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I have never seen a more complacent group of people than those that enjoy and participate in the outdoor sports. I had one x member tell me this board is not the place for politics that have a direct relationship to the outdoors. If this is not the place to discuss such things where the hell do you discuss them. Some of these people stick their heads in the sand thinking all these crap laws are just going to go away, don't talk about it! Of course many were closet Democrats and so called Independents and just can not stand to be reminded of what their voting is doing to this country, so just eliminate it. As our freedoms keep crumbling away day by day they have no one to blame but themselves for not speaking up and doing something about it. Shhhhhhh! is their answer. It is a fight! Grow a pair!! Al

Got out this morning with my son for some early September goose hunting. It was a beautiful morning and we scored on 3 birds. My lab Waylon had the most fun retrieving the birds.

damn ugly, yep. But the deer looks very healthy in other regards. Pass. I shot a buck about the same size with similar growths some time ago...nowhere near as bad as those though. It was very healthy in all other regards...but poor sucker was probably getting the brush off from the girls in the neighborhood.

Have a good one young fella. Al

I don't know.....Look at all the extra steaks you get from that deer......Oh damn....that's sick!

Eddie- Apparently I am never going to catch up to you in age, so I'll just wish you a happy birthday too. We're close but you have got me beat........Ha-ha-ha-ha...

There is nothing wrong with your price Billey, in fact it is a "steal-give away", those high pressure Benjamin hand pumps cost a couple of hundred bucks alone. It is just a question of need or want and maybe the distance. Just takes times to find someone looking for that type of gun. Al

To be honest, I have nothing negative to say about what other people shoot or consider worthy of taking. I will be the first to congratulate someone who has taken a fawn as long as they are proud of that harvest. I think we spend way too much time and energy trying to shame hunters into taking deer that WE feel they should take. It is important to me that I do not discourage any hunter who is appreciative of the deer they have taken (regardless of size). Whether it is one that I would have taken or not is entirely irrelevant. I often wonder how many hunters we have lost because we thought it was our duty to make negative comments about the deer that THEY have chosen to take.

As with any wild game preparation is the key. We breast out the geese and then put the breasts in a brine solution for 24 to 48 hours changing the water frequently to get all of the blood out. From there we prepare them in many ways such as putting them in the smoker or crock pot or making sausage. If prepared properly there really are no cons.

I'd say if one isn't too excited about shooting a buck that passes by on the first day they get out to hunt, then it shouldn't bother them later in the season .That's just me. It wouldn't bother me because I like to see bucks have a chance to grow. If a small buck walks by my stand during the season and I give him a pass, there is a decent chance he'll be in the same area again next year, only bigger. If someone else takes him, good for them! That's hunting and unless you own 1000 acres you have no control over that part. If someone wants the meat and takes the deer I pass, that is fine with me. Bottom line : shoot what you want and enjoy it.