Credit the following to Charles Nicholson, seems he and I think alike…………
The men I grew up hunting and fishing with seemed to know a great many things, but explained very little. Mistaking reticence for wisdom, I assumed getting older made you smart. But as I’ve discovered that the older I get, the less I seem to understand. For instance, I wonder why………
…..folks tell you that rattlesnake taste like chicken but never vice versa?
…..a gun’s worth depends on whether you’ve got it or you want it?
…..a man won’t defend a sorry dog as quick as a dog will defend a sorry master?
…..killing human beings is more acceptable in today’s movies than hunting animals for food/
…..canvas tents feel so much more secure in bear country than those made of nylon?
…..a gun kicks harder when you miss?
…..being a good boy and being good at being a boy don’t require the same set of skills?
…..a new computer can’t predict rain as well as an old farmer?
…..you can never say upwind of a campfire or downwind of a deer?
…..a deer slipping through the woods near your stand makes your foot fall asleep and your nose itch?
…..the ground grows rocks wherever you lay your sleeping bag?
…..scopes, binoculars and eyeglasses fog up worst when you need them most?
…..a tax on ammunition and attacks on gun ownership sound so much alike when some people say them?
…..hunting pants fall apart the same year they start to get broke in?
…..a man who owns more pocket knives than he has pockets will buy another one?
…..the hardest way to do something looks like the easiest until you try it?
…..the last day of the season is so much shorter than any of the rest?
…..nobody has ever came up with a formula to calculate the size of the fish that broke your line?
…..no matter how hard we work at it, we end up with more good questions than good answers?
“Older is wiser,” goes the saying.
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