I have never planned on being a hunter. I have no problem with going hunting in principle but I am not sure I would be able to shoot anything but a rat. I am talking about the four legged kind, not the ones in congress. Most of the stories I hear about hunting involve starting in darkness, sitting motionless in snow or being waist deep in murky water. Not my idea of fun.
Recently I was at a family/friend event and spent a few days talking to and listening to a real, live hunter. He has trophies on his walls and everything. He was sharing the details of a moose hunt that he and some friends went on recently. They waited for years to get the tags or whatever they call them. They had to charter a company to fly them far from civilization. They slept in tents and tromped through the wilderness. It rained almost the entire time.
I probably won’t ever do something like that. I learned another reason I probably will never go hunting: It is too expensive. The trip cost each of them around $10,000. That is a bit rich for my blood but it reminds me of what a great country we live in. He is a retired blue color worker and he has been able to put himself in a position to take trips like this. Only in America can people who are died in the wool members of the working class have the resources to follow a dream like this.
What a country.
homo unius libri
Most blue-collar workers never get to that point. He was either very smart, very blessed, or both.
ReplyDeleteTrue. My father was self employed and a great man but his legacy was not financial.
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