Post Thanksgiving Thoughts

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Nov 27, 2016

With Thanksgiving now in the rear view mirror, it got me thinking.  So much has happened in the past 11 months that I have to be thankful for, both in the field and out.  With our fast paced way of life, it’s sometimes hard to realize what’s in front of us.  At least for me it is.  For example, I get so amped up about everything involved in a trip, from planning it to actually being out there in the field hunting, that I forget to slow down and take in what is going on in my life at that very moment.  I’m too worried about where the elk are or why this bear hasn’t hit this water source yet.  Little things like, the fact that I am physically able to hike back into the areas I go.  Some people aren’t so fortunate.  Another that comes to mind are the things that I get to witness while out in the field.  Some people will never get to see the steam like breath of a bull elk hit the cold morning air as he bugles and makes his presence known.  That is a sight to behold.  I’m also extremely grateful that I actually have the time to get out in the field as much as I do.  I hear how some folks can only hunt 2 weeks a year, and while I would do the same if I had to, I can’t imagine only being able to hunt that amount of time.  For me, it would feel like suffocation.

That First One

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Nov 12, 2016

Anytime a new endeavor is taken on that has an ultimate goal to it, it oftentimes seems hard to imagine actually achieving that goal.  At least it does for me.  Things like buying a house for the first time.  After my parents raised me and I spent so much time with them growing up, the thought of moving out and owning my own house seemed foreign to me.  Life without Mom and Dad everyday?  It was a foreign feeling, but one that would inevitably be thrown upon me.  As with other things in life that might intimidate us, once we get passed them and achieve those unimaginable goals, we realize that it’s not that bad.  Sometimes, I questioned why I would even let such things intimidate me to begin with.