Stormy Gulls

'Stormy Gulls' - 2011                                                                                                                                                         snake

Mistakes, Part 2. Despite their best efforts, bowhunters are constantly making mistakes. This is probably the main reason whitetails usually win the battle in the end. My 2011 hunting season came and went without a single kill due, in no small part, to the numerous mistakes I committed. Where to begin? For starters, I purchased new equipment, to update 20 year old equipment. In the middle of the season, I discarded my new release aid for my old one…which set my anchor point off…which caused me to miss a Pope and Young buck at only 9 yards away. Not a smart move.

Photographers make mistakes too and the results can be just as heartbreaking. I never allow anyone to process my black and white film. Recently, I had a friend, process 5 rolls of my film. All were fine, except one roll which looked as though it wasn’t agitated correctly. Fortunately, the best shot on the roll is actually better with the defect than it would have been without. In that case, things turned out well and I am grateful to my friend for all the help. I only wish my hunting mistake had provided me with a trophy deer and that delicious venison. No such luck.