1. A deer killed with a lead ball you cast yourself seems like a much greater accomplishment than one killed with an identical ball that was store bought.
2. A wool mitten beats a Thinsulate / Gortex / Cordura glove all to hell for wiping your nose.
3. You can dress too warm or too hot, but never just right.
4. A sandwich of cold baloney and soggy bread tastes a lot better in the woods than in the kitchen.
5. Deer always appear downwind, no matter which direction the wind was blowing 2 minutes ago.
6. Deer never appear when you are still, but always when you are doing a bad impression of a "Hunter Bobblehead Doll".
7. Your chances of seeing a huge Buck are directly proportional to the distance away from your rifle when taking a leak.
8. Most bucks you see will not offer you a shot.
9. You only shoot a deer when they make a mistake.
10. Deer seldom make mistakes.
11. A field dressed deer at the end of a drag rope weighs more than it did live on the hoof.
12. Finding that you have put one of your three layers of long johns on backwards is not nearly as funny in the woods as it is telling about it back at camp.
13. The does you passed up on the first days of the season will not re-appear when you want to shoot one later in the season.
14. If you don't have a doe tag, you will see lots of does, if you do have doe tags, the amount of does you see will be in an inverse proportion to the number of tags you have.
15. Nothing is waterproof if it rains long enough.
16. A four wheel drive vehicle will only get you stuck worse, farther from help.
17. If you don't set your knife on your wad of toilet paper, the wind will blow it away just before you reach for it.
18. There's no such thing as a secret hunting spot.
19. Slicing your finger while gutting a deer doesn't seem to hurt much.
20. "Next year, I mean it this time, I'm going to have everything packed and ready before the night before the season opens".
21. The fun does NOT stop when you pull the trigger. You ever see a hunter wearing a frown while dragging out a deer?
22. You can practice all you want, but you can't practice buck fever.
23. Your rifle somehow gains weight the farther you walk.
24. No matter how much you plead and pray, you cannot turn back time to re-do that bad shot you made 20 seconds ago.
2. A wool mitten beats a Thinsulate / Gortex / Cordura glove all to hell for wiping your nose.
3. You can dress too warm or too hot, but never just right.
4. A sandwich of cold baloney and soggy bread tastes a lot better in the woods than in the kitchen.
5. Deer always appear downwind, no matter which direction the wind was blowing 2 minutes ago.
6. Deer never appear when you are still, but always when you are doing a bad impression of a "Hunter Bobblehead Doll".
7. Your chances of seeing a huge Buck are directly proportional to the distance away from your rifle when taking a leak.
8. Most bucks you see will not offer you a shot.
9. You only shoot a deer when they make a mistake.
10. Deer seldom make mistakes.
11. A field dressed deer at the end of a drag rope weighs more than it did live on the hoof.
12. Finding that you have put one of your three layers of long johns on backwards is not nearly as funny in the woods as it is telling about it back at camp.
13. The does you passed up on the first days of the season will not re-appear when you want to shoot one later in the season.
14. If you don't have a doe tag, you will see lots of does, if you do have doe tags, the amount of does you see will be in an inverse proportion to the number of tags you have.
15. Nothing is waterproof if it rains long enough.
16. A four wheel drive vehicle will only get you stuck worse, farther from help.
17. If you don't set your knife on your wad of toilet paper, the wind will blow it away just before you reach for it.
18. There's no such thing as a secret hunting spot.
19. Slicing your finger while gutting a deer doesn't seem to hurt much.
20. "Next year, I mean it this time, I'm going to have everything packed and ready before the night before the season opens".
21. The fun does NOT stop when you pull the trigger. You ever see a hunter wearing a frown while dragging out a deer?
22. You can practice all you want, but you can't practice buck fever.
23. Your rifle somehow gains weight the farther you walk.
24. No matter how much you plead and pray, you cannot turn back time to re-do that bad shot you made 20 seconds ago.
