ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Suggestion:
I'd like to hear about every shot. Was it warranted? Ill-advised (in hindsight)?
You guys have a chance to show what REAL hunting is all about. We get enough of the "other" on TV. If you hunt over bait......tell us. If you hunt food plots....tell us. If you hunt crop fields.....tell us.
I'm documenting my entire season.....with my goals up-front.....and I'm going to document each shot......each "pass" (as much as one can do so and be honest with himslef about his true chance at said animal). I don't know if anyone will ever read it......but it may help me in the future. If not....I'll know what I did this year.
Keep it real. That would be refreshing.
Jeff - I agree with you 110% and that is the driving force behind why we started this program in the first place - to keep it real. Sure, there's going to be some "fluff" in there from time to time, but I do my best to cut that out and show the totally honest aspect of our sport. I made a bad shot on a buck 2 seasons ago and never found him, and told the story/showed photos in my journal. It is what it is, we all know that. There's no use hiding behind our bad decisions and mistakes, but rather airing them out and letting both ourselves and others learn from them.
Thanks again to everyone here who contributes to the FJ program, and thanks to everyone who reads and contributes to the feedback area. HNI is a user-driven community - we want to know what you guys are doing, what you're thinking, and what your opinons are. That means a lot more to us than some self-proclaimed expert advice.