POACHING WTF

In a previous blog, I ranted about the acts of animal cruelty that people at my old high school like to engage in known as “possum kicking”; those who commented gave some very insightful responses (even though you mentioned Speedy, who was not at all who I was talking despite having attended the same school as me). I also mentioned how this type of rural and idiotic behavior is common with the youth where I live, and while it could be considered stereotyping, but trust me, it really is that bad. There is a growing redneck epidemic at my old high school; it was bad my senior year, and has only been getting worse: camouflage hats all over the place (even my senior homecoming), players were partying and getting drunk before a big football game, and if you think that possum kicking was bad, then listen to this: a group of boys at the high school were recently busted for poaching; they would kill deer out of season and just leave the bodies. I was not surprised when I learned about the names of those responsible, in fact, on my senior year, I heard about a guy who chased down a small deer and slit its throat, and while that sounds awesome from a primal male perspective, it is still just awful. I doubt that other high schools deal with students poaching. Everyone says that the reason for all this is because there is nothing else for young people to do. All I can say is ‘hide your fawns, hide your does, and hide your bucks too, because they’re killing everything out there.’