Be Proud of your animal!
09-07-2003 | 03:31 PM
#41
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RE: Be Proud of your animal!
I am proud of each and every amimal that i take with the bow.I have taken squirrels,groundhogs and deer with the bow and I get just as excited when I get a squirrel as I am when I get a deer!And if ever the day comes that I stop getting that way that Will be the day that I hang up the bow!! Ken
09-09-2003 | 07:11 AM
#42
Nontypical Buck
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From: palm bay fl
RE: Be Proud of your animal!
this is my second year bowhunting, i passed a doe on acouple of days last year becuase she had a yearling, not a fawn, but i felt bad for it...it would of been just fine without it' s mother....so i will take meat first , trophy or not...if i harvested it ethically , then i did good and i will be proud....
09-09-2003 | 07:35 AM
#43
Giant Nontypical
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From: Chatsworth IL USA
RE: Be Proud of your animal!
A couple of years ago I posted a picture of a button buck that I harvested and was proud as can be. I am not ashamed of what I harvest. I don' t make a habit of taking button bucks if I can help it, but that particular moment I wasn' t passing it up. I got a few emails from folks about shooting a button buck, they weren' t nasty emails but just simply somone telling me their opinion. But it didn' t hurt my feelings and I responded to them in a fashion that suited the email. And no it wasn' t wolfen that sent me the email![>:]
But like everyone said, be proud of what you shoot.....if you tag that coyote when he runs by.......be proud!! That is still an accomplishment in its own!
But like everyone said, be proud of what you shoot.....if you tag that coyote when he runs by.......be proud!! That is still an accomplishment in its own!
09-09-2003 | 11:16 AM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Be Proud of your animal!
I think every animal taken with a bow is a trophy.
Every person hunting in the woods is in a different stage of their hunting life: to some a doe is a trophy, to others only a mature 130 class 10 pt. is a trophy, and to others just seeing a deer per season is an accomplishment. We all need to understand that, some may not accept that and look down on others which is not right, we' re all out in the woods for the same thing, to enjoy what our god-given freedom and do what our fore-fathers did.
Where I grew up in the mid-west, everyone beats their chest and proclaims how much better a hunter they are or how much bigger their buck is, the competition thing drove me nuts as a kid. Since I' ve been out to New England, I hardly ever notice the " my buck is bigger" syndrome, and I love it, that' s the way it should be.
Every person hunting in the woods is in a different stage of their hunting life: to some a doe is a trophy, to others only a mature 130 class 10 pt. is a trophy, and to others just seeing a deer per season is an accomplishment. We all need to understand that, some may not accept that and look down on others which is not right, we' re all out in the woods for the same thing, to enjoy what our god-given freedom and do what our fore-fathers did.
Where I grew up in the mid-west, everyone beats their chest and proclaims how much better a hunter they are or how much bigger their buck is, the competition thing drove me nuts as a kid. Since I' ve been out to New England, I hardly ever notice the " my buck is bigger" syndrome, and I love it, that' s the way it should be.
