Thanksgiving week is (was) hunting season in Wisconsin. 250,000 hunters headed to cabins in the woods with rifles and copious amounts of beer. Many things were killed, often deer, sometimes dogs or cows. (You have to pay the farmer when you kill a cow.)
The Wisconsin natives claimed all the poor shooting was done by Illinois natives who drove up for the hunting season. (Illinois natives claimed it was hung-over Wisconsinites.) We stayed indoors that week. Regards, Bob S. On 11/11/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jogging in hunting areas during hunting season has a certain Darwinian > quality about it. > > John > > On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:18:47 -0000, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Mark Roberts wrote: > >>> > >>>>>>> Its just so much easier here in Texas. You trespass, you get > >>>>>>> shot. No one trespasses. ;) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Gonz!! You make us sound so uncivilized. You forgot to mention that > >>>>>> "No Trespassing" signs are widely and visibly posted, so everyone > >>>>>> has all the warning they need. > >>>>> > >>>>> Ah! I am reassured. Only the illiterate and foolish will be shot. > >>>> > >>>> Man, I'm just barely resisting the temptation to make a joke about > >>>> Texans here ;-) > >>> > >>> LOL. You can joke about Texas Aggies all you want. > >>> > >>> I'm watching you Mr Roberts. ;) I lived in the Pittsburgh area too > >>> you know. It was scary going anywhere during hunting season. I'm > >>> sure you know what I mean. There were always a few casualties. > >> Oh yes I do! I like running in North Park, about 30 minutes north of > >> Pittsburgh. It's always a bit disconcerting during hunting season. When > >> you're running 15-16 miles you can get pretty far out of the "civilized" > >> area (at least if you want to run on roads where the hunters in the > >> bushes present less of a danger than the *ssholes on the road). You keep > >> telling yourself "I'm wearing brightly colored clothing and running on > >> the road, where it would be stupid for anyone to shoot, even if they did > >> think I was a deer", but it doesn't make you feel any better when you > >> hear a shot in the distance! > >> > > > > My Aunt lives in Waynesburgh, about 1.5 hours south of Pittsburgh. Well, > > one of her kids likes to go hunting down there all the time, behind > > their house. One time I went along and was up on his tree stand with > > him and all of a sudden we heard many shots to the left of us, the shots > > continued getting closer until we saw a deer fly by in front of us, who > > apparently was running a gauntlet of hunters. My cousin promptly raised > > his gun and gave it his try, and missed also. I cant imagine walking in > > the woods there without bright orange hunter clothing. Despite having > > orange clothing myself, I was pretty nervous walking back to his house > > later that day. > > > > rg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > >
