I made the mistake of shooting a bison once, something I won’t do again. It took my wife and I a year and a half to finally eat the entire thing and we were giving it away left and right. They’re delicious but it takes a village . . .
Then you need to try out Book and Dagger! It’s the story of how Bill Donovan weaponized America’s universities and libraries to invent the Intelligence business as we know it today. As an old MI sergeant I was fascinated.
I’m with you! I happily read for hour upon hour but hated book reports with an undying passion, loathed ‘great literature’ (except Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw) and became an autodidact because I would read non-fiction almost exclusively.
Smart hunters these days quarter the deer and pack it in a big ice chest—with ice. It makes for much more palatable venison. And yes, it hides down in the bed of pickup better, too.
Cleaning carp to eliminate the bones takes a bit of skill but it is possible. And when carp are taken from clean water they’re just as palatable as any other fish. In fact, in Europe they are highly prized. But you are correct, a good sized on puts up one heckova fight!
The Second Amendment exists because it dates from the days before we had a standing army. I refer you to Washington calling it up in response to the Whisky Rebellion, which collapsed as soon as they realized he was serious. As to the right to keep and bear arms in the event of some nasty government telling you what do do, in 1860 all you needed for a Civil War was to take your muzzle loader down from over the fireplace, saddle up the family plow horse and march off to encounter a much more industrialized portion of the country and get your backside shot off. Now you can just pull your AR-15 out from under the couch, hop into your 3/4 ton pickup and drive off to encounter a mechanized unit of the National Guard and get your backside shot off. Leave off with the delusions!
I made the mistake of shooting a bison once, something I won’t do again. It took my wife and I a year and a half to finally eat the entire thing and we were giving it away left and right. They’re delicious but it takes a village . . .