Speaking to the fact that most people aren't very open to talking about it- J.R. and I have spent a couple dozen days hunting together, and as far as I remember neither one of us have talked about it.
Wild.
Man, what a read. Thanks for writing this out.
I was diagnosed 7-8 years ago and it's still a daily struggle. Feeling guilty about everything is the absolute worst. Like you said, if you do go hunting you beat yourself up because you didn't hike far enough. If you go out of your way to do...
Every ounce of that dude's soul went in to that song.
"And progress came and took it's toll,
And in the name of flood control,"
My job entails building in open spaces and occasionally straightening streams/rivers. Those lyrics have been haunting me for years.
I used one for a couple years and it's crazy good. I was getting 3000+ yard readings easily.
It is bulky though, and I ended up switching to a bino combo.
That's immediately where my mind went also. Where as everyone is going to need another American in 5-10 years.
I'm glad I bought this Hawkeye Compact last winter while they were still available.
That book is a burden that only Greenhorn can bear.
It magically showed up buried under the back seat of a used pickup he bought on the other side of the state.
I think you're stuck with it until you finally huck it in to Mount Doom.
The cool thing about being a bachelor like Dave, is that rather than having one gal at home demanding check-ins, you get a half dozen dudes demanding attention.
If you don't feel like digging when you're stuck in those spring drifts, you can wait until the middle of the night when the temps drop and most likely drive right out on top of the snow.
I learned that one the hard way.
I also bought a compressor and deflator to keep in my rig this year. I...