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In my opinion, one of the best and least appreciated hunting writers today is Remi Warren, a hardcore hunter and Nevada-based outfitter who guides in Montana. He’s a regular columnist in what I consider to be one of the top hunting magazines on the market, Western Hunter. If you want to see what I’m talking about, check out Remi’s column on the role of gut instincts when you’re hunting. He’s articulating things I’ve thought about a hundred times without ever finding the words to put them on paper. This man is the real deal.
This is so true. It’s hard to follow that feeling but it comes natural after awhile. I couldn’t agree more with him.
The same can be said for many endeavors in life.
Good article.
Gut instinct is largely a learned thing. It’s how we process information when we don’t have all of the information that we would like to have. In the case above, we don’t have any reason to believe that the buck left the area, but we can’t see him. Did he leave or didn’t he? How do we find out? An experienced hunter might conclude that the buck is probably still there, but hidden. An inexperienced hunter might conclude that he is gone and bust him or turn around and walk out. This is true of the mountain lions also. The babies don’t know how to hunt. They act impulsively until shown how to hunt by their mother. A cub taken out of the wild will not survive long after being reintroduced to the wild because it doesn’t know how to hunt.