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With hunting season nearly upon us, I feel it only right to share the INTERESTING experiences of walking my dogs in the beautiful state parks of PA. :wah: Our state park is open to all - walkers, fishermen and hunters :rolleyes: - really, anyone wishing to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors.

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.

I'm sorry but that so much reminds me of :-

I always will remember,

'Twas a year ago November,

I went out to hunt some deer

On a morning bright and clear.

I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow:

Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

I was in no mood to trifle,

I took down my trusty rifle

And went out to stalk my prey.

What a haul I made that day!

I tied them to my fender, and I drove them home somehow:

Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

The law was very firm, it

Took away my permit,

The worst punishment I ever endured.

It turned out there was a reason,

Cows were out of season,

And one of the hunters wasn't insured.

People ask me how I do it,

And I say "There's nothin' to it,

You just stand there lookin' cute,

And when something moves, you shoot!"

And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now:

Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred Guernsey cow.

Bryn Mawr;702917 wrote: I'm sorry but that so much reminds me of :-

I always will remember,

'Twas a year ago November,

I went out to hunt some deer

On a morning bright and clear.

I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow:

Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

I was in no mood to trifle,

I took down my trusty rifle

And went out to stalk my prey.

What a haul I made that day!

I tied them to my fender, and I drove them home somehow:

Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

The law was very firm, it

Took away my permit,

The worst punishment I ever endured.

It turned out there was a reason,

Cows were out of season,

And one of the hunters wasn't insured.

People ask me how I do it,

And I say "There's nothin' to it,

You just stand there lookin' cute,

And when something moves, you shoot!"

And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now:

Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred Guernsey cow.


:wah: Nice one.

Also this ...

:wah: or the wad of grass hanging out of their ears


Pheasy you need to go into the woods and pee in strategic places so the deer will know not to go there. At least I hear that works....I've never done it..:-3

ThePheasant;702927 wrote: :wah: Nice one.

Also this ...


So appropriate