From waders to radio to TV? What a week!

This has been a crazy, crazy week. After I blogged about the new Cabela's Cazadora Wader, I got a call from my old friend Keli Van Cleave, the Pink Huntress. Keli wants a pair of those waders!

But far be it from Keli to leave it at that. Nope, she had to issue a challenge: After she gets those waders, she wants to go duck hunting with me, me using my shotgun, her using her signature pink bow, and see who gets more ducks.

And as if that weren't enough, she said we should go on Backwoods Radio this week and talk about it.

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So that's what we did. We spent two hours on the phone with hosts Michael and Trey Wednesday night, and I told 'em flat out: I'm at best an average shot, but I still think I'll kick Keli's butt.

Don't get me wrong: I've seen pictures of pheasants Keli has shot out of the air with her bow. She's badass. Someday, I'd like to learn archery, and I'd like to be that good. And me? I'm no Tom Knapp. Took me three seasons to get my first limit on ducks.

But a broadhead versus the pile of shot in not one, but three shotshells?

Puh-lease!

I said I'd accept one handicap: If I got any doubles, they'd count as one. (Which is hilarious, because, uh, I've never gotten a double. But really, this coming season could be my year for it.)

That still wasn't enough for Keli. She upped the ante again by challenging Michael and Trey to come film the hunt for a TV show. (Because, you know, the immortal footage of me missing a pig last month in front of the KQED cameras wasn't really enough for my career.)

Now, I haven't seen any of their shows on TV because I don't get the channel they're on, but Keli says they're good, and they're sending me a DVD so I can check them out.

Sight unseen, though, I said I was game, as long as they had a cooking segment with Boyfriend at the end, because you know how I am about that - I think hunting shows really need to show the connection between hunting and food.

(Oh yeah, Keli totally threw me under the bus on the radio and told the guys how critical I am of hunting TV. Thanks, Kel!)

So, yeah, things have spiraled completely out of control, and now I need to find a sweet spot to go duck hunting with this entourage. Or maybe I should just increase the level of challenge and take 'em to a refuge that's thick with hunters...

If you want to hear all that radio show banter (which was all very good-natured), all two hours of it is online on the Backwoods Radio website. Just click on "Past shows online" and if you go there this week, the show from Wednesday night should automatically start playing. If for some reason you're reading this post long after I wrote it, you'll have to go back and look for the June 3, 2009, show.

As for me, I've got to get busy. We're heading down to Michael's place tonight so Boyfriend can get himself a pig. Yep, I just get to watch on this one. Boyfriend has made it clear that I cannot keep him confined in the kitchen - he gets to hunt once in a while too.

Man, what a life.

© Holly A. Heyser 2009