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Well How About That

by JillM

I got asked out on a date to go hunting! I have never hunted before in my life, but as the single mom of 4 children, I was thinking it would be a good idea to get some cheap organic meat for my family. One elk would more than take us through the next year. When I mentioned this to “Ron�, he jumped right on it and offered to take me with him next week. He even said we could get my elk first, and that it was okay if we didn’t get his that day. He even promised to be good. I have to admit that I got a little chuckle out of that one, given the nature of other dates we’ve had!

What do you do with the kids while you’re hunting in the wee hours of the morning and you are supposed to be getting them ready for basketball practice/school/daycare? You let Ron figure it out. He is going to pick me up at 8:00 a.m. so I just don’t have to think about what to do with the kids! To those men who are diehard hunters who won’t hunt much past dawn, I say pffffft! Sometimes, for the kids, adaptations need to be made to the whole hunting process.

Especially when you’re hunting for the next “one�…

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