Hunting Sense

Friday, while skimming through stations on the car radio, my wife happened to come across a radio talk-show where they were discussing Alberta’s Provincial Hunting Day. Even though the kids were less than thrilled by the prospect of having to listen to it, my wife left it there so we could listen. I have to say I’m more than a little glad that she did, but I believe she is planning on making a post that may explain why. What I want to discuss is something the anti-hunter they spoke with said.

It is widely agreed that hunting is one of the best management tools wildlife departments have at their disposal. Except to anti-hunters, who will find any reason, no matter how skewered, to debunk the fact. And that is exactly what the anti-hunter on the radio talk-show did, so I wasn’t disappointed. What surprised me though is the way she presented her argument against it.

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When my mother sent me these pictures this morning, I thought Cliff’s blog was the perfect place to post them. I’m not sure if Cliff has mentioned it, but my family are horse folk (specifically, Quarter Horse folk). And since deer are a big part of Cliff’s family, these pictures just seem to fit us to a tee.

Enjoy!

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As most of you are probably already aware of, Saturday, September 22nd, is National Hunting & Fishing Day in the United States. Maybe something a little less well known, though, is that it’s also Provincial Hunting Day in Alberta, Canada. I’m not sure if any of the other provinces are planning any activities for that day. But after seeing that the concept is something that extends beyond the borders of just one country, it gave me an idea.

Why not an International Hunting Day?

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We’ve all had them, right? Those hunting trips that would have been best if they had never happened? The ones where every thing that could go wrong did, and then some? Ones that, after the fact, you look back at and say, “Damn, that was a horrible trip, but it sure is funny now.”

Well, those are what I am wanting you to remember right now. Why? Because I think we can do something with them that would be rather fun. You know how movies have a tagline? Something like “RV: One family. Eight wheels. No brakes.” or “Rush Hour: The Fastest Hands In The East Meet The Biggest Mouth In The West.”

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Hunters in general tend to be an innovative bunch of people. We are constantly either trying, or coming up with, new tactics, ideas, or items to help us in our pursuit of the animals we hunt. To continue being successful, we have to constantly adapt to our game and the particular circumstances of a certain hunting condition.

So, quite often, we find ourselves not only using new products that hit the market, but often times we fabricate what we need ourselves. These could range from hunting blinds to our own scents, and numerous things in-between. I know because I’ve been there and done that myself.

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Photos of local hunters and their kills in newspapers are probably familiar to those of you who live in smaller towns. Growing up, I remember anxiously waiting for the paper to see pictures of deer harvested and if I knew the hunters who got them. In a way, those hunters who appeared within those black and white, ink-filled pages seemed like hometown hunting heroes.

You can still find them today, but as hunting and hunters become less fashionable, so does the printing of pictures of them and their kills. Especially in larger papers. So this is what I would like to do.

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Here’s a novelty for all you hunters and beer drinkers out there. Miller High Life cans are going blaze orange this fall, and the 24 and 30 pack boxes are getting a hunting theme makeover.

I’m not against having a beer after a long hunt, but I can already see trouble brewing over this decision. Hunters already fight a bad rap day in and day out, and beer in a blaze orange can is only going to add fuel to the fire on the general publics beliefs that hunters are nothing more than beer drinking, gun toting morons. In fact, if you read the comments left on the above article, it has already started.

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Happy Labor Day, everyone!

This is the official, unofficial, end to summer. Amazing how fast it goes, isn’t it? Here in the Great White North, you can already feel a crispness in the air and see the leaves slowly beginning to change from green to shades of yellow, red, and orange. All a sure sign that fall is on it’s way, and right behind it, tons of the white stuff.

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