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You know I've heard it asked often, what is the reason you really hunt, or what do you like best about hunting....

Last week I (unfortunately) had a couple of those patches where you find yourself reflecting on what it all meant. I was in the Hospital, and they had a hard time getting me revived from anasthesia, the proverbial slapping of the face and saying 'Come on Man!' thing and all.....geezzzzz.

Anyway, I should be all good now, they took out a 'non-essential organ' and I'm back home. Keeping fingers crossed hard.

I found myself rememnbering the 'moments'. A beautiful view here, a great hug with a hunting buddy there, the use of great knife for various tasks.

I remembered the moment of the shot and aftermath of some of the great critters I have been able to take.... I really thought a lot about the tuff conditions and the aftermath,

a warm meal after a brutal day in the cold maybe, a great nights sleep after a lot of stalking or scouting or just hoofing it.....A cup of coffee shared with a hunting mate as we watched a storm develop on the horizon.....the kiss of a loved one on return from a hunt....a photo of this or that along the way, a great mount at the house.....

I guess I just wanted to say 'CARPE DIEM' and to me 'it's all good'.

Long live the hunting and shooting sports!
 
Posts: 3563 | Location: GA, USA | Registered: 02 August 2004Reply With Quote
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Hope your health problems all clear up and you are once again able to return to the hunt.

That is a really good post, and a really good way to feel about the whole issue of hunting.

I have reached a stage of life where I get a lot more out of the peripherals of the hunt than actually hunting.

I enjoy the Camp Life and the comarderie of the camp fire.

I would much rather help someone get their animal than to shoot one myself in most cases, especially with white tail deer.

If someone asks me why I hunt, I simply say that it is because it is part of me, it is what makes me whole, no futher explanation is needed, or given.

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Next years hunt!

Hope you have a speedy recovery! thumb
 
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How am I gonna get this thing outa here?
 
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Next years hunt!


I was not going to admit to that one! shocker shocker beer beer


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Thanks CHC, on my way back, couple new challenges popped up while in there!


I have had the 'how do I get em out thought' too!
 
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This year I shot my first elk. It was antlerless and small. It made me realize about the lack of preperation to care for such a large animal. I didn't have anything to put between the legs when I hung it. I did have the rope and a place to hang and store the meat to age for a couple of days. The weather was perfect. The meat stayed just above freezing. It has also turned out to be some of the best wild game I have ever tasted. Next year if my son or I draw and are lucky enough to fill another elk tag I will be much better prepared. I totaly enjoyed the hunt the friendships the exploring of new territory. The periferals and boy were those backstraps tasty. DW
 
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I think about a lot of things after the hunt. I'm thankful that I had the opportunity to hunt and health that was good enough to allow me to hunt. I usually replay the hunt in my mind, to re-experience it again, and also to see if there are lessons I can learn from it. And yes, I start thinking about next year--will this hunt effect the way I hunt next year.


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What part of the animal I'm going to cook third.

This is a big question to me...

What to cook first or second is NOT an issue

The Liver goes first.
I always do it up in butter & olive oil with lots of onions, Basil and Vinegar.

And the tenderloins need to get aged just a bit a bit, for flavor before I start slicing shallots.

But I usually need to make room in the freezer and something must get "Eaten out of the way"

ut on any new animal there is uaually a surplus of
small chunks so the question is:

Chili or Stew?

then I'm left to ponder why so many people place such an emphasis on the deer's headgear?

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GET WELL SOON!


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I replay it in my mind for months until new memories replace the old.


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I think what I feel most often after a hunt, successful or not, is 'damn it feels good to be alive and be able to enjoy this wonderful thing we call hunting'.


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I like that Kamo---I really do......

Ted I hear you, as I get older I am running out of room in the storage system!!!!

thanks Doc, working on it!


Allen, I guess we each have our preferences, for me I like beef over venison, but elk over all!
 
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I like to look back after the hunt and remember the good times around the campfires with good hunting partners. Me not taking an animal doesnt ruin the hunt or experiance. I also like to think about those people I have hunted with that have passed on. I usually say a small thank you and remember the good times with them. I am thankful to be able to spend the time outdoors and look forward to the day when my children are old enough to come along.

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I always think I was born to late. But now with Mugabes little brother running the US I am certain I was born to late.
 
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Last season my brother and I went after deer. WE was in a location where there wern't any road and the canyon was steep. My brother shot a buck in there at 8:45 am, and we didn't get him out til 4 p.m. Muscles aching and everything. That evening I told my brother I'm ready to do that again, he said I was thinking the same thing. That was the hardest buck that I helped gettin out. I remember that day like it was yesterday.
 
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All of the original post, but also adding " Why didn't the almighty put more fillet & backstrap in the Deer?" Big Grin
 
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Originally posted by Steve Latham:
All of the original post, but also adding " Why didn't the almighty put more fillet & backstrap in the Deer?" Big Grin


Amen brother, Amen.
 
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After the shot, when I walk up on the buck I sit down and admire him a bit.

Then I say, "Fuck" as I gaze back up the steep ass mountain where my truck is parked on top, about 4 miles away.

lol
 
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If someone asks me why I hunt, I simply say that it is because it is part of me, it is what makes me whole, no futher explanation is needed, or given.


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"Gosh, I wish my dad were here to enjoy this."
 
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Originally posted by Steve Latham:
All of the original post, but also adding " Why didn't the almighty put more fillet & backstrap in the Deer?" Big Grin


Amen Squared!



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Originally posted by Skinner.:
After the shot, when I walk up on the buck I sit down and admire him a bit.

Then I say, "Fuck" as I gaze back up the steep ass mountain where my truck is parked on top, about 4 miles away.

lol



BTDT.

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One of my first thoughts is always..."why couldn't you have died closer to the road?" then I don't think about the PITA process of gutting a 350-500lbs animal thats about to take place lol. I just start wistling (I wistle a lot) and get to work.


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