I am happy to be reminded of all of that you express here. I doubt that I would ever bother getting up at 4:00am and drive an hour to site to walk in the dark for another 20 minutes to climb into a stand if there was not a potential of a deer to shoot. But in reality, the joy of the total experience within God's creation far exceeds the dramatics of the kill. It is this that keeps me coming back.stumper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 5:33 am A great reminder grizzly, that there is more to life than hunting. I'll let you in on a secret. I have bow hunted exclusively for five years now..... And I have yet to kill a deer with a bow. The reality is I see very few of them and sometimes it frustrates me but it's not the reason I go. I go for the woods. In life some people miss the forest for the trees, but I just want to sway among them.
Fred Bear put it like this.
"When a hunter is in a tree stand with high moral values and with the proper hunting ethics and richer for the experience, that hunter is 20 feet closer to God."
-- Fred Bear
"Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person."
-- Fred Bear
I go to the woods because it's the thing the heavenly father has given me that undos all the horror I see on a daily basis. Sorry for the rant.
Doug