When it comes to hunting there are many family traditions. Weather its trips to a family deer camp for the gun season opener or a wild game dinner at the end of the season, the possibilities are endless. The Jarvis Outdoors crew has several traditions but one that is never missed is PA flintlock season. You may say wow your crazy or why would you want to do that. All I can say is its a tradition that we look forward to every year.
I belong to a small hunting gun club. Its comprised of family and close friends. It has become an annual tradition to meet up at the club the weekends after Christmas for some good old fashioned flintlock hunting. Kandice, Bill and I never miss a season, we meet up with the other members of the club and preform well planed deer drives. We see way more deer than are ever taken. When hunting with a primitive weapon such as a flintlock and shooting at moving deer the success rate is very low. But traditions are not always about the success rates. For us its more about being around the people we love, some we only get to see this time of year, the stories, the food, and the experiences.
Hunting traditions help keep the sport we love alive. Taking a new hunter to his or her first deer camp is something they will never forget. They come to love the people, the smells, the food, and the experiences just as much as they love the hunting. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard about the old timers who have long since stopped hunting who still never miss a deer camp, that truly says something. Start your own hunting traditions, I promises you won’t regret it. Until then get out in the woods and hunt safe.
Chris