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Old 06-30-2005 | 01:02 PM
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I was just thinkin today how much technology has advanced in hunting and stuff. I do use stuff like that, but I am not sure it is a good thing. I remember my Dad talkin about there bein a few deer around and when you went hunting, it was in a heavy shirt and bluejeans. You did not kill as many deer, but there was not so much of an obsession with "big bucks". I am proud to be a doe hunter, and if that buck comes by you bet I will shoot it, but I am not gonna get obsessed with it. Killin a doe back then was the talk of the county, you kill a doe now, people question you why you aren't more patient. What do you all think?
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Old 06-30-2005 | 01:13 PM
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Xenia, a flannel shirt, jeans and a cap. No camo or all the fancy stuff.
The frezzer was always full of deer and hog meat. A 30-30 or
a shotgun with slugs all at close range, while stalking or still hunting.
No tree stands or ground blinds. I'm 65, how old are you?
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Old 06-30-2005 | 01:17 PM
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I am only 43, but my dad and used to come home just as you said. Flannel Shirt and blue jeans. I would wait at home after school, just to wait if he filled his tag.
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Old 06-30-2005 | 01:34 PM
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the only i have killed deer, is when i was in jeans, button up shirt and a old hat. If i have camo on i can spot them, but there new in range, or have a clear shot. I hunt box stands/ box blinds 50-55% of the time so it realy doesnt matter what i wear.
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Old 06-30-2005 | 01:40 PM
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Killin a doe back then was the talk of the county, you kill a doe now, people question you why you aren't more patient.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. When I started, few people shot does, now it's just a matter of how many.
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Old 06-30-2005 | 02:23 PM
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I'm a doe hunter too, stopped shooting bucks about 6 years ago.
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Old 06-30-2005 | 02:59 PM
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What I mean rybo, is in this part of the country, deer were a rare sight. If you shot one, you were a God around here. Of course that was along time ago, but it was still the way it was.
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Old 06-30-2005 | 03:44 PM
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A doe was NEVER the talk of the county, where do you get this at?
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Old 06-30-2005 | 03:57 PM
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Xenia, where are you from?
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Old 06-30-2005 | 04:42 PM
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I do it the old way.Jeans sometimes and sneakers.Nothing fancy
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