Hunting Season Show and Tell

My better half, Liz Mellem, grew up splitting her time between the big city of Billings, Montana and the rural countryside of Dillon, Montana. Her dad and step mom own a ranch outside of Dillon and, as you can imagine, life on the ranch was considerably different for Liz than her life in the city. Any ranch kid worth their spurs will tell you that there are certain aspects of ranch life that are part of the collective experience of living on a ranch. Bucking bales, cattle drives, branding, riding fence, and hunting were common shared experiences. Her dad, was a cowboy through and through. The picture on our mantle of the ol' cowpoke shows a mustachioed man wearing a silk wild rag (kerchief or scarf). His eyes, squinted slightly, peering out from under the down turn of his cowboy hat, as if he made a habit of saying "ma'am" while pulling down on the brim. This man was a pretty tough SOB with a lot of pride in being a cowboy. Part of cowboy folklore is knowing how to handle a gun. So just imagine his reaction when 7 year old Liz went back to the city and showed the 6 shells that she'd found after her dad tried and failed to shoot a deer. The only hunting he'd take her to do after that was scavenger hunting. 

To honor the cowboy, this month's challenge is a good old fashioned scavenger hunt. You have to find 10 items on the list below in one continuous run/ride. Take a picture of the items and add them to your Strava activity. You can’t take a picture of any item that you own. The winner of this month's challenge will be drawn at random for the monthly prize. Remember to tag us in the comment section of your activity and sign up for the event and you need to have at least one qualifying mile time for your run or distance for your ride.

Items:

Pumpkin

Corn Stalks

Hay Ride

Scarecrow

Mustache

Turkey

Something Camo

Xmas Decorations

Snow

Antlers

Deer/Elk

Pilgrim

Cornucopia

Pie

Campaign Sign

Rake

Pile of leaves

Hunters Orange

As always Be safe, Have fun, and anything worth doing is worth overdoing.