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Thanks SamO, appreciate the sentiment.


I do like to think that I "earn" it. Almost all my hunting is DIY on low-fenced/no fences ranches in Texas.

I had the opportunity to take deer this year but didn't, due to the fact that our deer population is low. We're coming off range clearing that changed the deer habitat/travel areas, several years of drought and a deer die off.

My son is doing well and invited me to his south Texas lease.

It is high fenced. I did not go.

His step-son went one time. They corned the sendero's and set in a side-by-side. He shoots this deer after sitting about 1.5 hours.



I've "hunted" all my life and at 65 have never taken a deer of this caliber or quality. I had the opportunity to go three different week-ends. I chose not to, because I am not a high fence hunter, and even though the property is 3,700 acres, IMHO, that's shooting, not hunting. Maybe a point of pride, but I like to think that I earn every critter I choose to shoot!

ya!


GWB