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My hunting partner of 40 years passed away suddenly in September 2019.
Maybe next year.
I know that feeling. My bird Hunting partner of 32 years died on me and it took 3 or 4 years before I was really interested at all again. I still have little interest in collecting Fox Guns anymore because of he passing. He was a Parker man and I am a Fox man. and we were always looing for that next little jewel to call the other up and talk about.
I still hunt. I just dont keep track of numbers. no score cards.
Ill shoot a buck once in a while but it is situationally dependent (weather, location, time of day, how ambitious I feel, etc. ) but that's my prerogative now. I have no moral quandry with killing. I dont proclaim my moral or ethical superiority by no killing an animal. I simply make a choice each and every time. After all, we have eyes in the font of our heads which makes us natural predators. so I am one. I just exercise my options!
and when it comes to woodcock and grouse; my attempts at killing definitely have minimal impact on the overall population, no matter how hard i try.
