any you pickers whitetail hunters

Dave Baldwin · From: Saskatchewan, Canada

out here its so flat you can watch your dog run away fer two days but we have the worlds record white tail

Stephen Dorocke · From: Tres Piedras, New Mexico

Joey Gaskins · From: New Bern, North Carolina, USA

Well we don't have the biggest whitetails here on the coast of NC but we do have the state record blackbear killed only a few miles from here.

Bob Carlucci · From: Candor, New York, USA

Dave... I dunno dave, Here in NY state Fingerlakes region, the whitetails are the size of horses![well,almost]..also, I read somewhere before I even moved to the area, that this region grew the largest whitetails in North America, because of the very abundant food supply,[its ALL agriculture here] and the relatively mild winters compared to our Canadian neighbors or the Adirondacks... anyway, I don't like deer meat, no matter HOW its prepared,[it always tastes skunky,especially the big bucks that everyone TRIES to take down].

I'd rather eat chicken beef or pork ANY day, so I leave the deer alone, preferring to watch them play in my yard than putting a slug into one.

Its not worth killing the animal for a couple pounds of tenderloin back straps,which to me, are the only good meat on a deer.
Besides, if I wanted a deer THAT bad, I can always get one that was roadkilled right in front of me. It happens CONSTANTLY around here. You can hardly drive 5 miles some nights without haveing to slam the brakes on half a dozen deer looking right into your headlights.. Its getting ridiculous...

I guess the number of deer hunters is dwindling each year,and the population of deer around here is staggering.... bob

rpetersen · From: Iowa

PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals - just kiddin'
Love to hunt and we have got some big deer here in Iowa too - I've got 2 in the Pope and Young record book with the bow - Have goten 36 with the Bow and about that many with shotgun and muzzleloader and none of it goes to waste - We have all our own proccessing equipment and also make a lot of smoked sausage (Great stuff)

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Paul King · From: Gainesville, Texas, USA

I have always been told everything was bigger here in Texas. One man from Oklahoma told me even the liars were bigger here. As far as the whitetail deer go, I am not a hunter so I would have no clue. We have had some big Black Bass pulled out of some lakes and recently a 125 catfish from Lake Texoma on a rod and reel.

Craig A Davidson · From: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA

So, Ron I didn't know the pope deer hunts too.

I hunt up here and we are also overrun with them. I have had deer on the grill six times already. They also run in our yard and chew off the flowers.

[This message was edited by Craig A Davidson on 21 August 2005 at 06:09 AM.]

James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

Well boys, deer hunting is alright, but ya'll need to come down and go wild hog hunting with dogs. Screw the gun deal, we go in and catch and tie and bring them out alive! Some of the best meat you ever wrapped your lips around! NO BAG LIMITS, NO SEASONS! The South and California is literally over run with wild hogs. 300--400lbs is very common, an ocassionally 600lbs.
Ya'll go on and hunt your little bambis, I'll go out and bring home the BACON!! YEEE HAWWW!

JERRY THURMOND · From: sullivan mo u.s.a.

Hunting whitetail is a family tradition here in Mo,everybody comes home to hunt, just like a family reunion. Jerry

George McLellan · From: Duluth, MN USA

I've got a big problem with deer destroying shrubs, flowers, and worse, my strawberry plants. The deer population in Northern Minnesota has exploded over the past ten years. Twin fawns were common, now I've seen several sets of triplets this year.

I live in the city but on the nothern edge. I was pleased to see that the City passed a special bow hunting season in town starting this fall. Hunters are more than welcome to be in my yard. I counted seven the other morning.
Geo

Farris Currie · From: Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

RON,AND JAMES,you guys are killing this old Florida guy. Best sausage in the world is half vension and half pork,seasoned up right no better. My ADDRESS IS !!!!hahahaha
our deer in Fl. are small, but they still eat good. And that road kill stuff is ruined here when hit,bloody mess.JAMES,you are the man catching those live hogs by hand.A wild hog here usually not much until you put them in the pen and run some feed thru them for a little, UNLESS,accron time then best taste of all. I was looking for my dogs,but they are all asleep!!!!dang sorry dogs.!!!!
James you sound like a guy that would go NOODLEING. i got a tape on that,and man they can have that kind of fishing. farris

Lee Baucum · From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier

Farris - Down here on the Mexican border, a mixture of pork and venison makes wonderful tamales!

