How Much You Have To Know To Avoid Being Lost In Hunting
Mitch Johnson


It s always valuable to pay heeds to the advice of the experts or
a person who know the place better. And especially the older and
more experienced woodsman. They are always valuable.

Once while hunting, I disagreed with an older, more experienced
woodsman, who was a resident of the section and, as it turned
out, I was right, but it was a very- brash thing to do. Three of
us were hunting together that day. Our leader was prospecting for
fur while we were looking over the country for bears or any other
game which might be there. The section was mountainous and near
the timberline. On the way home we crossed a peak above the
timberline. From this vantage point, the lake, where our leader's
cabin was located, was visible and, before entering the timber, I
checked the approximate location of this cabin and fixed this in
my mind as we descended. About a half-mile from the lake we came
to a trail which had been made by a man who had trapped the
territory in previous years. We knew that this trail passed in
back of our destination and was, at its nearest point, about two
hundred yards from the camp. When we came to this trail, our
leader wanted to turn to the left and I wanted to turn to the
right. Both of us were sure that we were right, and, both being
rather stubborn characters, neither would yield to the other. As
a result, we started in opposite directions while the third man,
who had voiced no opinion, sat on a rock and waited, saying, "You
can't both be right and one of you will be back here." I was at
the camp and had a fire started before they arrived. I was right
in my directions, but wrong in disputing the knowledge of an
older, more experienced man in a country with which I was
unfamiliar.

One time I was fishing on a fairly large lake and two fishermen
came along in a rowboat. When they came abreast, one of them
asked the directions of a certain landing. I told them and
pointed out the direction which they should take. They never
slackened their speed or changed their direction, and if they
continued on their course they would have reached the shore at a
point about four miles to the south of their destination. It was
nearly dark and I don't know why they should ask directions and
then fail to follow them, unless they were lost and slightly
panicked by the possibility of spending the night on the lake.
They must have reached the shore without mishap, but they could
have saved themselves a lot of rowing if they had taken the time
to stop and talk to me and to listen to my directions then
proceed as advised. Sometimes some natural configuration of an
area will cause a person to become confused.

Another man and I became turned around in the goat-raising region
of Texas, while returning to our camp one night. We had a short
two-mile hike and we anticipated no trouble. We were supposed to
follow a trail that would lead us up to a plateau where the trail
became practically nonexistent until, at the end of a point, it
lead to a break in the rimrock which it followed to the valley
where our tent was located. We crossed the plateau in an easterly
direction until we came to the edge. From there the valley was on
our left so that we must have been on the north side of the point
of land where the trail was located; and if we followed the rim,
we should come to the break where the trail left the plateau. We
walked for a longer time than we felt was necessary and then,
deciding that we had made a mistake somewhere, we sat down and
waited for the moon to rise. We knew that we would have about a
two-hour wait so we built a small fire and spent the time in idle
conversation.

There is nothing harm in listening to the valuable advices. The
most important thing is that when you are advice to do things,
you should do them, so that you don't have to suffer for not
doing it. This is also correct with hunting deer. Don't be
confused when you are clearly informed and follow the leaders
always if you are younger.

Mitch Johnson is a regular writer for http://www.kids-games-n-crafts.com/
. His articles have also appeared on http://www.solidcomicbooks.info/
and http://www.tipsforcomicbooks.info/


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