Doing The Best We Can With What We Have

Doing The Best We Can With What We Have

Mission Statement

With the expanded use of social media today, it is easy to look at others' lives and wish you were them. There are a handful of fortunate individuals who get to hunt and fish for a living. There are others who's circumstances allow them to spend more time in the outdoors than most. The truth is.. the majority of us are average people. Average men and women who do the best we can with what we have. For us, every hunt is public land. Every hunt is DIY. We will most likely never own a Yeti, our Igloos will have to do. Never look down range through the lens of a Swarovski or wear anything adorned with the Sitka logo. We will never have a hunting magazine, never be the stars of our own hunting show, become prostaff members, or receive free gear. We have a limited number of days off each year, and limited funds to spend. This does not however crush our spirit or curb our enthusiasm for the great outdoors. We will take every opportunity we get to enjoy the Streams, Lakes and Mountains.

We do not criticize those more fortunate than us. Our hope is to appeal to hunters just like us. Those with limited time, limited assets, limited resources, marginal gear, yet, 100% passion.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

More pics and thoughts from spring trips

We always have such a great time out on the lake.  Like Nick said, this last trip was a great opportunity to strengthen our casting skills.  That is a nice way of saying that the fishing really sucked.  I didn't bring a single one of our underwater allies to the surface.  Of course Nick caught several and Quinn was right there with him. Part of the problem is that I usually am the last one to have my line in the water when we get to a new spot.  I figure that if Nick and Quinn aren't catching anything, chances of me catching something are pretty slim.




Uncle Donnie always shows up with something sleeveless.  It is almost becoming his trademark.  This way, our wives can rest assured that we are not going to the lake to meet any ladies.  Thanks Uncle Donnie for helping us keep our marriages so strong while we are away.  For those of you who may not know, Nick is Uncle Donnie. He got that nick name from a photo circa 2006. I'm sure he could dig that one up for you if you asked.

4 comments:

  1. That's wierd, because just last week one of our viewers commented on how she thought that I seemed like a stand up gentleman and a scholar. That is quite a contrast from your description.

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  2. That was funny Matt. I laughed. Ha ha underwater allies ...

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  3. I would personally like to thank Tova for making the Spring trips possible. She bought us gas, dirty chips, chovies, license stamps and we even had enough left over to tip the cart drivers. What a great Gal! That sure was nice of her. It's good folks like her that keep this ball rolling.

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  4. Do we have access to anymore of those folks? We did make that Tova money go a long ways.

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