This post is in response to the challenge at the
Outdoor Bloggers Summit called
Non-Traditional Faces of the Outdoors.(please encourage all women hunters to join the Outdoors Bloggers Summit if you can.)
As I was growing up at a hunting camp in the south, it was still a man's world. Yes, I knew a few adult women that hunted but they sure as hell were not going to come to stay at our camp. Men cursed, drank, stank, peed in the yard and were in general pretty uncouth there and it was a true He-Man, Woman-Haters Club. Everyone knew women could not hunt. They took too long to do anything, always had to go to the bathroom and got cold. Plus they always wanted you to clean this, or clean that and everything at camp was icky to them anyway.
Hunting was for tough guys. Even my sister was treated this way and told to stay home with her Mama. I do not say this was right, it was just the way it was.
This was my thought at a young age, but slowly it has evolved until I see it in a whole new light, as have all the men of my family.
As I grew older, I still thought of hunting and camp as a very virile sport, and going to camp was a place for kids like me to be treated as men. Deer camp was not for girls! Then I learned a lesson. The lesson came when I held my newborn baby daughter in my hands and realized the importance of making sure to spend as much time as I could with her while I could. My eyes opened and I began to realize there were a lot of women out there that hunted, and having them at camp was pretty much OK. Once they were accepted, I found out they were eager to pull their weight, eager to learn, and a lot of fun to hunt with.
Marian has hunted with me many times and she is a joy to have at camp. My children and Pauls children all hunt and if some one is getting dressed and walks by a doorway in their underwear, the girls don't bellyache and act like they are insulted. They politely turn their heads and keep doing whatever. None of them have shirked their duty to be good sportspeople, to abide by the rules and game laws and to dress their kill if they take an animal. It is part of it and I have found that the women that hunt accept that responsibility as being part of the club. A lot of them can drink and spit peanut hulls into the fire as well as you can, and they are as competitive as any hunters you have known. In fact, I am looking forward to meeting and getting all my female link friends to come visit and hunt with me when they can.
This is a little rambling, but the truth is here. Women are a wonderful part of the Outdoor tradition, and us men need to encourage every woman to get involved.
PS That damn
Thunderhoof loves women hunters and that is good enough for me.
Tuskahoga, MS> Everything is set and we are expecting a big turnout for our First Annual Christmas Place Hog Hunt. We have looked at the charts and feel that we will not have more than 2 adults and 3 children eaten by hogs this weekend. The good news is that we should kill 5 or 6 of the nasty varmints.
Yes, we all know how sneaky deer can be, but the deer on the Mexican border may be the sneakiest of all. Our only border guard is Jamie and she is doing her best to keep the deer herd there under control.
Februrary 18, 2006 I wrote my first post. Since then it has been a pleasure each day to jot down a story about the famous Christmas Place, our hunting exploits and adventures, and post pics of our deer, hogs and camp life. My imagination let's me write Ghost Stories, Treasure Tales and Interview the King of the deer, Thunderhoof.
According to my friend, Chip Hunnicutt, hunters are a lot more than tough. In fact after reading his blog, you will see that they are Double Tough! He runs the cool blog at Doubletough Outdoors. His blog has lots of interesting stories, but he seems to concentrate on adding really interesting video for his viewers. All kinds of game and hunts, he's got a pic of a bear over there as big as a house, unusual events, and some humor too.
You pass through the narrow passage until you reach the barred door, unlock it with the Deer Skeleton Key and pass through.
These few pages govern all aspects of hunting for the camp members and their guest for each year. (they even have rules for the summertime).
in the camp rules that would lead to fun and relaxation for anyone.
I have never even heard the term before but my friend at Envirocapitatist is one. After you read his site you will understand and be one too! He is blogging out of Tennessee, somewhere near Mushy I think.
Como, MS> It had been a very long day, yes another red letter day for the Baileys, and I was ready to get out of town, have a drink and relax with my friends. Denise and I picked Greg and Kim Jones and headed to Como to meet Mark and Kim Stewart. The Como Steak House was relaxed, friendly and fun. I felt the tension slipping away as we caught up on everything under the sun.
This post is in response to the challenge at the Outdoor Bloggers Summit called Non-Traditional Faces of the Outdoors.(please encourage all women hunters to join the Outdoors Bloggers Summit if you can.)
I have a new link from Dihardhunter. He runs a neat blog aptly called The Outdoor Smorgasbord. He has beautiful wildlife pics, great trail cam and deer pics, stories of his hunts, and info on the biology and movement of the Virginius Whitetailius. (deer to you uneducated non-Latin speakers). He is one of those rich bloggers making money hand over fist with Steve at The Skinny Moose Network. Go visit his site it is a rare and wonderful buffet about hunting, life, heritage and being part of the Outdoors.
I know that most of you that read this are already listed better than this in the Technorati Ratings but I am somewhat proud of the accomplishment and am now ranked 96,009.
