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[RC] Hunters and riders - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Deb Ambrose mkkgs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 During deer season here next to Ft. Bragg, NC (Sep 15 - 
Jan 01), the scrub oaks and pines are a-rustle with the 
optimistic out for chance at a white tail.  My usual route up
along the edge of the military reservation is out of the 
question.  I put on an orange vest and ride up the rocky rail
bed on Sundays, to get to State Forestry lands.  Other days of 
the week I stay in the open on 40 acres in front of our 
property where I have permission to ride.  I trot over every 
inch of that field, thinking that had to be a half hour!  Come
to look at my watch--13 minutes have gone by.  Last weekend,
I rode the edge of the field, heard a truck coming slowly, and
saw two gentlemen in orange hanging their heads out to look at
tracks coming from my field to their zone.  I waved, and they 
stared back.  Then the stink-eye contest was on!  Who would
look away first?  I laughed when I read one post on Ridecamp
that said the hunters in our area know the deer are not scared
off by the horses.  What about my orange drapery and sleighbells
and my loud rendition of Oh! Susanna?  I never worry about being
shot accidentally; I worry about being shot on purpose!
  Only six more weeks...

Deb Ambrose
Aberdeen, NC


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