I thought about this long and hard for years.

The Magic Watch

There are two conclusions in that piece:

1) I see more deer when I’m outside than when I’m inside.
2) I see more deer when I’m not looking at the watch.

Since that piece, I’ve done some additional research on the subject. I tried the magic watch and several other sets of tables. For these experiments, I used my “sanity run,” It was a 5-mile circuit of back roads that I used to drive when I worked up near Mason, Ohio. The nearby woods and fields are filled with deer and turkey. This is what I used to go and drive over lunchtime when I just had to get out of the office and stretch my mind. I frequently saw all kinds of game.

Every watch, every table, should be able to tell you that you see more game around sunrise and sunset. However, which table was better at predicting when I would see game on one of these midday drives? The answer was none. I saw deer. I saw turkey. I just never saw them with anything approaching the regularity and precision of the tables. What’s more, I found that none of the sources were predictive. 4 hoofprints on my watch did not mean I was going to see any more deer than one or none. No peak on any sine wave curve meant there would be turkeys in the middle of the road.

The bottom line: Any excuse will work if you are dead set on staying on the couch. Get out there and stay out there. You will see game.

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