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Rabbit Seasoning. Acrylic on wood (two sides). A bonus bugs I had started #10/10
What season is it? Duck? Rabbit? Elmer? This cartoon has it all including a fantastic play on words and trickery by (of course) Bugs. They team us several times to get the advantage over Elmer during hunting season.
One side was finished a while ago (the cook book side) and hung in the kitchen, I decided to finish it as I have the rest. Look at the expression on Bugs & Daffy when the hunting sign ripping frenzy finally displays ‘Elmer Season… something tells me Elmer is in trouble.
It’s been hunting season here, for moose & deer (I wonder if we have a bear hunting season in Ontario) & I think it’s now over, which brings a sense of relief. I don’t venture the woods in hunting season as you can hear shooting and sometimes it sounds ‘too close’. Friends who live further North tell me it’s so loud, they too don’t leave their house much, for a couple of weeks. I think it was last year or the year before a house was hit by a stray bullet, causing a bit of a commotion, understandably. Concern for my dogs running around is also something that I keep in mind.
The papers warned a week before to make sure people exploring surrounding woods wear bright orange and use caution & remain alert when in the woods but my understanding is hunters must be cautious & aware. When I see deer, I fin myself thinking - I hope they make it another season. Living here helped me understand the whole hunting thing and ‘I get it. I have tried both deer meat & moose meat & not a fan of either, I’ve had many tell me, ‘it was how it was prepared’, a good venison stew will change my mind. I do know many people enjoy & live off of what they catch -a freezer full & that’s just how it is. I’ve changed my mind on seal hunting, now wiser in my understanding, it is a right of passage & food for a community that has lived this way - forever… Hunting in general is something I’ve had to ‘let go & Let God.
A friend who also lives in the woods, once shared he thought he’d hunt.. he bought all the gear & gun, got his license & practiced shooting. Finally, he went hunting with a few buds & he was successful and shot his first deer. He said it was terrible, he felt like shit as he watched the life drain from the deer he had just shot. It was not what he thought the experience would be like and admitted it just made him struggle with his actions. I know the deer was shared with several, providing nourishment
Many say ‘they would never shoot an animal…’ as they shove a burger in their mouth or carve their juicy steak, roast, stew, forgetting that an animal was killed because of our desire to eat meat. I’m not going to judge hunters who hunt for food, I eat meat.
Many hunters make a point of thanking God, the Universe for their kill which shows respect for the creature & hunter. Either way- it’s over for another year & I’ve seen deer - enjoying & exploring for another year!
As for Elmer… I’m sure he’ll be fine, it’s only a cartoon after all. Great point by the cartoonists turning the tables. Genius.
What season is it? Duck? Rabbit? Elmer? This cartoon has it all including a fantastic play on words and trickery by (of course) Bugs. They team us several times to get the advantage over Elmer during hunting season.
One side was finished a while ago (the cook book side) and hung in the kitchen, I decided to finish it as I have the rest. Look at the expression on Bugs & Daffy when the hunting sign ripping frenzy finally displays ‘Elmer Season… something tells me Elmer is in trouble.
It’s been hunting season here, for moose & deer (I wonder if we have a bear hunting season in Ontario) & I think it’s now over, which brings a sense of relief. I don’t venture the woods in hunting season as you can hear shooting and sometimes it sounds ‘too close’. Friends who live further North tell me it’s so loud, they too don’t leave their house much, for a couple of weeks. I think it was last year or the year before a house was hit by a stray bullet, causing a bit of a commotion, understandably. Concern for my dogs running around is also something that I keep in mind.
The papers warned a week before to make sure people exploring surrounding woods wear bright orange and use caution & remain alert when in the woods but my understanding is hunters must be cautious & aware. When I see deer, I fin myself thinking - I hope they make it another season. Living here helped me understand the whole hunting thing and ‘I get it. I have tried both deer meat & moose meat & not a fan of either, I’ve had many tell me, ‘it was how it was prepared’, a good venison stew will change my mind. I do know many people enjoy & live off of what they catch -a freezer full & that’s just how it is. I’ve changed my mind on seal hunting, now wiser in my understanding, it is a right of passage & food for a community that has lived this way - forever… Hunting in general is something I’ve had to ‘let go & Let God.
A friend who also lives in the woods, once shared he thought he’d hunt.. he bought all the gear & gun, got his license & practiced shooting. Finally, he went hunting with a few buds & he was successful and shot his first deer. He said it was terrible, he felt like shit as he watched the life drain from the deer he had just shot. It was not what he thought the experience would be like and admitted it just made him struggle with his actions. I know the deer was shared with several, providing nourishment
Many say ‘they would never shoot an animal…’ as they shove a burger in their mouth or carve their juicy steak, roast, stew, forgetting that an animal was killed because of our desire to eat meat. I’m not going to judge hunters who hunt for food, I eat meat.
Many hunters make a point of thanking God, the Universe for their kill which shows respect for the creature & hunter. Either way- it’s over for another year & I’ve seen deer - enjoying & exploring for another year!
As for Elmer… I’m sure he’ll be fine, it’s only a cartoon after all. Great point by the cartoonists turning the tables. Genius.
