Nobody to blame but yourself...
12-11-2008, 07:55 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Henderson, KY
Posts: 1,760
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
ORIGINAL: MichiganWhitetails74
Nice to meet you Derek! Even when I paid closest attention I've hit the invisible twigs...its tough....good job on your success!!
Nice to meet you Derek! Even when I paid closest attention I've hit the invisible twigs...its tough....good job on your success!!
Derek
12-11-2008, 07:58 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Deer Country
Posts: 2,244
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
ORIGINAL: Dubbya
The "just" of this idea was that if you don't kill a deer that you're after (regardless of the size of the deer) it's your own fault. I've thought about this for the entire year, especially since I was feeling the heat, and he's entirely correct. I'm not excluding myself from this by any stretch. So far this year, I haven't killed "the deer" I was after, nobody to blame but myself. I didn't put myself in the right situation, and the one time that I did, I didn't judge the deer as a "shooter" quickly enough... my fault. It's so easy to make excuses for everything that happened, but when it comes right down to it... it's still "your" fault.
Then there are those that are less obvious:
[ul][*]I didn't see a shooter- Yes, that's "your" fault for not putting yourself in a position to make it happen[/ul]
[ul][*]The shooter wouldn't come into bow range- It's "your" fault for not putting YOURSELF in bow range[/ul]
[ul][*][/ul]
As you look at all the excuses listed above, they have one thing in common... A noun referencing ones self (I, my, me) whatever. Regardless of why it doesn't happen, bottom line is that it DIDN'T happen and you are the only person responsible for that. It seems any hunter that doesn't kill the deer they're after pulls out the excuse rolodex and picks one. Failing to kill the deer your after is personal failure, no other excuse.
Thoughts?
The "just" of this idea was that if you don't kill a deer that you're after (regardless of the size of the deer) it's your own fault. I've thought about this for the entire year, especially since I was feeling the heat, and he's entirely correct. I'm not excluding myself from this by any stretch. So far this year, I haven't killed "the deer" I was after, nobody to blame but myself. I didn't put myself in the right situation, and the one time that I did, I didn't judge the deer as a "shooter" quickly enough... my fault. It's so easy to make excuses for everything that happened, but when it comes right down to it... it's still "your" fault.
Then there are those that are less obvious:
[ul][*]I didn't see a shooter- Yes, that's "your" fault for not putting yourself in a position to make it happen[/ul]
[ul][*]The shooter wouldn't come into bow range- It's "your" fault for not putting YOURSELF in bow range[/ul]
[ul][*][/ul]
As you look at all the excuses listed above, they have one thing in common... A noun referencing ones self (I, my, me) whatever. Regardless of why it doesn't happen, bottom line is that it DIDN'T happen and you are the only person responsible for that. It seems any hunter that doesn't kill the deer they're after pulls out the excuse rolodex and picks one. Failing to kill the deer your after is personal failure, no other excuse.
Thoughts?
So basically the entire bowhunting WORLD is blaming themselves? Because there is not a soul in the world that can be at the right place at the right time at the right distance at the right shot angle every single time on stand.
I may have secondguessed a thing or two, but I have never or will I ever blame myself for anything outside of MY control. Like deer movement, weather, idiot hunters who walk through the woods like they are hunting rabbitts, the farmer who decides today is a good day to harvesthis field etc etc.
I agree you can "blame" yourself for little things like trimming shooting lanes...peep sight rotation...stand location...not knowing the differencebetween 10 yards and 40 yards...but those are all things within each hunters control, we don't control mother nature, and the first person who figures out how to will be a bazillionaire in .2 seconds.
12-11-2008, 08:00 PM
#13
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: IOWA/25' UP
Posts: 7,145
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
12-11-2008, 08:01 PM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The OH-IO
Posts: 7,103
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
ORIGINAL: hardcorehunter
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
12-11-2008, 08:04 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Deer Country
Posts: 2,244
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
ORIGINAL: hardcorehunter
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
12-11-2008, 08:08 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Norman OK USA
Posts: 3,318
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
ORIGINAL: solocamcan
I think if anyone actually goes through scouting, hanging stands based on wind conditions, hanging stands in places where big deer have been seen or harvested from in years past, does there best at scent elimination etc etc etc you would'nt possibly agree with this statement.
So basically the entire bowhunting WORLD is blaming themselves? Because there is not a soul in the world that can be at the right place at the right time at the right distance at the right shot angle every single time on stand.
ORIGINAL: Dubbya
The "just" of this idea was that if you don't kill a deer that you're after (regardless of the size of the deer) it's your own fault. I've thought about this for the entire year, especially since I was feeling the heat, and he's entirely correct. I'm not excluding myself from this by any stretch. So far this year, I haven't killed "the deer" I was after, nobody to blame but myself. I didn't put myself in the right situation, and the one time that I did, I didn't judge the deer as a "shooter" quickly enough... my fault. It's so easy to make excuses for everything that happened, but when it comes right down to it... it's still "your" fault.
Then there are those that are less obvious: [ul][*]I didn't see a shooter- Yes, that's "your" fault for not putting yourself in a position to make it happen[/ul] [ul][*]The shooter wouldn't come into bow range- It's "your" fault for not putting YOURSELF in bow range[/ul] [ul][*][/ul]
As you look at all the excuses listed above, they have one thing in common... A noun referencing ones self (I, my, me) whatever. Regardless of why it doesn't happen, bottom line is that it DIDN'T happen and you are the only person responsible for that. It seems any hunter that doesn't kill the deer they're after pulls out the excuse rolodex and picks one. Failing to kill the deer your after is personal failure, no other excuse.
Thoughts?
