Excerpt from Wild Goose Jack - Hunter/Conservationist

[Normous]

I thank all the members here I have had a chance to meet and go hunting with. I am grateful.

Norm wishes to share an excerpt from Wild Goose Jack , a book written about a hunter and conservationist.


" I tell you, everybody, I know by experience that men can go "Hunting" together and live in bunches , have a good, clean, cheerful outing, and come home the better men for it, with greater love toward their fellow men, families and community.

By taking such a month, away, far from the grind of life, it gives body, heart and nerves a rest and allows the SOUL to develop."

Jack Miner, Kingsville, Ontario, Canada - 1865-1944

[grouse]

Good thoughts! Merry Christmas!

[AJ01]

Hunting to me refreshes the soul. It allows us to take a step back, take a deep breath and be grateful for what surrounds us. It is a time of "esprit de corps" among those of us who hunt together. It is a brotherhood of like minded people.
I'm lucky, I still have friends that I have hunted with for over 35 years. We have grown up "gracefully" together from young men to cantankerous old goats!! And in spite of ourselves became husbands and fathers that might actually be responsible and know something!! We have been given the ability to "pass on" the knowledge we have gained thru life's experiences if we are smart enough to do so.

In today's "hustle and bustle" world, I firmly believe that one needs to call "time out" from the grind. To "stop and smell the roses". Solitude is a great searcher of the soul. Sitting around a campfire and just starring into the flames is a great healer of the mind. It is primitive and it is ancestral. It's what reassures us we are indeed human.

AJ