Fuel for the anti's

[jtmattison]

I was driving through a local neighborhood with my wife and kids yesterday and saw a really nice eight point on top of someone's truck. I thought to myself what a nice buck it was and how fortunate the person was who harvested it.
This morning I drove by the same house on my way to the shooting range and the buck was hanging in the tree in the front yard half butchered and looking all nasty.
What a scene for a anti-hunter to see!
That buck was shredded! I've never seen such a butchering job.
I can't believe they hung it right there in their front yard in a residential neighborhood for everyone to see.
I'm used to seeing deer hanging in trees but not so brutely butchered and not in a populated residential area.
I hope some bunny hugger doesn't go nut's over this one.

Huntin

 

[musketman]

There is a responsibility we all must assume after the hunt as well, some people can't see the big picture, even when it's hanging in their own front yard...

 

[roundball]

I grew up on a farm in the Adirondack region of NY, and in the 40's/50's it was common place to see people coming back from a hunt with a deer tied over the fender of a car, and then hang them in a tree in the freezing cold overnight or something, but it was what people did back then, and out in farming country, everybody did it and no one was offended, etc.

Now, I drive a Blazer and have one of those "Hitch Haul" carriers across the back of it to transport treestands, deer, etc, and I carry an 8'x12' vinyl tarp in the truck to wrap a deer in before I lay it in the Hitch Haul...too many sensitive people today...hooves may stick out one end, but at least the overall impact effect should not be objectionable to most people.

The scene you described sounds way over the top.

 

[bulletman]

eheheeeee, I am in georgia, these good ole boys put them deer where ever they want down here.

 

[waksupi]

When I still lived on the reservation, it wasn't uncommon to see the locals hang a deer upside down, after cutting off the backstraps. Then they would cut off chunks from the hams, while the dogs worked on the front quarters. When they met in the middle, they would go get another deer.

The worst thing about hauling a dead critter exposed to climate, is all the crappy tastes they pick up. Think about pulling a grade behind a smoking diesel, blowing right into the meat you are going to eat!