Endure by Cameron Hanes – Review
“Whatever path you choose, own it, be the best you can be, and don’t apologize.”
Cameron Hanes is the best bowhunter in the United States, if not possibly the world. In his motivational memoir, Hanes describes the background that he came from and the journey that he has taken to do what he does today. He runs as far as possible and lifts as heavy as possible so he can be the best bowhunter that he can be, to provide for his family and those in need of more meat.
What a great book. There are two main takeaways for me from reading this – two things that I wouldn’t currently have (or maybe ever) without Cameron Hanes.
I supported hunters and thought it was a great way to provide food for oneself and others before. I knew that other animals kill to eat in the wild, which is one of the reasons that I personally believe nature is not always peaceful and we need to be able to fight for our food. But I didn’t know the hunter’s creed or truly understand the dichotomy of killing an animal and then thanking it for providing food. That’s a really interesting perspective that I hadn’t really thought of before and appreciate Cam Hanes for teaching me that.
“It’s called wildlife management. Some people struggle with logic when it comes to the role hunters play in conservation.”
Cam Hanes, Endure
I also would like to thank the author for inspiring me more, or keeping the inspiration going. Goggins motivated me to keep pushing, move my body every day, and test my physical limits. And Cameron Hanes is keeping the ball rolling for me.
“Unachieved goals don’t have to result in unused gifts.”
Cam Hanes, Endure
Now, here’s something I want to discuss that I wasn’t happy about. (And notice the word discuss; don’t comment arguing with me without reading this entire post. Like anyone comments, but that’s beside the point.) Throughout the book I noticed that Hanes is more about pushing his sons. His daughter was mentioned (I believe) once at the beginning, and then a few times throughout he said my kids and two names, and I was like “wait, aren’t there 3? I thought he had a daughter, maybe I misread.” I would’ve wanted him to talk about pushing his daughter as well. Because personally, I was always about sports and academics when I was younger. And now I’m getting more into fitness and I want to run more and have better cardio, and I see a lot of other women on social media doing that as well. So at the end with the pictures of the Hanes family, I thought “oh he does have a daughter…wtf he barely talked about her.” And then he said she wants to go to Oxford University.
SO, then I thought “well maybe his daughter isn’t into fitness or hunting at all” and this book really isn’t about pushing oneself in the classroom. Where it’s pushing mental limits after the physical limits are at their breaking point, this is less academic. Also, like my fiance told me, maybe his daughter didn’t want to be in the book much.
Overall, great motivational book with some new info for non-hunters and a lot of thinking points as well, with some good book recs thrown in there as well.
Read on and endure.
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