I don't have to hunt for my "trophy", its hangin on my wall where I can keep an eye on him. He'll have a buddy to hang with as soon as the taxi is done with my "trophy" that was killed last Friday. It is cliche' now since it has been said so many times, but my trophy is my trophy and what makes it that is the quality of the experience that I had taking him.
For those of you who may at that definition I would ask how you personally define a trophy. Is it 130" or above? Is it 3.5 years or older? Does it have to fit both of those criteria?
My trophy and the experience behind itis what makes me happy. If that happens to be a big ole brute like I killed last year, GREAT! If its somewhat smaller (126") like this year...GREAT! Its still my trophy and I personally don't give a rats behind that I killed it on the 7th of November when the rut is sneaking up on us, or on the 27th of January...4 days before the end of season.
I was cutting up some meat last night and a friend came over to keep me company. This guy has never hunted a day in his life, but always wants to talk about my hunting experiences and I'm always glad totalk to him about them. He asked question after question and at one point said to me "if you're tired of talking about this just tell me". My response was "Gary, I could talk about hunting all day every day so you'll never wear me down". His excitement for me was all part of the experience which made my last two bucks trophys.
By the way...I get awful excited about killing a nanny too and I think when that stops, it'll be time to reconsider why I'm doing what I'm doing.
Off thesoap box now....good day.