It's About More than the Antlers
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01/18/18 08:05 PM
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K-zoo
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I found this on another site. Enjoy!
We're all guilty of it. We see a hunter with mismatched camo with an old single-shot 12-gauge. And he's sporting his deer he just harvested on the back of his old truck. It's a doe or more than likely a smaller buck. But he's happy, and grinning from ear-to-ear like he just killed the new world record! So you laugh and joke with your buddies as he goes by. While leaning against your brand new truck, in your name brand matching camo. But have you ever stopped to think that maybe the deer on the back of his truck means a lot more to him than just big antlers.... maybe he's a third shift blue collar worker at the local steel mill, just trying to pay his bills and keep gas in his old truck. Maybe he don't have the fancy game cameras and big food plots that you have. Or the big fancy hunting blinds, that cost more than his old truck. Maybe he's happy because he finally didn't have to work this weekend. So he decided to go hunting on the little piece of land that he's hunted since he was a boy, with the gun that his dad gave him when he turned 12 years old. More than likely he's not hunting to kill the next World Record. He could care less about the antlers. But what he does care about is putting food on the table for his family at home, and knowing that they're going to eat good for now. And that my friends will put a smile on any true sportsmans face. So good luck to all the hunters out there with the rest of your season. Just remember this, support each other and be happy for each other, no matter how big their harvest is, because to some folks it means a lot more then the size of the antlers.
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Re: It's About More than the Antlers
[Re: K-zoo]
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01/18/18 08:29 PM
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larrywaugh
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If your happy with the deer you killed the size of the antlers doesn't matter to me.
Won't take no prisoners,won't spare no lives.
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Re: It's About More than the Antlers
[Re: K-zoo]
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01/18/18 08:39 PM
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bucksnbears
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Amen!! I'm what most consider a " trophy Hunter" but that's cuz I've killed truckloads of deer and can usually fill my tag most anytime on a lesser deer if I want too. I ridicule no one for taking what makes them happy.
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Re: It's About More than the Antlers
[Re: K-zoo]
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01/18/18 08:52 PM
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Rick Otts
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Shoot wat you want tired of these guys watching hunting shows where a guy kills a big buck all the time.Then those guys want too tell others how too hunt.Shoot wat you want!
Rick Otts
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Re: It's About More than the Antlers
[Re: K-zoo]
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01/18/18 09:36 PM
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Ryan McLeod
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I'll bet that hunter laughed about the fancy clothes and trucks of some hunters too. Meat is the origin of the hunt.
If you take care of the land the land will take care of you
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Re: It's About More than the Antlers
[Re: K-zoo]
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01/18/18 10:27 PM
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Well said. I've killed my fair share of deer and am satisfied by shooting 4-5 does a year with my bow now. I love taking kids and watching them shoot their first deer. I had a conversation with a dad last week and he was wanting his kid to kill a nice buck. The kid is 10 and has only killed 1 doe. I told him to let the kid stack up some does and a few young bucks and get hooked on the sport. I think they watch too much TV and trophy deer. Any deer would be a trophy to that kid and that's all that really matters. Don't think my dad ever had matching camo but he was the best woodsman/hunter I ever saw.
War Eagle!
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Re: It's About More than the Antlers
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01/18/18 10:27 PM
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I'll bet that hunter laughed about the fancy clothes and trucks of some hunters too. Meat is the origin of the hunt. Just you and me. I'm not happy when I kill my meat supply. That big pile of work is kind of depressing.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: It's About More than the Antlers
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01/18/18 10:42 PM
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Ryan McLeod
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I enjoy cutting meat. Me and Fiona are pretty efficient now days after a few years together.
If you take care of the land the land will take care of you
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Re: It's About More than the Antlers
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01/18/18 10:59 PM
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I've killed more deer wearing bluejeans & a flannel shirt than I ever did wearing camo, matched set or not.
For years I have been tomstrap, now I must change because of the whims of the cyber world. NRA Life, ISTA Life, FTA Life, NTA Life
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