You have several decades if you are lucky and God smiles on you…each decade is comprised of a series of years…each year is but 365 days… of those only a handful of prime whitetail hunting days… of those days only a few truly prime hours…

Then there are those few minutes when the deer are approaching…the adrenaline moments…

Even smaller increments when you consider the time at full draw…

Only microseconds as the arrow flies near or even beyond the speed of sound towards the tiny spot on the vital area…

Those microseconds are stretched and etched into the mind of the bowhunter forever. It is time that is warped beyond description. It is followed by the sound of the arrow striking the target.

When you consider all of those microseconds, when you sum them all together over the lifetime of the bowhunter, you have the time it takes to draw a breath perhaps, and not much more. All of those shots over those many seasons, yet moments of time that pass faster than the blink of an eye…

Amazing. Hunters plan for and live for those moments. Those moments are followed by profound feelings of ecstacy or agony.

We share those moments with our friends and family. We live them over and over again, but only in our hearts and minds.

Before, during and after the split-second of that mental division of life that we call time, are all increments of time that are not really separate, but actually combined to form a cycle.

So I ask you this question: Which is best for you? The Before, the During, or the After?

Please share the reasons for your answer.

Later I'll share mine.