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What are you views on tattoos and piercing.. do you dispise them.. do you dispise people with them?


The reason i ask is cause i have multiple ones... and jsut wondering others views on it

Its one oclock in the morning and i can not sleep.. its not the excitements of the hunts to come.. or the planning involved... its the concept that i can not share these moments with family.. to be the only one in my family to do this.. kinda bites the big one... i cant even have a convorsation about hunting with them... to be honestt i cant have much of a conversation with them..three step dads, two moms, five brothers and sisters, three sets of granparents and five sets of aunts, uncles and cuz's.. there is not enough time in the world.. i mean i try but one person can only put in so much with out recieving some back right? I am the only one that lives so far away from my family.. everyone else is real close... and when i go on vacations ( like i am now) i realize what i do not have.. but at the same time.. i can handle being around them all for that long either.. and i feel like a horrible person. i want to be the role model for my siblings that im susposed to be.. i want to be the daughter and niece and grand daughter that im susposed to be... but it almost seems pointless... the only time i dont worry about my family or how things are going to end up.. is when im shooting.. my concentration all focused in on my bow.. nothing else matters but what is in my hands.. i have the power.. i control the destination. With every arrow that i release.. its like ten pounds off my shoulders. It feels like i can breath a little easier.. if i work this hard on shooting my bow, then why do i find it difficult to put that much time and energy into being the person they all want... some times i feel like im the arrow in the bow and until i am released i have no destination... corny i know.. but it makes sense right?? some people box, some run, some fight, some drink... i shoot... i shoot till i cant pull no more... ive shot till i broke down, ive even shot till i blew my shoulder.. defently not something to be proud of.. but still... its my release.. my get away..

i have no real reason to be writting all of this... im kinda jsut typing as i think...

Every day i fight to be a better person for others... to make a difference...Maybe its time i take a step back and fight to make a difference in myself..for myself?

ok so yesterday i had all my kids that i sponser write a page on how they feel about hunting and the program i offer, about the instuctors i have and about the effort i put in.. i want to write them in here.. because i believe the words of a child need to be read and heard... ill write it word for word and spelling mistake for spellin mistake!

Dear Ms. Laird
   I really enjoy my saturdays coming out to the ranch to learn to shoot my bow. i Love the big elk target the most, i never miss that one. i dont like the turkey one i was chased by a turkey once. My dad says if i shoot lots i can go hunting with him next year that makes me happy. I like the intsructors. Amy and Ms. Laird are my favorite. I have the same bow as Ms.Laird. I cant wait for my mom to come back from the army and see how good i have got.
      Sarah 12

Dear Ms. Laird
    My mom thinks coming to the ranch is pointless. My mom thinks its a waste of money. My dad pushes me to keep going, he thinks it is better then me hanging out with bad kids and getting into drugs or something. I just enjoy coming to spend time with the other kids. I dont know if i want to become a hunter or not, so for right now, i do it jsut for fun. Ms. Laird puts alot of time into the ranch and my dad makes me thank her every time i go. She even lets me go with her to some of the 3-D shoots.
    Travis 16

Deer Ms.Laird
 I live my bow. It makes me hapy. I like the bear terget. He looks funy going up the tree. amy spends lots of times with me. she is so nice. i want to be like her and my mom when i get biger
   Collin 8


Dear Teacher
  I only come cause my mom makes me. i dont like it, and i dont want to be a hunter, mom thinks it wil give me reponsiblity
    Peter 14

Dear Youth Foot First Staff
   I have been coming to the ranch for the last four years, and every year it gets better.I like that fact that there is no age limit and my whole family can come watch me shoot. It takes alot of hard work and dedication and i really enjoy it. I even help Ms. Laird volunteer alot. She had told me that next year she will put me on the staff as long as i prove my self. I might even make some money at it. I dont care so much for Amy as she talks to much when we are trying to practice, but she is there to help. i am going on a big cariboo hunt next year with my dad and i think he is more excited then me. i hope i get a new bow for christmas

 

    Brianna 16

 

These are only some of the responses i got back from the kids. I admit some one them hurt.. but most of them brightened my day. Kids see things different then we do.. so we cant ignore their oppions.. only try to improve them

Tags: Kids Hunting Bows

so i have just recently moved to a different town.. and im still havin issues adjusting.. i miss my mom and my friends back home.. not to mention the fact that i am bord shitless.. all i do is work and go to the range and come on here. normally that would be enough.. but this is drivin me nuts.. expecially not being able to be around my mom... how many poeple charish their moms.. not enough... and i used to hate mine but now shes like my best friend.. and i would give anything to see her right now... im a titt i know... but its the truth

