#2063912 - 09/09/10 04:06 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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Cy
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Loc: Wears Valley & Cannon County
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I'm retired. I don't have to have a reason for what I do. One day I'll pass one up and bust the same deer the next morning. Best reasons to kill a (particular) buck:
He's a goodun.
It's way, way too cold out here.
It's gonna rain any minute now.
The wind's blowin' too hard.
It's day 23 and counting.
I haven't seen a buck in a week.
I'm bored completely out of my mind.
I have to go to the bathroom...really, really soon.
My brother got one yesterday.
It's 11:58 AM.
This stand is too small.
This stand is too shaky.
He's little, but he's goin' for the fence.
Bow or gun, don't matter. What I shoot and when I shoot it makes no sense at all. It's all just impulse.
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#2063913 - 09/09/10 04:08 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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bowriter
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Loc: Lebanon,TN USA
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So what most of you are saying it is about challenge not the size of the buck.
Now it really makes no sense. Just put up your bows and rifles and get a good spear.
Let me tell you what brought this on. I had the TV on for white noise and heard Don Kiske's voice so I glanced over. He had just shot about a 165 whitetail with bow from a ground blind in one of his cornfields, maybe a 10 yard shot. He proceeds to say he passed him up several times with a gun but just couldn't let him go with a bow. I promise you, the challenge was no greater with the bow than it was with a shotgun or mzl.
Most of the "good" bucks I have killed, I have killed with a bow. In fact, most of the bucks I have killed, I killed with a bow. But believe me, I would have shot any one of them with firearm. If I want to kill something, I want to kill no matter what I have in my hands. If it is all about challenge, put your guns up and start still hunting.
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#2063935 - 09/09/10 04:24 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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To each his own.
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#2063976 - 09/09/10 05:07 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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Camp
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Loc: Rutherford County / Mid TN
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I guess a little about challenge and bragging rights or sense of accomplishment of success based on that challenge for some.
Similar to the closing time scenario........
I would guess it's hard to feel "successful" or bragg to buddies about that really "HOT" hooker you paid last weekend. Just too easy and no challenge.
But now that really "HOT" lesbian you converted.........well, that's some braggin' rights there! 
Same deed just different circumstances. 
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#2063982 - 09/09/10 05:13 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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ghosthunter
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I have heard or read this statement or somethng like it many times. "I passed him up with a rifle/mzl but I would take him with a bow."
What's the difference? He is dead either way and his antlers are the same size either way. yes, a bow is more challenging to the hunter but it does nothing to change the size or trophyism of the animal.
If I would kill him with a bow, I'd dang sure do it with a rifle. So what's up with that?
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#2064180 - 09/09/10 07:48 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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Bone Collector
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I know why I say it. It's b/c I've killed much bigger animals with firearms than with a bow, and to catch up with my firearm kills, I have to start somewhere. A nice little forky or six pt will be in danger of getting an arrow flung at it by me, whereas I would pass now with a firearm.
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#2064182 - 09/09/10 07:53 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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Beekeeper
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I'm retired. I don't have to have a reason for what I do. One day I'll pass one up and bust the same deer the next morning. Best reasons to kill a (particular) buck:
He's a goodun.
It's way, way too cold out here.
It's gonna rain any minute now.
The wind's blowin' too hard.
It's day 23 and counting.
I haven't seen a buck in a week.
I'm bored completely out of my mind.
I have to go to the bathroom...really, really soon.
My brother got one yesterday.
It's 11:58 AM.
This stand is too small.
This stand is too shaky.
He's little, but he's goin' for the fence.
Bow or gun, don't matter. What I shoot and when I shoot it makes no sense at all. It's all just impulse.
One more fror the list: My freezer is about empty or my neighbor needs some meat.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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