Opening Day

They say the deer has no natural predator left in Ohio.  I  have seen some in Pennsylvania.  What else would you call a person that could pierce the heart of a deer at 200 yards on a dead run.  A humanitarian and a natural predator.

Maybe it is because of the shot guns they use in Ohio; I don't know never hunted the woods.  The deer have changed I can tell you that.  When I was twelve it was expected to see one buck with several hundred doe and on multiple occasions.  At thirteen they stopped.  Ran across fifty; never saw group bigger than nine since.

That may be just a round number, but a good round number.  Hunted many years and have not hunted in many years.  Never served the ultimate function, but never wavered in the trail.  The last years either they have joined me here in the city or I have begun to notice them.

I drive the city as I once walked the woods.  I know their schedule only watch for them when they would be out and about.  Many things have changed in this world, but not so much the deer's daily schedule.  If you don't know deer maybe best way to explain is that they make many beds.  Most active in the morning and evening.

You know why the farmers stopped the hunter: they were seen as lazy.  A postmodern child could be understood to suppose as has been shown that it was easier.  Not a topic for opening day.  In Pennsylvania its a holiday and the schools close;  like a big government rally in eastern Europe.