ITS HERE!!! Like Christmas to a child, Hunting (Kill'n) season is at hand. Fish can be caught on weekends or even after work but hunting... Well lets just say it takes alot more than an afternoon. I for one have prayed every opening eve...Deer heavenly father, please bless me once again with a healthy buck so I can feed my family and keep my job. Year before last I did'nt tag out until the late hunt. In other words I did'nt see a razor for several weeks, slept many-o-nights in my pick-up and climbed out of a tree-stand in the morning instead of my bed. After showing up in full camo smell'n like doe piss the boss was concerned, to say the least.

This season I am with a new employer (non-sportsman) and the primal instincts are surfacing more & more with every falling leaf. Some days I swear I can smell 'em. I've put in for 2 days off for opening weekend, Any more and I risk returning to trashed pumps and the shop & office being burnt down & plundered. I cant be the only one this happens to? I come from a long line of sportsmen and have seen many losses like wives, women & jobs. From gramps on down to younger brother, whos gets it far worse that me, He wont even Bathe!  So here we go again, Deer Heavenly Father.......

Hey TT what kinda rules you have for hunting?

Rules & Regs.....Too Damn many!

Personal Rules...Tags taste like $hit...Buck or Doe - Down they go! A mans gotta eat. (lol)

Then again thats coming from someone who never knew there was an actual "Season" to hunt until I took hunters safety at age 9. Before then I can remember game hang'n in the basement on my birthday, IN JUNE!

I change my previous statement. I come from a long line of poachers & killers I guess. There were no trophy mounts on the walls but the freezer and mouths were always full.

The rules & regs fill a 66 page book that grows 2 to 4 pages every year. From season start and finish dates, legal areas, Firearm restrictions, Size limits, Transport policy, Anual possesion limits, There's even some areas that only allow 4 rounds of ammo per hunter! Thats just for modern firearm, Then there's rules for archery, muzzle loader/blackpowder, trapping, hound hunting, falconry... Like I said TOO many and you better know em all. I've been told directly by a Dept. of fish & game judge, "ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law" (just prior to sentencing) I still cant resist the primal instincts, not that I try to.

Here are mine;

Wild turkeys=  club shorter than 2' {this goes for all small game}

Wild hog= 1 Pitbull and a Bowie knife

Deer= 3 dogs and a pointed stick {3' long}

Mule Deer or Elk= 5 dogs and a pointed stick {5' long} 

anything bigger than that I might get a single string bow.

I lost a 140 lb. American Bulldog to a nasty boar 3 years ago. 1 of 4, "Hurc" I miss him every day. I had cut vests made out of water buffalo hide 3/4" thick. took 6 30/30 rounds in the forehead to put it down. You must have some real sharp sticks & be one Baad sumbitch to hog hunt indian style! Or your a line-pumper? that would explain it.(lol)