Posted on 09/16/2007 5:05:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
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You might want to carefully read this article.
(Green armband on my son is for young entry. It was his first hunt.)
We were out with the late lamented Shamrock Hounds, which dissolved two years ago. Northwest GA, Floyd County (where of course General Forrest saved Rome GA and has a large statue in his honor at Myrtle Hill). The hunt country is still in use by the Shamrock Pony Club, and there are hopes of reviving the hunt.
Meanwhile we're out occasionally with the Shakerag or Midland.
I’m sure there are some good intentioned hunters out there....
I'm sure there are... There are also some real arseholes. The hunting world comprises the spectrum of human personality, from angelic to jerk. No matter, the tag and permit fees from all of them go to the same uses.
The PETA kiddies exist and are funded to make timid white people useful to the Left. Since the “Civil Rights” crowd is composed of scary Nazis not so much “opressed” as hate filled the liberals created a safe haven for their timid children to congregate. If you are Liberal Larry or Soccer-Mom Suzy where do you send your kids to LaRaza of NAACP or the animal shelter to help out?
That looks like a Matthews solo cam he has there.I have one myself.Excellent bow.
Nice horse. Handsome son. Nice tree. Good sport. The clothes are gay.
You could make millions coming up with a non European non gay horse riding outfit. Think something along the line of US cavalry with a combat helmet or something :-)
Yep, it’s a Mathews Drenalin ... we each got one this year. Boy is it ever a sweet bow! He got that bull at 53 yards, a shot he never would have taken with his old Oneida.
I’m a spot shooter, currently a constitution. Switching to a Hoyt for the indoor season.
IMHO, hunters are more in tune with and informed about nature than tree hugging hippies will ever be. I grew up in a family full of hunters though and with venison regularly on the table, so I’m a little biased. :)
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
You have to have the close-fitting leather seat breeches, or you will wear your skin off the inside of your thighs in about an hour of hard riding. The high leather boots are to protect the inside of your calf. I have permanent burn scars where the skin was frictioned off about halfway up my calf, where the stirrup leather crosses the lower leg, when I forgot my high boots and tried to get along in blue jeans and a couple of ace bandages (big mistake). The long stock on the white shirt is for use as a sling or bandage in an emergency, and the close fitting black wool Melton coat keeps you from getting hung up in twigs or branches in the woods (the long skirts on the coat are because, yes, sitting in a saddle makes your butt look big - also protect your upper legs from rainwater, nobody stops hunting for a little rain). The hunt cap is to protect your valuable brain (at least, I value mine!!)
What I've really always wanted to do, though, is hunt on a sidesaddle. My mare is fairly elderly though, with the swayback that comes with age and having lots of babies, and a horse has to have a perfectly straight back to carry a sidesaddle.
I hunted a few times here in Germany but gave of the game as unworthy. Not only do they not hunt live fox, they do not even hunt a drag, they do not use Hounds, for that would be against the law, so they tie a tale to a designated rider' s shoulder who becomes the human fox. We merrily pursue the human fox along the pre-set course with some decent jumps and pause halfway through for a picnic washed down with gallons of schnapps. The pre-set course homeward bound can be pretty blurry.
I currently have four horses here, Holsteiner, Hanoveraner, Bayerischs Warm Blut, and a Deutches Reit Pony for the smaller kids. I do some driving too.
I hope your hunt comes back. I miss it.
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