In a message dated 10/17/2004 8:05:48 AM Central Daylight Time, aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: How people can shoot animals I will never know. Hi, Well, here in my town, I'm planning on taking a hunter safety education class with Ben as soon as we find one. I think it is that he might have to live in the wild someday. Well, that is, if Bush is re-elected. If not, maybe his plane will crash someday or he'll be in another disaster. We also like venison--and there is an overload of deer in Missouri. It's awful. Even in suburbia we have deer running around in the evenings--and going from my home to one of the main streets, we've almost hit several through the years. I really don't know how Ben will do with the prospect--mostly he is okay with learning to shoot for the 'target practice' concept. I don't think I could kill just to kill--but to eat? Yes. Though I never have...and don't know that either of us actually *will*. But, some of our friends own some property down by the Lake of the Ozarks and are planning on taking Ben with their son in the Springs so that the next hunting season (2005) Ben could go hunting with them. I don't really know if Ben will be able to deal with it or not. I don't know if I could But, I think we need to prepared for the odd events in our lives... Wondering who hunts on our list (animals, I mean...) Marlena in Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html