Sunday, May 13, 2007
I am pretty sure that I spend more time bowhunting than any man since the invention of the arrowhead.
Shemane and Ted Nugent
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I literally tour like a rock-n-roll beast possessed through the summer months, as I have the past 40 years. Then I wallow naked in the solunar jubilation that is the natural season of harvest beginning in September, well into February. Legends of the Fall indeed!
I am an Xtremist and proud of it, thank you. The solitary game of bowhunting provides a wonderfully perfect balancing act to the over-the-top gregarious insanity of a celebrity lifestyle.
Admit it: Celebrities suck, but bowhunting celebrities suck less.
Those magic, silent, peaceful hours in my treestand or groundblind surely cleanse the soul. We all need that cleansing in the modern world now more than ever.
But more powerful than the need to escape and connect with the beast is my craving for quality time with my family.
I thank God for giving me bowhunting family members who enjoy our time in the wild together. I am Xtremely lucky and blessed. I love them Xtremely.
With a teenage son in high school and obsessed with his academic and basketball responsibilities, my beloved soulmate Shemane finds herself tied up more often than not being the world's greatest mom. She is an Xtremely dedicated mother. Producing our award-winning "Spirit of the Wild" TV show and her own brilliant Queen of the Forest episodes, along with nonstop charity and community work, this amazing woman still manages to camo up and hit the woods with her loving husband often enough. I love her Xtremely.
Shemane is the ultimate wife and mother, but I must admit that there is nothing more beautiful or sexy than this skinny, sultry, gorgeous blonde-bomber bowhuntin' babe dressed head to toe in Mossy Oak camo.
Drives me wild. I am Xtremely moved. Those who see her incredible bowhunting skills on TV know that Shemane has taken to this like a fish to water. Her calm, disciplined approach to the mystical flight of the arrow has done wonders for my own archery control.?
One fine, sunny, blue-sky December day in the stunning Hill Country of Texas had us setting up our Double Bull groundblind at the famed YO Ranch — a vast rolling prairie of swaying golden grasses, punctuated with scattered clumps of shin oak and cactus.
It was saturated with exciting deersign: Rutted trails criss-crossed in and out of the small motts of live oak trees. Every small tree and sapling had bare, shiny buckrubs on them. Numerous patches of destroyed earth had been torn up by pawing, scraping, rutting whitetails gone mad.
Deer are Xtremists. They move me Xtremely.
Master guide and outfitter Derek Derringer of Ingram, Texas' famed Woodbury Taxidermy fame had directed us into this magic wildground. Within minutes of Derek's departure after setting us up, whitetail does and yearlings began filtering from the scrub, headed our way.
As a handsome 10-point trophy buck nudged other deer out of his way,
Shemane performed her Xtreme archery ballet, coming to fulldraw gracefully without disturbing any of the deer before us.
Her zebra-patterned arrow and Magnus broadhead hit its target.?Xtreme joy erupted in our little blind. Though tempted to rush out and retrieve this dandy buck, we saw out of the blind's windows that the other deer had run off only a short distance and were watching. Shemane loaded another GoldTip carbon arrow, and we readied ourselves for the Texas bowhunting miracle. Were we about to make a double? Again? How Xtreme!
Sure enough, here they came, slowly but surely back toward us. And sure enough, another Pope & Young record-class buck cautiously made his way into shooting position, and for the second time in an hour, the Blonde Bomber was flexing her CP Oneida bow like a butterfly on a calm day.
The mature eight-pointer stretched his foreleg out and Shemane's second arrow of the day zipped straight for the pumpstation pocket. The high-strung buck flinched beyond the speed of light, the arrow almost missing him completely. But with the Magnus Stinger's scalpel-sharp edge, it was just what the good Dr. Backstrap ordered.
We kill dinner with sharp sticks. So very Xtreme. Perfect.
We have Xtreme pity for the Xtremely disconnected who deny God's Xtreme tooth-fang-and-claw perfection.?
Shemane's segments on our TV shows have enlightened and inspired millions of women and kids to support this honest, hands-on conservation lifestyle.
If you have women in your life who haven't become hunters yet, you must get cracking. It's not for everybody, but almost.
There is a Queen of the Forest somewhere inside all the gals out there.
Help them discover the spiritual dynamo of this incredible sense of belonging. Go ahead. Be as Xtreme as you can. It's the best.
Ted Nugent is a Waco-based musician and television show host.
Comments
By alec
May 29, 2007 2:16 PM | Link to this
my name is alec scott woods and i really have a major problem.
there is a hacker on my aol, i don't know if i go to you or anyon else.I mean this guy has hacked into all of my stuff, i need some physical and emotional help
i really thank you.
a.s.w
By The Phoenix
May 18, 2007 7:48 AM | Link to this
I think there are some readers of Ted's editorials who mis-interpret what he writes. If I read Ted's article correctly he was only expressing how bowhunting and his family relate to each other.
I find it most difficult to understand why it is ok for people to send ugly remarks, strong critizism, and pass bad judgement on Ted's editorials. The Waco Trib reads Post a comment, after each article Ted writes. But my question is why do the comments need to be so abusive. I have not read any of Ted's editorials whereas he critizes the people for their bad comments.
Have these editorial attackers forgotten let him who has not sinned cast the first stone?
If Ted's articles don't belong in this section of the Waco Trib, then where does that leave the abusive comments posted by the people of our community? Shouldn't their critizism be posted somewhere else on the Waco Trib also?
By Kate
May 17, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this
Yes, I have to agree with Doug and Philip. Ted attempts to define his concept of machismo in each of his articles. He sees himself as a bien gallo, a fighter, like a rooster. Here, he projects his machismo onto his wife.
Ted has mistaken conceptions of what macho means and what civilized society expects.
Ted should attempt to portray himself as a gentleman, a noble man, is a man of his word; should have a sense of responsibility for his own well-being and that of all others in the world; he should rejects any form of abuse including emotional, mental and spiritual to himself or others; should take time to reflect, pray, and include ceremony in his life; should be sensitive to understanding; should be like a mirror, reflecting support and clarity to one another; lives these values honestly, and with love.
By Philip
May 16, 2007 10:31 PM | Link to this
Right-on target, Doug. Ted is missing the target by thinking that we care about the adventures of his wife and his extreme lifestyle. What is he trying to prove? Does he really think that he impresses the waco community?
By doug
May 16, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this
Does it sound like Ted is preoccupied with himself and his family? Or maybe this is the way the macho-man kisses up to his significant other? The local paper is not a place for this kind of self-centeredness, nor does anyone in the local community careý
By John
May 13, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this
OK. So I've read the last few months of Ted, and I can't figure out why most of his stuff isn't in the Sports section. Bowhunting? On the opinion page? Nothing wrong with his contributions, but it seems like they're more fitting in another section.
By The Phoenix
May 13, 2007 4:29 AM | Link to this
Ted. Though I find a compound bow a common tackle to use in the hunting field, my girlfriend uses a traditional longbow; 65lb right-hand drawstring pull and custom made 28" hickory arrows. She has killed deer with ranges up to 25-40yds. She loves the nostalgia of the long bow in the hunting field, and feels she is hunting more on the true level of the deer, allowing both the hunter and the deer to test its hearing, sight, and sense of smell. Learning how to master a longbow can be rewarding, and one who does is truly the ultimate hunter in the field. Now that's Extreme!
I take my hat off to any woman who can hunt with a longbow. It keeps hunting in the field a tradition as our ancestors once did, allowing the legend of the longbow to still continue today.
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