A Look Back

I began this blog as an exploration of the of a sportsman’s skill. I purposed that this blog look indulge in the finer techniques that makes a sportsman successful on both land and the water. I believe that this blog may have missed the initial mark of in-depth exploration and evolved into an elaborate overview of a sportsman's concerns mixed with a touch of skill advancement. However I still believe that the blog was an informative glimpse into the world as a sportsman.

This deviation as quit evident with my first post which centered on the debate over hunting and its ethical position in society. This post right from the start didn't discuss the skills that hunter possesses but rather defended hunting as a whole. While this post may be more important in the grand scheme of society it veered off the path that was set in the post that preceded it.

However I began the fishing aspect of the blog with and introductory to the exciting realm of flats fishing. I introduced three highly targeted gamefish, snook, redfish, and trout, and discussed the varies ways that an angler could catch such cunning fish. These couple of post corrected the direction of the blog and placed it back in focus with the original direction of the blog. Not only did that series of post explain and explore different methods of fishing the flats it also had a sense of research with the fishing trip I took to test the various flats fishing techniques.

I began to shift away from the direction of the blog again with the introduction to hunting posts. The blog began the shift towards the overview of the sport rather than its techniques. However I believe that hunting tends to do this naturally. Most of the population views fishing in a much different and accepting light as opposed to hunting, so the defense of hunting always seems to be on the tips of every hunter when they start to discuss they spot they enjoy. As a result my hunting posts tend to have an underlying sense of defensiveness to them.

However this I believe is what makes this blog better than what was initially set forth. The blog did not just speak to the population that was already involved but it also pertained to the portion of society that had no connection to them. Thus making the blog more than just a cookbook of techniques for a sportsman but rather an informative piece for both the sportsman and non-sportsman alike.