~~A forest is never the same twice. It's always changing. Choose your path before you walk, and see where every step will fall.
~~Never go backward. Only forward. No matter how hard the terrain ahead.
~~Know what colors and textures a plant never makes.
~~The more patient animal usually wins, whether human or prey.
~~Never trust a sound in the wind. Like a mirage in the desert, a breeze in the forest is a siren's song of lies.
(Pictures from Wayne County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Infrared trail camera.)
15 comments:
Did you write the captions? They're great.
I love those cations Jason. Awesome.
I've always contended that hunters are looking for an excuse to be in the woods.
Are you hunting? How do you feel about it?
My step father who is nearing 60 took his first buck ever this weekend. By profession he was a butcher. I asked my mom, Did he cry when he took the deer. She told me, Yes. And then he got drunker than he's ever gotten and he's a lot of practice!
Hunting is a very curious thing.
Enjoyed your pictures. Would enjoy your hunting stories that would go along.
xo
erin
A breeze in the forest is a siren song of lies. I like that. I wonder if that is true for a creature who depends on the nose rather than the eyes and ears.
That last paragraph is perfection, and I love the juxtaposition of using the desert as a metaphor...
:-)
love,
me
I would love to lose myself in the woods for a moment of so...they've always seemed like dark enchanting places to me.
Great captions!
Great pics and great captions old bean.
Not a fan of hunting in general but banning fox hunting over in the UK was plain nuts!
Very rarely did any hunt actually catch a fox...they're way too quick and crafty for the hounds.
If they did it would invariably be a very old or diseased one.
Now we're overun with elderly and diseased foxes.
Perhaps we should hunt politicians? Much more fun...;-)
this was a treat...thank you!
much love
"Like a mirage in the desert, a breeze in the forest is a siren's song of lies." What an insightful statement that is. But I ache for those poor animals...
Nevine
Stephen, yes, they're my observations. Thanks!
Tabitha, much appreciated. :)
Karen, a big part of that is true. Sitting in the woods this weekend was like floating in warm water. Very soothing.
Erin, yes, I hunt. I have to say that I'm one of those who still has a thread of the old predator instinct born in. (I do more for the animals than I take, however. Planting food, improving habitat, etc.) Anyone who eats meat in any form in a hunter by proxy. There are those among us who can still stalk and take down the game in person, eye to eye. I'm one of those.
Charles, a steady wind is like bright light to the ones who use their nose. But I've seen them in a confused, changing wind. They are very nervous and slow.
PixieDust, thanks. :) I liked the juxtaposition too.
Melissa, very true. The strange thing for me, however, is that as I go deeper (as in miles), the enchantment falters, and the darkness grows.
Four Dinners, ha! Yeah, I seem to think that fox hunting ends most often with tired dogs and horses.
Stacey, my pleasure. :)
Nevine, for those who are strict vegetarians, I understand the sentiment. For anyone who eats meat in any form, however, they are hunters by proxy. All of the animals in these pictures are alive and well. A couple animals a year, at best, are taken by me. Their lives are idyllic. Free and open with death coming unexpectedly and fast. Not like the processed animals we raise for slaughter. It really is a close, Earth connection to immerse in nature and form that personal connection with what you consume.
I enjoyed the pictures and the captions. Good post. Although I find woods and forests abit too unnerving since watching The Blair Witch Project!
Akasha Savage, I know what you mean! A couple of years ago, I watched Blair Witch like 4 times, then went out into the predawn forest alone. Dang unnerving.
these are some extremely useful and right-to-the-point observations, Jason.
on forests being frightful places...
one can be more frightened in a dense city at noon than in a lonely forest at night.
if you know the rules (some of them listed in the post) you are safe in a forest.
but in a town? with all those unpredictable people?
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