tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post3671867660087059006..comments2023-07-28T03:31:32.332-05:00Comments on The Thinking Hunter: I Have Returned--With a QuestionGalen Geerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252610309377046803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-26484862007988837112012-02-11T20:46:18.654-06:002012-02-11T20:46:18.654-06:00Welcome back, Galen!
Thought I saw you at SHOT, ...Welcome back, Galen! <br /><br />Thought I saw you at SHOT, but when I passed through again you weren't there. Unfortunately, I had to spend a lot of time in my hotel room working my day job.<br /><br />Anyway, I don't see any reason that your blog has to be mutually exclusive. Fishing. Hunting. Shooting. In my mind they all live together in a happy little world, and I know I'd have no problem reading along as you moved from one to the other. <br /><br />The key, as Hemingway put it, is to strive to write one true thing. Maybe you'll get it, or maybe you won't... but it's about the journey anyway. <br /><br />OK, enough esoterica. Seriously, it's your blog. Do what you want. If you're true to yourself, your readers will recognize it because it's your unique voice that brings us here in the first place.Philliphttp://www.hog-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-28631520761033038062012-02-11T10:58:22.267-06:002012-02-11T10:58:22.267-06:00Fishing, to me, is hunting with another name - it ...Fishing, to me, is hunting with another name - it is bringing (or attempting to bring) home animal flesh to eat. So I don't think you need a name change.<br /><br />But should all of us step back to focus on the preservation of these pursuits? No. A blog is something you love to write, not a duty or an obligation. The minute it becomes an obligation, your readers will know, and they will walk away.<br /><br />I would be happy, though, if hunting and fishing and shooting bloggers would always write with one fact at the back of their minds: There are people who want to take all of this away from us, and what we write can feed into the stereotypes those folks promote, or shatter them.<br /><br />Aldo Leopold's quote is nice, but in outdoor blogging, someone is <em>always</em> watching, and we need to comport ourselves with that in mind.<br /><br />And I'll tack on one more "requirement": Write honestly and authentically. Our detractors can spot obfuscation a mile away.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.com