extra day

[charitycs]

It was a wonderful and much needed break from the daily grind.

It is really nice, however, that I have Monday off too.

"Why" you ask? Duh, first day of hunting season. We have the day off thanks to the male obsession with finding a buck with antlers large enough to prove their manhood. :)

So what does this say about the state I live in?

Comments

[devonai]

Just one more rack to ogle over.

In all seriousness, the population of deer in PA is dangerously high. If not for the hunters a good deal of them would starve to death or be hit by automobiles.

[charitycs]

Oh I know. I have personally hit several with my car. Something needs to be done with the lot of them, however, I am disturbed by the fact that many males attach thier ego to it.

Honestly though, you have to admit having a whole day of school off for it is a little much!

[devonai]

I'd like to think that most hunters are focused on the positive aspects of it, although my idealism is only that as I don't participate myself.

The best way to think about it is as self-reliance. Hunting is an expression of independence, where one can provide for his or his family's substantive needs without having to rely on anyone else. Furthermore, success depends entirely on one's own tenacity, patience, and skill.

Any hunter that brags about getting a nice buck should ask themselves how the physical characteristics of their game has anything to do with their own involvement. Most hunters fell the first legal deer that enters their crosshairs and call it a day.

Passing the positive aspects of the practice down to one's children makes sense to me, so why not let the aspiring young 'uns have a day off to go hunting with dad?

[blizzard]

Would you rather they obsess about finding you to prove their manhood? I sense jealousy. But I have been known to be wrong, from time to time, about a great number of things...

[ellyane]

ah yes, buck day.

Graheim has relatives in western PA. They have videos that stalk deer.