Tags: Family Emotions

ok so i have something to say... AGAIN!! lol... ok so ive had a comment on one of my pictures... and its about my stance.. but i want to ask the women of this site a question... when you have huge ummm.. ok point blank... when you have big boobs is it not harder to have a perfect stance with your bow.. i mean when i shoot, i have to stand a certain way and bend my arm a little in order to pull my bow across my chest.. now am i being a bonehead or is there a method to my madness..does anyone else have that problem??? if not then i will defently reconsider how i shoot.. but to me its comfy and the only way i can do it... i want to hear from you all even the guys... DiamondBabe

So i have recently moved to a new town for the next 13 weeks for school... and yesterday i wanted to go shoot my bow.. and i didnt know where the range was.. so as i was drivin down some of the back roads i came across this clear cut... they were loggin it... so i figured that that would be a great place to set up my target and sling some arrows.. but to be polite i went to the closest house and asked if it was there property.. the man that answered the door said yes its my property, but did you see the no trepassing signs.. i said yes sir i did, but i was wondering if i could set up for about half an hour... for what he asks.. oh well i shoot compound bow and i have no where to shoot... the next thing i know we are talking hunting over coffee and i forgot about shooting.. about an hour later i had the man out there with me and we had a blast shooting our bows... i am now welcome to their house anytime... its amazing what huntig does to people... I LOVE IT

So guess what ya'll.....I GOT MY BOW BACK........ i feel like a fat kid in a candy store or a vergin in a porn shop...hahhaha bad alanagy??? NAH!!!! now i got just a few weeks to get some practice in before sept 1st.....

Between work and volunteer and family im starting to get worn out... volunteering for the archery and for the cadets is stressful enough.. but tryin to deal with all the family issues and drama at work is just adding to the stress level... not to mention the arse hole that robbed my house... how do people deal with it all... im not in the potion to give up any of the activities that i do.. i need a break... sincerly over loaded DB

wanna know what the greatest feeling in the world is... putting a smile on a kids face.. My mentor and best friend Christine and I just got a huge grant... with that money we are buying run down piece of property just on the out skirts of town, we plan on converting this property into an archery range, with games and compititions.. but this is no ordinary range.. its for children only.. and the best part, non profit... they wanna come practice, come.. they wanna learn, come.... the want volunteer experience, heck i got some clean up for 'em.. ive been told by my parents that this is a retarded idea and that it most likely wont work... but i believe it will...im so excited to make this work that i can almost not put it into words... high five to me.... if you had the chance to help chilren you would wouldnt you?

Tags: Kids Bow Hunting

To look into his eyes
and understand him at a glance
would be next to impossible
you wouldnt stand a chance

I think for most, it would be for not
To look into his eyes
And see instead of hardness
Softness in disguise

His eyes could hold inside, his thoughts
The ones not ment to see
The ones he holds inside his heart
Afraid to let them be

Dark and deep into those eyes
Are memories new and old
Family, children, soldiers
So many left untold

His eyes sometimes betray him
In a flicker of a smile
in the presence of his children
They'll soften for a while

So very few will ever know
Inside his deepest thoughts
What he holds inside holds behind those eyes
can not be sold or bought

For all that know and love him
Its a secret always to be
TO ever really know him
Its behind his eyes, you see

KYLEE LAIRD

You may not be with any of us any more my friend... but i know your spirit is watching over the other troops... making sure that they can return home to their families.. you will be greatly missed, and even tho you have been taken from us, you will always be my best friend, and brother by heart.... watch over our boys, and one day in life we will go fishin and drink beer in heaven... love you always

Tags: War Friends

i HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING AS GREAT A DAY AS ME.. HAD AN AWSOME NIGHT AND WITH THE BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE I DONT THINK TODAY COULD GET ANY BETTER.... OR COULD IT!!

So today in the market i had a man walk up to me and ask me what the logo on the back of my hat ment.. at first i couldnt understand what he men but then i realized i was wearing my hunting cap... i told him that it was the logo for my hunting bow.... the man with out missing a beat starting intarigating me about hunting.. trying to make me feel as low as he possibly could, and it almost worked... until his wife walked over and hit him in the head with a loaf of bread... funniest thign i had ever seen... she apologized for her husband and continued to thump on him as the left the store..... have you ever had random people chew you out for being a hunter