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By Jackson JEFF Hunting Introduce a Child to wildlife matters 22 How can you point the way for a child to enjoy hunting in woods, fields, and marshes that will last a lifetime? If you have wonderful memories of hunting and if you have children, grandchildren, or others in your life you wish could have experiences like yours, then this article is for you. Today most folks with rural roots no longer live in the country. We live in towns or the suburbs. If we are lucky we own wild land elsewhere or we have access to public land for hunting. Children who grow up away from natural environments can become interested in hunting. Basically, hunting means looking for food in a natural environment: looking for wild berries, digging clams, catching crayfish and fish. Hunting for animals implies a broad set of skills and tools that vary with location and circumstance. Hunting occurs wherever hungry people encounter animals. In some cities, urban people seek the pigeons nesting on a window ledge. In Greenland, Inuit seek seals on sea ice. In an old field at the edge of town, a teenage archer waits for deer. Not everyone is a hunter or needs to be. Even in primitive cultures, not everyone was a hunter. Some were devoted to agriculture, homemaking, or Jeff Jackson is a wildlife management consultant, based at his Tree Farm in Arnoldsville, Georgia. He is a retired professor of wildlife management and former Extension wildlife specialist at the University of Georgia. Reach him at (706) 543-2656. Tree Farmer SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Tree Farmer - September/October 2010

Tree Farmer - September/October 2010
Contents
Cover Story
Inspectors Honored
Tree Farmers Gather
A Well-Kept Woodland
Wildlife Matters
Woodland Security
Tools & Techniques

Tree Farmer - September/October 2010