Last living thing I shot was a rabid dog in the back yard 20 years ago. I still
shoot, and do it a lot, and don't have any problem at all with folks who hunt,
especially if they're thining out the deer, but I just don't feel like killing
anything anymore.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
>
> In a message dated 1/21/2007 8:55:43 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> hiwayman@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> Nothing like living in the woods. Always critters doing something.
>
> Yes, we will begin building our retirement home out in the sticks this year.
> I look forward to being surrounded by a different kind of wildlife. In the
> short time we have owned it in addition to the deer and turkey we've seen on
> our little 10 acres of Texas hill country, there has been an assortment of
> butterflies, birds, critters and a snake or two.
>
>
>
>
> I was a big hunter when I was younger
>
> Me, too and I gave it up 40 years or so ago. The love of the woods remains,
> although the thrill of the hunting and harvesting has been replaced with the
> thrill of the hunting and capturing of the image. Although I don't
> participate any longer, I'm glad there are those who keep the dear
> population
> thinned
> down a bit. Just don't do it on my 10 acres as I may be down there with my
> camera and sure don't want to get shot. Had a fellow I knew in my younger
> days who got shot out of a tree,because another hunter thought he was a
> turkey. He survived, however that type of thing is not totally uncommon.
> <[8^)
> Bill Barber
>
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>
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