When I was a kid growing up in Alaska my Mom had a morbid fear that one of her kids (there were six of us) would get eaten by a grizzly.<\/p>\n
She insisted that we yodel when we were out playing in the woods, so that we wouldn’t stumble across an angry and startled bear.<\/p>\n
The cry she taught us sounded something like this: “Beeyo-bope!”<\/p>\n
I know, I know. Kids generally love it. Grown-ups think it’s pretty irritating.<\/p>\n
There are no grizzlies in the Adirondacks, thank God, but there are plenty of deer hunters. So I’ve adapted Mom’s yodel for the North Country.<\/p>\n
(A friend who hunts near North Creek provided our Thanksgiving dinner this year: venison tenderloin served with cabbage and mashed rutabagas. )<\/p>\n
Snow-shoeing in the Giant Mountain Wilderness this weekend, I could hear the rifle cracks echoing down below in the valleys.<\/p>\n
Last day of the season, I thought. Bet those folks are pretty eager to get their deer.<\/p>\n
Beeyo-bope!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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