Living in a small farming village in the Cagayan Valley of Northern Luzon, it requires a great deal of ingenuity to get by during the months between harvesting and planting season. The neighborhood guys find many means by which to provide for their families. They raise pigs, chickens, fish or even go bird hunting. Today, I found a few guys going out on such a hunt. They were walking down the road carrying their long poles with nets out to the fields. JR, who is one of our neighbors, was also along. He just happened to be a little behind the rest of the bird hunters. I tried to find out how they use these nets to catch the birds, but JR is a man of few words (usually this is only when I am trying to speak to him). He did return a big smile as he marched on out into the field barefooted to join his friends. I was not prepared to go along this day. I have to be careful getting out in the sun here without having sunblock on. So I tried to video tape some of the adventure from the road. Maybe next time they will let me know before hand and I can be a bird hunter as well!Be sure to check out the video below and I hope you will also subscribe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sFahmPSnrM
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