It seems that everyone blogs around these days, travelling, experiences important to one or another, or for no particular reason all together.
My consulting work takes us travelling around the world and so I often thought in writing a blog about that, but the idea never fully proliferated.
That’s until today. What’s different about today then? Well, I have just signed up to a moose bowhunt in Newfoundland for late October 2011! What makes this special is that at my mid 30s I’m a new hunter and I’m starting at the deep end. I thought this would be worth of a blogging beginning.
So how did I get into this hunting business? Somehow something clicked during the early stages of my wife’s pregnancy to our daughter (any psychologists out there should feast on that!). Well, in fact, I had made it a routine to purchase books at airports and I always gravitated towards real-life adventures, biographies and a little fiction along the way. My interests seemed to spin around mountaineering, the poles, and the first explorations into the so-called Dark Continent.. Naturally these books often had accounts of hunting as means of survival. Strike one.
One day I decided not to postpone the subject any further and I shocked my supporting wife with an online purchase of T. Roosevelt “Africa Game Trails” and P. H. Capstick’s “Death in a Lonely Land”. Oh boy did I tap into my new gold mine or what? I didn’t know I could speed-read like that! Strike two.
Since then, hunting has been a pending subject, not made easy because of our frequent travelling. That was until I noticed the apparently extraterrestrial compound bows! After a fair bit of research, I walked into the local archery shop in an attempt to find out and hopefully try something. I walked out of there with a new bow and pretty decent gear set. Strike three.
It didn’t take long to figure out local regulations and did the necessary to be in a position to go for a hunt. Next was to figure out how to accomplish a dream as well as discovering the wonderful sport of archery. That was almost beyond a dream already!
Two things were necessary now: practice-practice-practice, and decide what&where to hunt. The local archery range sorted half of it, but the second part required a lot more research than initially anticipated. I then found a great source of inspiration talking with colleagues and friends about the subject.
Living in Canada, options are truly endless. From the vast array of game inhabiting these lands to the immensely diverse terrain, the number of possible combinations is daunting!
At this point I felt a guided hunt would be a great starting point because it would improve the chances of success as well as possibly taking me to new and remote places to explore. In short, the purpose of the hunt had become an experience to make the most of.
My wife, other than a wonderful woman, is an incredibly gifted scout with en eye for the right deal. So when I asked her to help me find an outfitted hunt with the potential to exceed every expectation, she came up with something rather special. Several phone calls after, I found myself booked for a moose hunt in Newfoundland end of October 2011.
While we figure out the logistics of getting there and returning with (hopefully!) a successful hunt, my wife just baked one of my favourite mouthfuls, a cherry tart! If anyone’s interested here’s the recipe and the picture, still warm..
Greatest cherry tart
Cherries to taste
1 yogurt (use pot as measure)
1 pot of corn or sunflower oil
1 pot of sugar
2 pots of flour
2 eggs
1 tsp of baking powder
Butter for the mould
Mix all ingredients together, pour it in a buttered mould, decorate the top with halved cherries (to taste), bake for 30 mins at 180°C.
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