The "just" of this idea was that if you don't kill a deer that you're after (regardless of the size of the deer) it's your own fault. I've thought about this for the entire year, especially since I was feeling the heat, and he's entirely correct. I'm not excluding myself from this by any stretch. So far this year, I haven't killed "the deer" I was after, nobody to blame but myself. I didn't put myself in the right situation, and the one time that I did, I didn't judge the deer as a "shooter" quickly enough... my fault. It's so easy to make excuses for everything that happened, but when it comes right down to it... it's still "your" fault.
Then there are those that are less obvious: [ul][*]I didn't see a shooter- Yes, that's "your" fault for not putting yourself in a position to make it happen[/ul] [ul][*]The shooter wouldn't come into bow range- It's "your" fault for not putting YOURSELF in bow range[/ul] [ul][*][/ul]
As you look at all the excuses listed above, they have one thing in common... A noun referencing ones self (I, my, me) whatever. Regardless of why it doesn't happen, bottom line is that it DIDN'T happen and you are the only person responsible for that. It seems any hunter that doesn't kill the deer they're after pulls out the excuse rolodex and picks one. Failing to kill the deer your after is personal failure, no other excuse.
Thoughts?
So basically the entire bowhunting WORLD is blaming themselves? Because there is not a soul in the world that can be at the right place at the right time at the right distance at the right shot angle every single time on stand.
12-11-2008, 08:09 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Norman OK USA
Posts: 3,318
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
ORIGINAL: hardcorehunter
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
12-11-2008, 08:14 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Norman OK USA
Posts: 3,318
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
ORIGINAL: solocamcan
Your right I blame myself because the wind was blowing 30mph and slamming rain into places I didn't know I had...and oh, just imagine this, I didn't see a single deer. Tellme whatYOU would have done different...to make it happen??
ORIGINAL: hardcorehunter
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
Well, you are exactly right, but there are guys on here that are going to whine and cry and say you are a big meanie for hurtin their feelings and pointin out the truth..lol
12-11-2008, 08:19 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Deer Country
Posts: 2,244
RE: Nobody to blame but yourself...
ORIGINAL: Dubbya
I understand your thoughts. I do go through scouting, hanging stands based on wind conditions, hanging stands in places where big deer have been seen or harvested from in years past, doing my best with scent control. It's not about doing everything perfectly every single time, as we all know successful bowhunters pay attention to the little things. It only takes everything coming together once for it to happen the way you want it to, if "we" don't make that happen at least once during a season, it's a personal failure. Nothing is always going to go as planned, how we deal with those adversaties determines whether we punch our tag or whether we realize that "we" just didn't get it done.
ORIGINAL: solocamcan
I think if anyone actually goes through scouting, hanging stands based on wind conditions, hanging stands in places where big deer have been seen or harvested from in years past, does there best at scent elimination etc etc etc you would'nt possibly agree with this statement.
So basically the entire bowhunting WORLD is blaming themselves? Because there is not a soul in the world that can be at the right place at the right time at the right distance at the right shot angle every single time on stand.
ORIGINAL: Dubbya
The "just" of this idea was that if you don't kill a deer that you're after (regardless of the size of the deer) it's your own fault. I've thought about this for the entire year, especially since I was feeling the heat, and he's entirely correct. I'm not excluding myself from this by any stretch. So far this year, I haven't killed "the deer" I was after, nobody to blame but myself. I didn't put myself in the right situation, and the one time that I did, I didn't judge the deer as a "shooter" quickly enough... my fault. It's so easy to make excuses for everything that happened, but when it comes right down to it... it's still "your" fault.
Then there are those that are less obvious:
[ul][*]I didn't see a shooter- Yes, that's "your" fault for not putting yourself in a position to make it happen[/ul]
[ul][*]The shooter wouldn't come into bow range- It's "your" fault for not putting YOURSELF in bow range[/ul]
[ul][*][/ul]
As you look at all the excuses listed above, they have one thing in common... A noun referencing ones self (I, my, me) whatever. Regardless of why it doesn't happen, bottom line is that it DIDN'T happen and you are the only person responsible for that. It seems any hunter that doesn't kill the deer they're after pulls out the excuse rolodex and picks one. Failing to kill the deer your after is personal failure, no other excuse.
Thoughts?
The "just" of this idea was that if you don't kill a deer that you're after (regardless of the size of the deer) it's your own fault. I've thought about this for the entire year, especially since I was feeling the heat, and he's entirely correct. I'm not excluding myself from this by any stretch. So far this year, I haven't killed "the deer" I was after, nobody to blame but myself. I didn't put myself in the right situation, and the one time that I did, I didn't judge the deer as a "shooter" quickly enough... my fault. It's so easy to make excuses for everything that happened, but when it comes right down to it... it's still "your" fault.
Then there are those that are less obvious:
[ul][*]I didn't see a shooter- Yes, that's "your" fault for not putting yourself in a position to make it happen[/ul]
[ul][*]The shooter wouldn't come into bow range- It's "your" fault for not putting YOURSELF in bow range[/ul]
[ul][*][/ul]
As you look at all the excuses listed above, they have one thing in common... A noun referencing ones self (I, my, me) whatever. Regardless of why it doesn't happen, bottom line is that it DIDN'T happen and you are the only person responsible for that. It seems any hunter that doesn't kill the deer they're after pulls out the excuse rolodex and picks one. Failing to kill the deer your after is personal failure, no other excuse.
Thoughts?
So basically the entire bowhunting WORLD is blaming themselves? Because there is not a soul in the world that can be at the right place at the right time at the right distance at the right shot angle every single time on stand.
It's all by chance...50/50 either your going to see deer or not and another 50/50if those deer will bein bow range.
You guys are putting to much pressure on yourselves.
