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I am scared to death right now that my Dad may never hunt with me again. He is in a home and hating life right now. I go every day for a few hours and have since Dec 7th. I am having real doubts he will ever come home.
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Now doesnt it feel better to get it off you chest,and now you can conquer all those fears seeing your not alone.
I have to say out of all the fears I read the one about the meth heads and pot growers are unbelievable, I did see a few documentary's on this but it wasnt about the threat on hunters. Un real
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quote:Originally posted by emac396: I am scared to death right now that my Dad may never hunt with me again. He is in a home and hating life right now. I go every day for a few hours and have since Dec 7th. I am having real doubts he will ever come home.
My thoughts are with you. My dad is my favorite hunting partner too.
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As Buckster knows I deal with anxiety issues when I am in and of the world, as a small business owner and my son as my partner I carry allot on my sholders. My GREATEST fear in this world is that of loosing the limited moments of pure sanity I am able to experience when I am in the woods, I refer to this as my tickle me elmo therapy! As a new Reconvert to trad hunting I see this as a rebirth of my enthusiam and love of hunting,shooting,and love of this wonderful experience we call LIFE! Thank you brother for showing me the real light,the bright light....the light of the ancient way!
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Rolling an ankle and tearing ligaments. I did it once had to walk a short distance. Feet, ankles, knees and legs get you in, they got to get you out. I try to avoid risky terrain and especially shale slides, boulders fields and X-steep slopes.
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Getting a sandstone thrown at me while in the outhouse taking care of business. The outhouse at our lease in san saba,tx was a portable one made out of plastic. The sun takes a toll on plastic over the years making it very fragile, enough said, rock hit me in the head, it was a blast.
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I do not have any fears about hunting. When I am in the woods I am at peace with the world and all my worries go away, a bow in the hand and a quiver of arrows is all I need.
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TGMM Family Of The Bow NRA Life/Patron member NAHC life member Retired CPO US Navy 1972-1993 Posts: 6595 | From: Guam | Registered: Jul 2003
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I don't really fear too much while hunting. Not too many grizzly bears or mountain lions in central NY. I would not want to lose another Skullworks knife, though. I lost one on a walk up in the mountains about 3 years ago and it still angers me!
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To be honest, I am a former Marine and have spent many many dark nights in the jungle on patrols and for some reason that walk out at the end of the evening hunt keeps me on edge(a 30 round magazine and a M-16 gives you a safe feeling). But besides that in my area its the clown who watches you and comes back the next day and hunts 30yrds from your stand and some times in your stand. I fear the lazy hunter I guess.
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quote:Originally posted by emac396: I am scared to death right now that my Dad may never hunt with me again. He is in a home and hating life right now. I go every day for a few hours and have since Dec 7th. I am having real doubts he will ever come home.
That would be tough, I love looking forward to getting back into the woods with my dad as well. My prayers go out to you.
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One of the most important lessons I ever learned was when I was 6 or 7 and jumped off the high diving board at the pool. I was scared terrible, but I very quickly discovered that the fear is completely separate from what it is you're doing that scares you. (Plus, I was more scared of going back down the ladder.)
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"If you leave archery for one day, it will leave you for 10 days." --Turkish proverb Posts: 820 | From: Twisp, WA | Registered: Oct 2006
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I am never really scared of anything when hunting, though wolves and bears (and %"&£$@ snakes) have have had my hair stand up when hunting in the us. The one thing that has had my heart pound heavy from real fear, and made me think "**** that could have been bad", is other hunters, and their irresponsible gun handling habits.
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I see a lot of people commenting about carrying a sidearm while bowhunting. I'm curious- is it legal in your states? I live in Lousiana, and the only sidearm we can carry while bowhunting is a .22 with rat shot. It's illegal to carry anything else. I'd prefer to carry my .45, but I would be the lucky one to get nabbed by the WLF agent! So is it legal to carry a larger sidearm in whatever state you guys hunt in?
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The 2nd Amendment is honored in Wyoming. Yes, we can carry while bowhunting. If I was hunting in griz country, a 44 would be on my hip.
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