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azhunter
Very good suggestion. The only down fall is I have tried and he refuses to have a licence with his name on it. He always says its a matter of principle. I guess you cant teach an old dog new tricks. I appreciate the advice and the time you spent looking up the senior citizen price. I guess I will just hunt with him and enjoy our last few hunts. Now I have got to try to talk him into shooting a smaller gun (I have suggested a 22 250 or a 243) he just laughs at me. He thinks he is going to use his 270. I think we will go take some practice shots first and see what his tone is.

I say that, and the last time we went he used his 270 at the young age of 88.

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I personally don't see an ethics angle to it. Carry the man hunting and enjoy it. If he gets a ticket it doesn't seem to faze him, but I don't understand a game warden giving a 90 year old man hunting his own property a ticket.

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Enjoy your hunt...that's all I have to say
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I never did like the correllation between ethics and the law!

Take him hunting!

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No question, take him hunting. You have your license, let him worry about his.

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Bring that game warden on here for a discussion. There's legal. There is ethical. The old man deserves to be left alone. Good hunting!

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Take him hunting and have fun. Sometimes common sense will not be tolerated in the eyes of the law. He owns the land, pays taxes (I assume), and feeds a heckuvalot more deer than he shoots. He deserves it.

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I agree with Jimmy S.

Why don't you take the $19 or whatever his license would cost and donate it to a conservation group? Either in his name or anonymously?

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Take him hunting and enjoy the time you have left with him. I would not even broach the subject of a license to him. He is your mentor and you have been hunting with him for numerous years so you know how he stands on licenses and government intrusions. He is not hurting anyone at all by his actions. I understand his feelings and would respect them for as long as he is alive.

If he really wants to stick the government, have him sell is property to a relative (s), friend, whatever, for a dollar. Then the givernment cannot take their 45% in death taxes.

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Did Texas even have hunting licenses when your friend started hunting ? Maybe he just objects to them charging him to hunt his own property . I have known a lot of people that felt that way .Its not the money its the principle of it .