You know what derivatives are? They are a bet by a banker, and they don't call them bets because they are bankers and they don't gamble, although they take some risks - and then want bailed out when their risks go bad. My point is that urban living and technology have deprived the young of the romps in the woods, I don't think many are manning a trap line for money, I helped a friend on his when I could (pre-1964) - us city slickers didn't know how many muskrats were around to trap. modern man (Me?) seems locked into Super Market bargain shopping, and my father (as a boy) brought squirrels home for the pot, my grandfather introduced me to picking bird shot out of pheasants. So I thought about that Master Hunter program of Washington State, and translated it into German immediately, JaegerMeister. Which someone remembers is a fine alcoholic beverage. That isn't it and I was looking at it for the wrong reasons (those German dinner jackets are so cool), I just wanted another excuse to go shoot the best I could. They do want you to qualify with your hunting weapon. Well, I was oriented yesterday in Olympia and I am really happy with the program. So I am sending in my application today, and after church I went to try my hand at the rifle qualification and passed the off hand at fifty yards, but not the hundred yard one, yet. See, I am only in it for the challenges and am willing to work on passing all of the requirements. Then the fun stuff comes along, assisting in hunter educations, repairing elk fences, chasing strays (city folks keep moving to the woods), and wildlife projects . I am big on hunting, just not on being a blaze orange target during season and I really like the idea of helping young men learning how to shoot safely and hunt with care the land and its bounty.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Get the young into the woods, not virtually...
You know what derivatives are? They are a bet by a banker, and they don't call them bets because they are bankers and they don't gamble, although they take some risks - and then want bailed out when their risks go bad. My point is that urban living and technology have deprived the young of the romps in the woods, I don't think many are manning a trap line for money, I helped a friend on his when I could (pre-1964) - us city slickers didn't know how many muskrats were around to trap. modern man (Me?) seems locked into Super Market bargain shopping, and my father (as a boy) brought squirrels home for the pot, my grandfather introduced me to picking bird shot out of pheasants. So I thought about that Master Hunter program of Washington State, and translated it into German immediately, JaegerMeister. Which someone remembers is a fine alcoholic beverage. That isn't it and I was looking at it for the wrong reasons (those German dinner jackets are so cool), I just wanted another excuse to go shoot the best I could. They do want you to qualify with your hunting weapon. Well, I was oriented yesterday in Olympia and I am really happy with the program. So I am sending in my application today, and after church I went to try my hand at the rifle qualification and passed the off hand at fifty yards, but not the hundred yard one, yet. See, I am only in it for the challenges and am willing to work on passing all of the requirements. Then the fun stuff comes along, assisting in hunter educations, repairing elk fences, chasing strays (city folks keep moving to the woods), and wildlife projects . I am big on hunting, just not on being a blaze orange target during season and I really like the idea of helping young men learning how to shoot safely and hunt with care the land and its bounty.
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Thanks for taking an interest in helping the young folks Earl! Without people like you, we would lose an entire generation who would not know the woods and hunter education and safety!!
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