Lee, from South Texas

Farris Currie · From: Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

LEE,i love that MEXICAN food man.I had a Mexican family lived by me here for 5yrs.they called me over all the time to eat.and they loved it toooo.that hot food,man i sweat like i'm drowning,but i love it.and miss them so much.they always cooked it the yard on charcoal,and that Faita!!wow,and all that good stuff.also the roast peppers and onions on the grill!!WOW.
farris

James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

Naw Farris, I may go into a black thicket at midnight after my black dog that has a black hog bayed up, but you won't catch me noodling. I got cured of that as a Kid. I pulled up a 10lb snapping turtle by the head when I was 11 years old. I figure stuff that wants to be in a hole underwater can just stay in a hole under water. It's a wonder I didn't lose my pickin' fingers! HA!!

Bob Carlucci · From: Candor, New York, USA

In case anyone thinks I'm a PETA psycho...I'm not,,I have NO problem with deer hunting.. Its just that I don't care for the meat enough to kill them.. Why kill an amimal you have to mix with pork to taste good??/ ... bob

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · From: Ayrshire, Scotland

I hope all you hunters eat what you kill, otherwise, what is the point in killing a fellow living creature. The toffs over here are all upset that they can't ride around the countryside in pursuit of a fox, just for the fun of the chase. Watching a bunch of hounds ripping it apart does not strike me as fun!

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Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

I've killed an eaten a few them over the years.

No ceremony, no sport, no lisence, no deer rifle. Just a .22, buck knife and a hungry family at the time.

I too, oddly have a personal aversion to killing for sport.

Others may, and I applaud those that keep man's traditions alive. Especially those that use dogs.

After our influx of more intellectually refined immigrants to our fine state they outlawed dog hunting for large cats, and can't figure out why cougars lynx and other cats are mauling their kids in the suburbs.

Life is preparation for harvest, by bugs if nothing else.

Especially ours.

EJL

Farris Currie · From: Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

I;m not about to screw up this thread!!
The TOPIC was how many do!!
I didn't see one word that ask why you don't.IF you don't believe in it,then you have no reason to post on this topic!!
I love it,and GOD gave us the meat to eat!!
no not to waste,to EAT.
James, man i'd sure like to have that 10lb soft shell turtle! try again one more time man,you know how now. farris

Stephen Gambrell · From: Over there

James, in SC, we call it grabbling, and I've never done it. Ain't about too, either! I've seen my Dad pull up turtles, snakes----and 30-40 lb. catfish---Best stews I can remember!
I used to love to hunt quail, but developers have come up with this thing called "clear-cutting," which takes out all the briers and thick stuff where the birds used to be. Nothing better than fresh quail and gravy!
We are absolutely overrun here with whitetail deer, and I think it's because too many folks are hunting for the wall, and not the freezer.
BTW, Eric, you say you've hunted deer with a .22? Most states, that's against the law (rimfire cartridges).

Farris Currie · From: Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

STEPHEN,you are a man after my own heart!!I am 64yrs.was raised as a bird hunter,and those Quail Gizzards,MAN,i could eat my weight in them fryed.Yep,those days are gone my friend.i haven't even heard a quail whistle in a long time.I hear that the Herbaside sprays they spray the groves with has killed them,i don't know.but houses everywhere,no place left for them. Yes sir,a pot of rice,hot biscutes,gravy,and fryed quail.glad we lived in those days.

all i can hear from friends down here is belonging to hunting clubs in S.C. and how many the club has taken in one trip ect.
I hear they have to thin them or they eat all the crops. Man we have lived in the best days i think. farris

Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

Steve. Don't even think about it, the statue of limitations long ago fell over on that one. It was way before dawn and from a road as well. I think when my buddy and I ran an injured one down and slit it's throat while it was screaming about did it for me. We ate her of course, but I never looked at it the same way. We didn't tell the kids.

We were hungry, and that's the reason I would have to have if I ever did hunt again, which, with God as my witness I don't plan to...

I'd personally feel foolish to get all dressed up in a party mode and go kill things, but that's just me.

Others results may vary.

I think I draw my arbitrary line at fish and chickens.

