It's never a problem untill it is.

[Nice Racks]

I spent 21 years in the army and the old "adage" was...It's never a problem until it becomes one. Well, I guess that's true in the hunting world too.  I was lucky enough to harvest a bull this year on opening day, but kept hunting with friends for the entire season without seeing another elk, and barely seeing a deer.  Maybe this is why.  My trail cams have showed several different cats recently. 

[Bango skank]

I've got lions all over my cameras and the deer / elk / moose still hang around.  The cats are EVERYWHERE.  There really is nowhere at all that the deer and elk can go, at least not in my area, to get away from the lions.  I would think there is another reason for the game disappearing. 

[Bean Counter]

  Most superflous, trite adage I've ever heard in my life 

[lokidog]

  Most superflous, trite adage I've ever heard in my life 

Nothing like positively contributing to a thread.....   

[Nice Racks]

Had to look those words up. Thanks for increasing my vocabulary tonight. 

[jackelope]

I have a few different lions on my cameras and deer and elk are right there an hour or 2 later.

[Nice Racks]

I heard that a single lion can take a deer size animal a week. Is that true? Maybe there's another reason for the lack of animals I seen.

[Bean Counter]

I guess I just don't get it. Since Nice Racks is doing the same--I tried looking the phrase up myself. Still don't see how its an adage to live by. Reminds me of the phrase "it is what it is." more of an acknowledgement of the reality rather than an imperative to suggest a course of action. 

Anyhow, here's to hoping you kill a nice lion soon 

[washelkhunter]

That's a nice cat. 

[Nice Racks]

It's just another one of those army sayings. Other ones are:

1.  "Stand Fast" (how does a person do that).

2.  "ASAP". As Soon As Possible. Right? Nope. It means right now!

3.  "BOHICA" Bend over here it comes again.

[bobcat]

I believe "good to go" came from the military.

[Nice Racks]

That's another one Bobcat.

[Woods_Warrior]

  Most superflous, trite adage I've ever heard in my life 

WTF?  Do you even know what those words mean or did you just pick the biggest words you could think of and throw them into a sentence?  Sounds like the kid in English class who can't write but hopes by putting big words in he can get a good grade on his paper!     It doesn't make sense! 

[Nice Racks]

Here's another one. "Hurry up and wait". 

[runamuk]

  Most superflous, trite adage I've ever heard in my life 

WTF?  Do you even know what those words mean or did you just pick the biggest words you could think of and throw them into a sentence?  Sounds like the kid in English class who can't write but hopes by putting big words in he can get a good grade on his paper!     It doesn't make sense!

superfluous=
adjective
1.
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
2.
unnecessary or needless.
3.
Obsolete. possessing or spending more than enough or necessary; extravagant.

Trite=
adjective, triter, tritest.
1.
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
the trite phrases in his letter.
2.
characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.:
The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.
3.
Archaic. rubbed or worn by use.

adage=
noun
1.
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.


just for funsies I looked up the dictionary meanings for that string of words really its almost a redundancy of adjectives but not quite there is enough disparity to make it useful as a description of ones point of view.


as for the original adage while I dont think anyone said to live by it, it is an adage that rings true with some frequency.