What fever you might ask?
Am I one of those horribly clueless parents that is here to brag about how high the fever was? Do I revel so much in the suffering of others that I am willing to poke fun of the imps illness?
Of course not!
Here at the Playground we feel the imps are the center of our universe, to be cherished and loved unconditionally.
However, while we might love and cherish other family members, Playground rules do allow us the occasional chuckle as said family members' misfortune.
Deer Season Is In Full Swing
Now I am not a hunter. Not that I am opposed to the wholesale slaughter of the adult Bambi's roaming throughout our great State. After all, I saw how reducing the kill limits led to starvation and disease that also decimated that population.
So now that I have moved the soapbox onto a pedestal, let's digress and discuss my elder sib's infatuation with 'The Hunt'.
ES.imp has been an avid bowhunter for upwards of 10 years. To date, he has lost 5-8 arrows and made 0 kills. However, this week he came OH SO CLOSE!
Picture sitting for two days in freezing temperatures with body-numbing, cold rain pounding on you as you sit, perched 14 feet in the air on a 3'x4' metal platform. At some point during these 48 hours you might start to question your verve, your desire, your need to chase the thrill. That tiny platform and the nerve-numbing water pellets that ceaselessly beat at your will, sapping your desire, stealing your warmth and then you see it!
Without the slightest whisper it appears. A large buck, the object of your dreams your fantasies, the reason you left the missus alone in her bed three States away, strolls calmly out of the underbrush. NOT.50.FEET.AWAY.
And he does not scent you. In fact, he continues to approach, only to pause when within 15-20 paces. He then then turns sideways, presenting the PERFECT target. Only then, at the moment the arrow is raised... 
!!!BUCK FEVER!!!
Yes, ES.imp was struck with the FEVER. He found it impossible to do more than hold the bow and arrow in the air and breath helplessly at his prey.
Then the Buck moved on and action returned to ES.sib's limbs.
There is always next year...
(I have been informed that there is no 'next year' for me tho'. I am reliably informed that my $$ will be spent on skiing equipment. Any deer hunting I do, shall be done with the front end of my vehicle...)
Friday, November 03, 2006
The FEVER has visited
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
bowhunter, eh?
Do you guys make chirping bird noises when the target is near?
I've been hunting once in Mt Shasta with a friend and his uncle. It was weird.
Dennis -- My hubby is also an avid bowhunter. Has been in teh 14 years that I have known him. I have never quite understood the need to sit in a tree and freeze my butt off in the hope that a "BIG" buck will walk by.
Admittedly hubby is a good shot and does normally get a buck every year. And I actually have one of his more impressive kills perched on my livingroom wall ([i]much to my dismay[/i]).
Maybe he should actually be hunting bows....hmmm?
Sounds to me like he just couldn't go through with it LOL We have TONS of animals around our house - since we live in the woods... I am always in awe of the creatures that visit, and although I am decidedly a meat eater, I just don't think I could go through with executing the "kill" (unless I was starving and desperate.)
p.s.this reminds me that I will just HAVE to relate the story of the time we got a large BAT in our house, and how we actually removed it ALIVE
p.s.s I think Skiing is A LOT more FUN!
Tony: chirping noises? No, here in buckeyeland we climb trees (approx. 25' in the air) attach tiny, portable ledges that attach to the tree leaving you just enough room to stand or lean... Realistically the loudest sound you will make is the THUD when you fall of the platform and hit the ground (or if you kept the harness on, the tree)
Post a Comment