if i am honest and fair to myself i would have to say that i am unfair. which is hard for me since i am so often unfair. i dont give people truthful answers in regards to how well they are performing. this thought resurfaced in my mind this morning while hunting ducks.. which is somewhat of a "misappropriated"(casey p.) term. hunting after all should involve stalking and grabbing. i prefer hiding from ducks, and blasting them in the face with steel, a more appropriate appropriation of terms. anyways, hiding from ducks and tricking them into landing amongst a bunch of plastic ducks involves the use of duck calls. this is a skill that is learned through teaching and repetition. i have not repetitioned in about 5 years but this morning unfortunately i found that i was the most able caller in the blind(hiding spot). and in the words of austin fallin..."that aint good"! anywhosal.. dub(b. walker) was making calls and asking if it was any good and at first i said "not bad... that's pretty good" when honestly it sounded like squeaky breaks or a bear snoring.. bp(b. pullin) was giving it his all and grunting into the call with all his heart and the duck call just was not responding to his enthusiasm. brad won the hustle award..dub won the most enthusiastic.. i won the not scared to mess it all up award.. but in the midst of our debacle.. my thoughts went to church singers.. the platform for enthusiastic people to sing and Be patted on the back and told good job not matter how tone deaf they are or dumb they would better off be..this only to lead them to try out for american idol and Be shocked/crushed that Simon is laughing. i remember as about a 12 year old hearing some pretty girl sing in front of the church and people congratulating her on a job well done..when she really embarrassed herself..i thought back to it when american idol got big and people started asking..." how do these people not know?" positive re-enforcement is a double edge sword. a gift and a curse.. sometimes when the horse bucks you off its back...you should stay down, play dead.
after all its just a saying.
done blowin smoke!
tdavid ...out!
thanks for all the comments( lovers and haters)
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its like i said....duck calling is on the same level of singing in my car...sounds good to me, but sounds like sh$t to erebody else..
Preciate that invite! I mean c'mon, I guess Ewing is just a better friend. I will call next time for you Ultimate Posers
2 thoughts.
1. What a great sense of accomplishment you feel the first time you "hail" a duck to its death by lead errr steel.
2. How much more enjoyable a duck hiding venture it is when even if you think you could do it better someone else has to juggle the calls and you get just shoot.
2 thoughts.
1. What a great sense of accomplishment you feel the first time you "hail" a duck to its death by lead errr steel.
2. How much more enjoyable a duck hiding venture it is when even if you think you could do it better someone else has to juggle the calls and you get just shoot.
how much fun is a duck hunt when your lead caller has ear plugs in because of an ear condition...so he is blowing his heart out and you are watching ducks fly low behind his head...he cant see them...he dang sure cant hear em...and you dont know what to do...so you try to signal to him by making your eyes really big...until he gets the picture and whisper/screams get down...with his teeth still clenched...thanks for all the hunts Danny
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