Still has simple charm to it. :D

I actually ended up trading that one for a couple of peace-pipes and some deer antlers :)

AWESOME :D That's very cool. I'd love a pair of antlers. XD They're so hard to find these days even though I'm in deer country. O_o

:D sounds like lots of fun, too!

I've actually been pondering trying to craft a bow and going hunting this next deer season, but I don't know anyone with a house that I could cure the hide at or with a big freezer where I could store meat :( Most of my hunting expertise has been limited to rabbits, squirrels, and snakes, and they're not well known for their thick hides and antlers :)

Hmm. o_o

You could try a different trap, mebbe. Or at least, bring a big-ass freezer on a wheeled platform nearby and cut the deer into pieces.

You're fortunate though :) I've not got the guts to go hunting (I've thought deeply on it as a form of spiritual topic/reason- but I don't think I'd ever be able to actually end something's life, even if I did use it for sacred purposes [food/etc]). I've tried taxidermy, but had horrible results T^T

(notice to public viewers: I *only* consider hunting an option if it's in a spiritual, reverent context. Hunting for sport is almost blasphemy to me on the sole exception that the hunted creature is used for food/etc after, not as a kill-for-trophy-only).

I'm excited for you! *hugs* :)

Also... after doing a bit of research on Alabama hunting seasons and laws and such, I discovered that not only do we have muzzle-loaded firearm season and bow and arrow season, we also have... spear season.

There's a part of me that would very much love to run with a pack and spear a buck like our cavemen ancestors, but at the same time... I don't think I could successfully ever do that without causing the animal undue pain. I wouldn't even be willing to use a bow unless I practiced a lot and felt comfortable. Our ancestors have been doing this for a million years, and I feel like it's a right of passage of sorts in some instances.

However, I wouldn't even consider doing this unless I had people to line up and get some of the meat and a place to tan the hide. That's the downside of living in an apartment :( But... *shrugs* Even if I did do that, it wouldn't be until October, and I seriously doubt I'd even have time for it. Not to mention I'm not exactly in a spear-chucking state of physical form right now I'll probably just end up scouring the woods after antler-shedding season to collect the fallen antlers in a non-harmful way.

Wow, a spear! O.o That's really unusual/primitive/insert-surprised-thing here.

Yeah, I hear you :)

I've been looking for antlers, but no luck yet. I had deer near my college for a while, except all I found in the woods there were turkeys and *huge* (not kidding, watermelon-sized) heaps of rabbit shit. >_<

Maybe we'll find antlers :D