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ORIGINAL: brucelanthier

Actually I think it comes down to 40 hrs a week in the woods during deer season. I certainly desire to do that but I also desire a paycheck and my family. How realistic is 40 hrs in the deer woods per week for anyone? Sounds a whole lot more like time spent hunting than desire.

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ORIGINAL: Outdoor writer

Like I have said many times before, DESIREdrives us to higher levels and causes us to make sacrifices, not excuses. Save the excuses, they will get you nowhere. A very good friend of mine, Alan Foster who wrote for North American Whitetail in the late 1980s use to tell me in regards to shooting big bucks - "those that can, do; those that cant just bad mouth those that can". Everyone of us is driven by different interests, you may say that a career or family keeps you from the deer woods but I say BS, it is other things that keep you from the deer woods, things like new pick-up trucks, fishing boats, motorcycles, campers, new homes etc etc etc. Some of you just HAVE to buy that new toy,others just HAVE to kill a monster whitetail. I am driving a truck with 180,000 miles on it and living in an old farm house that is over 100 years old.I dont have a motorcycle, boat, camper or a Rolex watch but I know for certain that this fall I will get a crack at a whitetail scoring at least 150". It is all about priorities and I am not talking about or suggesting that anyone put hunting before family like has been hinted. I am also not saying that not killing big bucks makes anyone less of a deer hunter but quit making excuses for another hunters big buck success or your own lack thereof. If you would rather spend your time paying for a new Harley than becoming a better deer hunter, that is not right or wrong. Have at it and I sincerely hope that you are happy. Heck, I am not walking around bitching that I cant have a new Harley because I have to hunt to feed my family .. or some other lame excuse. Spend your time and money in a way that makes you happy but realize that guys shooting big bucks consistently are making sacrifices to do it, not excuses.

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ORIGINAL: brucelanthier

:eek:My truck has 115,000 miles on it and is a 99'. I don't own a boat, camper, rolex or deer farm. My house is almost 40 yrs old. I live within my means but to do that I have to have a JOB. I don't see where I am bad mouthing anyone or making any excuses. You seem to be the one bad mouthing those that won't quit their job to hunt "trophys" or ignore their children so they can spend more time hunting. How can you say that it is BS when I say I need to devote time to my job and my family? You know, I liked your book I just said it didn't really address my real world and now you seem to have your panties in a knot. Well Don, unlike you I prefer to raise my children and not leave that up to their mother or someone else. Now go and blow your "real world desire" smoke up someone else's ass.

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ORIGINAL: burbaust99

This is a pretty brash statement if you ask me. So you're telling me that everyone who can't do all they want with hunting is just making up excuses? Excuse me, but I do believe there are some things more important than tagging a buck. Family should come before anything, period. It should come before a job, hunting, money, whatever! For those of you were lucky enough (not saying that's all there is to it) to be able get a jobin the outdoor industry, good for you. Seriously, I am happy for anyone that gets a job doing something like that. But to bad mouth those of us who can't fathom sacrificing everything just sothey can shoot a deer is wrong. Many of us do sacrifice quite a bit each season to hunt the amounts we do, prove me otherwise.

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ORIGINAL: Outdoor writer


Point totally missed

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ORIGINAL: burbaust99

Excuse me, but I do believe there are some things more important than tagging a buck. Family should come before anything, period.

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ORIGINAL: Germ

Guys I don't believe anyone is telling you to sacrifice Family or Job. Here are some things I do.

I don't go out with the guys... Ever
I do not eat out, maybe once every months
I do not drink
I do not smoke
I stop playing golf, maybe 3 times a year now, instead of the 3 times a week I use to play.

There are pile more things I do also, but none effect my family life.

I don't spend 1 min less with my family than I did before, I just have shifted my free time Priorties. That is all he is talking about in his book.

Nobody, I mean nobody takes care of my kids, but me and my wife:)

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