Tomorrow marks Wisconsin's 2014 Gun Deer Season opener. Matthew and I will be in our stand well before the 6:38 AM opening; excited to be hunting together again after Matthew's four year absence for school. The forecast indicates that the windchill will probably be in the single digits all day. It will probably be quite breezy.
None of that matters. We will be in our stand anxiously awaiting the opening of shooting hours so the hunt can begin.
Joseph will still be at home in his nice, warm bed. This whole deer hunting thing just isn't for him. He's a trooper, though. He actually went hunting with me a couple of times in the past. Joseph loves to feast on the fruits of our hunt; generally, though, there are things about deer hunting that make it tough for Joseph.
A deer hunter must be still.
A deer hunter must be quiet.
A deer hunter must be patient.
A deer hunter must be out in the cold.
Joseph's really not too keen on any of those things. The whole idea of sitting quietly for hours in sub-freezing temperature just isn't for him. He feels the need to burst out in song without warning sometimes. His idea of "watching television" with us typically involves actually sitting and watching for a few minutes until he thinks about a song or a commercial comes on television with music that catches his attention, either of which requires him to immediately jump up and head to his keyboard to play and sing. This cycle repeats itself throughout the evening.
That doesn't work too well when hunting; particularly deer hunting.
So tomorrow, as Matthew and I brave the cold in anticipation of seeing deer; Joseph will be back in a warm house in North Prairie singing and talking and moving around and generally doing those things that would ruin a good deer hunt.
It's just not for Joseph.
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