The inspiration for this topic came from my old friend Rob/PABowyer with his first reply to my Handgun topic. Thanks, Rob! LOL.
Back in 89' a friend of mine shot a nice trophy buck.
While he was field dressing his deer, two strangers appeared at his side armed with rifles.
One of the guys told him the deer was his and he appreciated that my friend had field dressed it for him.
My friend couldn't believe him and said... "You've got to be kidding"!
Both guys pointed their rifles at him and told him to slowly unload his rifle, give them the cartridges, lay his rifle on the ground, and beat it.
He did as he was told and went into the woods.
Oddly enough, they didn't check him for more cartridges and didn't take his rifle.
He waited until they were out of sight, ran to his rifle, and went after them.
He had planned on getting his deer back but heard the ATV speeding away.
He was too late and they were gone by the time he got up to the road.
My friend sat down and wept on the spot.
He said, he felt like killing both of them.
I told him that it wasn't worth going to prison or getting killed over a deer.
But heck, I wasn't standing in his shoes and didn't know how he felt.
But it sure angered me me to hear his story.
Forward to 1994
My cousin shoots a deer in an open field and drops him.
He goes up to his downed deer.
Another guy comes up to him from the woods and says..."That's my deer". My cousin says... "No it's not". "It's mine"!
Three more strangers show up and surround my cousin.
They all tell him the deer belongs to their friend.
My uncle arrives and asks what is going on.
His son tells him what has happened and says the deer belongs to him.
My uncle says to first guy.
"This deer isn't going anywhere".
The guy that said the deer was his says..."There's four of us to two of you" My uncle says..."If you touch this deer, I will kill you, wade in your blood, and kill everyone else if I have to".
One of the guys says... "This guy is nuts", "let's get out of here", "no deer is worth dying over".
The four guys slowly turn and leave.
Leaving my uncle and cousin to finish field dressing THEIR deer.
Later, I asked my uncle if he would have shot those guys.
He said, "Damn right, I would"!
He really is nuts! LOL.
As for myself...
If it were a doe, no problem.
I'm not going to fight over a doe.
A huge trophy buck of Boone & Crockett proportions ?
You better not take your eye off me or let down your guard.
I know, I might get criticized for fighting over a big buck and not a doe.
But I have been wanting a big trophy buck for years and wouldn't take kindly to someone wanting to steal it from me.
What about everyone else ?
Would you guys let it go or put up a fight if someone wanted to steal your deer ?
...And what if it was a giant trophy buck of a lifetime ?
Would you be willing to use deadly force to keep YOUR deer ?


Sag.







Edited by - Sagittarius on 01/13/2003 22:51:47