[QUOTE=Big0008]Thanks Rosco2 but consider this:
1. If I were a newbie, how am I supposed to get the experience to write quality posts with out the assistance of the senior members?
2. I thought the purpose of this board was to share information and experiences. Some of us are less comfortable than others about this and therefore some lukers are created.
5. I don't get out to play as often as the regular senior members here and only seek to make my mongering/hobbying experiences as high quality as possible.. do you do any less?[/QUOTE]I can understand your frustration, Big0008. I asked for help a while back and felt kinda snubbed too, but I requested it in the middle of a thread that had other stuff being discussed. I would like to give some of my "newbie" thoughts on a couple of your points. (I'm just looking to make more posts--lol.)
Referring to point 1.
I am working with the assumpution here that most of us have done a bit of mongering before we found this site. I developed most of my own tricks from trial and error, and thank god the errors haven't been too severe. So the value a newbie posting like mad is that it brings out different tricks/viewpoints/do's/don't's that everyone else might be able to work with. I usually try to toss in a point about my style with each review.
2. A lot of the stuff I have been using from others postings isn't up to date. But at least it gives me a starting point. There are sections of town I drive through that I'm sure are a gold mine, but when I get home and read ALL the posts in the thread, or use the search engine, I find no reported action. On the other hand, some old "hot" areas might not be jack shit anymore, but I'll drive through to check it out anyway. Think about it: how an area rises and falls in sw action can tell me a lot about where the sw might be migrating to. It's a little bit of . . . forensic mongering?
5. It's gonna be tough to make every tour of duty a memorable one. I applaud your intentions, but the nights of rosy palm are a reality for successful mongerers. The mongerers who refuse to call on rosy and stay out there trying to force something are the ones who get caught in the shit--the unsuccessful m's.
I hope you keep in there making your bones. And be careful--when in doubt, don't.