The Good Old Days
 

Before the tree huggers.

Boy, is that right!!! I took my son through a hunter ed course a couple of years ago. They told us we should cover our deer so, people wouldn't get offended..:confused0024:

Last week, as we drove down the main street of town, between the library and the police station/jail, I looked to my left and said to my daughter. "Oh look, that 10 point buck is curled up and sleeping on the back of that truck." My daughter replied, "With his eyes open, eewwwwgh!" :evil:

Good stuff. I just do it like this....

he must have lost his liscense to a DUI. Gotta give it to him, that is dedication.
Must have killed it with his bike.

Dang....Muley you beat me to it! LOL

The heck with the tree huggers. The last 3 buck I brought home were tied to my open tailgate of my pickup. That's cause there was no room in my bed because my game cart and tree stand and truck box (jumper cables, flares, inverter, etc) took up the space. But I did make sure their tongues were not hanging out...hehehehe.

I worry very little what other people think of hunting and me hunting especially. That being said, never forget that anti hunters are out there in force. Many misinformed or bleeding hearts, worried more about the deer then anything else. I often wondered how they would feel about an out of control deer population, (if hunters stopped hunting) if discovered parked by the side of the road, with the front end of their vehicle wiped out in the middle of the night. Or worse yet, after smashing into a deer, in a ditch with major damage to their vehicle, no help what do ever and themselves or heaven forbid a family member serious injured in the accident.

You do realize this picture is not far fetched at all. Where I grew up there are deer everywhere. There has been so much development in the area there is no where for the deer to go anymore. I was in the area hunting this year and saw 2 does walking down the sidewalk in broad daylight and stopping to eat what I assume was crab apples that had fallen from a tree onto the side walk. On another occasion three does crossed the road from a wooded area into a housing project. I stopped to be sure no more were crossing and saw another doe with a nice 8 point buck behind her and 2 more does behind him. They also crossed the road into the project. The people I know that live in that area say the deer are seen walking around the housing projects all the time. At first I found it hard to believe until I saw it for myself.

i thought, displaying your trophy on the hood of your truck was mandatory!

Pretty normal here. I see 30-40 deer everyday in town. Drives my dog nuts.

WOW......I'm just guessing but I'd say there's somewhere between 1500 to 2000 pounds of meat in that trunk.....lol

the good ol days when cars actually had trunk room. My 53 ford mainline had a massive trunk!

Lots of room when you take off the trunk lid. :)

As long as you can get 4 bodies in there, it is just the right size.

Couple years ago a friend i was hunting with, shot a buck near silverwood lake and had to leave for home shortly after. i helped him load the truck with his camping gear and the deer that was in a bag with the head showing went on top of the load.. knowing him and i loathe California tree huggers, i went to my truck and found a old pair of sun glasses and we taped them over the bucks eyes so he wouldn't be blinded on the ride home:woot:he later to me people were screaming at him on the way home,his reaction was to smile at them:woot:there isn't many things i dislike more on this planet than tree huggers!!

Well I'm sitting out the a.m. hunt here since it is raining & the dog kept me up ALL NIGHT!!

I often reminisce about sights of hunting season here-

First off, you knew there would be quite a few kids absent from school on opening day & it was a valid excuse here.

I also remember pickup trucks full of guys who had just finished a deer drive, quarry in the bed, sitting on the gate & rails driving home-probably enjoying a celebratory Genesee beer.

It was routine to find a hunter, rifle slung over shoulder, walking the road back to his car at dark-you just gave him a ride.

Deer in/on the trunk were a chance to ohh & ahh as they drove by.

I miss these sights, Most of them now would result in a 9-1-1 call.