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I think I'm going soft in my old age
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03/29/17 09:58 PM
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mikei
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While on the same trap run where I scored the bobcat, I had caught and dispatched good sized coon in another trap. As I was messing around getting the trap reset, I heard some scratching on the oak tree next to the trap. I wandered over to check out the source and found a juvenile 'coon at the base of the oak, checking things out. He wasn't a bit afraid of me (I guess he had seen me shoot before!). I couldn't bring myself to shoot the little feller! I went back to get a camera, thinking he'd clear out before I returned, but there he sat. I've killed hundreds of 'coons during my lifetime, and have already taken out 30-40 this year; but I couldn't shoot this one. I'm going soft. Or, I guess I'll have to wait until he grows up and I catch him in a trap before I can take him out.
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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03/29/17 11:56 PM
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Michael W.
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Things might get kind of boring if we didn't leave a few around.
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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03/30/17 02:12 AM
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SnakeWrangler
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I had a pet one when I was a kid....fun pets....
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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03/30/17 01:22 PM
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gary roberson
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Age takes and years of killing makes all of us a little softhearted at times. I think it is a sign of maturity and most importantly a respect for the creature. Adios, Gary
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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03/30/17 02:47 PM
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colt45-90
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sometimes its nice to enjoy nature, we don't have to kill every thing we see.
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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03/31/17 01:32 AM
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240z
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Yeah, as my Dad used to say.........you have to save some for seed!
Harley Davidson Motorcycles.....the most efficent way to convert gasoline into noise, without the side effects of Horsepower.
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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03/31/17 02:49 AM
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SapperTitan
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Ive spared a few but the ones around a feeder are getting some lead poisoning
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/18/17 02:07 AM
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Mike Mathena
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that's pretty cool, I'd have done the same, wait till he grows up
Last edited by Mike Mathena; 06/18/17 03:35 AM.
Go get in the woods
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/20/17 02:50 PM
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TXAg08
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/20/17 04:10 PM
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/20/17 04:43 PM
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Choctaw
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sometimes its nice to enjoy nature, we don't have to kill every thing we see. Yeppers.
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/20/17 08:45 PM
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603Country
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I'm a bit of a softie also. But...when there's been a coon knocking the bird feeders down, I put out the trap. No appeal process for the coon if he's convicted of felonious bird seed theft.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/21/17 12:03 PM
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olinecoach
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/21/17 09:00 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/24/17 11:00 PM
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240z
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Like my Dad used to say,.......you have to "save some for seed".
Harley Davidson Motorcycles.....the most efficent way to convert gasoline into noise, without the side effects of Horsepower.
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/24/17 11:04 PM
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i wonder how many turkey eggs the little cutie pie ate ?
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/25/17 02:42 PM
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poisonivie
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I get it. I had one I raised on a bottle. He went everywhere with me for nearly two years. There is no limit to the crap they can tear up.
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Re: I think I'm going soft in my old age
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06/25/17 02:44 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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I get it. I had one I raised on a bottle. He went everywhere with me for nearly two years. There is no limit to the crap they can tear up. Tear up and get into.....funny little things tho.....great entertainment with lots of personality....
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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