I don't want to remember my trophies by how they looked "when they dropped"

I want to remember them for what they were "before they dropped"


I will put my bow over the hole, I will hide the tongue, I will do my best to take photos that capture more than a "dead - bloody animal".

The memory and image of the hunt that can be captured in a good picture has too much value to throw into a bloody pickup truck.

JMO

I agree it makes for better pictures but I really don't think it is essential. Again like anything with hunting it is all preference by the person who took the animal. I have them both ways in my photo album and really don't get distracted by the sight of the tongue, blood or hole. It certainly has nothing to do with my lack of respect either, just never realized it or so on.

Good arguments are made from both sides, but I really don't see the big deal in showing the tongue, some blood, or the entrance hole. Nobody has a right to tell you what to do with your deer, although we all have the right to determine how our own kills are photographed.

This may sound gross but the tongue of a deer is actually very tasty when cooked of course. It's not enough for a meal but its good for a hunter to eat as much of their game as possible in my opinion. So i eventually always cut out the tongue. But for pictures the tongue has never really bothered me. I know some guys think its tacky though.

never really bothered me