There Is A Season

Uncle Larry, Grandpa Byer and Uncle Wayne go hunting.You have heard that for everything there is a season, and that is true in so many ways. One that I doubt if you ever thought about, is the seasons for things we do. Now this isn’t going to be a serious story about philosophical things, but rather it will follow a little bit different path. Typically, for most men, there is football season, baseball season, basketball season, and hunting season, with a few others thrown in there for some people. In times past, most women would have left this to the men, but that has changed, as there are probably an almost equal amount of women that like to do these things too.

As to the season for hunting…which I think just got over…but since my husband and I don’t hunt, I can’t say for sure. I do know that for years my parents went hunting, and I can remember the wild meat…cooked to perfection by my mom. It was so good. Not everyone can cook wild meat to make it not taste gamey, but she could. They went hunting with my grandparents, and I know that my uncles did too. imageEspecially as young men. I doubt if my aunts went, as girls anyway, but I could be wrong on that. I do know that a lot of my cousins hunt…both male and female cousins, so it is something that runs in our family on both sides. Lots of the girls like to go hunting with their husbands, but the thing I find especially endearing are the girls who like to go hunting with their dads, such as my cousin, Jamie Patsie, who was not deterred when her husband Kevin couldn’t go hunting with her. She just talked to her dad, Terry Limmer, and the two of them made a day of it. That is such a cool thing too, because it gave them some father/daughter time.

The little girls in the family maybe can’t go hunting with their dads yet, but that certainly didn’t stop Meadow Nordquist from going out to see what her dad, Aron had shot, and even taking the opportunity to pose for a victory shot with him. She was very excited about her dad’s conquest. I think her sister, Addie was a little put off by the idea of sitting on a dead animal, so she would have none of this whole “picture with her dad’s conquest” thing. I suppose the time will come when she will think differently about that. It may be with her husband, and then her dad though. Time will tell on that, but little Aron & Meadow NordquistMeadow was very excited to see what her dad had shot…and I’m sure they will all enjoy the meat.

Like every other season, hunting has a season, and when that season is over, it’s over. I’m sure it is something everyone hates to have happen…especially if their hunt was not successful, but it is inevitable nevertheless. So, all I can say to that is that it is a good thing that football season is still going on, and basketball season will follow, and baseball after that. Before they know it, hunting season will be upon them again, and they will be back out there looking for the best buck. That’s just the way it is…to everything there is a season.

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2 Responses to There Is A Season

  1. Shirley Cameron says:

    Hunting Season is all well and good. this whole family is a Hunting bunch as were my Mom and Dad. Its a Great thing as long as you are people that respect someone elaes stuff and boundaries. I Never gave it much thought until we moved out here. The people that have tried to shoot us tried to run over us, tried to tell us that they were going hunting up here weather we wanted them to or not has Drastically changes my view of Hunting. One year they stood out in the gardn across from my Dads house which contained Shorty and Dad and shot his Deer aiming right toward the House. Wwe did catch that one and called the Game warden. Some of them I Held at Gunpoint and told them what they were going to do or they would be buried out here. I Have learned to hate Hunting season. I Know all of your family are not like that but people that are responsible Hunters need to help educate the ones that are not. I Know that sound hard but if you see someone doing something they are not supposed to be doing or going someplace they are not supposed to be going then tell them about it and if they don’t change what they are doing call the Game Department or the Sheriff. Don’t let them screw it up for everyone else. We property owners get the bad rep because of those that have no respect for others rights too. I Love wild game. I have no bad feeling for those that hunt except the ones like I was just talking about. They have no respect for signs or any one telling them hunting is not allowed on this property. OK I’m Off My soap box now.

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