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i ---- I C v 0 48 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 22, 1989 Intrepid | Coltager in by Craig Nicholson (c. 1988 All Rights Reserved) HUNTING There's a big difference between hunting and trapping. Trap- ping is hot sweaty exercise regardless of the catch; hunting is # relaxing on a watch until you bag a deer or a neighbour. I've never been much of a hunter, although I do own a .22 and have my share of stories. : Before the .22, I only had a pellet rifle given to me as a teen. Then, it had seemed very macho, but as I grew up it became § more and more of a toy. Which I keep hidden as the guys sit § around swapping hunting yarns. The wife says there'd be more £ hunting if there was less knitting. I said it was part of the | mysterious macho ritual. : Things changed when a porcupine ate my brake cables over- night. Then he chewed on my freshly painted red snow buggy. I grabbed my toy gun and went hunting. I found the porcupine high up a large tree when it dropped = a branch on my head. It was one of those pines that is so tall = it made me dizzy when I stood at the base and looked straight up. I couldn't even shoot straight. At least that's what I thought after I'd pumped 20 pellets skyward and the porcupine hadn't ® even moved. Either I'd killed him on the very first shot or was i missing entirely. It was only after several pellets fell back on my head that I realized my toy didn't have the power to shoot | that far. So I got a license and a .22. Several nights later I heard chomping noises outside and = knew Mr. Porcupine was about to meet his destiny. I duct taped § a flashlight to the barrel of my new gun and slipped outside to listen. I heard a noise and turned on the light, illuminating my chest since I had taped it backwards. Rather than reversing the gun, I retaped and snuck towards the sound of a very large animal chewing at the neighbours wood £ pile. And switched the light on again. I couldn't see anything, & because it had burnt out, but I could still hear eating somewhere § in the chopped pine. I stood on watch for almost a half hour and didn't even see a deer. I was quiet the next day when the § neighbour commented how the pine bugs in the wood pile had § kept him up all the night. He was just lucky that my great pine | bug hunt hadn't turned into a shooting war! I have nothing against hunting except its lack of creature comforts. None of the dead ones look comfortable to me. The § deer hunt is an annual ritual round here and most neighbours § take part zealously, although I can't get excited about hunker- {i ing down in the woods for hours on end in the hope that a deer § will decide to go to the store for a pack of smokes. I think wives must like it because it gets husbands out of the house and makes & them appreciate what they come home to. Most guys and guns go in groups. In the city these are call- : ed street gangs. Guys crawl out of the woodwork for the hunt, §# guys who never even go outdoors for the rest of the year. Guys : who don't know which end of the barrel to look down and who : will shoot at anything that moves and some that don't. Many hunt for meat tn eat, but some guys are only there for the thrill of the kill; some are just there to party. Hence the term 'hunting ?" Most of the fun seems to center around the hunt camp, eating, drinking and Tom Foolery. I don't know him personally but he must be like Santa Claus because he gets around to all the camps. It's no wonder that's where all the fun is, because on the watch all you get is cramps, drizzle, boredom, cold, eye # strain and if you're real lucky, a 200 pound carcass to drag out. Then you get to celebrate by drinking too much and sleeping on : a lumpy mattress or old board with ten other guys snoring and § breaking wind. Which probably explains the drinking too much. The hunt camp is usually a real piece of work. Designed to discourage the participation of wives, most are shacks and hovels lost back in the woods and unspoiled by any ac- coutrements newer than 1910. But they are part of the hunting tradition of roughing it, even the splinters on the outhouse seats. Most are not ventilated and are either too cold, too hot or too damp. Open bunks line the walls and are shared with whatever living creatures have invaded since last fall. Who soon leave since there are usually no bathing facilities over the two week hunt. Which explains why everyone at a hunt camp begins to have that same unshaven, disleveled Daniel Boone look. It also § explains more drinking too much. The excitement is heightened by the constant fear of get- ting shot, so everyone wears quady clothes that make them look like punk rockers. I don't know if this colourful visibility is to deter errant shots or to make sure of a clean kill, but I bet the deer get a kick out of the fashion parade. Deer hunting is controlled by a system of tags issued under a quota that permits the hunter to kill only what his tag says. None of them say other hunters, but some can't read too good. All in all, a fun time is had by everyone except the dead déer and the wives who have to welcome home husbands who smell like bears. But the government is wise to keep the hunt open since it is an effective way of controlling the population. It is also how § males can experience survival of the fittest. f The wives wish it could be three weeks. | Break laid Durham Regional Police have charged a 32-year old To- ronto resident with break and enter and attempted arson fol- lowing an incident August 16 near the Port Perry Yacht Club at Robin Glade. Police and members of the Port Perry Fire department were