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Old 01-16-2008 | 04:46 PM
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Default Jack of all trades or master of one?

After reading an ad for the utlimate outdoorsman challenge and then a subsequent article in Outdoor Life written by a past competitor, it got me thinking. That competition involves all aspects of the outdoors (fly fishing, shooting, archery I believe right?, atv navigation, survival, etc). Obviously those who win or do well (or even compete really) are very well rounded sportsman. Now, I get the feeling from many in this forum that most are very archery oriented. I know of several members on here who could probably have beaten the winner each year in the archery competition, but may not be all that well rounded in everything else. So my question to you guys, especially those competiton archers, do you enjoy devoting yourself more to one pashion (archery) and trying to master it as much as possible more than being well rounded (tying flies, working on bows, shoot ~400-420 vegas rounds, etc)? Sort of the jack of all trades and the master of none scenario?

I've found that archery is really something I love to do, and I'm getting more into it just in the past year or so, but I also love fishing, and want to pick up flyfishing soon which may lead to the desire to tie my own flies. I've always been a bit of an amateur photographer, and I'm now finding myself getting into that a little more seriously, so I see a new DSLR in my foreseeable future. Too many hobbies not enough time. For me, I'm not sure I could just dedicate myself enough to just ONE thing, and is that what it takes to become a shooter like (not trying to suck up here) Matt (Rick James)? <And Matt, don't think I'm saying you're only really good at ONE thing, lol So how do you guys feel? Is archery really your main hobby that you dedicate much of your time learning about, practicing, and competing, or do enjoy being "well rounded"

This also may be offtopic (actually I'm sure it is), but I wanted some bowhunters opinions since I was referencing archery in the initial question.
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