An Important Step For A Son
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11/19/23 12:36 PM
11/19/23 12:36 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,961 2A Sanctuaries-W. OK & N. NM
Blaine County
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Posts: 5,961
2A Sanctuaries-W. OK & N. NM
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Last year my oldest boy passed a really good deer because he didn't think it was big enough for ME to shoot. I stewed on this for a year. This weekend is opening of rifle in Oklahoma. I looked him in the eyes and said in that serious Dad voice, you shoot what YOU want to shoot. Don't ask me if I would. Don't ask me if you should. If you want it, squeeze the trigger. I heard the shot about 7:30 this morning. He made the call and took the shot. I'm sitting in the barn now by the stove watching him skin it (and doing my best not to jump in even though I would do some things different). The boy has killed bigger but I've never been more proud. He took another step towards being his own man.
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Re: An Important Step For A Son
[Re: Blaine County]
#7998484
11/19/23 01:23 PM
11/19/23 01:23 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 15,851 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
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That's a nice deer for anyone to shoot. Congratulations!
Remember as a kid we played army and you gave up the fort so the other side got it? Of course you don't. Little kids aren't that stupid.
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Re: An Important Step For A Son
[Re: Blaine County]
#7998504
11/19/23 02:00 PM
11/19/23 02:00 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 11,552 Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon
"American Honey"
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"American Honey"
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 11,552
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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Very nice deerzie. A Euro mount is perfect. I have two done that way with a light I put inside the face area, makes wonderful night lights. The skulls are as artistic to me as the antlers. Looks like carved ivory.
I beg to differ big time on dissing antlers. While a nice doe is great too , of course, for me, the bigger the deer , the more meat I get...and as an artist , antler art is a "feast" for the eyes and heart for a long time. Both bucks and a nice doe are great.
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