Hunting Sense

It’s a meme, but it’s a good way to learn about fellow bloggers deep, dark secrets…

The Rules: Players start with 8 random facts about themselves. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts. Players should tag eight other people and notify them that they have been tagged.
Marian at Marian’s Hunting Stories, etc., etc., etc. has tagged me.

1. I’m a transplanted Okie living in Canada. Imagine what it sounds like to hear ‘getonouttahere, eh?’ or redneck french, it isn’t a pretty sound.
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While browsing the news about hunting through Google this morning, I came across an article about www.showofsupport.org. Reading the article, I have to say this is one of the coolest things I have seen recently. My hats off to all those involved. Here is a portion of the article with a link to where you can read more on the Free Republic website.

Terry Johnson felt guilty about the cozy life he has lived in West Texas and not being the one who earned the freedoms he and his Family have enjoyed.

He thought about how to thank the troops who worked for those freedoms, and he decided to take two wounded Soldiers on an all-expenses-paid deer hunting trip.

“It was my way of saying thanks to these men and women who are keeping us free from terror,�? said Johnson, who owns a field service company in Midland, one of the epicenters of the nation’s oil and gas industry.

“That is absolutely the driving force behind it,�? Johnson continued. “I’m not a veteran, and there is a little bit of guilt there…I’ve had a great life, and that didn’t come free. I feel very beholden to these people for providing my freedoms for me and my Family.�?

As word spread of Johnson’s sponsorship of the wounded Soldiers in 2004, business owners and well-wishers throughout West Texas and hunters from across the state began donating money so Johnson could take more troops hunting.

Read more…

hunting, veterans, wounded, showofsupport.org

Yesterday we discussed the “and then what?” effect and how to get from point a to point b when faced with certain problems. Today we’ll be taking this one step further and looking at actually teaching them to survive. We not only want them to survive, but we want them to do so by relying on themselves and being successful, so that is where the emphasis is going to be placed as we take a closer look at this topic.

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I had a conversation last night that ties nicely into the topic of the week. We are raising a generation of enablers. There is no need to think for yourself; it’s all done for you, and there is no need to take responsibility for your actions. A prime example of this is the “Caution: Coffee is Hot” warnings on take-out coffee cups. While I understand this is a way of covering the company ass, it’s certainly not helping anyone on a grand scale.

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This is the first post in the Survival Series suggesting courses that could be implemented in our school systems that are taken from hunting but could benefit everyone.

It’s becoming more common to turn on the radio or the television and hear about a student who has taken a gun to a school or university and opened fire on their classmates. Every time such a tragedy happens; you hear screams from every which direction calling for tougher gun laws or the outright banning of weapons. The reality of the matter is, such actions will have no effect on preventing such tragedies.

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The evolution of survival is changing. At one time, a child learned how to survive a night or two in the woods alone. Now, they’re taught street smarts. This is largely due to the changing environment (urban sprawl/shrinking wilderness). While these skills are necessary, do they make outdoor skills less valuable? I believe many of them could translate into skills everyone could use no matter where they are.

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I don’t know how many of you know it, but I’m a writer at heart. I’ve loved creating stories and writing about different subjects for as long as I can remember. And it was through my love of writing that I met my wonderful wife, who is also a writer. Writing and my love of hunting is also responsible for Hunting Sense, so I think you can begin to get the idea just how important writing is to me and my life.

I’ve often complained about the portrayal of hunters in modern media, from movies to television and everywhere in between. Well, my wife is participating in an event called Script Frenzy, which is most easily described as writing a script in one month. You can read all about it in more detail at their website.

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Rex over at Deer Camp Blog did a post recently about The Worst Mistake, and then started a Meme for others to share their experiences about the big one that got away. I had been meaning to do a post for it for some time now, but couldn’t decide on which time to do it on. After a very scientific method of pulling one from a hat, I have finally nailed it down and I’ll now share it with you.

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It’s really hard to find time to do scouting sometimes when you need to be doing activities with the family instead. With time at a premium for most of us, and wanting home life to be a fun experience, it’s often times scouting that gets put on the backburner for another time. But what if you could do both?

Here are some ways to plan a fun family outing that will allow you to get in some much needed scouting at the same time. Whether you let your other-half know that this is what you’re doing is up to you, and I can’t be held responsible for any backlash that may be caused from it.

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Over the next two weeks Oregon hunters will have the chance to attend meetings to discuss this falls big-game hunts and 2008 hunting season changes.

The first time I walked into a Bass Pro Shop, I was in awe at the sheer amount of merchandise they had. It took me all day to get from the front door, through the entire store, and finally to the checkout. Amazingly, I only had a couple of items I had actually picked up and taken there with me. I have to say, I was amazed about that fact and I wondered why that was the case in a virtual outdoors candy store.

Part of it could be that the sheer amount of things to look at was so overwhelming it distracted me from getting what I really wanted. It was so easy to be looking at one thing, only to loose interest as I caught glimpse of something else from the corner of my eye and got lured away never to return. But I don’t think that was the true underlying factor.

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It’s no secret that social networking and bookmarking is popular right now, and for good reasons. Never has it been so easy to connect with people who share common interests as yourself and with friends. And as the popularity of such sites increase, the way internet surfers search for and find information and news relevant to them and their interests do as well.

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Words often have multiple meanings and definitions depending on who is doing the defining. They can even sometimes have slighlty differing definitions from one dictionary to another. So today we’re going to take a look at the definition of hunt and hunting from a few different sources. Then I’m going to give my definition of it. Last, I would like to hear what your definition of it is.

First, let’s take a look at what some common reference books define hunt and hunting as.

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Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund

April 16, 2007, will be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of the Virginia Tech community and the world beyond.

To remember and honor the victims of those tragic events, the university has established the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to aid in the healing process and generate financial support.

The fund will be used to cover expenses including but not limited to:

• Grief counseling
• Memorials
• Communication expenses
• Comfort expenses
• Incidental needs

If you plan to give, please click the link below:

Today’s post brought to you by Cliff’s wife.

Hi, all.

It may, or may not, come as a surprise that I (Cliff’s wife) am not a hunter. I’m not even all that supportive of the hunting community in general, which has brought up some interesting discussions (of the non-yelling variety) in our house.

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