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Meta learning for the mountain hunter

Meta Learning: "the process by which learners become aware of and increasingly in control of habits of perception, inquiry, learning, and growth that they have internalized". Maudsley, 1979

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An Interloper, a Captivity Journal, and an Irruption: a mule deer memoir

Jared Oakleaf

Dec 26, 20183 min read

An Interloper, a Captivity Journal, and an Irruption: a mule deer memoir

Part 3.5, of a 3.5 part series on the history of the "youngest" member of the deer family. Part 3 is available at: ...

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Jared Oakleaf

Dec 17, 20184 min read

An Interloper, a Captivity Journal, and an Irruption: a mule deer memoir

Part 3, of a 3.5 part series on the history of the "youngest" member of the deer family. Part 2 is available at: ...

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Jared Oakleaf

Dec 11, 20185 min read

An Interloper, a Captivity Journal, and an Irruption: a mule deer memoir

Part 2, of a 3.5 part series on the history of the "youngest" member of the deer family. Part 1 is available at: ...

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Jared Oakleaf

Dec 4, 20183 min read

An Interloper, a Captivity Journal, and an Irruption: a mule deer memoir

Part 1, of a 3.5 part series on the history of the "youngest" member of the deer family. One of the quirkiest members of the deer family...

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About Me

If only, I knew then what I know now. I hate that saying, it speaks to time lost, maybe even time wasted. A better saying to live by is: work hard at learning what you don't know.

If we are lucky and stay healthy, we can hunt big game for 55 years. Which means I am close to the midpoint. I look back and embrace the things I have learned over that time. But, I always stop on a question: Why did it take so long?

This blog is subtitled meta-learning for the mountain hunter. The intent, easily digestible knowledge at everyone’s fingertips. Twenty plus years of trial and error, boiled down into a two to three minute read or video. I hope this can help people become better hunters now, the clock is ticking.

If you make a mistake in the outdoors, learn from it. The next time, when an opportunity presents itself, and you don't repeat the mistake, you have #comefarpilgrim