We have all been there. You are out with some friends and you see a girl that you are instantly attracted to. Most males pride themselves on their ability to approach a beautiful female, engage her in seductive conversation, and if we are lucky, it becomes the beginning of a wonderful night and possibly a great relationship.
However, we have all been shot down and sometimes shot down badly. I remember countless times cruising the bars in Tempe Arizona and seeing the girl of my momentary dreams and you are instantly compelled to talk to her. It’s an impossible situation. You have no rapport established, you are going to be judged in seconds, and one wrong move will seal your fate as you crash and burn in front of countless observers. Often I was able to get a few sentences in before figuring out she was not interested. Eye contact was rarely established for more than a few seconds, she begins looking around you… maybe for a friend, or a possible escape route. Her one word answers usually are a billboard-size sign that you best move on. More often than not they were extremely polite about it. With 
any luck it is not infront of your buddies who will surely use it as fodder for at least the night if not for half a decade.
I was on a Nature and wildlife photography shoot in Grand Teton National Park when I witnessed and photographed the best example of being shot down by a female in arguably all of Natural history.
Oxbow Bend is known for its romantic settings, great tasting swamp grass, some of the best river water this side of the Mississipp, and best of all, females out number males 4 to 1. In short, this place is a moose’s equivalent of a meat market.
With number’s like that the choice is pretty much yours. All you have to do is walk up, show the female the size of your rack and she is all yours, RIGHT?
I think their are some valuable lessons to be learned here. First of all, we have all been rejected in the dating scene. You could have the biggest rack, a custom radio tracking collar made by Gucci, and the largest 
muscles in the park, but if she is not interested, there is nothing you can do about it. Simply cut your losses and move on. Why? Because there are many more moose in the swamp. You can never take someone elses reaction to you and internalize it as a problem with you. She simply never knew you to begin with, and never took the time to know what a great moose you really are. Lastly, more likely than not, your buddies did not capture it on camera and will not post it on their blog for the enitre world to see. So get out there and have some fun in the dating scene and never take someone’s rejection of you to heart!!!
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