tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post1215934325193525571..comments2024-03-03T11:21:12.438-06:00Comments on The Mallard of Discontent: This is not what I'm striving for this year...Chad Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13219295562957353591noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-79287680035655949562010-10-18T12:06:07.661-05:002010-10-18T12:06:07.661-05:00Sorry for the delay in responding, everyone. Been ...Sorry for the delay in responding, everyone. Been away from the computer for a few days. Thanks for all the comments.<br /><br />Norcal, it's not just specifically the emphasis on racks that bothers me, although that's certainly part of it, rather , it's the whole (for lack of a better term) "scene" that I'm just sorta, I dunno, tired of.<br /><br />I honestly suspect a lot of my feelings have to do with the artificiality of it all and the desire to get back to something genuine and honest and enjoyable and real and spontaneous and with a clearly-defined purpose, i.e. putting food on the table.<br /><br />And I think if I can concentrate on that, all those undefinable intangibles that first bewitched about deer hunting me will come back.<br /><br />And Steve, I'm rapidly forgetting what "publishability" even is any more...Chad Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219295562957353591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-70042200065310858792010-10-16T16:30:48.364-05:002010-10-16T16:30:48.364-05:00"...because I am a hunter and a free man"..."...because I am a hunter and a free man" is the end of the quote I think.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-80982904263571647462010-10-16T11:53:33.391-05:002010-10-16T11:53:33.391-05:00SBW, I love that British translation! You might b...SBW, I love that British translation! You might be even more excited about the quotation because he (Sitting Bull) was talking about freedom.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-5681168991813520202010-10-16T08:41:38.990-05:002010-10-16T08:41:38.990-05:00Chad
There a a quote, attributed to an Indian war...Chad<br /><br />There a a quote, attributed to an Indian warrior/philosopher that basically says something along the lines of: 'when you've, ruined the land, and taken all the other forms of hunting away from me, i will hunt mice, it's just the way i roll'<br /><br />I'm off to the woods air arms in hand to try for some squirrels. There's no such thing as a trophy squirrel, but then again with my success rate every squirrel is a trophy.<br /><br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-18292561652578102322010-10-15T19:43:43.904-05:002010-10-15T19:43:43.904-05:00Ditto on NorCal's, Phillip's, Murphyfish&#...Ditto on NorCal's, Phillip's, Murphyfish's, and Josh's comments.Tovar@AMindfulCarnivorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02786679920725797712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-13734578079268053852010-10-15T11:26:23.135-05:002010-10-15T11:26:23.135-05:00Sounds, to me, more like you found something, rath...Sounds, to me, more like you found something, rather than lost something.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-62949737715689457552010-10-15T04:56:01.737-05:002010-10-15T04:56:01.737-05:00I can't see anything weird about having meat i...I can't see anything weird about having meat in the freezer as one's aim and stuff on the walls as a by-product. Having the getting of stuff for the walls as one's primary aim though, and shooting animals to achieve this - I guess that's a kind of pure virile display. <br /><br />That said, if I do anything much my advertised aims are there very often just to prettify the tangle of my half-understood drives and wishes - a kind of a PR job on my more obscure motivations. <br /><br />I'm happy to have something to eat when I've successfully gone shooting - but I also know that I get a lot of (arguably peculiar) pleasure out of being seen as 'someone who hunts'.<br /><br />I don't think I can just erase the side of me that wants to make this kind of display - I tend just to go 'yeah, well, that's me alright'...<br /><br />HHHubert Huberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648804733877209296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-54318747957227119862010-10-15T04:28:34.527-05:002010-10-15T04:28:34.527-05:00Hi Chad,
When all is said and done you should go w...Hi Chad,<br />When all is said and done you should go with your instinct and, as Holly says, not with "what the marketers want us all to strive for". Putting food on the table, in my opinion, is the finest of reasons for the hunt. Wishing you every success in your hunt my good man.<br />Johnmurphyfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382223977388631947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-82676814800790392952010-10-14T19:21:17.621-05:002010-10-14T19:21:17.621-05:00As far as big game I have been a simple meat hunte...As far as big game I have been a simple meat hunter FOREVER.<br /><br />We will now discuss publishability...Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-15607071257029460852010-10-14T16:05:47.594-05:002010-10-14T16:05:47.594-05:00Sometimes it's good just to get back to basics...Sometimes it's good just to get back to basics and the hell with living up to other people's expectations. The hunt should be about your own experience, and the values and goals that drive that experience are constantly in flux. Go with it.Philliphttp://www.hog-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-49593525544928387012010-10-14T15:58:41.055-05:002010-10-14T15:58:41.055-05:00Main Line, ducks trump everything else for me too....Main Line, ducks trump everything else for me too.<br /><br />But Chad, are you sure your feelings are out of synch with everyone else's out there, or just out of synch with what the marketers want us all to strive for? I know very, very few people who are obsessed with racks (on deer, anyway). I think you're not as weird as you think. At least not in this respect.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-54761308215840747112010-10-14T15:04:42.728-05:002010-10-14T15:04:42.728-05:00Shooting a few rabbits or a good squirrel hunt is ...Shooting a few rabbits or a good squirrel hunt is a fogotten pleasure, maybe you should try to work one in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-17055459574637538542010-10-14T14:19:47.584-05:002010-10-14T14:19:47.584-05:00I sometimes wonder how many fawn deer make it to a...I sometimes wonder how many fawn deer make it to adulthood, In raptors there is a 70% mortality rate in the first year alone. Because of this we dont touch the adult birds for falconry as they are the breading stock. It seems strange to me to kull out the mature bucks and does leaving the young ones, it would make more sense to keep the mature animals as your breeding stock.Stephen Olnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124649154639876847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-58368973739461332232010-10-14T13:57:24.234-05:002010-10-14T13:57:24.234-05:00My zeal for waterfowling has also toned down my in...My zeal for waterfowling has also toned down my interest in deer hunting.Main Line Sportsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303248738216839079noreply@blogger.com