"How little politics affect your every day life when you aren't surrounded by people talking about it. If it weren't for social media (which I avoid 99% of the time) we'd have no idea what's going on out there.
Also, how quiet it is. I have city friends that love to come out just to listen to the quiet."
I think what the post is referring to about gun shots is most likely someone shooting at wild animals encroaching on theirs or their territory. Too close to the house or chicken kind of thing.
or plain and simple hunting...
No, just stupid and clueless. Whoever wrote that has never been off the the busline.
Rural folk are nothing like that.
Yeah, but I'll tell ya, nothing, and I mean NOTHING, sends a chill up your spine like the sound of a pack of timber wolves howling. All around you. Within yards. On a pitch black night. Alone. On a path.
OK, finding yourself between a mama bear and her cubs when one of the cubs starts crying is an interesting experience too.
BTW, I'm from northern Minnesota. Estimated wolf population in the lower 48 states is around 6,000. 2,700 of the 6,000 live here.
I don't walk in the woods alone at night; there's always 3 of us. I and my good buddies Smith & Wesson.