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We all make choices in how we decide to live. I'm not that happy with how i'm living now. I spend way too much time indoors and way-way too much time on the computer. I take the pooch out every day for a hike in the mountains, but it's not enough. Not near enough.
I'm saving up to have a custom Hawken built, but that in itself won't change anything. Of course i'll be much happier with the gun than my present gun, but my lifestyle will be the same. I need to change and change a lot.
My original plan was to be more active in BP shoots and go to some rondy's. Since i'll have the Hawken that i'll be proud to show up with it will be more fun. Do the dress up like a mountain man thing too.
Then I realized that's not me. I don't play make believe and making believe i'm a mountain man would rub me the wrong way. I have to be me. So, i'm going to do what I wanted to do many years ago. No time left to just think about it and sit on my ass and do nothing.
The only way I can be a mountain man is to become one. To not dress up like a MM for a rondy, but to dress like one full time. To spend much more time in the mountains than indoors. To hunt for all I can get tags for. To try and eat nothing but game meat. Whatever it is. Even bear meat. I'll learn to eat it. Even hunt for coyote, because I can do it year around. It's better than range sessions to stay sharp. Plus, I can sell the pelts. Maybe even do some trapping.
I can't find a damn cabin to live in, so i'm going to get a tent and stay in the high mountains from spring to fall. I can also eat lots of brookies from the high mountain creeks. My dog will love living there. As will I. I'll keep the apartment for winter. I'll dump all modern crap. TV, internet/computers, phone, GPS, binos etc. Try and live as they did in 1840 as much as possible. I'll get more and more grubby as time goes on. I'll be known here as Pete the long haired, bearded mountain man. Let the idiots laugh. I'll be happy and i'll be me. No phony fronts.
I'd like to get a mule, but it isn't practical when I come to town and what do I do with my dog? My Jeep will have to be my mule. I'm thinking of dumping the top. After all, mules don't have tops. Just strip it down for the mountains.
So, I need to get a few things done before turning off my internet. I'll be here for a few, but at some point i'll be gone. Consider this a goodbye. When I disappear you'll know why now. Turning off the tv and internet will save me $140 a month I can put towards the Hawken. That's my priority now.
I'm saving up to have a custom Hawken built, but that in itself won't change anything. Of course i'll be much happier with the gun than my present gun, but my lifestyle will be the same. I need to change and change a lot.
My original plan was to be more active in BP shoots and go to some rondy's. Since i'll have the Hawken that i'll be proud to show up with it will be more fun. Do the dress up like a mountain man thing too.
Then I realized that's not me. I don't play make believe and making believe i'm a mountain man would rub me the wrong way. I have to be me. So, i'm going to do what I wanted to do many years ago. No time left to just think about it and sit on my ass and do nothing.
The only way I can be a mountain man is to become one. To not dress up like a MM for a rondy, but to dress like one full time. To spend much more time in the mountains than indoors. To hunt for all I can get tags for. To try and eat nothing but game meat. Whatever it is. Even bear meat. I'll learn to eat it. Even hunt for coyote, because I can do it year around. It's better than range sessions to stay sharp. Plus, I can sell the pelts. Maybe even do some trapping.
I can't find a damn cabin to live in, so i'm going to get a tent and stay in the high mountains from spring to fall. I can also eat lots of brookies from the high mountain creeks. My dog will love living there. As will I. I'll keep the apartment for winter. I'll dump all modern crap. TV, internet/computers, phone, GPS, binos etc. Try and live as they did in 1840 as much as possible. I'll get more and more grubby as time goes on. I'll be known here as Pete the long haired, bearded mountain man. Let the idiots laugh. I'll be happy and i'll be me. No phony fronts.
I'd like to get a mule, but it isn't practical when I come to town and what do I do with my dog? My Jeep will have to be my mule. I'm thinking of dumping the top. After all, mules don't have tops. Just strip it down for the mountains.
So, I need to get a few things done before turning off my internet. I'll be here for a few, but at some point i'll be gone. Consider this a goodbye. When I disappear you'll know why now. Turning off the tv and internet will save me $140 a month I can put towards the Hawken. That's my priority now.
Never did say what sex they were, that one he keeps to himself but just grins .... :heart: :drunken:
