On vacation with my wife's family here in North Carolina all this week (sure wish my old buddy from Cabelas [Tom Bryant] was still around to go visit).
Like most extended families, there is a spectrum of cultures (& political orientations) involved in this little microcosm and I have observed some interesting behaviors and attitudes that have allowed me to form something of a "pet" theory....
Maybe I'm just slow but I'm finally realizing that in order to have an attachment to outdoor predatory behavior (i.e., hunting & fishing) one must first have had an encounter (usually in early life) with some form of an economic hardship.
If a child is raised in endless economic security (no contact with any form of a hardscrabble existence) the odds of him or her ever experiencing hunting culture is slim to none. Privilege and comfort will quickly eliminate any interest in such things it seems.
Obviously it is much more complicated than the "city mouse" versus the "country mouse" argument but... that largely covers it.
Am I all wet here?
Last edited by Lloyd3; 06/04/26 12:58 PM.
