Colhane 0 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) Hello, I'm new here but I'm not new to hunting and trapping. I am an American living in Brazil, where hunting is essentially banned, so I miss it when I am here. I grew up in Pennsylvania where hunting is such a way of life many public schools close for the first day of deer season. I lived in a typical suburban development but we were surrounded by forests, and a large section of fallow farmland that backed up to a swamp and a huge railrod right of way. It was a great place to be a kid. I would come home from school, grab my 12 ga and hunt until dark when my mom would ring a big cowbell to call me home. All the parents in our neighborhood had a signal device to call the kids home out of the the bush, various cowbells, triangles, whistles etc. We would all hunt and adventure together and knew each others signals. Sometimes we would only leave the bush when the calls were ringing in unison with that feverish intensity that said any darker and we were in toruble. My brothers and I also ran a trapline of steel leg-holds for fur bearers, raccoon, muskrat, opossums, red fox, etc. This line of work basically kept us in traps and .22 ammunition. I've never been to the UK but I sympathize with the restrictions you face there regarding hunting, trapping, firearms, knives, axes, war hammers, blunt objects, nasty looks, harsh words, untrimmed fingernails, and excess production of testosterone. At least that's the general impression we get from across the pond. Here in Brazil we are also very restricted in such matters. When they start to talk about banning "testosterone crime" I'm moving to the bush full time. My hobby is wilderness survival and bushcraft. As part of my work here with young people I run a wilderness survival course several times a year and many smaller trips with friends who I am teaching to become instructors. Recently I have been putting some of the stuff we do up on YouTube and I had noticed that one of my videos was being discusssed here so I figured I'd found people like me and decided to join. This next year I will be moving back to Pennsylvania and hope to get some time hunting. I hope to learn much and contribute here when I can. Mac The Colhane Channel Edited June 2, 2008 by Colhane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiny 7 1,694 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 hello and welcome mate to thl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coney 3 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Hello and welcome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SMOGGY 34 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 hello & welcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue 1 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 hi there and welcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slip 1 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 just watched few of those clps you clearly no what your on about you will b a very good addition to this site you are very welcome slip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colhane 0 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Thanks for the welcome and the positive feedback on the videos. I have alot of fun doing them but I have alot to learn about making good video. Mac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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