thecrittergitter
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So to answer the first question of my line of work. I own and operate a billboard company in Montana. Great gig, not gonna lie. Not going to get rich doing it but people sometimes get caught up in the money side of life and we make just enough money to get the expenses covered and have a little extra for kids and hunting. SO many people don't understand the value of time until you have it. I used to be a project manager for a large company and worked 70-80 hours a week and rarely saw my kids. Took a 50% pay cut to do what I'm doing now but I can pretty much run my schedule exactly how I want. I can bust extra time out in August to take Sept, oct, and November pretty much off.....I will always encourage anyone I can to take opportunities to allow them more time away from work even if its less money.........the value of time is priceless for the opportunities it creates.
Second question......everybody has their own goal of what they want to make of a hunt. was there a time or two, that I saw a real nice bull and said.........dang, maybe I should have shot that one. But quickly it was overcome by the fact that I had still had a moose tag in my pocket and I know there would be no way to shoot a big one if I notched that tag on one that I had to think about. My theory on most big game animals anymore is this. If you have to sit there and really think about whether its big or not.........it probably isn't. WHen you see one that hits home, you usually know it right away. Case in point was my bull moose. I didn't get a great look but the little bit I saw told me this was the next class above anything I had seen all year. Therefore, without even getting a spotter on him or anything, I knew I would be happy with this bull. And for me, this hunt had some pretty incredible experiences along the way, probably the most was the attached video for those who didn't get to see it. Not because it was cool for me (although it really was) but that I got to share that experience with my 8 yr old son who I guarantee will never forget that moment as long as he lives.
Even my son at 8 yrs old got to learn that you don't always have to shoot one to have a very successful hunt and that the only way to shoot a big one is to let the smaller ones go. By the way, that little sucker came home last night excited as heck and says this " Wow Dad that is really cool......you really think that one was big enough". He says he would have waited
LMAO......coming from the kid that begged me to shoot the one on videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvX_MqBns0I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oDC_AlgoXE
