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I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 04:13 PM
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txtrophy85
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I didn't kill a deer this year....
I think this is the first season in like 15 years I didn't kill a deer
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 04:21 PM
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Jimbo
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Same here! I had back surgery just before the season and missed the majority of the season, and once I was able to go I just didn't have the desire since I still couldn't handle my kill by myself. The other hunters seemed to do enough damage to make up for me not being there though!
Thursday at 12:45 PM #33 Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 04:49 PM
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1860.colt
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Don't feel bad, i got all my tags for the last 15+ years... Seeing fewer hogs been over 4 months, & in 2010 or so it went 4 deer county...
i'm postaddic
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 05:09 PM
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Bbear
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I've only managed one trip this year. Couldn't bring myself to shoot one of the two fawns that came in. I'll give it one more go this weekend. If that doesn't pan out, I'll be begging for some place to pop an axis doe or two.
Sometimes Life interferes. (should be my tag line)
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Pay it forward - Kids are the future.
Rifles are similar to boats and young women...there's no end to how much money you can pour into them without making them any more useful.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 05:12 PM
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DQ Kid
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I've only managed one trip this year. Couldn't bring myself to shoot one of the two fawns that came in. I'll give it one more go this weekend. If that doesn't pan out, I'll be begging for some place to pop an axis doe or two.
Sometimes Life interferes. (should be my tag line) Well mighty good of you to not have shot one of those fawns. Buy you some cabrito instead.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 07:19 PM
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colt45-90
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I've only managed one trip this year. Couldn't bring myself to shoot one of the two fawns that came in. I'll give it one more go this weekend. If that doesn't pan out, I'll be begging for some place to pop an axis doe or two.
Sometimes Life interferes. (should be my tag line) why would you even have to think about NOT shooing fawn?
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 07:45 PM
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BOONER
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I've only managed one trip this year. Couldn't bring myself to shoot one of the two fawns that came in. I'll give it one more go this weekend. If that doesn't pan out, I'll be begging for some place to pop an axis doe or two.
Sometimes Life interferes. (should be my tag line) why would you even have to think about NOT shooing fawn? Is there something wrong with shooting fawns?
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 07:56 PM
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TexFlip
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Shot my first whitetail this morning. Haven't been able to get out as much as usual
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/01/16 08:15 PM
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J.G.
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Saw whitetail does on my place almost weekly, all year long. That is until November, even after putting in a food plot in October just before the first rain. Mule deer hunted to a week, and let several bucks walk. Land owner has a no doe kill policy. End of next week will be the annual anterless hunt near Ballinger. Five years and have never been skunked. My instructions are to kill as many does as I have tags in my pocket as they have too stinkin many deer. My goal is to kill five, and give away the meat from three of them. (minus backstraps of course )
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/02/16 02:44 AM
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Floods made it rough this year, toughest year for me since 2003
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/02/16 04:12 AM
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Jkd106
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Killed a deer 2 years ago, before that it was 4 years. I hunt alot just dont kill much.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/02/16 10:52 AM
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Emmett
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I got skunked this year also. Hoping to get lucky during the late season.
Psalm 121 82nd Airborne Division. 3/504 PIR, Recon
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/02/16 12:43 PM
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Western
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I didn't kill a deer this year....
I think this is the first season in like 15 years I didn't kill a deer Not to worry brudda, your fiance can get it done and look better do'n it too
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/02/16 04:58 PM
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txtrophy85
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I didn't kill a deer this year....
I think this is the first season in like 15 years I didn't kill a deer Not to worry brudda, your fiance can get it done and look better do'n it too That's no joke. I gained a hunting partner but lost a favorite rifle and multiple stands They took 4 deer this year plus the antelope so we arnt hurting for meat
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/02/16 09:30 PM
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TFF Caribou
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I managed 2 doe. Looking for my buck tomorrow, then I'm done. Won't bother with antlerless either way
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/03/16 01:54 AM
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Fooshman
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Have never shot a deer in my life.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 07:18 AM
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Toxarch
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I usually shoot a deer every other year. Most of the time I give it away to someone who really wants the meat but can't or doesn't hunt. I'm just not mad at them anymore. I do eat them, but I prefer beef if I have a choice. Just found a local guy who will take deer and wild hogs. He charges no processing fee and cooks it on a trailer smoker for the homeless in Fort Worth. Think I'll start donating to him. Always have hogs and deer tags left over.
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
� Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 10:33 AM
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kry226
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First season in 10 years that I didn't kill a deer. Last time I was in Iraq. This time, my R&R coincided with the season, but I was focused on hunting with my daughter for her first deer, and to her credit, she held out on shooting yearlings and does for a shot at the two or three year old 8-point that was frequenting our place. He was a no-show, but she was OK with that. She's 10 years old. Proud of her.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 12:21 PM
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TFF Caribou
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I usually shoot a deer every other year. Most of the time I give it away to someone who really wants the meat but can't or doesn't hunt. I'm just not mad at them anymore. I do eat them, but I prefer beef if I have a choice. Just found a local guy who will take deer and wild hogs. He charges no processing fee and cooks it on a trailer smoker for the homeless in Fort Worth. Think I'll start donating to him. Always have hogs and deer tags left over. My dad is the same way. I hunted from sunup to sundown yesterday and it was COLD. He messaged me "son, you're a more dedicated hunter than I ever was". As he's gotten older, he cares less and less about hunting.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 02:11 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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I didn't shoot a deer this year. That's not uncommon for me anymore.
Like many, I'm past the stage of needing to shoot one unless it's the right one. And I've gotten pretty darn picky on what the "right one" looks like. But I still love going, watching them, and being outdoors. My hunting hasn't slowed down - just my shooting.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 02:58 PM
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soooo
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First season in 10 years that I didn't kill a deer. Last time I was in Iraq. This time, my R&R coincided with the season, but I was focused on hunting with my daughter for her first deer, and to her credit, she held out on shooting yearlings and does for a shot at the two or three year old 8-point that was frequenting our place. He was a no-show, but she was OK with that. She's 10 years old. Proud of her. You are a good daddy.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 03:00 PM
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redchevy
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It's hell eatin em live
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 03:53 PM
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kry226
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First season in 10 years that I didn't kill a deer. Last time I was in Iraq. This time, my R&R coincided with the season, but I was focused on hunting with my daughter for her first deer, and to her credit, she held out on shooting yearlings and does for a shot at the two or three year old 8-point that was frequenting our place. He was a no-show, but she was OK with that. She's 10 years old. Proud of her. You are a good daddy. Thank you, sir.
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 04:00 PM
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rickym
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I hunted 6 weekends this year and didn't get a deer. Looking forward to November
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Re: I just hit me.....
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01/04/16 04:52 PM
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JohnRussell
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I did not shoot a deer because I am in an apartment waiting for the house to be built.. but I could not help but squeeze off a shot at a sow this weekend. l;)
Russ
Hunting is easy..it's getting permission from your wife that is tough.
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