Message #376305

[hoghunter71409]

Bigcutters,

I look at it this way...I think we all want better or at least want to improve, that is part of the game.  Speaking of game, I am not sure if you are a sports fan, but I am.  I like baseball and I compare a lot things to baseball.  To me, it is easier to catch a hog that hit a 90 mph fastball.  You know the best hitters get a hit 30% of the time they are up to bat.  If you look at it like that, I catch a hog more than 30% of the time, but not 100%.  Am I better that a baseball play, probably not.  In some sports, a passer rating of shooting % may be in the 80 %.  Seems pretty good, I dont catch a hog 80 % of the time, but it doesnt mean that I am not good.  Hitting a baseball or shooting a basketball takes practice and nobody is going to die doing it (not suppose to anyway).

People and dogs are human, some things we can practice and get better something we do more and more and dont get better, but it oesnt mean that you are not improving.  Me and my dogs have good days and bad days.  I cant tell you how many times I mad a mistake in the woods and then was mad at myself becuase I knew better.

I think I learn something new everytime.  I've been hog hunting about 10 years and I can say that my pack now is about the 3rd best pack I have had.  Dogs get older and they die.  In theory the more you do something the better you get....not always with hog hunting.  Loose your best dog and you may not have much.

I say, keep striving for improvement and have a good time with it.  Sometimes you dont know what you have until you go to a new place and hunt with someone else.