Post by oldrookie on Aug 18, 2008 20:49:59 GMT -5
Perhaps the biggest threat to hunting are internet-based message forums... I see things posted on boards all over the net with statements guys would never make to one another face to face...
I'm amazed that there are actually people out there who have enough time on their hands to establish a set of rules or some magic calendar as to when I should be sighting in my bow/shotgun/muzzleloader, and then have further time to comment on same on some forum, and spew derision towards others in the process...
I've been out squirrel hunting with my son the past couple of days, enjoying this great weather and time in the woods with him... OMG, I now know I should have been worrying about scheduling a target session with my PCR before time runs out...!!!! Better make it a double session... 20 shots with the compound, followed by a full box of .44 mags... I mean, hey, gun season is ONLY 3.5 months away, and I wouldn't want someone on some forum thinking I was a slob hunter!!!!
And to think I was going to take him to the air show next weekend... well, better cancel that and check the muzzleloaders on the range....
Oh, that's right... I guess I'll just not hunt gun season this year since it's not a challenge... maybe I should take my son's Optima .50 away from him... more "challenge" will surely build his confidence and make hunting more enjoyable for him as a result...
No, wait... maybe I'll just ignore all this wonderful expert opinion from this thread, and enjoy hunting like I have for the past 40+ years... taking a few practice bowshots every evening before dinner when the season is two weeks out, making the first one count... and fine tuning the firearms sights the weekend before gun or muzzy so that I know precisely how the weapon is performing and ballistics data is fresh in my mind... spending time with my 14 y.o. getting fired up for the youth deer weekend and the upcoming season...
And rest assured, when I'm sitting in the woods watching for squirrels in the coming days, I won't be giving a tinker's damn what any of you think about how I get ready for my hunting season or what I'm shooting...
Hunter7x and I will just be enjoying ourselves in our respective hunting grounds...
You all have a great deer season... whenever that is...
Very well said and I thank you for it.