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Offline CoyoteCowboy

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a successful hunt
« on: October 10, 2012, 12:51:58 PM »
Often I am asked if my hunt was successful after a weekend in the woods. Typically this question is well-intentioned but it always gets me thinking...

The question they really want to know and should be asking is: did you harvest anything?

I believe every hunt that leads you into the woods and back to the truck safely is a success. Every time you get to wonder off with your pals, and share memories with them is a success. I feel extremely blessed to have 2 working legs, 2 working eyes, 2 working arms and 1/2 a working brain. I feel extremely blessed to have nice hunting gear that keeps me warm/dry and a rifle that is true. But what I hold in highest esteem is the opportunity to explore God's mighty creation and recalibrate after a year behind a computer.

With the mod season opener right around the corner, I encourage you all to adjust your thinking if it needs adjustment. Don't measure success by a buck down or inches of bone; measure it by the journey. Because at the end of the season, as you are enjoying your tag-soup, you will have plenty of successes to look back upon.

good luck and be safe!
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2012, 12:56:03 PM »
Very well put!
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 12:57:34 PM »
Adjustment in progress.....Great words.
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2012, 12:59:30 PM »
A good reminder, Thank you. :tup:
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2012, 01:07:24 PM »
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2012, 01:16:38 PM »
Well said.
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 The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2012, 01:39:46 PM »
totally, 100% in agreement.  :tup:
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2012, 02:12:56 PM »
Very well said, any time spent in the mountains with my family is a success.  There is always a lesson to be learned!
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2012, 02:27:31 PM »
 :tup:
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2012, 03:17:57 PM »
word.
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2012, 07:28:39 PM »
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If we were supposed to be vegetarian God would have made broccoli more fun to shoot!
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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2012, 07:31:42 PM »
 :brew:
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a successful hunt
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2012, 10:52:34 PM »
Yup!! I agree... Well put


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Re: a successful hunt
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2012, 10:59:21 PM »
 :'( Yep well put thanks!!!
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"When my bow falls, so shall the world. When me heart ceases to pump blood to my body, it will all come crashing down. As a hunter, we are bound by duty, nay, bound by our very soul to this world. When a hunter dies we feel it, we sense it, and the world trembles with sorrow. When I die, so shall the world, from the shock of loosing such a great part of ones soul." Ezekiel, Okeanos Hunter
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