what is your favorite outdoor/fishing/hunting quote or saying?

[Robhuntandfish]

  a post by Lawdwaz got me thinking .... what is your favorite quote/saying?  Ive got a few but I like 

FISHERMAN'S OATH

"I am a fisherman for life.

I will always be a fisherman.

It's not something I do, it is who i am.

It is not a place,

But a lifelong journey.

It is a passage my father showed me, and one I will show others. 

When you understand all of this, 

you will know me, 

and we will fish together. "

 

Insert "hunt" for "fish" also works!  

[The_Real_TCIII]

Behold the fisherman.

He riseth up early in the morning
and disturbeth the whole household.

Mighty are his preparations.

He goeth forth full of hope,
returning when the day is far spent;

smelling of strong drink
and the truth is not in him.

[GreeneHunter]

A Guys wife asked him " Would you rather Fish or fool around ? "  Husband  " Well I can Fish All Day !"

[E J]

I used to hunt with an old polish guy that always told me " ya don't shoot ya don't get nothin' ". 

[rob-c]

My dad would always say if someone missed a deer 

there’s more room around them 

then on them 

[LET EM GROW]

"Once a spike always a spike!!"

"If I don't shoot it, the neighbors will"

Maybe wrong type of quotes? lol

[The_Real_TCIII]

16 minutes ago, E J said:

I used to hunt with an old polish guy that always told me " ya don't shoot ya don't get nothin' ". 

I was on a deer drive once with an old Polish guy who was missing a leg. He shot a three legged deer. True story

[Dom]

Before You Shoot your Mouth Off Make Sure Your Brains Are Loaded!

[grampy]

One of my mentors, an old farmer, told me, "if ya pay attention, the deer will teach ya more than I ever can".

[dbHunterNY]

“In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.” -Theodore Roosevelt

"0 Lord, I am a hunter
And life I seek to take
But let me not attempt the shot
Beyond my skill to make
For Lord they are your creatures
Given for our use
But each one falls within your sight
They're not for our abuse
And when I loose my arrow
Please guide it swift and true
Or let it miss completely, Lord
That pain be not undue
A clean kill or no kill, Lord
Such is my heart's desire
Give me the skill to make it so
Or let me hold my fire
And when my time upon this earth
The days they are fulfilled
Grant that I may die at least
As clean as those I killed" - bowhunter prayer

...less serious.
my cousin: "i can't believe i missed that big buck! he was so close i didn't even need to use the pins!"
"this is what happened. i bared down on him and to get crosshairs real steady.  ....but my elbow layed right into the [car] horn."

[NFA-ADK]

GETSOME!

[G-Man]

Better to pick the right tree to get a deer that you might see

Then be in a tree and see a deer that you only may only get

[airedale]

“I hunt because I love the entire process: the preparations, the excitement, and sustained suspense of trying to match my woodslore against the finely honed instincts of these creatures. On most days spent in the woods, I come home with an honestly earned feeling that something good has taken place. It makes no difference whether or not I got anything: it has to do with how the day was spent.” 

 Fred Bear

[Just Lucky]

Can't kill em if you don't shoot.

[TreeGuy]

Hunting: Can't kill em on the couch

Fishing: Can't catch em on the couch

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[Nomad]

Easy.

” There is no way I would ever sit in a tree to try and kill a deer .” Mrs Nomad .

[Marion]

Easy.
” There is no way I would ever sit in a tree to try and kill a deer .” Mrs Nomad .

You sure you aren't married to Biz?

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[sodfather]

1 hour ago, Stay at home Nomad said:

Easy.

” There is no way I would ever sit in a tree to try and kill a deer .” Mrs Nomad .

Mines this - 

So honey did you catch anything, awe no dear pretty hard to catch a duck flying or a deer their fast too. 

[Pygmy]

This is an easy one for me....From Tom Kelly's " The Tenth Legion", regarding turkey hunting..

" If you persevere, you will eventually kill a few turkeys that you do not deserve....However, if that same time, you will DESERVE a lot more turkeys that you do not kill.."

Or words to that effect.....hehehe....Truer words have never been spoken....

[Buckmaster7600]

Larry Benoit- you have 364 days,23hrs, 59minutes and 55 seconds to get ready for the 5 seconds that counts.


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[crappyice]

River Run Through it:
The Lord has blessed us all today...it’s just that he’s been particularly good to me!
(I’m usually on the listening end of that quote by the way!)

“Buck/Dow down...bring the sled!”
That’s the first text sent from my buddy or myself when success comes our way.




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[Bowshotmuzzleloader]

How about my wifes ::

Why in the world would anyone get up so early and go out in the pitch dark and sit in a tree in the freezing cold..

As I get older and sit in that tree I sometimes wonder myself,,, but would never admit she may be right “AGAIN”  

 

Edited January 12, 2018 by Bowshotmuzzleloader
Im a Idiot :)

[wooly]

[Uncle Nicky]

Catch and release is for guys who don't know how to cook.

[Robhuntandfish]

7 hours ago, Bowshotmuzzleloader said:

How about my wifes ::

Why in the world would anyone get up so early and go out in the pitch dark and sit in a tree in the freezing cold..

As I get older and sit in that tree I sometimes wonder myself,,, but would never admit she may be right “AGAIN”  

 

and i also like this on the other side of that......."why did I leave a warm bed and a good woman for this....? "