*** What Happened? II ***

[Terry Green]

Thanks, we've worked hard for almost 19 years(hard to believe huh Rob) to be so. Hoping for 19 more. Maybe I'll be an old guard by then. 😁

[Russell Southerland]

What I want to know about is how it FELT when you stalked that animal, failed, then succeeded. I want to hear about what you saw in the morning mist that made you gasp in awe. Tell us about beauty and loss, show us hardship and perseverance. Give us something real and deeper than another shallow grab on what it means to be alive and vibrant in a shrinking world. I can count on one hand the films I have seen where a guy mentions that what they are experiencing- a dawn, a sunset, a sweet pine scented breeze is special, let alone naming it as beautiful.

Trad bowhunting for me is....

You fill in the rest.

I think that is the most succinct explanation of what it means to write well, and not just bowhunting, that I have ever read.

Yes, and there's quiet a few stories like that have taken place here over the years.  And still more to come, like jhg's.  Much more enjoyable that like other platforms that just slap a picture up for a double tap.  Looking forward to some TX stories soon from the Laredo gangs that are leaving out soon.