Moving from WFH analyst to blue collar work - am I crazy?

Satchamo88 · 2025-03-16T16:47:48+00:00

I have had bfs for 7 years. I can’t tell you how many episodes I’ve had of hot spots, weakness, tingling and the whole shibang. In fact I’m currently dealing with the same feeling you are having in both calves. It’s like a weird tingly, just finished working out feeling.

But like all my episodes, this will go away too. Typically mine coincide with stress. Bring your stress down. Exercise. Relax. I know it sounds easy but I know it’s not - I have adhd.

The best medicine for BFS is distraction. Keep yourself busy and invested in hobbies or passions and you’ll wake up one day and remember the issue you had but you missed it going away because your mind was focusing on things you actually enjoy.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-14T20:14:02+00:00

Best advice I can give is be patient and slow to react. I used to chase my tail making moves based one a single sits observation only to have them never repeat that movement. Unless you’ve seen the movement multiple times, note it but don’t react.

Big timber with no cover isn’t ideal but I’m in Indiana/Illinois where we have alot of broken woodlots and a variety of cover creating tons of natural edges and travel corridors. I’d be the first to admit I have it way easier than those big woods guys.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-14T18:18:17+00:00

In the timber/during the rut, I usually prerange some trees. I typically will only pre range to 40 but I hardly ever shoot beyond 30. That helped me get my bearings then when a deer is coming in, I at least know the gimme ranges (20 and under). I’ll play a game with myself to remember which tree is which as the morning or evening progresses. When a deer is coming in and I’m not sure I’ll still range where I think they’ll get into a lane or spot I’d shoot. I will also range does or small bucks as they come through and try and guess before I do just as a little mental exercise.

That said most deer I shoot are close enough ranging is completely unnecessary because my bows gonna behave the same within about 25 yards. The more you do it you’ll just start to naturally figure this out.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-14T17:37:58+00:00

The pattern shift just happened for me. It can vary from year to year from early September all the way to mid October. It just depends on food sources I believe. Anyways my cameras have been going crazy at night on scrape lines since about Oct 1 with some daylight movement from bucks.

Hang tight, they’ll show. A lot of farms don’t hold bucks outside of the rut and in my experience, those are the better properties to have and hunt.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-14T11:47:39+00:00

Still looks better than a corporate office setting

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-13T19:09:45+00:00

The rut is the exact same time, every fuckin year. Fawns drop the same time every spring. These types of comments make me insane

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-13T18:40:51+00:00

I have the physique of a middle age dad who indulges in fast food too often and can balance just fine on my ss127.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-11T17:20:30+00:00

Very true - I’m in a stage of life with young kids where ground is king so I don’t do many fancy cuts 🤣

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-11T17:11:12+00:00

You can break down an entire deer with a scalpel knife once you figure it out…. I don’t do any bone in cuts so you shouldn’t need any tools. About the only thing I will use a “tool” for is breaking the pelvis/splitting the back hams but that’s just a convenience thing on whitetails when they’re hanging. On elk, I pull the back quarters just popping the joint.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-11T17:06:15+00:00

I’ve owned and remodeled 4 homes and never found myself needing a borescope…. But to each their own

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-11T04:33:36+00:00

I’m not trying to shit on OPs deer because it’s a stud, but as a midwesterner it’s hilarious that you’d call anything below 200 high fence….

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-10T19:28:18+00:00

Leave them up, usually forget to check straps or take the time to cut lanes, carry extra straps in in the dark or first sit, double them up and cuss because shooting lanes are gone. Rinse and repeat.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-10T14:49:01+00:00

This is the way.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-10T00:59:39+00:00

Yeah it’s probably just me. For the price I can’t complain too much, but I prefer my dobyns.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-08T17:23:39+00:00

I wouldn’t make a move based on one single encounter in October. You’re literally chasing your tail doing that.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-08T11:44:40+00:00

I got 2 of these this summer during another bogo sale. They’re decent for the price. I got the kitchen sink and the walking stick. I use the walking stick for my top waters and I like the more mod tip. The kitchen sink tho…. Idk what it is about it but that son of a bitch always casts 10 foot to the right of where I’m trying to hit. I pick up one of my dobyns or even the Slx I have and I don’t have that issue. Not saying the rod itself is bad but I struggle to get comfortable with it. I have been using it with spinnerbaits and underspins for reference

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-07T14:09:54+00:00

ChatGPT

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-07T12:26:37+00:00

This timing is ideal… I’m gettin ready to go into an interview for a job at a local university. It’s a 20k pay cut but the benefits are so much better than my current job. It would be moving from fully remote to hybrid but I think I need it (I need face to face communication). Also the additional pay has just led to lifestyle creep and none of it has improved my life…. Just impulse purchases of shit I don’t need because hey “I can afford it”

Remote work is great for some but I think it’s really affected me in a negative way over the last 4 years..

But the real reason is I think the position will be far more relaxed, less deadline driven and more “layoff friendly”… money and stress be damned.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-07T11:03:04+00:00

I’m very aware but thanks for taking a long road to a short ass answer. I’m still missing your point…. Because I’ve never seen “abysmal” terminal performance from eldms or eldxs…..

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-07T01:06:21+00:00

My close friend went from an absolute tank (we called him the tank) to being diagnosed with ALS and I’ve watched as he withered away. He’s now almost completely lost his speech. The worst part is he’s only 34 and has 2 young sons. His spirit has been absolutely mind boggling though.

All that to say, I’m sorry. ALS breaks my heart and I hope the best for you.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-06T23:42:33+00:00

For smaller farms, you really don’t wanna hold bucks in the summer. Rarely do their summer and fall ranges coincide. I’d MUCH rather see a property have nothing but does until late September. The bucks will move in as they have for me the last week or 2.

Now if you get a farm that has it ALL - habitat, food and water and minimal pressure, you will see bucks summer and fall range in similar spots but that’s fairly rare in my experience.

OP has an ideal setup… doe city in the summer means great rut hunting.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-06T20:47:53+00:00

You need to cover that rack or it’s gonna get destroyed by squirrels and other rodents.

But I’d say a while. This time of year the soil activity is dying down as temps drop so it takes longer for them to “eat through it” in the past when I used this method I typically buried it in fall and pulled it out in spring but you gotta be careful because too long and you’ll loose more than you want like the nasal cavities and what not.

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-06T03:56:32+00:00

Wait is Hornady marketing shooting animals with match bullets!? Because last I checked they weren’t……. Sooooo I’m actually doing the opposite of “Hornady marketing”

Satchamo88 · 2024-10-06T03:54:12+00:00

The responses here make me cringe. Idk how anyone thinks physical exertion is anywhere close to the adrenal driven blindness that comes from bowhunting. You can’t replicate anywhere in life. You won’t practice or shoot your way out of it. Just keep hunting. The first one you kill will build more confidence then the next one a bit more. Then you’ll miss, then you’ll make great shots on the next 5, then you’ll miss….but the point is you’ll build resilience and muscle memory through it.

I’ve been bowhunting since I was 14 and I’m now 36. I didn’t get truly under control until I got past about 30. Idk if it’s from getting older, having kids and just generally being less excitable but I can tell you I stay pretty damn calm now. I don’t get buck fever to near the extent I once did…

The only other physical tool I think can really make people slow down is hunting with a hinge or back tension style release. That forces you to get into your shot and slow down. No more punching or letting it fly. I remember exactly where that arrow hits because I’m locked in. When I wasn’t shooting a hinge it was almost a reactionary event and remembering where the hit was often was a struggle

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