re: What are your strengths and weaknesses as an outdoorsman?

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My biggest weakness is legal limits.

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This new deer tagging system will stop this though, for deers.

Upgrade you went way too deep into yourself for the OB here... Have a beer!

Pros: absolutely love to go saltwater fishing or deer or duck hunting.

Cons: never have time to go saltwater fishing or deer or duck hunting.

Con B: never get the invites I used to always get either...

I’m a great shot with any gun including at moving targets.
I’m not good at guessing the size of a buck
I’m generally not great at scouting deer for me it’s food plot and hope I get lucky. It’s not that I’m not good at it per se, I’m just too lazy to do it
I can clean a deer for meat but I can’t cape one for a mount. I’ll pay someone to do that

Im great at scouting ducks and navigating a boat through a bayou or brake at night
I can tolerate extreme cold well
I always bring the bourbon and cigarettes to the blind to share. Nothing like a shot of bourbon and a smoke on a cold arse morning in the blind to start the day
I’m ok at duck calls but not great. Duck hunting is probably my strongest form of hunting because I love it.
I’m not great at picking out a mallard hen or drake before I shoot because my eyesight isn’t great

Fishing I’m great with anything boat related I’m a pro at launching and trailering a boat.
I’m good at casting into tight spots
My knots on tying a lure could use improvement
I’m decent at choosing the proper lure and having the patience to get to know the lake and what spots are good in certain weather or time of year
I’m great at drinking lots of beer while fishing

Most of my hunting and fishing activities id say I’m average at. I just don’t get hardcore into the little details like some people. I do it as a way to escape the stress of life and socialize/drink beer. I don’t give a frick if I kill or catch anything it’s just icing on the cake if it do. I just enjoy being out there

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Con: Call too much.

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Something people do way too much. They like to show off how great they can hail call but in reality they flare the ducks more often than it works.

Good decoy movement combined with some quacks and feed calls is all you need

I’d probably be considered an above average outdoorsman.

My weakness 100% though is overthinking. Sometimes I’ll get obsessive about a stand I should hunt on that particular day or sometimes fishing change my presentation too frequently instead of just letting “it” happen.

Barometric pressure is the first thing I check before fishing or hunting. In regards to hunting I’ve kept a log several years and anytime the barometer is 29.98 or above, I have great hunts. See more deer, better deer. I think most whitetail hunters are aware of this though.

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I get nervous right before shooting a deer

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This is not a con. I’ve killed some very good deer over the years and I still get that excitement nervousness as I’m getting ready to drawback or position my self for a shot. There’s no better feeling IMO than mid morning when you’ve decided to climb down in 15 minutes you look a certain direction and a good deer is standing there and you don’t know where he came from or how long he was there and being able to take that deer.

Strengths:

Aware of inexperience
Strong desire to learn from those who know more

Weaknesses:

Inexperience
Right handed, but left eye dominant

I read most of y’all’s posts before commenting.
My pro’s are most of y’all’s pros and cons. I’m pretty good at most stuff outdoors, BUT it’s all I do besides work. Killed 5 deer last year with all 3 methods of take. Gun, primitive and bow. On public land. I’m quick and efficient at cleaning all game, deer, birds, squirrels, fish, etc. I’m good with finding sign and animals. I’ve hunted out of a summit open front climber for the past 11 seasons so I’m good in a climber. Branched out to a saddle last year and got that figured out. I’ve dragged deer up the hills in Missouri so I’m in pretty decent deer dragging shape. Great wingshot. Shot a 92/100 at the company skeet shoot couple years back before covid. Backing in boats? No problem. Driving boats? Excellent. Need someone to call the ducks? I got that. Deers 500 yards out? My 28 nosler and me got that. Not bad at bass fishing. Caught a limit this afternoon in the spillway after about 2 months of not fishing.
Cons:
HOW THE F DO YOU CATCH A SAC A LAIT?????
Also, I lack patience for people that are newer. Like if they walk loudly through the woods to and from the stand and think that you only have to be quiet while you’re on the stand. I won’t invite that person back. I also get frustrated with people that constantly get snagged and I keep having to troll to the bank to get them out of a tree.

Pros…I can read a marsh like a mofo.

Cons…completely lost on the woods.

Fishing…I tend to gravitate toward what worked in the past instead of being in the present.

The preacher man says it's the end of time
And the Mississippi River, she's a-goin' dry
The interest is up and the stock market's down
And you only get mugged if you go downtown

I live back in the woods you see
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
I got a shotgun, a rifle and a four-wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive