Ron Ankeny Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 I took this photo on Saturday (opening morning of deer season). Please excuse the quality. The digital camera I used is kind of cheap and optical zoom is a lame excuse for not getting in closer. I could only get within about 25 yards before the deer startled and jumped to his feet. I know this is not a hunting forum and I also know discussions about killing critters are (in general) to be avoided. Just so you know, for personal reasons, I did not shoot this deer. Ain't he purdy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDELLCUSTOM Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 i would have pulled the trigger and i'd be eatin' venison and lookin' at him hangin on my wall!!! that's one nice mule deer, and i bet he tastes good too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Animals are cool! Nice pic Ron. I wish we had deer like that walking around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Good pic....did you see the pic of the mulie in velvet that a guy arrowed in Colorado...believed to be the bioggest mulie arrowed ever...huge.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 I'm personally going to choke you out for not shooting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDELLCUSTOM Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 sounds like benny is a fellow hunter. hey benny let's go bag that one and we'll split the venison and flip a coin to see who gets the wall hanger! my picture of that mulie is a little different, it has crosshairs in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Greaqt pic, awesome deer! I woulda nailed him with a long sharp pointy thingy being I don't hunt with guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 OH! Hell yes dan. This year I'm going on a mananged ranch here in S Texas to bag my dream, a 160/170 class whittail. Take about better than sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDELLCUSTOM Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 i hear that. make sure we get some pics from that hunt and hopefully i'll tag a few here in new york, i've got 4 doe tags, 1 buck tag for regular gun season and 1 buck or doe tag for muzzleloader season. i'll be fillin' the freezer and stackin' em like cord wood. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4444 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Guys, I'm here in Iowa,,,,my house sits in between a few hundred acres of corn and soy beans. There's a creek in the valley behind my place,,,,,loads of ponds the farmers have for their livestock. Being on the ridge, we all have a lot of timber for cover,,,,,, The critters eat well, grow well, and are all over the place. You wouldn't believe the critters we grow around here.....monsters I say. H4444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Guys, I'm here in Iowa,,,,my house sits in between a few hundred acres of corn and soy beans. There's a creek in the valley behind my place,,,,,loads of ponds the farmers have for their livestock. Being on the ridge, we all have a lot of timber for cover,,,,,,The critters eat well, grow well, and are all over the place. You wouldn't believe the critters we grow around here.....monsters I say. H4444 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OK then, where is my invitation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 OK, it's not a hunting forum, but here's why I didn't shoot the critter. I don't have a place for a mount and I already have a nice wall hanger overlooking my computer desk. It just seemed a waste for a local like me to shoot a deer like that and toss the antlers up in the rafters out in the garage. People travel thousands of miles for a once in a lifetime opportunity and it would just be wrong for me to take the deer out of the gene pool for bragging rights to a deer I won't put on display. Frankly, I would have loved to have had a guy like Dan or Benny along. I would have been whispering, "Shoot that sum bitch, shoot him now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Ron, that is one of the classiest things I have ever heard from another hunter. I hope as you have taught kids in the past you passed along some of your hunting ethics like that as well. I hope I meet you so I can shake your hand. Doug Carden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDELLCUSTOM Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 believe me i don't shoot em' just to shoot em'. i'd pull the trigger on that one not just for the trophy but for the meat too because i aint just a trophy hunter but i usually eat what i shoot. i've had people tell me they think hunting is cruel while they're standing there eating a cheese burger but if they ever saw how beef cattle are raised and slaughtered they would never eat another burger. i agree with ron completely, if you have no need for it why take it, on the other hand i have never taken a mule deer so the lead would have been flyin' at that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 No hunting pictures on this forum? Geez, the only reason I have not sent my Open gun to Bedell for upgrades is I want to post picts of Open gun deer hunting this fall!!! I have shot them with my Kimber .45, but now it is time for STI to bag a deer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dunn Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 That's a Photoshopped jackalope if I ever saw one. Nice job splicing in the Mule deer body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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