Hunting This Way Comes - A Sunday in My City Post

Yesterday was opening day of gun hunting season here in Central Wisconsin .   There have already been weeks and weeks of bow hunting season.

Now, to MOST of you, this probably means absolutely nothing.

Oh, but my dear bloggy friends, up here on the edge of the frozen tundra where I live, IT IS A HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE deal.

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Signs of the approach of hunting season have been cropping up all around the place, even taking precedence over other, more important, things.

The world comes to a screeching halt for opening day.  Shoot, (pun intended) it comes to a screeching halt for the entire opening weekend.  

Now, for those of you who are feeling a bit sorry for our furry friends who are being hunted I've only got two things to say to HELP you with that:

1)  The deer herd in this part of the world is LARGE and HEALTHY, due in part to controlled hunting which annually reduces their numbers sufficiently to help the survivors find enough forage for food to endure our long frozen winters.  There is nothing more heart rending than starving deer with legs bloodied from ice crusted snow.

2)  In nature it is all about eat or be eaten.  Sorry for those of you with delicate sensitivities, but that IS how it IS.
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Some of the signs of hunting make me shake my head and HOPE they don't mix the hunting with the adult beverages.

This is Wisconsin.

We are known for cheese and beer.

I can only hope the cheese is consumed WHILE hunting and the beer AFTER.
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You know you're in Wisconsin during hunting season when you are greeted by THIS bright orange display just inside the door of your favorite local super store.
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And the truly eager hunter can't even wait to get to the dressing room to try on his bib and tucker!!!

(Thank goodness his head was buried in the rack so no need to ask his permission - - - I doubt he will even recognize himself should he stumble across this blog, which he won't 'cause he'll be too busy out in his deerstand ALL WEEKEND AND ALL THE COMING WEEK.)
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And up here on the edge of the frozen tundra, it is NOT just the guys who go all wild and crazy over hunting.

Oh non mes amis!!!  The cutest, girliest girls you can imagine strap on their orange hunting togs and head to the woods.

Fisherhubby and I have even heard of camo weddings.

Yes, you head me right CAMO WEDDINGS, where the bridesmaids may have been attired as pictured above.
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And the brides?  Perhaps they wore this, I do not know FOR SURE not having been invited to witness the nuptials.
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And lest we forget the groom and groomsmen, there's plenty of camo for them too.

I wonder, do ALL the camos need to MATCH at a camo wedding?

And that's what's happening in MY neck of the woods - - - what's been going on in yours?

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Joining Unknown Mami
For Sundays in my City.

My city is Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

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Photo Credits:  Bridesmaid - simplyformal.com 
                       Bride - my-wedding-reception-planning.com
                       Groom - thetuxedostore.com 
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