With only a week left in the year, it gives me cause to think about all that has happened in the last year. For On Your Own Adventures, it has been an interesting, at times difficult, yet very successful year. Thanks to all of you for your help and support.
Some things that come to mind from the last year.
Hope 2010 has given you reason to be grateful.
And may your 2011 be even better. Best New Year wishes to all of you.
Some things that come to mind from the last year.
Not sure what 2011 holds in store, but if it is better than 2010, I will have even more to be thankful for.> Made a big splash at the Golden Moose Awards Show, especially for a first-year show.
> Drew some amazing tags.
> Showed the world you could hunt Alaska black bear for less than $2,000.
> Turned down a very lucrative offer that would have made OYOA the only survival show in the hunting TV world.
> Solved some serious tremor issues in my archery shooting.
> Overcame the normal equipment issues you expect when you drive 20,000 miles and spend 100 days on the road - blown axle, flat tires, lost tripods, etc.
> Found archery success beyond anything I could have ever imagined - antelope, mule deer, elk.
> Filmed a hunt that shows there is no lack of ways to access landlocked public land.
> Learned a new Arizona elk unit that I think I can draw every five or six years - don't ask, 'cause I ain't tellin'.
> Watched my nephew shoot a bull on his first elk hunt.
> Did not film a Montana deer hunt for the first time in three years.
> Found that Kansas deer can be hunted successfully via spot and stalk.
> Watched the pronghorn portion of Hunt Talk fill up with more pics of big antelope than I could have ever imagined.
> Finally got to go elk hunting with my brother.
> Saw what the results of an early winter can be on the migratory elk of Montana - lots of smoker bull pics showed up on the site.
> Entered into a partnership with our production group, Warm Springs Productions, increasing our visibility, quality, and opportunities, and making my life waaaay more sane.
> Inked some great sponsors that we will be announcing in early 2011.
> Got to spend a day being followed around the Montana mountains by the helicopter film group that filmed the Nat Geo series - Planet Earth. Amazing, simply amazing.
> Finalized the terms of a new network agreement, securing our home network for the next three years.
> Met many new great people, spent time with new and old friends, and had the best hunting season I could ever ask for.
> Lots of other great times, to numerous to mention.
Hope 2010 has given you reason to be grateful.
And may your 2011 be even better. Best New Year wishes to all of you.