We have something in common.?ÿ I don't hunt any game animal for sport or fun.?ÿ I hunt to put meat in the freezer.?ÿ Meat that is in my opinion more healthy than anything I can purchase from a producer, certified organic or not.?ÿ
That will not happen.?ÿ I respect my neighbors too much to inflect the potential problems on their properties.
Those who hunt on their own land or areas where public hunting is allowed are not a problem.?ÿ It's the ones who pay one person then hunt on a a dozen other properties assuming they won't get caught who cause 95 percent of the problem.?ÿ I will call the game warden, and I have his number in my cell phone.?ÿ I will call the sheriff, who is also in my cell phone.?ÿ Hunting is fine.?ÿ Hunting where you are not supposed to be is not.
Had a good friend call today who had been hunting on her father-in-laws home ground early this morning.?ÿ She got a good stick on one but it was able to run.?ÿ They tracked it over a half mile before losing the blood trail.?ÿ That was rather close to an area of about one acre on one of my farms that would be a great place to hide if you were an injured deer.?ÿ She called me immediately to ask permission to go onto my land.?ÿ I gave her permission and thanked her for the call.?ÿ She can access that area via ATV in the grassy gap between two soybean fields that have not yet been harvested.?ÿ The *&$%^$#^&^(*&*% from out of the area will not worry about making any contact and will drive with vehicles or ATV's anywhere they want to go.?ÿ At nearly $12.00 per bushel today, they can knock out many hundreds of dollars of my income in a short time.?ÿ If I went to their regal estate in Pascagoula and did a similar amount of damage to their manicured lawn, they would have me arrested on the spot.
We could run it as guided hunts only, that way we can control where the paying hunter goes, and what they shoot at.
Wife??s car. Last night.?ÿ
She must drive backwards at about the same speed I do.
It's pretty funny. TRUTH be told....
I've got wires on the trunk hinges.?ÿ
We poke the wires through the deer legs, and fasten it there. The local cops and game wardens have me on a "won't waste deer" list.
We drove it to Wal-Mart today. I was expecting somebody to comment on the blood. Nah,
I guess that is a common thing to do around here.
N
Is that avatar photo your dad or do you now look like him?
@bill93 Yes, it is my dad. And I do look alot like him.?ÿ
Nate
??We drove it to Wal-Mart today??ÿ
Any particular reason? New school clothes or shoes? ?????ÿ
Well, we went looking for wal-Martians.
And socks.?ÿ
N
wal-Martians.
I'll have to remember that one.
You know your neighbors kid was raised right, when....
She hits a deer, and totals her car. You stop to help, and you ask "are you ok?" She says "never mind me. Get back from my deer. It's mine. I got it fair and square".
True story. From this week.
Nate
It??s a rough and strenuous journey taking several days to reach the place I call ??The Promised Land??. The entire area north of the Denali Highway is designated non motorized meaning you have to get in and out under your own power. It??s amazing how well that thins the herd of competitors. I didn??t grow up hunting but discovered that the experience meshed well with my love of the outdoors. The thrill of the chase, relaxing on a ridge with my binocs and spotting scope, watching distant packs of wolves play hide and seek with caribou, grizzlies stuffing their faces with blue berries, the occasional wolverine on his endless quest for his next meal. I became addicted, there??s just nothing else like it. My mind is set free and I??m content when myself in the moment. The adrenaline ?ÿwhen an enormous bull moose comes crashing through the brush to your grunt and that moment of deep profound sadness mixed with elation when the perfect shot drops him in his tracks and the grueling work begins. I??ve taken several people along on this trip, some won??t ever talk to me again, but no matter how difficult and how often I tell myself I won??t make that trip again, it??s only a matter of days before I??m planning my next return.
Back in the day Mickey Mantle had permission to deer hunt on a large ranch every year. This one year he asked Billy Martin if he wanted to come along and Billy said sure. They get to the ranch house and Mickey stops to let the owner know they are going in. Billy stays in the truck. The rancher says go on in, then asks Mickey if he would do him a favor while he was there? Mickey agrees and asks what? The rancher points and says "see that old swayback horse out in the corral?' "Yep." "Well, I have had him since he was born, over 30 years. He needs to be put down, but I just can't do it. Will you do it for me?" "Sure" says Mickey.
On the way back to the truck he decides to play a joke on Billy, so he starts stomping his way back with his best angry face on. Billy asks him what was wrong? Mickey reaches in the truck and grabs his deer rifle and says "That SOB told me I can't hunt on his land no more. I'll show him." He draws the rifle and drops the old horse. Before he can turn around, he hears two shots. In disbelief, he turns to see that Billy shot two of the rancher's cows to really show him.
