I allowed my 1st two days of deer camp to be soured.

[Mudd]

Confession time!!

Why?  I did about $2,100 damage to my car within the 1st 15 minutes of pulling into deer camp this weekend.

I think allowing that to affect me the way it did was just sinful on my part and it may have even taken away some part of the joy I felt when I was playing cat and mouse with an 8 pointer the next morning.

How it happened.........................

I pulled in, got out and said my hello's to Butch and Kenny then after some good hearted fellowship I made the remark that I could demonstrate that I was smarter then anyone who would park their vehicle so far from the cabin and pack their stuff into the cabin, at which time I jumped in my HHR and started backing it around to the back door would be right in front of the cabin.

I didn't see a stump that must have grown up after I parked...lol It was on the right side but cut off high but not high enough it could be seen by the driver(me).

My 1st thought was.. "What the heck was that sound?"... I got out and was sickened by what I saw.

Not only did I get the door but the front fender as well.

I could give consideration of living with the damage until things were better off for me financially but I can't seem to deal with the wind sounds I can't get out of the door when driving it down to road.

I had to ask God to forgive me for allowing something this minor in life throw me into a not so good mood for two whole days.

A vehicle is after all just a "thing", it's not like it's losing a friend or getting a disease.

I still need to further apologize more profusely to "Cobweb" and "The Yard Gnome" even though both of them would have me believe that I don't need to but I was just a "grumpy old man" and needed to deal with that fact.

Sorry for rambling on.

God bless,Mudd

PS: I think I was still under this funk/conviction when I missed a doe on day two.

[bowhunterfrompast]

Mudd...I had a similar situation happen a few years ago. All I can say is things happen and we are just human  

[WildmanSC]

Mudd,

The richness and fullness of His Amazing Grace is all sufficient for we humans who require it, that would be ALL of us!  Enjoy your hunt.

Bill

[Butch Speer]

Roy,
You know my feelings on it. Your my friend. Friendship means more to me than a little thing like that. God bless you brother.

[Boomerang]

At least it wasn't your bow you ran over!  :D

[far rider]

Originally posted by Boomerang:
At least it wasn't your bow you ran over!    :D  

X2

Material things Mudd. There never is a good time for absence of thought, but it happens. Man I've been there, so often I've lost count. Maybe I should start taking  notes?    

[EHK]

I once cut down a tree in deer camp and took a little more out than I should have on the first cut.  The tree wound up on the hood of my truck.  I feel your pain!

[ddauler]

I backed into a pine tree with the tailgate down trying to get unlost on our new lease! Then I parked walked in to my stand and managed to miss a deer the same morning! Needless to say a had to repent of a ton of foul language and such.

[reddogge]

Mudd, you seem like such a lighthearted positive fellow I'm having a hard time imagining you being in a funk.

At any rate my wife told me she preferred her way of stopping to pick up the mail over mine and the next week she backed into a large tree and smashed the bumper and tail light of a '99 Explorer that survived 13 years without a scratch until she got the mail her way.

[Jon Stewart]

Mudd, there ain't a person on here that hasn't done something like that.  Material things and that is what insurance is for.

Heck, you probably would have missed the deer anyway LOL

[McDave]

It's natural and healthy to react emotionally to life's ups and downs.  You wouldn't want to be a robot.  We can't choose the times when these things happen to us.  Of course, we have an obligation not to overreact in front of our friends and family and ruin an occasion for them, but if they are truly our friends and family, they will understand that we will be sad when bad things happen to us, angry when unfair things happen to us, and happy when good things happen to us.  The only time to worry is if we can't let go of these things after a reasonable amount of time has passed, but it helps a person to let go of things later if you allow yourself a reasonable expression of your emotions at the time things happen.

I know how you feel, though.  Logically, what was done to your car was already done.  Why make it worse by not being in a good mood during what could have been a happy time?  Same kind of thing happened to me during a tournament last weekend.  I received what could be some bad news just before the tournament, which caused me to shoot bad and act sad, I guess, because one of my friends commented later on that I didn't seem to be myself.  I would have rather have just put it out of my mind and joked with my friends during the shoot like I usually do, but if I start kicking myself now over that, I'm just perpetuating a bad mood over something that is now one step removed from the actual thing that caused the problem in the first place.

[RC]

I feel your pain Brother. Got a new truck last year on Thursday and my Wife hit a deer on Friday with it. Life goes on.RC

[Stone Knife]

I hit a deer with my jeep this season, wasn't happy but can't let it get to you. Just a piece of metal that can be fixed or replaced.

[Rob W.]

A couple weeks ago a guy scraped his canoe down the side of my truck turning around in a hunting spot. After talking with him we ended up hunting together the next weekend.

Seems the older I get the less I care about material things. Don't sweat the small stuff.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Get over it Dummy! I meant that with all the respect in the world, someone always says that to me when Im in a funk. It seems to help.
  Better luck on the next deer.

I am happy no one was hurt!

[JMG]

This is a prime example why I drive a 2000 dollar pickup!! I have had numerous new trucks but rather drive a older truck that I don't have to worry about so much. Try not let the material things out of life dictate your happiness Mudd!!  

[Ragin Bull]

I'm glad that you put things back into perspective.
I'm even happier that it only took two days. Some people get into a funk for much longer over something much smaller, myself included at times.
Like you said, it's just a vehicle........Move on and smile, it could have been worse!

[slivrslingr]

Now it's officially a hunting rig!

[Mike Bolin]

Mudd, I know a story about a guy from IN on his first deer hunt this past Sept. He was in a hurry to get his truck backed up next to the tent and backed over his Black Widow PLII and a quiver full of arrows! Broke all the arrows and put a pretty good dent in the bow where the quiver arm dug into it!! He just grabbed his back up bow and went on about his business. Funny that it didn't bother me....er I mean him that much?! God Bless you brother! Mike

[Charlie Lamb]

I think it's Bill Carlsen on here who has this saying in his signature line... "the best things in life aren't things."

If you ever need someone to teach you some new words give me a call. I know a bunch and none are over 4 letters.