Nearing The End

            Many hunters have ventured out in the woods with their muzzle loaders in hand. I expressed my interest in acquiring one for myself in my last blog. Since then I received a push from my brother. He went out and put the gun I was looking at in layaway for me. I guess the decision has been made. I can appreciate the fact that owning a muzzle loader will lengthen the hunting season for me, and there is less noise in the woods due to the fact that many hunters skip this segment of hunting.

            I was out running errands with my mom yesterday when we received a desperate call from my brother. He had sighted in his gun, and was pleased at its accuracy. He then proceeded to clean it to be ready for the morning hunt, upon doing so he broke a piece off inside another piece. He had been frantically calling around trying to find replacement parts for it. He was able to find them both, however not at the same location. So I was sent on a scavenger hunt to round them up for him. The good news is the gun is now fixed; the better news is that my gun will never have this problem, as it doesn’t have those parts.

            I’m glad that when I get my gun out of layaway I will have someone experienced with muzzle loaders to show me the ropes. He’s going to have to show me how to load it, and clean it. I wasn’t sure I wanted to own a gun that evolved the extra maintenance, but he said it’s not a big deal. That has yet to be seen.    

            My brother got his deer back from the meat processers and it is delicious. He had some made into summer sausage. My nephew doesn’t like hardly any meat, He usually makes a face and spits it out, but the venison summer sausage he devourers like candy. That’s a really good thing because it’s good for him; it’s a very lean meat, and heart healthy. It’s never too early to start eating well.

            This has been a bad year for me to be writing a hunting blog. With school, work and my work apprenticeship I barely have time to sleep so hunting falls into last place, I have enjoyed everyone else’s stories though. It seems like everywhere I go I overhear hunters describing their success. I just smile and know my day will come.