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Dave McC · December 4, 2002, 05:42 AM

Thanks, folks, It's nice to know this touches so many.

Matis,just about every hunter and target shooter I know over 40 has a broad streak of spirituality. Some write poetry, some live it.Gary Snyder, the Beat Poet, hunts mule deer in between Zen Koans.

Ted Kerasote, the outdoor writer and Author of "Bloodties", a must read for hunters, was a practicing Buddhist and mystic.

I'm not the only deer hunter to note how much the fall woods resemble a cathedral. The light slanting down through the colored leaves is like that coming through stained glass. The geese overhead sing their Hymn as they fly, praising the Creator in their own way. Mediation and prayer come naturally when we're surrounded by beauty.

Pop used to say that we live surrounded by unsung heroes and un-noticed beauty. In this too, he was right....

December 4, 2002, 05:42 AM	#12
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Thanks, folks, It's nice to know this touches so many. Matis,just about every hunter and target shooter I know over 40 has a broad streak of spirituality. Some write poetry, some live it.Gary Snyder, the Beat Poet, hunts mule deer in between Zen Koans. Ted Kerasote, the outdoor writer and Author of "Bloodties", a must read for hunters, was a practicing Buddhist and mystic. I'm not the only deer hunter to note how much the fall woods resemble a cathedral. The light slanting down through the colored leaves is like that coming through stained glass. The geese overhead sing their Hymn as they fly, praising the Creator in their own way. Mediation and prayer come naturally when we're surrounded by beauty. Pop used to say that we live surrounded by unsung heroes and un-noticed beauty. In this too, he was right....