Admittedly I do get odd looks when I set off with the dogs both wearing their bright orange jackets and me, also with my orange jacket and orange cap (not the great cap Wisey sent me - apparently that’s still ‘in the mail’). But you can never be too careful, after all it has been commented, on more than one occasion how much I resemble a deer. :rolleyes:. So off I go, blowing my whistle regularly, so as to alert the hunters that I’m there, but also to send off the odd bear. Happily bouncing along (that’s the green tea - it makes you bounce).
Now hunters have a habit of suddenly popping their heads out from bushes or from the long grass, which in its self can be a little alarming. However, the hunters we have here, are a lot more scary than any you will ever see anywhere else. So, I’m busy trying to hold my dogs back, believe me you would be snarling and foaming at the mouth if you saw one too. I’m not sure if it’s the face camouflage, or the wad of grass hanging out of their ears, or it could possible have something to do with the chewing tobacco they have wedged under their bottom lip (which contorts their face in a way that is difficult to describe) - particularly horrific when they smile giving you the full benefit of their black teeth.
Now I suppose this whole hiding behind a bush is necessary so as not to get seen by the animal you about to kill. But, it causes a great problem for walkers, like myself, who have drunk too much green tea and are now desperate for a pee. It really is very embarrassing when you are crouched behind a bush with you pants around your ankles, and the hunter in the next bush wishes you ‘good morning’.
Anyway, I just wanted to announce a seminar which I will be holding at our local trail on Saturday at 10am - all deer welcome. I will be giving many useful tips to the deer on how to avoid being shot. One being the very useful tip of knowing where a hunter is hidden - just follow the line of empty beer cans! I feel that this seminar will be very useful and I will take great pleasure in knowing I played a valuable part in turning the tables.
