#1705642 - 01/03/10 08:43 PM
Re: It's now Official
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RKenney
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Loc: Maury Co.
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bowriter,
I hope you are another Bret Farve.
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#1705705 - 01/03/10 09:15 PM
Re: It's now Official
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bowriter
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Registered: 08/31/02
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Loc: Lebanon,TN USA
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I'll still spend a lot of time in the woods when I am up to it and I have a kid I am mentoring. I just have no desire to kill anything. Years ago, Robert Ruark wrote in a short story that at some point, hunters reach a point when they decide they have killed enough. I have reached that point. I have no need to kill a deer just to boost my ego and since I can no longer eat red meat, I have no need to kill one.
I have turned over all my stands to the kid and am still learning about deer. I just don't want to kill one anymore. A year or so ago, if I didn't kill six or eight, I thought the season was a bust. About the third day of bow season this year, I passed up a doe and two bucks. And then it came to me. What the he11 am I doing out here if I'm not going to shoot one. Since then I have been back in the woods twice-just walking.
Thanks for your kind comments. I'll always pass along what little I know when asked.
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#1705734 - 01/03/10 09:37 PM
Re: It's now Official
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Hatchee
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Registered: 12/16/08
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Loc: West Tennessee
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I remember when my Dad quit. Not really sure what happened, he just quit going. Back in '03 he decided he wanted to Turkey Hunt some. We sat in a blind that was easy to get to and pretty much shot the breeze all morning. Got to hear 4 birds and had one gobbler do a "drive by". He told me "I really enjoyed this. Thanks for taking me." I've got a picture of me and him an my youngest son still camo'd up when we got home.
I treasure it because that's the last time he set foot in the woods.
I guess it happens to everyone in some form or another.
Bowriter, I'd like to shoot the breeze and look and some of your pictures. Don't have anymore old buddies that say "Well boy when I was your age...."
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#1705975 - 01/04/10 06:11 AM
Re: It's now Official
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Bottom Hunter
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quitter........................
haha
BH
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#1706065 - 01/04/10 07:54 AM
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tbam
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Registered: 01/06/08
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Loc: Tn, Winchester
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Kudos to you man......
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#1706069 - 01/04/10 07:57 AM
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Coach
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Registered: 12/02/07
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Loc: Pall Mall, TN and Dexter, MI
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Is Mr. Bowriter and Mr. Bojangles the same?
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#1706110 - 01/04/10 08:35 AM
Re: It's now Official
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fishboy1
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Registered: 01/13/03
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Loc: Warren Co
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Bowriter,
Just a thought from an outside perspective.
I have always thought that life is truly about collecting good memories. Kinda like my chosen profession of photography, just collecting them on film.
When we get old and can't mountain climb, race a motorcycle, or jump a creek anymore, we have our fond memories to enjoy and share with others. You have the unique gift and ability to share those memories with others through your writing.
Maybe that is your next stage. Writing your memories into stories the way YOU want to. Just for fun.
Oh and don't think the fond memories are over. You are creating new ones every day. Think about the young buck you are teaching to hunt and his perspective. When he gets to be your age, imagine the stories he will be telling and the part you played in them.
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#1706152 - 01/04/10 09:02 AM
Re: It's now Official
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Cy
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Loc: Wears Valley & Cannon County
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John, I'll be 56 in a few days. Over the last year or two I have had a bad moment or two wondering what it will be like when I wake up one morning and know that it's my last hunt, or the last time I'll string up a fly rod. I'll tell you it's a comfort to think that I may reach a point where I have a choice, and can decide "it's time" before it gets to be a case of "just can't". Those darn hills get steeper every single year.
My dad never hunted and all my uncles were way older than me. I've never been close to someone "laying it down". Thanks for some sharing your feelings on this.
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