"The Reason I Hunt"
by Okie!
I sit here in this treestand waiting for the sun, The air is cool, the breeze is brisk and I'm the only one... To see the pending sunrise from this particular place, To witness God's artistry puts a smile upon my face; The forest has it's special sounds as the mornin' comes to life, The scolding of a blue jay cuts the silence like a knife; I sit in anticipation as ancestors did before me, I feel a certain kinship with the hunters all thru history; Two squirrels playing tag is a comical distraction, The sounding of a twig snap sends my instincts into action; There in the shadows, a magnificent whitetail buck, I pray to God above me, bring me all good luck; He's too far out to shoot now my heart beats just like a drum, I swear that he can hear it"Where did this buck come from?" Just a few more steps now and he will be in range, My fingers shake upon the string, my legs are feeling strange; In my shooting lane now the buck stops and sniffs the air, I know that I have done it, he doesn't know I'm there; I draw the string back to my cheek and take a careful aim, I place the pin upon his chest, I know I've won the game; I wait for the right moment, and then let down my bow, In an instant he has disappeared, just tracks left in the snow; My heartbeat is still racing, the feelings are intense, I take a couple deep breaths, the excitement is immense; That buck will live another day to grow a bigger rack, It's not the kill that I hunt for but the thrill that brings me back; When that excitement can't be found, when my heart rate no longer soars, That's when they will put me in the ground, cuz Okie ain't alive no more!! The main reason I hunt is for the sheer pleasure of having an animal in range when the creature doesn't know I'm there and knowing at that moment I hold his fate in my hands...I love to eat the game I take and don't take anything I won't use, But it is that kinship with my forefathers, the hunt, the thrill, that keeps me in the woods every year. God put the animals on this earth for us to use and enjoy, and there is no better way to enjoy them then to be in their element, on equal terms, and match wits with the wild creatures we hunt.....More often than not I lose but that is why the call it hunting instead of killing........

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