You name your children after the characters from the movie, "Escanaba in da Moonlight."
When you recall significant times of your life in relation to certain deer you have killed. Example- I shot my biggest buck with a bow the year my first nephew was born. I graduated high school the year I got my new Tikka deer rifle.
The list goes on. . .
You might be deer crazy if you drive a little faster when you see a deer crossing sign.
you remember that you might have been a little deer crazy way back when, in the central highlands, you should have been looking for other things, instead of fresh scrapes and rubs.
You might be deer crazy if your favorite seat to watch TV in is your hang on.
You might be deer crazy if...you think you have 'chapstick' in your pocket and it turns out to be a bullet!
backstory--we came out of the woods and my daughter asks "daddy do you have any chapstick?" Then proceeds to say 'never mind I have some...oops no I don't that's just a bullet!"
You may be deer crazy if:
1] Your clothes line is in your living room and consists of using antlers instead of strings.
2] You popped the question of marriage while standing at your picture window looking at deer in the back yard.
3] Any of your friends call or text you whenever they see a deer just as an FYI.
4] You are in the woods turkey hunting and spend more time looking for deer sign and shed antlers.
5] You go to your parent's house to hang out and just watch for movement in the river bottom.
6] Your car freshner consists of earth tones and acorns.
You might be deer crazy if you schedule your vacations around the moon phases!
Scott Kirkpatrick
You know you're deer crazy when:
1. You look at new homes and your major concern is an all season location to hang your hunting cloths to keep them "scent free."
2. You and your wife constantly debate the correct plural for deer, she says "deers" I say, deer. If you look in the dictionary, either use is correct however.
3. You debate wall space in your home to ensure you have accounted for next season's taxidermy mount.
4. You have more empty or half bottles of scent eliminator type spray in your garage then empty pop and water bottle recyclables.
5. Your gun cabinet is filled with mostly different types of firearm setups for tactical deer hunting scenarios and depending on the type of hunting you will do that day during deer season (e.g. the open sighted shotgun for drives and dense areas, the scoped "beanfield" rifle for food and field plot sets, the "beater gun" for those days you just feel like walking, stalking, hikeing, brush busting for anything venison, etc.
6. You have totes filled with hunting clothes for each of the within season seasons (e.g. early bow season light camo, to middle to late bow season insulated garb, wool pants and buffalo plaid woolrich coat for the classic northeast firearms hunt or the late season holes cut out of the old sleeping bag sub zero stand hunting suit.
You know you're deer crazy when...
- Your one-year-old uses the phrase "big buck" and points to every deer he sees.
- Your mother-in-law believes the first workday after season opener is considered a "man holiday".
-After years of trying to convince your "city folk" wife to eat venison, she now says "We're almost out of deer meat, I think it's time you went hunting".
You know you are deer crazy when:
1) You start stalking the candy machine at work
2) You climb a ladder to fix something, and then cup your hands around your eyes to get a better look at your surroundings...er kitchen
3) You start using Doe/Buck urine as regular cologne/perfume
4) Your boss asks you a question in a meeting and your answer is how many days, hours, minutes and seconds there are before deer season opens
5) You use your thumb and pointer finger as a makeshift shotgun (rubber band included), and start practicing new techniques on your kid's stuffed animals
You know you are deer crazy when:
1) You start stalking the candy machine at work
2) You climb a ladder to fix something, and then cup your hands around your eyes to get a better look at your surroundings...er kitchen
3) You start using Doe/Buck urine as regular cologne/perfume
4) Your boss asks you a question in a meeting and your answer is how many days, hours, minutes and seconds there are before deer season opens
5) You use your thumb and pointer finger as a makeshift shotgun (rubber band included), and start practicing new techniques on your kid's stuffed animals
You know you're deer crazy if:
-you own more camo outfitts than formal clothing (ie suits, tux, dress clothes)
-while driving, you see a deer in the field or woods and have to come to a complete stop, back up and observe it, even a doe.
I'm guily of both
You know your deer crazy if you fit the description of ALL the above ^^^^^^^^^
You may be deer crazy if you think Doe In Estrus Urine smells better than perfume.
