Not a burning question , but....

[upnut]

Being new to the group , I was wondering....When does your stress meter drop off the pegged:SHOCKED: scale ? Sunrise on the open road..Bob Seger blasting you across the 45'th parallel...crossing the Big Mac (on a calm day) ...that first rush of cool air from a musty but comfortable cabin...ravens calling above the whispering pines...or all of the above , like me ? Just wondering...wooohooo when are we leaving???Be safe and have fun , Scott :woohoo1:

[NEMichsportsman]

For me it is anytime that I am on my way out of the metro area....I only go south to make it to Cabelas, seldom drive west, there is nothing but water to my east, so it must mean I am headed north!!!!!!!!!!!!;)


BTW WELCOME TO THE SITE!

[drwink]

Any time your heading out of town to pursue when we enjoy best.
I think it drops an extra notch after crossing Big Mac though.

Welcome to the site

[CMR]

For me, Nov 15th. I take off all of the days of the firearm season from work. That first day, out in the woods, sipping on coffee, listening to the birds awake from the previous night, and the *snap* of twigs on the ground from something walking.......reduces my stress level to zero.

[Banditto]

For me it's when I start seeing those sentinel hawks lining the tops of the trees on my way up I-75, like a reminder you are almost there.

[Burksee]

Starts to reduce about the Zilwaulkee bridge, takes another downshift about the US-23 exit at Standish. Really starts to lower about the time I hit the M-55 exit for Houghton Lake. When we get there and I open the cottage door and see everythings OK it hits an all time low. After we unpack, light the camp fire and open a cold one it hits the bottom of the scale.

[Randy Kidd]

I am at my most relaxed, stress free as soon as I wake up from that first nap in the blind :o :) :D

[safetreehunt]

I think there's an inverse effect on stress as excitement for the season builds. You can begin to tell about this time of year as we all get into checking out gear and all the other interesting stuff that our wives think we're goofy about.

Of course, some wives are involved in this as well....


Quite frankly, I don't mind being a 50 year old kid.

[Kodiak Hunter]

Right now, I don't have a stress meter! Life is pretty damn good here in Alaska.

But, when we lived back in Dexter (near Ann Arbor), my stress meter dropped as we passed Clare (usually after hitting Jay's...). That's where the North Land begins for us. Anything south of there is Deeeetroit! :)

[GVSUKUSH]

I think anytime I'm outside and not sitting behind this gaddamn computer screen, I lose a little stress. But anytime the calender reads September 1st, I lose some stress right away because I know I'll be loading the hunting gear soon! :chillin:

[ozzgood2001]

i second right after the first nap in the blind. wake up to the sight of the woods around you realize your nothing out there, just another creature...that was asleep and off his gaurd.so all the deer passed through. oh well :) :lol:

[upnut]

Feeling more at home already! Now , let me throw a chunk of wood on the fire , grab some munchies-help yourself-and we'll see who else shows up...wait I'm not at camp yet...it just feels like it!!! BTW Kodiak Hunter I'm just a little:p envious! Scott

[Quiz]

I totally agree w/ NEMichsportsman... anytime i am out of the metro area, the stress cuts itself in half... It's not untill I can get radio reception from WTCM that the stress is gone and i'm oficially "up north" :)

~Mike

[Steelheadfred]

Well not to rub it in but I live in TC so pretty much anytime I pull away from work with a couple days off is a stress relief for me, we would all like to leave work at work but as GM of a hotel thats open 24/7-365 its hard. I get to hunt and fish a lot after work even if its just an hour, I wondered if it would loose its appeal living up north when I moved here, but it has not yet, if anything I have become even more selective of my outdoor experiences, as concerned about the experience as the numbers, maybe I am maturing or maybe I am living up north. I love it though when I get to hunt and fish with buddies for a week or so, nothing to think about but what river bend to fish next or what covert to work. I am never more relaxed that standing at a favorite bend in a steelhead river with a couple good buddies, the water is green from recent rains, its cool but not cold and you can smell the earth, its as magical as a 50 degree October Afternoon amongst the alders and aspen chasing the king of the uplands. Whiiiiirrrrrr,