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Legacy

I recently got into a polite discussion with a gentleman who was concerned that his daughter wasn’t gonna be good enough to kill an animal hunting with a traditional bow.

His idea was to get her on game quickly and get her killing something as fast as possible so she can connect and he felt that the connection would happen if she put an animal or a bird or anything down on the ground then she would understand why she was out there-

I argued the point with him and I said well- how are you gonna go about that? and he said well I’m gonna get her to use a crossbow

- so my own opinion of that weapon and it’s use in archery seasons aside. -

It’s easier” he responded.

I said to him afterwards, when he was done arguing his points -what is the end state of your hunt if you’re hunting to always be successful in your mind?

Is that success is solely based on bringing game home every time?

-I don’t know how you’re gonna keep their attention because it simply won’t happen no matter what weapon system you use. “Success” that is-

The other issue with that is is the difficulty of the platform and I said by design a crossbow just simply much much easier to take game with than a hand drawn bow, including a compound bow, and his fear of success was inhibiting an entire process that was being left behind quick success I said- will not often bring and appreciation for process - legacy-

Legacy is what we (Jennifer) and I built the ethical predator around the heritage and legacy of actually hunting and using a weapon system that requires commitment, patience, and knowledge of woodman ship -animal behaviour- environment, ecosystem connection -right down to the practice f shooting and of sharpening one’s own broadheads, so they’re lethal enough to kill humanely.

I wanted to bring to people a method and a way of doing something that wasn’t easy because it took time patience and practice. 🎯

It became something more than a hobby or a novelty thing and that’s the problem. I saw traditional bow hunting going down the road of novelty -“oh that’s fanciful” “that’s kind of cool” but it’s just too hard…a “struggle stick”

People need to get over the hard and embrace the process!!

The hard is what develops oneself and one’s internal Hunter when success comes.

It is something different often times this is seen as an elite approach.

I don’t think that’s it at all- and and elite approach IMHO is the never ending hunting industries attack on hunting itself and what is this attack??

- product over process -you can get more game by using XYZ instead of just getting out there and learning actually how to hunt through failure!!

-state of the union for today on throwback Thursday, build your own legacy centred on Heritage - and if you’re new to the group welcome share your Heritage stories! 🏹🏹 - Grant

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