Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 04:43 AM
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danny clifton
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Your worried about the wrong stuff. First time for everything. Mistakes create lessons you never forget. Deer hunting isn't a competition or a religion for normal people.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 06:52 AM
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Never under estimate desire and will power. I gave a crack answer above. But you should google the 5 year old from Utah, that a trooper stopped who was on his way to California with $3 dollars to buy a Lamborghini Hey, that was me.
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 06:53 AM
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I was sort of in the same boat when I was a kid. No one in my family hunted. I was the black sheep. I had no one to teach me or mentor me. I learned everything on my own. by reading books and magazines. My knowledge was hard won and I made all kinds of mistakes but that's what learning is all about. Some people will fail and quit. I never liked failing much so it just made me more determined to succeed. Lessons like that will not only make you a better sportsman but will guide you through life. I say let him have at it. There are a bunch of lessons to be learned there from failure. Everything from getting in trouble by the local warden to freezing you butt off. It's all a lesson and will make success when it happens that much sweeter.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 07:08 AM
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Some people can learn from others. Most have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. Some of us just insist on learning things the hard way. Best not to interfere and let the education begin.
-Ryan
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 07:10 AM
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Can’t help you. I have a fiend that had never been in the woods. His cousin took him Deer hunting, they got in the stand. Ten minutes later he says to his cousin, “I think I hear something.” His cousin chuckles and tells him to be quiet, it’ll be awhile for things to “cool off” after their walk to the stand. !!!!Boom!!!! His cousin says WTH. Perfect 8 point down, 30 yds away. They climb down, the cousin is excited about the kill, the friend is crying.
Anything can happen when you are in the woods. That’s why it’s so great just to be in there.
-Goofy-
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Re: My friend is ignorant
[Re: BernieB.]
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06/12/20 07:28 AM
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He doesn't need someone to tell him he's dumb, he needs someone to help him along and pick him up when he fails. X2. Some of us are slow learners.
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 07:30 AM
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This is a strange thread. He is your friend and your calling him Stupid and dumb? Hunting is easy now days, I wouldn’t be surprised If he could do it all by himself the first few times out. Bows are Very easy to learn on now. YouTube has everything regarding Processing and when I was 12 I drug a doe I shot with my bow Down are access road by Myself A half mile on pure adrenaline.
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 07:31 AM
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So my friend is getting into hunting this year and he’s never even gone hunting or has accompanied someone hunting, he bought a bow and he wants to go deer hunting and he also bought clothes that won’t keep him warm even though he insists they will like insulated rain boots even though it gets in the negatives. He wants to hunt on land he doesn’t even have permission to hunt on and he is just thinking he can go out and get a deer real easy. And he insists that he can drag it up and feild dress it even though he has noooo experience. The real kicker is that he might even try to hunt alone even though he is 15 which would make it illegal. He bought trail cams and salt licks which are cool but he just has no experience and is thinking it’s gonna be easy and he won’t get cold. Then I call him out for so many things and basically say he is an idiot, then he gets mad at me for talking to him like he is stupid. What should I tell him to get it through his thick skull that he’s not gonna go out there and get big buck. Especially because he don’t even have experience finding a dead animal or keeping quiet or anything like that. I’m frustrated with him because he just don’t get it. Now you know exactly what it feels like to be a father! Let your friend make his mistakes and allow him to learn from them. That's what we've all done. Obviously you want to discourage him from doing anything illegal. Other than that, be patient with him. Try to gently encourage him and kindly educate him without acting like a know-it-all. If you tell him he's an idiot, you can be sure he won't listen to anything you say. The last thing you want to do is tell him it's too difficult and he can't do it. Tell him "it's not easy but I think you can do it."
What from Christ that soul can sever, Bound by everlasting bands? None shall take thee From the Strength of Israel's hands.
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 07:32 AM
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He doesn't need someone to tell him he's dumb, he needs someone to help him along and pick him up when he fails. x3. Unless you are one of those 14 yr old self taught experts on youtube (joke), then someone helped you at some point. I am hoping it was your own father, grand father, maybe some uncles, and all the guys they hunt / trap / fish with.
If so, consider giving it back starting with your friend.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 07:34 AM
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Leftlane
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JMO but their is a big problem with being the teacher or any type of expert. In my experience when I spend too much time teaching, I forget that I am needing to be the student. Im 50 and still learning young man. I plan to be a student of life for every day I remain here.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: My friend is ignorant
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06/12/20 09:11 AM
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My thinking is let him learn on his own, if that is the way he wants to do it. His desire and wanting to do something will be his best teacher and he will learn fast of the do's and don'ts. I would let him know that if he needs advise, that there are mentors for him to lean on, if he needs so. As long as he is going things legal and according to the law, I see no problem with him learning on his own he can think for himself. I wish him success.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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