Ladybowhntr,

That was a very nice story and thank you for sharing it with us. I am actually a guy who grew up on Long Island, very suburban but had the woods in mind. Where my parents lived we had a stream in the back yard with woods, a lake down the road, and the bay not far from that. I would fish in the lake and catch carp and gold fish on bread. I would shoot birds, which I felt guilty about afterwards, but it was in my nature to hunt things. Eventually my wife and I moved to PA and I took up hunting, which many people there do. The kids are off on FDD, First Day of Deer but at first all I saw were hunters and no deer. Eventually I met up with a guy who took me hunting on his property and I shot my first deer, a spike, with a 70 yard neck shot. Ever since that first time, I have been learning how to hunt better and where to go to hunt to find deer. That was 4 years ago and each year I have gotten deer every year since.

I too had chickens which I would purchase from a hatchery in Iowa and loved the eggs. I still work near the city but live in the country and love it that way. Also where we are in PA on top of the mountain, we usually get several feet of snow every year, which is always fun. Now I do some ice fishing as well and the parties we have on the ice are great.

Tomster