2015 was a pretty exciting year for me in the field filled with new experiences and opportunities. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago, when I stopped to think about it all. It was almost overwhelming reflecting back on everything, which is what I intend on doing here. Being relatively new to the hunting lifestyle(3 years), means a lot of things happened to me for the first time. The deeper and deeper that I dive into this, the more things that I want to experience someday and the things that I do get a chance to experience, seem to create new traditions that I can’t wait to take part in the following year. There were way to many firsts that happened during 2015 to list here, but I would like to take the time to reflect on the major ones.
When I was a kid, I was fortunate enough to be exposed to a lot of great memories out in the field that I will have for a lifetime. The first time that I had deer walk into an ambush set up is something that changed me forever. It felt like my legs were going to fall off, I was so nervous. On my first archery hunt I had a beautiful mule deer buck walk right past me at 10 yards. I was so worked up and in awe that I couldn’t even pick up my bow. The first archery javelina hunt that I went on, I missed 6 times before I actually harvested one. Some of these might come across as failures, but underneath the surface they are lessons and added chapters to my library of outdoor experiences that I can reflect on and share with others.
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