Hunting is a good thing to do, for lots of reasons. Here are just a few that I came up with while working in the office and giving the DVD player a workout with children’s’ videos for my 4 year old…
Hunting lowers your blood pressure. Sitting in the stand, blind, field, etc. is so relaxing, [...]
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Hunting is a good thing to do, for lots of reasons. Here are just a few that I came up with while working in the office and giving the DVD player a workout with children’s’ videos for my 4 year old…
Hunting lowers your blood pressure. Sitting in the stand, blind, field, etc. is so relaxing, some hunters (not me, of course) sometimes find it easy to catch up on a bit of shuteye while waiting for something to show up! Just make sure that if you’re elevated any more than the height of a bed, that you harness yourself in. Waking up by falling down is NOT relaxing.
Exercise gets to pay your body a visit. You live too far away from exercise at home. That’s why you two never get to spend time together. If you go hunting, chances are, you’ll get some sort of exercise in one way or another. Just make sure that you are healthy enough for it. There’s an article about exercise in here. Read up on that and take care of yourself!
Food. Gotta have it. Might as well have fun bringing it home! The trips to and from the store have no character. Hunting, however, provides the opportunity for you to bring home nutritious, healthy fresh meat with stories to tell about it. Wild game is special. You’re not going to find venison or dove next to the bologna or chicken at the store.
More food. This is the other side of the spectrum, yet special in its own way. You’re sure to find the universe’s best chicken fried steak at that local small town favorite cafe, or a piece of pie with sky high meringue that defies all laws of gravity. If you’re fortunate enough to spend the night in camp, you probably have someone in the group that loves to show off their cooking skills. Camp meals can be a unique and savory experience.
Gifts and talents. No, I’m not talking about birthday present gifts. Hunting lets you find things about yourself that you’re good at doing. Some of us may have the aforementioned ability of creating a gourmet meal out of salt, pepper and ground meat. I call these people Kitchen Magicians. There’s the hunter in the group that makes you feel comfortable about moving that several hundred pound deer stand from one location to another. He’s the guy that unloaded all the bags of corn from the truck while you were unrolling your sleeping bag. He has the gift of strength. You’re glad he’s on your team. Some folks can keep camp clean. Others engineer and build things such as a tree stand, a deer hanger, a front porch for the cabin, all in a weekend with a hammer, nails and scraps of wood they found in the back of their truck. It’s a beautiful thing to see a group of people come together each with their own gift or talent. What’s yours?
Meet people. After spending a few weekends hunting together, strong friendships can be formed. You’ll meet people that maybe you wouldn’t have hung out with normally, and you’ll actually enjoy getting to know someone from a different background. It’s amazing how comfortable you’ll feel around a stranger after hunting alongside them in the dove fields, even on a short afternoon hunt!
Improve quality of wildlife. Shoot a doe if you have too many in your area. Their meat tastes as good as a trophy buck. Sometimes better. You’ll have bigger, healthier deer later, because they won’t be crowded and underfed. That’s why the Texas Hill Country is erasing it’ s reputation for having puppy dog sized deer! They’re growing bigger and better, folks!
Improve quality of land. As hunters, we have the opportunity and privilege of cleaning up debris, trash and other remnants of past inhabitants of the land that we’re using. In scouts, we were taught to “leave it cleaner than you found it”.
Hunting also teaches us that there’s more to life than appointments, meetings, soccer games and nights on the town, all of which are good in their own way. We need to have structure like that to keep us from being dormant couch potatoes. It keeps our brains working. However, the hunting part of life can broaden our horizons. It gives us experiences and memories you can’t easily find within city limits.
Get out there and breathe it in.
