The Hunting Program
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 11:35
Hunting deer in New Jersey – what could be more glorious?
We were traveling on a CoachVille event, and were stuck in Newark Liberty Airport waiting for the flight. We sat in one of the eateries, killing time, watching ESPN (that’s all that seems to be on airport televisions – ESPN or CNN. I wonder what would happen if I got someone to flip the channel to Cartoon Network?). On the screen was a hunting program.
While I don’t particularly take sides on the hunting issue, I DID take issue with the subject of the program – turkey hunting. Fathers and sons bonding over bow and arrow. Sons getting decked out from head to toe in camouflage, including painting their face, so they could hide, nay, literally blend in and become one with the forest, and thus be invisible to the hapless turkey.
Two things ran through my mind:
- Is a turkey really that smart?
- Hasn’t anyone told these guys they can get them at the grocery store?
It just seemed ludicrous. And I don’t mean the rap star. I doubt he’d be caught dead stalking turkey. For us ‘folk who grew up a couple of decades earlier, I doubt Ted Nugent, rocker and hunter, would be caught dead sneaking up behind a turkey, either.
As I mentioned, I’m not taking sides on the whole hunting thing. But after taking a few notes in the airport, I found that you can write a pretty funny sketch if you choose the anti-hunting stance…
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