{"id":290,"date":"2014-11-14T05:03:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T05:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=290"},"modified":"2014-11-14T05:03:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T05:03:25","slug":"opening-day-is-nearly-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=290","title":{"rendered":"Opening Day is Nearly Here"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well, it’s that time of the year again. \u00a0Opening day of gun season for deer here in Michigan. \u00a0This time of year there is an excitement floating through the air around our home. \u00a0My husband dreams and plots and strategizes over hunting season. Normally he and my dad lease land a few hours away and are gone for a few days together. \u00a0This year is different though – he has his own land to hunt on \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0He has been out for bow season, and we have been trying to study how the deer are maneuvering around our property the old fashioned way. \u00a0 He and my oldest son have gone out morning after morning and as luck would have it, he’d nearly hit the deer crossing the path he was driving on, or see a group of 5 or more….. at the other end of the field. \u00a0This year my husband\u00a0plans to stay out the entire day. \u00a0I would love to join him, but we will get to hunt together on our anniversary which follows a few days later. \u00a0It will be a date!<\/div>\n
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If you are one of the many hitting the fields on opening day, I wish you a good hunt and pray for your safety. \u00a0Hopefully the hunting widows have plans of meeting with their girlfriends for some quality girl time. If your husband does happen to bring home the jerky, and the backstraps, and the steaks, I can help you come up with ways to cook it. \u00a0I had hoped to have a ‘venison series’ hit the blog in time for hunting season but I fear I won’t have time.<\/div>\n
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I will leave you with a bit of humor – then my favorite hunting season prayer to follow.<\/div>\n
Twas the night before deer season, when all through the house<\/span><\/p>\n

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bowstrings where waxed and in their cases with care,<\/span><\/p>\n

In hopes that deer season would soon be there.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The young hunters where nestled in their beds,<\/span><\/p>\n

While visions of Big Bucks and Does danced in their heads.<\/span><\/p>\n

And mamma in her \u2018kerchief, all angry at dad,<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of the time spent preparing his bag.<\/span><\/div>\n

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When morning came round, coffee so warm,<\/span><\/p>\n

The hunters where wondering \u201cIs it going to storm?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Watching their videos getting all pumped,<\/span><\/p>\n

Making sure their guts unload by taking a dump.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Getting in their camouflage, and all the hunting stuff,<\/span><\/p>\n

Firing up their Scent Smokers and watching them puff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Load up in the vehicles and off to the woods,<\/span><\/p>\n

Hoping they remembered everything they should.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Arriving at the hunting grounds feeling like Christmas morning,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hoping they give their prey no fair warning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some walking to stands and some to their blinds,<\/span><\/p>\n

Can\u2019t wait to leave all their worries behind.<\/span><\/div>\n

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As day slowly turns from the night,<\/span><\/p>\n

The birds start to wake and begin to take flight.<\/span><\/p>\n

They sing their songs that have sounds of beauty,<\/span><\/p>\n

While the hunters are finishing their duty.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Waiting and watching anything that moves,<\/span><\/p>\n

The hunters are slowly sliding into their groove.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some will find success, and some will get skunked<\/span><\/p>\n

To most it does not matter if they get punked.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The smell of autumn and the changing of leaves,<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why a hunter lives and breathes.<\/span><\/p>\n

For on the opening day of deer season,<\/span><\/p>\n

To be in the woods is life\u2019s reason!<\/span><\/div>\n

(author unknown)<\/div>\n
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A Hunters Prayer<\/h2>\n

Clean Kill or No Kill, Lord<\/p>\n

0 Lord, I am a hunter<\/p>\n

And life I seek to take<\/p>\n

But let me not attempt the shot<\/p>\n

Beyond my skill to make<\/p>\n

For Lord they are your creatures<\/p>\n

Given for our use<\/p>\n

But each one falls within your sight<\/p>\n

They’re not for our abuse<\/p>\n

And when I loose my arrow<\/p>\n

Please guide it swift and true<\/p>\n

Or let it miss completely, Lord<\/p>\n

That pain be not undue<\/p>\n

A clean kill or no kill, Lord<\/p>\n

Such is my heart’s desire<\/p>\n

Give me the skill to make it so<\/p>\n

Or let me hold my fire<\/p>\n

And when my time upon this earth<\/p>\n

The days they are fulfilled<\/p>\n

Grant that I may die at least<\/p>\n

As clean as those I killed<\/p>\n

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Timothy D. Cook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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