I felt a lump in my throat when I came in from work in 03 and found Pore Ole Chuck the Chicken's feet laying on the dish drainer.. He tasted horrible.

EJL

[This message was edited by Eric West on 21 August 2005 at 02:41 PM.]

Farris Currie · From: Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

I forgot to add Stephen,i have a cubing maching old,but works fine.you can slice that vension up,and run it thru the cubeing machine!!Just as tender as backstrap.just cut those old white streaks out.Hahhahaha.
man i'm starving,all i got is chicken and dumplings!! James you are a long ways from us,wish we could all get together and have a cook off. YEA MAN farris

Farris Currie · From: Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

Eric,Please don't take this as a asault on you. Just common talking!All the meat we buy at the stores,have been slaughtered!Beef,Pork,Chickens,ect.I think what really gets to me is a lobster,he is alive,and they dunk him in a pot of hot water!!i was raised as a teen,raising 100 little chicks at a time,man i hated chicken killing day,it was my job to chop the necks,remove the heads,throw them and watch them jump and flop until dead.then dip them in a wash pot of boiling water,and pull feathers,Man those things smelled bad.

But,i wasn't made to eat greenery all the time/ i love meat tooooooo farris

John De Maille · From: On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.

I've been a "WhiteTail" hunter, for about 30 yrs. I've never killed, just to kill !! I consume what I harvest, along with all my buddies , who hunt too. I detest trophy hunters with utter contempt."They" have given honest hunters a bad personna. With all this "political correctness" crap around today, we need all the good press we can get. I would just like the activists to PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE to PERSUE the HAPPINESS, I PAY MY TAXES FOR !!! I'm sure this topic could go on and on... I've said my piece.

Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

Well Farris. I'm with you on eating a lot of silage. A salad or two now and then, and green beans, corn, spinach and asperagas I like.

For taste, I prefer venison hands down and take it from guys at work when offered. It's just not convenient to hunt around here anymore. If it was, I suppose I'd set out apples in the backyard. I'm a city guy nowadays, and around here "hunting season" is too much of a zoo.

I just look at it as part of god's plan.

Yup those chickens.

When my mom and dad got to rent a farm when I was 4 my job was to go chase down the chickens after their heads were cut off. Great fun. Then making the claws "work" by pulling the tendons. Dad had a white gas blowtorch for the feathers and a big pot, and then the plucking. O'll never forget the smell of boiling chicken feathers and burnt pinfeathers..

I figure God made chickens with a minimum of charm so it would be easier for us'n to kill them.

Nothing wrong with hunting cats and bear with dogs. Even if they aren't a nuisance. I guess I never thought of where the meat goes, but they'd make as good tacos as housecats do I suppose. I'll ask when I get a dozen next time..

I look at waste of deer ( and I suppose all other) meat as one of the biggest sins a guy can commit. I totally wrote off a childhood friend over it.

Hunt on I say.

EJL

PS.

I wont' hunt bear either.

Here's a story.

I have a friend that was a pretty straight arrow guy. Worked in a machine shop etc, veteran, just a normal kid. 25 or so.

It was about '89 or '90. He got himself a new 308 qith a graphite stock, and went hunting over in Eastern Oregon. Deer mostly but he got a bear tag too. He'd killed a deer and the day before he went back he surprised a large *(for here) young black bear. Said it came out from behind a clump of brush and oddly headed toward him. That's unusual. He cranked off a shot to his upper chest. The bear stopped, looked at him, and he said it made the most god awful yowl and he said for about a half a minute the bear "talked" to him. He shot it a couple times in the chest and finally the head to stop it's "speech". Took the skin home, and I think he wasted the meat. He wasn't very clear about it and I didn't want to ask on account of getting pissed at him.

He slowly and completely went crazy. Plain old s#hithouse-rat nutso, in the VA hosp, out on the street, back east for a "brain operation", and as I last saw him, he's finally "adjusted". Pretty much lobotomized. In the pre operation period he told me the most incredible stuff I'd ever heard about "special ops" and all kinds of crazy stuff. He wasn't even in a combat outfit. I checked.

If you ask me it was whatever the bear told him while he was dying. He didn't understand it at first.

Nope, bears are "different" and I've always left them alone when I could.

I'm crazy enough.

EJL

[This message was edited by Eric West on 21 August 2005 at 06:13 PM.]

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