called to two homes just north of the Yacht Club. One of the homes had been broken into, and although there was nothing reported stolen, a fair amount of damage had been done. The second home next door, owned by thesuspect's parents had gasoline poured through- out the interior, which Police said presented a serious threat to the house and others nearby. Annual show this week by Florence Ashton Brooklin Horticultural Society will hold its 'Annuals Show" and general meeting on Wednesday evening of this week at 8:00 p.m. at Brooklin United Church. Special topic will be 'The Diversity of Shrubs" with guest speaker Tom Leedle. It should be a good show with 64 classes of flowers, fruits and vegetables. Everyone welcome. It is euchre night again on Thursday evening Aug. 30, at the Ashburn Community Centre at 8:00. Bring your friends and come out and enjoy a good evening. Grant and Sheila Parrott visited Sheilas' mother, Mrs. An- nie Hamilton in Belleville over the week-end. Recent visitors with Bill and Bernice Gardner were Mrs. Mary Ervine, Port Perry, Mrs. Ann Taylor, Kim and Valerie and Mr. and Mrs. J. Cunnington and fami- ly of Guelph, and Mrs. Irma Tripp of Blackstock. Last Wednesday, Muriel Fisher, Joan Knight, Sheila Par- rott, Margaret Davis and Florence Ashton travelled to Fergus, and enjoyed the day with Jean Vicars and shopping at her lovely gift store. Last Sunday, Jean and Cecil Vicars visited with Doug and Florence Ashton, and also Muriel Fisher. Rev. McEntyre chose as his sermon title last Sunday morning, "Following Christ." His text was from St. Mark, Chapter 2, verse 14. Our minister also favoured us with a beautiful solo. Ushering for this month are Dr. and Chrissie McKinney. We invite you to join with us at Burns each Sunday morning at 11:15 a.m., as we wor- ship together. SHARP -- CANON TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CALCULATORS & Adding Machines PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street 985-7383 C, 2 AS A Honsy pt TI PORT PERRY BAPTIST CHURCH Hwy. 7A & Island Road East of Port Perry 985-8681 Pastor: Rev. David S. Daniels Sunday Services: Bible School 9:45 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Junior Church & Nursery Provided Wednesday 7-8 p.m. Bible Study & Prayer Sat., Aug. 19 at the Church ky PORT PERRY in PRINCE ALBERT UNITED CHURCH Rev. D. Robert J. LePage, B.A, M. Div. Rev. Donald E. Tansley B.A. M. Div. Associate Minister SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 10:00 a.m. Port Perry 11:30 a.m. Prince Albert Morning Worship Service Theme: Discerning The Right Way Nursery Care Always Available UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Miss Edith Bolton Scugog Island 9:45 a.m. Manchester 11:15 a.m. Bible School Picnic August 21 - 25 UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Rev, Dale Davis 'SONSEEKER SAFARI' Blackstock 10:00 a.m. Special Welcome North Nestleton 11:15 a.m. To The Handicapped Nursery During Worship HOPE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH A Christian Reformed Fellowship 166 Simcoe Street, Prince Albert Rev. Bart Van Eyk, Pastor 985-9679 Song Service: 9:50 a.m. Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship 11:15 a.m. Worship Service: 7:00 p.m. Sunday School & Nursery Provided "Everyone is Welcome" GREENBANK PASTORAL CHARGE SERVICES Rev. David Shepherd, Minister 9:30 a.m. Seagrave 11:00 a.m. Greenbank 12:30 p.m. Pinedale EMMANUAL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Regional Rd. 8 at Simcoe Port Perry, Ontario Rev. David Beesley, Pastor 985-4441 SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 EMMANUEL FULL GOSPEL 9:45 a.m. - Christian Education FELLOWSHIP 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Durham Road 23 and 7th Cong. 6:30 p.m. Praise Service: Reverend Timothy Godfrey, "A Church Pastor Reaching Out in Love" Church: 852-7054 Residence: 852-5871 SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 9:45 a.m. - Family Bible School 11:00 a.m. - Worship Services 6:00 p.m. - Praise Meeting Tuesday - 9:30 a.m. Ladies Fellowship Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study Saturday - 7:00 p.m. ANGLICAN CHURCH The Rev'd Charles E. Bull Incumbent « St. John's SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion New Rite Playtime & Nursery Church of the Ascension SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 Youth Group 8:00 a.m. Said E i Hil am rt BAHA'I FAITH Holy Communion For information about Baha'i Old Rite meetings & activities please write P.O. Box 1153, Port Perry, Ontario, LOB 1NO or Call 985-9339 Playtime & Nursery NESTLETON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Closed Month of August Service on Sept. 3, 1989 11:00 a.m. Rev. F. Swann All Welcome THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA Rev. Stuart McEntyre, B.A., B.D. Office: 985-3881 -- Home: 985-3409 SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 ST. JOHN'S - PORT PERRY 9:55 A.M. A NAD Te Family Worship & Church School OLIC PARISH Mr. McEntyre's Topic: SUNDAY MASS 11:30 a.m. Our Standing Orders Nestleton Community Hall Nestleton Serving Cartwright Township Come On Home Father Tom Lynch 705-932-2712 Nursery Care Provided BURNS PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH ASHBURN 10:00 a.m. Church School 11:15 a.m. Family Worship Mr. McEntyre's Topic: COMMUNITY CHURCH CAESAREA Rev. Dr. W.H. Crawford OO Sing Opens This Sunday at 11:00 a.m, Biblical Theology Family Worship SUNDAY, August 27 Holy Communion (Rev. C. Clarke will officiate) Don't waste Thursday, August 24 this space Study Group - 8:00 p.m. py Everyorie Welcome Small ads pay! i. a a ¢ no SIREN il ag Im 8 rd ad Ta ad