“Trust your camo.” I have heard this said many times, but up until recently, it never really resonated with me. This may sound funny, but I don’t think I have ever really TRUSTED my camouflage. Not that I didn’t like it, I loved my camo. I think it was just that though. I wore it because that is what you were suppose to do………and it looked awesome. Who doesn’t love camo? It didn’t change my thoughts on how I stalked animals though. Honestly, even though I have always worn camo, I really have gone about doing things like I wasn’t wearing camo. This caused me to maybe be more careful than need be and might have cost me opportunities in the past.
Before I really got bit by the hunting bug, I am probably guilty of saying that I had “No Time to Hunt.” We say things like this from time to time, whether we are saying we have no time to hunt or we have no time to workout. The digging for excuses not to take part in said activity starts right when we realize how hard something can be. Without the promise of reward, some folks find it hard to justify taking the time to try and create opportunity for themselves. “There is probably too many people in the hills today. We are better off staying home.” “Last time I was out, I didn’t even see a deer.” Things like this cross our minds from time to time and inevitably cause us to miss out. The more you let these things affect your decision making, the less you will be in the mountains. We dream all year about running around the mountains with our bows/rifles or sitting in a blind waiting for that monarch buck to walk by. The second adversity hits though, discouragement sets in. Thoughts of a warm bed and home cooked meal gnaw at us like a caged rat. Adversity is a huge part of hunting though and having the ability to push through is going to keep more meat in your freezer, I promise.
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