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<blockquote data-quote="DMD" data-source="post: 5416659" data-attributes="member: 2937"><p>I had a guy I worked with years ago killed a fawn with spots on it. I would never do that. PERIOD. Never. We gave him grief about, joking around. But, in the end, I support his right to kill a deer legally - PERIOD. If we are going to get into "this deer is easier to kill than that deer, so we shouldn't be killing them", we are going down a rabbit hole we will never get out of.</p><p></p><p>Urban deer are easier to kill than mountain deer. Well, by that logic, young bucks are way easier to kill than old, mature bucks - so, we shouldn't kill young bucks. Mountains bucks are harder to kill than swamp bucks. Shoot, I hunted for years a 1500 acre of mountain, timberland. We had a couple of houses on the main road that were a part of that property. The deer would come feed on the landowners rose bushes and stand in her yard in the evenings and all night. Does that mean I shouldn't hunt those deer? Who gets to draw these arbitrary lines of which legal deer we can hunt and which we can't. OR..which legal deer hunts we can celebrate and which we can't?? </p><p></p><p>We used to strap deer on the hood of our pickup trucks and drive around town when we killed one. We stopped doing that because it started "offending" people. So, social media is our new "pickup truck hood". So, now we have to stop doing that for fear of offending someone. I, for one, never post deer pics, or anything else much, on social media...with the exception of occasional deer kills on TNdeer. But, if someone else wants to, more power to them. I don't care. And, I'm not walking on egg shells to keep anti-hunters happy. We've done that in large part for the last 40+ years. Has it worked? Do the anti-hunter like us now? NO! </p><p></p><p>Really, there are no "GREAT" accomplishments in deer hunting. You figure out a cure for cancer - that's a great accomplishment. You bring world peace about - that's a great accomplishment. You serve America in the sand of the Middle East, protecting our freedoms - that's a great accomplishment. You kill a 200" deer in the mountains...Congratulations. That's a good job. But, in the big scheme of things, it's not a great accomplishment. So, does that mean we shouldn't celebrate??? Heck no. Celebrate. Enjoy your deer kill - if it's a 100" mountain buck or a 200" urban buck. Celebrate and enjoy it. But, neither can be considerated a "great" accomplishment.</p><p></p><p>I say to each his own. If it's legal, and someone does it - while I may or may not like it, I'm going to support their right to do it. And congratulate them on a good kill. Now, I might privately, give them grief about it, like we did our spot killing coworker. LOL <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DMD, post: 5416659, member: 2937"] I had a guy I worked with years ago killed a fawn with spots on it. I would never do that. PERIOD. Never. We gave him grief about, joking around. But, in the end, I support his right to kill a deer legally - PERIOD. If we are going to get into "this deer is easier to kill than that deer, so we shouldn't be killing them", we are going down a rabbit hole we will never get out of. Urban deer are easier to kill than mountain deer. Well, by that logic, young bucks are way easier to kill than old, mature bucks - so, we shouldn't kill young bucks. Mountains bucks are harder to kill than swamp bucks. Shoot, I hunted for years a 1500 acre of mountain, timberland. We had a couple of houses on the main road that were a part of that property. The deer would come feed on the landowners rose bushes and stand in her yard in the evenings and all night. Does that mean I shouldn't hunt those deer? Who gets to draw these arbitrary lines of which legal deer we can hunt and which we can't. OR..which legal deer hunts we can celebrate and which we can't?? We used to strap deer on the hood of our pickup trucks and drive around town when we killed one. We stopped doing that because it started "offending" people. So, social media is our new "pickup truck hood". So, now we have to stop doing that for fear of offending someone. I, for one, never post deer pics, or anything else much, on social media...with the exception of occasional deer kills on TNdeer. But, if someone else wants to, more power to them. I don't care. And, I'm not walking on egg shells to keep anti-hunters happy. We've done that in large part for the last 40+ years. Has it worked? Do the anti-hunter like us now? NO! Really, there are no "GREAT" accomplishments in deer hunting. You figure out a cure for cancer - that's a great accomplishment. You bring world peace about - that's a great accomplishment. You serve America in the sand of the Middle East, protecting our freedoms - that's a great accomplishment. You kill a 200" deer in the mountains...Congratulations. That's a good job. But, in the big scheme of things, it's not a great accomplishment. So, does that mean we shouldn't celebrate??? Heck no. Celebrate. Enjoy your deer kill - if it's a 100" mountain buck or a 200" urban buck. Celebrate and enjoy it. But, neither can be considerated a "great" accomplishment. I say to each his own. If it's legal, and someone does it - while I may or may not like it, I'm going to support their right to do it. And congratulate them on a good kill. Now, I might privately, give them grief about it, like we did our spot killing coworker. LOL :D [/QUOTE]
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