Hunting Season

       It's here. The most awaited "holiday" in New Bethlehem and other local towns. People have been gearing up for this event for weeks. Preparations included spotting at all hours of the night to find that perfect hunting spot and shooting guns in. Over the weekend, traffic was steady as people traveled through town to get to their camps. Evermoore's restaurant, which opens early to accomodate hunters, was completely parked full this morning. Our schools have two days added to their Thanksgiving break to allow for hunting. Facebook has exploded with pictures of the big bucks shot. All day I could hear shots ringing out around my house.
       There's three main types of hunters. First, there is the one day hunter. This hunter hopes to get a deer on the first or second day of the season so they don't have to go out in the woods the rest of the season. Usually they will shoot one of the first few deer they see. There's the waiter. This hunter will wait all season for that perfect deer. In the end, they usually pass up all of the good ones and end up shooting a less desirable deer. Then, there is the hoarder. The hoarder is usually the farmer that is allowed to hunt on their own land. They will kill around 15 deer in the season. I personally do not hunt, and I have no desire to go out and sit in the cold waiting for an animal to walk by. I'd much rather sit on my couch and watch them come to my yard to eat the feed we put out.