Dad always said blaze orange was my color
It's true.
When I was 12 or 13, my dad bought me a blaze orange sweatshirt and announced it was a good color on me.
I haven't been deer hunting for years, although I was a regular "bow bender" in my teens.
After passing my hunters safety test last night, I plan to go out hunting with my family next month.
The class was just a refresher, by the way. I was already certified.
I'm looking very forward to spending some time in the woods. Just thinking about it brings back a lot of memories of my family.
More about that as the hunting season approaches.
For those of you itching to get out in the woods ... please share your stories. We can all enjoy.
Nov 2, 2009 at 8:41 p.m.
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My dad never let me wear orange, ever. As a defiant teenager, I found a blaze orange hunter's cap and proceeded to tramp around in the woods with a stick that looked like a rifle.
Nov 1, 2009 at 5:44 a.m.
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as much weed as TheKid smokes, I am glad he is only shooting with his camera! Wise choice!
Oct 29, 2009 at 9:19 p.m.
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A SERIOUS request.IF,IF any hunter would like to "barter"for venison I am more than willing.I enjoy venison,have not hunted in years.
ANNE MARIE,One smart lady to refresh on hunting.Best,safest hunting season you,family.
Blaze Orange is your color!
Oct 29, 2009 at 7:51 p.m.
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i use to hunt an was fairly successful, at least according to the precedent my older bro had set. to much effort/dough for the reward out of it. id rather shoot em w my camera now.
Oct 29, 2009 at 6:19 p.m.
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I love being in the woods this time of year on a WARM day. Only my hunting skills are more atoned to a CAMERA! LOL.
Oct 29, 2009 at 5:23 p.m.
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I can still recall the smell of drying deer blood as the carcass hung from the rafters in our garage. Dad went hunting but never actually shot a deer, that I can recall. The one he brought home from Up North, he hit with a car.
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I think my nephew Dan might be the only student at Dartmouth who hunts. When he was younger, he needed an adult to accompany him one morning so he could hunt legally. I got up and hiked up the wooded hill in western Wisconsin, where the hills are STEEP. He was a gazelle, but I was worried about a heart attack. He got one shot at a deer and missed. It was a downhill shot, and I think he didn't account for that, a lesson learned. The roar of that rifle next to me in the stillness of that morning was SO loud. I think my ears are still ringing.
Oct 29, 2009 at 4:33 p.m.
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I believe the editor of the Gazette, Scott Angus, has a blaze orange shirt. .
Oct 29, 2009 at 3:38 p.m.
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Most guys dig chicks in blaze orange, you know.
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