What's In A Name?
 

Just curious......some of you people have some odd user names! I just wondered if anyone was willing to share what his/her board name meant or how they came by it. Mine was originally given to me by a fishing friend who calls me Johnny Rainbow, since I'm just as passionate about Steelhead/Rainbow Trout fishing as I am about Bowhunting Whitetails. I just shortened it to J-Bow. Now I can use it to cover both of my favorite outdoor pursuits.

Just Wondering!
John:)

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My brother started calling me Dodger when we were kids. Comes from my initials DWA,Jr.

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I used several handles in the past. Started out as LittleJohn on bowsite, then that name got stolen by someone else. Tree, Sherwood - Those were nicknames I had as a teenager (Tall as a tree. Then tall as a forest. Since I shot bows-n-arrows, it was obviously Sherwood forest ;)) and tried to use, but they were both taken or stolen.

So, when I got tired of having my handle hijacked, I just start using my name and initial.

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mine is from the first initial of everybody in my immediate family from oldest to youngest.
Dan

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buckeye- because I am proud to live, hunt and fish in OHIO!!
buckhntr- because it is what I do. I live and breath deer hunting.

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I was born under the sign of the archer so it just made sense. Unfortunately the word was already taken so I added the year of my birth.

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I used Buck Magnet because it was a nickname that my best-friend and I came up with for my dad. Whenever he talks of hunting, we like to poke fun at him about how he use to "hunt in -10 degree weather, 4 feet of snow, and winds at 80 mph, and still kill deer", so, I just picked it as my name and I have stuck with it ever since :D

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My name and my birthdate.

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I have this name because I am a complet MORON. I thought I was entering my password, but it didn't come out like that, I wish I had a kool name like everyone esle, but all I am is a freakin number, 12/15/53, ;) Bobby

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My user name kinda has two meanings by accident. When I started thinking about a name I tried to think of something that would "fit me".
Since I bow hunt and turkey hunt most of all, I spend a lot of time in camo clothes so... CamoHunter.
Also I also saw CamoHunter arrows and thought that kind of fit also.:D
Good question, it's interesting to hear the reasons behind peoples names.

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My handle is the name of the deer camp that I'm in with my Dad, Nephew and Brother in law. Belle Island is an 5,000 acre island in the Mississippi River located around Greenville, MS. The maps list it as"Bell" Island, but the original spelling was "Belle".

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I`m a dude from Indiana!;)

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:eek: Not too creative but it was something my pea brain would not forget. Jim[1st. name] pok[born in Poughkeepsie, NY], "old Indian name, I've been told" 61[high school football #] REAL GENIUS!!! Oh well, that's where my handle came from. Maybe I' ll change it to pea brain. I would not forget that one either.

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I used to race dirt modified cars, and my # was 12T. The guys that I work with, and they did all of my lettering on my car, gave me the name BigDaddy, so thats how I came up with BigDaddy12t.

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I got mine from my years as a lineman and no fear off heights that many times I find myself 30 feet or higher in my stands.:)

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GV is an acronym for Grand Valley, which is the State University which I currently attend. DocHoliday, well I love the movie Tombstone and just loved the way which Val Kilmer portrayed the notorious dentist. When I was in middle school I would kind of talk with that same dialect and always used the more popular phrases so my friends started calling me Doc Holiday, then it turned to just plain 'Doc'. So for me I just couldn't help but use it as part of my forum handle.

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Cause elk hunting is what I love to live for and I'm always after thet big bull.

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I joined this site after I had a horrible start to the bow season. I missed the same 6pt. twice in a week at 15 yards - with my compound. I was making fun of myself at the time because I'm not a bad shot at all, especially with pins at 15 yards!:D

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my user name is "colt" backwards. my first name

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My last name is Proffitt, and I have been known as Proff from the time I was a kid from everyone from friends, sports cioaches and now co-workers.

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When I first joined this forum I was shooting a martin jaguar magnum hence
jag-mag. Since then I sold the martin bought a mt sport hoyt sold that this year, now have a bowtech justice on order. I dont think I should change my
handle every time I get a new bow:) although I think I will be keeping the
justice for a few years.

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To funny LOL:D:D:D

live in NEW YORK and love the PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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My name is nubo because just after I bought my first bow I found this site so I shortened it a bit just because my typing skill's are very limited and I thought just maybe I could save some time if I could get rid of a couple letters.
It hasn't saved me any time and my typing still suck's.


nubo

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Well, mine was given to me by some coworkers and shooting and hunting buddies. Well Im pretty stocky built and they say I have no neck, add jet black hair, and they say I look like an angus bull, so Angus. It was taken by someone so I had to add the year I was born.

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Seems like that is all I do is cull does. I have only 3 bucks in the last 15 years. And one of those was with a gun. So I couldn't call myself BuckCuller.

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its the name of my weekend rock n roll cover band. im the drummer by trade. we play everything from ELVIS to OZZY[:-] CHECK US OUT IN JERSEY SOMETIME![8D]

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I am a career firefighter who loves to hunt on my days off. Just thought it was a no brainer. It's a common nick for firemen.

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Pinky is the nickname that started when I was in the Marine Corps because my last name is Pinkerton. And it just kinda stuck with me. And the 79 was because pinky was taken, 79 is the year of the Trucks I have 79 F250 and 79 Bronco

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I took this handle from a stud buck that a family friend used to own. The family friend raised and sold several different types of exotics and on his small ranch he also raised and sold deer. His stud buck was a monster 13 point that he named John Deer. John Deer was as tame as the family pet. This old buck lived, (and I swear this is the honest truth) 19 years before he died last year. I thought that the amount of years that buck lived was unbelievable! So I decided to make my handle after this magnificant deer.

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I couldn't think of any thing cool so I used the obvious.

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The rogue river is only 1/2 a mile from my place and if im not hunting then im salmon or steelhead fishing there. It seems to fit because 99% of the time I hunt alone, and I have never been good at doing what i'm told to do.

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i was sittin here in mossy oak watching the king of the hill where the one guy becomes a bounty hunter.

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Now that's cool.:D

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yeah i get that a lot....:D

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I killed my first two deer with a single shot 16 ga that had a hammer, so people in the group I was running dogs with called me hammer. Now I use a 30-06 so "hammer '06".

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let me think why don't i use my real name????????? hum!!!!!

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I always seem to be in the wrong place.

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I used to be able to start any kind of fire faster than anybody.
NO I did not use gasoline.
When we went camping in high school I had my fire started when every body elses were just smoldering.

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mine is from the name of my company , mountain air refrigeration

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The Buteo jamaicensis, also known as the Red-Tailed Hawk has been my favorite bird every since i was younger so i thought it would be an good name for me since its a hunting bird as well i am a hunter. Seems to fit well [:-]