Comments on: Evening Hunt http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2007/10/17/evening-hunt/ Christian Agrarian Counterculture Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:47:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Scott Terry http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2007/10/17/evening-hunt/#comment-5930 Scott Terry Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:15:01 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2007/10/17/evening-hunt/#comment-5930 Hi Brian Although I hunt to put meat on the table, even if I don't shoot anything it never seems like a waste of time. Siting in the woods and just watching God's creation drama play out before your eyes makes every trip to the woods valuable. Thanks for sharing your hunt with us. Colin Boy, you Irishmen are tough bunch! I'm not sure I'd let anyone shoot me with a 35 pound longbow, even if I was wearing a padded suit and mask :) I always love to hear what you folks are doing. Having you for a dad or neighbor must be really fun! Hi Brian

Although I hunt to put meat on the table, even if I don’t shoot anything it never seems like a waste of time. Siting in the woods and just watching God’s creation drama play out before your eyes makes every trip to the woods valuable. Thanks for sharing your hunt with us.

Colin

Boy, you Irishmen are tough bunch! I’m not sure I’d let anyone shoot me with a 35 pound longbow, even if I was wearing a padded suit and mask :)

I always love to hear what you folks are doing. Having you for a dad or neighbor must be really fun!

]]> By: Colin http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2007/10/17/evening-hunt/#comment-5876 Colin Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:12:33 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2007/10/17/evening-hunt/#comment-5876 I have an English Longbow [ only 35lb] and most of the homeschool children we have come round have bows of varying quality themselves. What was great in learning instinctive shooting was to use these underpowered bows to shoot at each other with..... I must add that we had bought rubber blunts and fitted them to arrows without heads, also we all wore padding and visored helmets or fencing masks. It was even better when we st up a course with various cover using pallets or branches etc. I have an English Longbow [ only 35lb] and most of the homeschool children we have come round have bows of varying quality themselves.
What was great in learning instinctive shooting was to use these underpowered bows to shoot at each other with…..
I must add that we had bought rubber blunts and fitted them to arrows without heads, also we all wore padding and visored helmets or fencing masks. It was even better when we st up a course with various cover using pallets or branches etc.

]]> By: Brian H http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2007/10/17/evening-hunt/#comment-5840 Brian H Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:01:49 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2007/10/17/evening-hunt/#comment-5840 Your hunt reminds me of the only time I've been deer hunting. It was on Washington Island off Wisconsin's Door County. We were 200 yards from Lake Michigan's shore, and I was up in a tree stand overlooking a doe highway. It had been 20 years since I'd been in the woods and just sat there...not trying to hustle from point A to Point B. Just sitting there. While up there in the cold wind you could hear the crashing waves of the inland sea. A small flock of chickadees came by every half hour to visit with me, perching in branches all around me. Your hunt reminds me of the only time I’ve been deer hunting. It was on Washington Island off Wisconsin’s Door County. We were 200 yards from Lake Michigan’s shore, and I was up in a tree stand overlooking a doe highway. It had been 20 years since I’d been in the woods and just sat there…not trying to hustle from point A to Point B. Just sitting there. While up there in the cold wind you could hear the crashing waves of the inland sea. A small flock of chickadees came by every half hour to visit with me, perching in branches all around me.

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