Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4)

by Charlaine Harris

I missed her every day. But at the moment I had no room in my emotional palette for grief, or even nostalgia.

well, actually, most of the men were always armed. Hunting is a way of life around here, the NRA provides most of the bumper stickers, and deer season is like a holy holiday. There are special times for hunting deer with a bow and arrow, with a muzzleloader, or with a rifle. (There may be a spear season, for all I know.)