the older i get the more it all means

[adkmountainken]

i find myself eagerly awaiting the start of deer season like i did when i was a kid yet for many more different reasons then before. although i hunted, longer, harder and put more meat on the table as a youth i now yearn for the sights, smells, and overall peace that the woods offers. i look so forward  to melting in and becoming part of something that has for so long been a way of life and living to so many. words can not describe what the woods, waters and this time of year mean to me. i feel alive and accepted as a predator. i look forward to hunting with new faces and making new memories. i would much rather see a youth or a good friend make meat rather then myself. i have taken my share and have been rewarded with fond memories or great hunts. i believe i am at a point in my life when the little things are now big and the big things as a youngster are greatly remembered. i will never give up the hunt but i do enjoy slowing down. do you ever notice how beautiful the voice of the cardinal is? how strong and pure the smell of a fresh rain? the innocence of playful fawns?  the graceful flight of the hawk? the swirl of smoke from a good pipe? the thunderous gobble of a boss tom at daybreak? the sight of blooming trilliums in a place you never expected to see them? this is my trophy 10 point, this is what i call a succesfull hunt, this is living!! yes i have slowed down but you wouldn't know it if you checked my heart beat at this time of year!!! good luck to all!
Adirondack Mountain Ken

[Van/TX]

Ditto...Van

[Dr. Ed Ashby]

Ken, your words say it all.

Ed

[pseman]

Amen brother! Hunting should be relaxing time spent alone or with friends taking in everything small and large in God's creation. Not a competition to see who can shoot the most or the biggest.

Mark

[pine nut]

YEP!  WELL said!

Bill

[Mark Baker]

Those are the important things, are'nt they?

Have a great season, my friend.

[BamBooBender]

You definitely paint a beautiful picture with  words. I feel the same way, just lack the eloquence to write it down the way you do. I hope you have a wonderful season, and continue to share your writings with us.

[Stone Knife]

It's all that and more Ken, every year i seem to enjoy it more and more. At the end of one archery season i find myself longing for the next, this is the time of year to drop the busy schedules climb on the breaks and just enjoy the outdoors and all that it has to offer. A day in the woods will recharge my batteries better than a week doing most anything else. You have the right mindset.

[sticshooter]

Very well said Kenny    ><>

[Killdeer]

Brother from another mother...or is She the same?

Killdeer  

[adkmountainken]

its funny as i have never set out to think about the words i write, they just come out and i put them down that way. if you knew me you would know i take pride in being one of the biggest red necks you will ever meet!! however the Adirondacks and the beauty of it all just lets the words spill out. i am a very, very simple man that you easily mistake for "the other brother Darrel"!!!
 Killy,
       mother earth has many children, i just hope i can make a family reunion of yours when you introduce me as your brother!!!  

[the Ferret]

[drewsbow]

Ken :  Great mind think alike , I couldn't have said it better :0)      

[Doc Nock]

Originally posted by adkmountainken:
mother earth has many children, i just hope i can make a family reunion of yours when you introduce me as your brother!!!    

Ken,

First, ya got the soul of a poet, Son.  Second, you can solve that problem of a "family reunion" if'n you'd come down to the b'more shoot next May. Killie got more relatives than she likely wants to admit that show up to see her and share a fire...and she is earth mother to many youth and old alike as she shares her knowledge of flora and fauna.

Why not mark it on your calander?!   :D        

And we eat good too!!

[Jake]

Yep,  ya said it good.

[Rusty Izatt]

Well said my friend and good luck this season.
Rusty

[thp]

You nailed it on the head there Mountain man Ken!  While others are getting excited about their college or pro football teams I'm getting excited about white tail deer, turkeys and pheasants.  And while others are mourning the loss of long summer days and hot weather, I'm looking forward to the cool, damp and sometimes gloomy weather of the upper Midwest.  Hunting season is almost here!

[Ron LaClair]

"You've come far Pilgrim"    

[woodchucker]

You have learned well My Brother!!!!!

In spreading your words you are becoming a "teacher"

The Great Spirit is Proud

[deertraks]

Well put and the older you get, the more precious the moments.