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What purpose does it serve?

Well, for me it supplements the food the food that I am able to put on my table. Wild game is much better for you than beef by the way. It also provides many, many hours of companionship and common purpose between my father, my self, and my son.

As for the "heads on the wall". I have been hunting for a little over 30 years and have taken 21 deer (that's probably on the low side in comparison to others on this forum). To date I have put 8 racks up on the wall. Not because I don't enjoy having them up there, I do, but it is not the most important thing. Now that it's on my mind though I think I will try to get a couple more up on the wall this weekend.

Where do you all live??????
The fact that most of these people talk like they live in the middle of Yellowstone Park....

I see Coyotes as well as Cougars an Bears to be a problem out here which they are addressing we have Big Horn Sheep in the Mountains that bother no one and rabbits and squirrels I do not hear the complaints out here like some people talk about where they are living with wildlife.

I'm primarly a meat hunter. But I'll mount a cape if I get a good one:

Last year, taken from the ground with my daughter beside me:

Cyrano OTOH hasn't taken one since 1999 - his first - because he lets me go first (we have kids so one of us stays home with them while the other hunts - and he can stay at home and work from home too so it's less time off work if I go.)

Cyrano says he would never have found this little doe if I hadn't tracked it for him. Hardly any blood trail, ran about 300 yards.

Also this guy who walked about a mile and a half before we jumped him, then chased him another 400 yards, jumping him twice, before he finally expired. That took some dedication. Four hours of tracking in the wet sleet, hardly any snow, hardly any blood again because it wasn't a passthrough. (since then I worked at increasing my Kinetic Energy to avoid these kinds of situations.) He tasted like Outback Steak house, though!

Can you tell I'm not eager to get back to my work? *sigh* Ok I *REALLY* mean it this time I have to work. :-)