Although technically I suppose I have never grown up, when I was a young person I lived in the big city. We had no family hunting tradition and other than a few trips to the rifle range at Boy Scout camp I have had minimal contact with fire arms.
But I moved to Wisconsin and raised my boys here. They all hunt. So this year we will have our first ever family deer hunt. If you are not from here let me tell ya, deer hunting is a very big deal. Schools either close or lower expectations significantly. Factories use the week to shut down for maintenance. Wives, called "deer widows" go to sales. Or in some instances also go hunting.
But this is all new to me so perhaps chronicling the journey will be of some interest.
You have to start somewhere, and in this case you start with an online lottery for deer tags. This is what I saw on a Monday morning recently:
I of course have no deer hunting "stuff". You have to wear blaze orange clothes. They are pretty easy to spot at thrift sales!
Hat, gloves, two pairs of mittens with open up space on the front for trigger finger. The big orange thing could be used either as a double hand warmer or a seat cushion.
Stay tuned for updates between now and deer season in November. And possibly for some nice vegetarian recipes to follow!
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