As a lifelong avid hunter I have learned quite a lot about the sport in my time. I hadn't noticed it until I was turkey hunting with my dad yesterday.
We had just gone back out after having lunch. It had been raining all morning but had finally stopped. We rounded and bend in this dirt road leading from a farmyard into a field and as we stood at the edge of this field we spotted a group of turkeys in the far back, lower side of the field. And one lone turkey up high in the field. Dad's plan was to sneak, just inside the wood line, up around the field and end up above the turkeys. It was a good plan but when we got up higher, instead of waiting and calling the turkeys to him, dad decides to sneak up on the turkeys and get as close as possible. Now I'm discussed with him cause he's being over zealous. The most important thing to know when you're hunting is how to shoot your gun or bow and the second most important thing is to let the deer, turkey, fish, moose, whatever come to you. You set up and wait in a good spot but in the end they gotta come to you!
My dad wouldn't listen to me and kept right on going and what do you think happened? We got busted! Four beautiful turkeys took off. And all because someone hadn't learned patience.
"Good things come to those who wait." Now for a hunter it should say: "Good game comes to those who wait in one stop."
Patience can absolutely make you or break you as a hunter. And as a parent, a spouse, a friend, an employee, and a child of God. God is not gonna give you something if you're not willing to wait for it.
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