You might be deer crazy if you know the when the opening and closing day of deer season is, but can't remember your kid's birthdays.
"You may be deer crazy", if you take your youngest daughter, Tessa, deer hunting, and the night before you watch "The Deer Hunter" and she says it's too boring, so you both watch "Bambi", the "Prince of the Forest" and have a good cry together.
1) All of your vacation days are saved for November.
2) You consider a shoulder mount "fine art."
3) You follow the price of corn like a commodities trader on Wall Street.
You might be deer crazy if you think that the phrases "10 bucks" or "that's a lot of dough" are hunting terms
You might be deer crazy if, nobody can buy you a gift because all you want is hunting equipment, but you've already bought it all for yourself...
You might be deer crazy if you are able to get 5000 signatures to petition the first day of deer season as a national holiday.
You may be deer crazy when you are at the zoo, see a deer and instinctively pull up your gun but all that's in your hands is air
You might be deer crazy when you put out a deer decoy and try to "stalk" it
1. If you only have a job long enough to afford hunting through the next deer hunting season.
2. If you move to a new state every year and work just long enough to afford their season.
3. If the main criteria you look at when looking for a new job involves the length of that states' deer hunting season.
4. If the second reason to move to another state is its central location to the states with the largest deer populations.
you might be deer crazy if you planned the birth of your child so you would not miss any part of deer season
You absolutely know you’re deer crazy when:
After all those years of entering the mall and rolling your eyeballs cause your wife stopped to visit the fragrance consultant again - only to realize your leaned over a firearms counter swirling pee and estrus harping they’re not FRESH ENOUGH!
You mite be Deer Crazy if you have 2 sons that you named Bestul and Hurteau
you might be deer crazy if you count down the days to deer season in hours and minutes instead of days!
Your whole family might be deer crazy if your wife is pregnant-
you break the news to your dad by telling him to check out this cool night vision photo of a deer the trail cam just picked up-
dad thinks the trail cam photo (actually an ultrasound photo) is a yearling-
then you have to explain to him he's going to be a grandfather and watch the confused/delighted look on his face
You might be deer crazy if every meal you make has venison in it.
You might be deer crazy if you dream all night of that big buck walking by your stand.
You might be deer crazy if you dream of that perfect shot on a deer.
You might be deer crazy if you bought your home based on the number of tree stands you can put up in your backyard.
You might be deer crazy if you worry that your 12 bottles of Doe In Heat aren't enough.
You might be deer crazy if you plan your budget and vacations around deer Deer season.
You might be Deer crazy if you pass on having sex so you won't be tired when you go hunting.
You may be deer crazy if all of the deer crossing signs within a 1 mile radius have bullet holes on them
You may be deer crazy if you ask your town council for permission to hunt their property
You may be deer crazy if you ever talked your wife/girlfriend into running in circles past your treestand naked and covered in doe in heat scent
You may be deer crazy if you refused to get married in the fall because a wedding would conflict with bow season.
You may be deer crazy if, when someone asks you where you live, you refuse to answer because it would give away your favorite tree stand location
You might be deer crazy if your boots wear out before you finish hunting.
You may be deer crazy if you stood up your senior year homecoming date to track a deer you didnt shoot.
You may be deer crazy if your last name is Hurteau
you might be deer crazy if someone asks you what kind of cologne you are wearing, and you answer, " hunters specialties acorn."
You might be deer crazy if you tell your best friend that you want to name your first son Hunter, because you are a deer hunter through and through. But, your wife won't let you, so you name him Bo(w) because that is your favorite way to hunt deer. Your best friend a year later, has a son and asks you if he can name his son Hunter, since you came up with the name first. He names his son Hunter! True story.
You might be deer crazy if you start planning next years hunt the day after season ends
You might be deer crazy if:
You spent more on your bow or deer rifle than on your significant other's engagement ring.
You can't look at an aerial image or topo map without thinking about where you would put a tree stand.
You own more camo clothes than everyday clothes.
You have a chest freezer, refrigerator, and/or walk-in cooler designated specifically for deer and nothing else.
If you read all this BS
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