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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BrokenBackJack" data-source="post: 193625" data-attributes="member: 642">DB, i agree back in the day when we had a 2 1/2 day season and you could drive every inch, we still didn't see any deer.  If one saw a deer you would see 3-10 pickups after it.  Some on the roads and some in the field chasing it.  I never thought those doing it was giving the animal a sporting chance.  But even if you didn't get one, just seeing one was something to talk about at the supper table that night.As far as the bucks rack back then we called them willow racks.  Not very big, no mass, and 4 point was the biggest you would see.Then came sunflower fields and we got deer and pheasants in our area and when CRP came man it just exploded with wildlife.  Wish we could somehow afford to have lots of CRP.  I quit hunting other than if i draw a ND elk or moose tag.  I still can shoot coyotes, skunks, & raccoons.  Comes with old age i guess.  I couldn't understand the old timers back in the day that said they were old and didn't want to kill anything anymore.  Now that i am old and have a 90 year old body hunting isn't important and i enjoy watching and taking pictures of wildlife now way more than shooting.When my son got his huge deer 5-10 years ago you would be surprised on how many stories there were about him taking it illegally.  Even the wife of the farmer would explain to people that she saw him shoot it and had given him permission to hunt on their land but they wouldn't change their stories.  Jealousy is all i can say.  The wife was so very happy that my son got the buck that she wanted a picture so we got one and gave her an 8x10 and she had it in her house and showed everyone.  She has since passed away from cancer and we think of her every time we look at that buck mount.Enjoy your hunts people as they end way too soon.  It isn't about the kill but the time spent with family and friends!  I have met and hunted with many good people in all my years.  Wish i could have hunted 1 time with each of you!  Good luck to all of you in your hunts.:;:thumbsup</blockquote>

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