You probably recognize ericbalken as our amazing ski ambassador, and while he still loves playing in the snow... this year, he wanted to give a new hobby a try - hunting.  Eric's path to hunting can be described as long and hesitant. He's always been a big proponent of eating “real” food in the interest of his health and the environment. He's been growing vegetable gardens for a decade and has always felt the allure of eating something he's harvested himself. He describes homegrown food to taste better, feel better on the body, and has an indescribable quality—all gardeners and hunters know what he's talking about—that comes with self-harvested food.  Hunting has never been his thing... Eric didn't grow up with hunters, nor did he grow up around guns. Up until now, the hunting world always seemed too foreign for him to ever crack into. The closest thing to hunting he had experienced was slaughtering one of his chickens that ended up being a rooster, which is an experience he didn’t e...