28 November 2018 Farm Collector
We’ve also seen figurines depicting
somewhat more humane situations
with those being transported still alive
(if somewhat less than happy about the
whole situation).
All antlered deer and elk are male
(that isn’t true for pronghorn antelope)
so in the postcard, it looks like the male
hunter met his match with an equally
tough male animal. The only problem
those successful animal hunters have
is they won’t have any antlers to later
show how successful they were. FC
A retired high school history teacher,
Clell G. Ballard has worked on farms
since he was in grade
school, including 53 sum-
mers spent working on
his uncle’s dryland hay
and grain ranch. He also
is a dealer of World War
II-era military vehicles
and parts. Contact him at
(208) 764-2313 (and bear
in mind the time differ-
ence with Mountain Time) or by email at
[email protected].
Every parent wants their children to adopt their value
system. However, youngsters often don’t have the maturity
to totally understand and incorporate their family’s values
into their lives. Sometimes it takes something somewhat dra-
matic to impress on them what is important.
My niece’s husband is a dedicated hunter and he too ascribes to
the standard of “you eat what you kill.” When his oldest son got his
first BB gun at age 8, he was firmly instructed that he wasn’t to go
around killing things with it. There were many targets of opportunity
on which he could choose to develop his skill with the gun.
His intellectual acceptance of the family rule soon came in conflict
with the temptation to let a loud cawing crow “have it.” There was
no guarantee he could hit it and he thought that even if he did, the
BB rifle probably didn’t have enough impact to kill the bird. So, as
the story goes, his aim was good and, to his surprise, the small pro-
jectile was sufficient to snuff the life out of that crow.
He thought the “eat what you shoot” standard surely didn’t apply to a mangy old
crow, but his parents thought differently. Thus the proper procedures were followed.
The crow as cleaned and its feathers removed. His mother did her best to cook it
so it was edible. The mother, father, successful hunter and his younger brother all
received a portion.
We have all heard the statement that when someone says something untrue, and
that untruth is exposed, that he has to “eat crow.” Few people have ever actually
eaten crow, but that young man’s family at least tried it. All at the table agreed,
unanimously, that it was a most unpleasant experience. The moral of this story is
this: The young man firmly adopted the concept that hunters kill animals only for
food, and not just for the fun of it. – Clell G. BallardBE CAREFUL WHAT
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