"Measure Your Success in Proportion to Your Effort" - Mike Mitten

[Ryan Sanpei]

For years people have asked me why I choose to hunt with a stickbow and at times it was hard for me to explain with words. I've always wanted to express my feelings in a short and simple but meaningful response.

Thank goodness for attending Comptons, where I had the great fortune of meeting the Mitten brothers.  There on their table was a poster of Mike with the quote "Measure Your Success in Proportion to Your Efforts".  There it was!!!  Basically how I felt about traditional bowhunting as well as life itself.  Of course I needed to get a signed copy and proceeded back to the booth to show Staci.

In a future conversation with South, he too had very similar sentiments about the quote from Mike and saw it fitting to create a T-Shirt design utilizing his quote.

So here it is GANG!

       

[Wolfshead]

Now that's pretty Cool!

[Sockrsblur]

Very nice!

[ron w]

Pretty much says it all.....      

[Swinestalker]

Well said and very true!  

[Yohon]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

[Steve Jr]

That's perfect ! Yesterday my best friend stopped by the house when I wasn't home and was talking with my wife. We had recently went on a state park deer reduction hunt, he told my wife he was worried about me and why would I take a primitive weapon on a hunt like this. Now we have hunted together for 30 years which 27 of them now I have hunted with a recurve or longbow ( you would think he would know by now) she told him, that's who he is and that's how he is always going to be! My wife is great !! That saying sums it up! I will have to call South and buy a couple of those shirts.    

That sums it up for a lot of us, I think!

Cool shirt!

Bisch

[Knawbone]

As we used to say...........Far Out!!!!  Very cool

[snag]

[cacciatore]

My same feelings.

[Duckbutt]

I don't shoot a Stalker but have been inspired by both South and Mike's efforts over the years.  Might have to get me one of those!

[Sam McMichael]

Far Out? Knawbone, you are giving away your age! But as we used to say when I was young, Far Out! That quote needs to be put on a bumper sticker. While it applies so well to traditional bowhunting, it also fits many of life's undertakings.

[T-Bowhunter]

   

[Bivyhunter]

The t-shirts are up on the Stalker store page now. They are available in black, M-2XL

http://www.stalkerstickbows.com/store/

[ARCHER2]

Got to have it! Great quote! Thanks Ryan!
Charlie  

[Jayrod]

Not to be a spellchecker but it's supposed to be measure success in preparation to your effort not Proportion!! But does mike okay this.......?.??haha but very we'll spoken words

[Ryan Sanpei]

Yes, South spoke to Mike before he worked on the design.  Does your poster from Mike say "preparation"???  Please advise...

If I did spell it wrong and Mike's quote does say preparation, I'll be happy to use this quote as I measure my success in "relation to" the amount of effort that I put in.


Thank you,
Ryan

[Jayrod]

Yes it does say preparation!!!! Pm herd bull that's what my posters says!

[Ryan Sanpei]

Thank you for the info!  I'll have South contact Mike.