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General Stories About Hunting 3. Opening Day 4. Season Ends 5. Bo's Actual Deer Hunts Actual Turkey Hunts 1."If You Have Him Hollerin' Don't Start Follerin'." |
Season Ends As
I watched the last white tail flicker into the setting sun I had time to
reflect on what was to become in just minutes, last year's season. The end of
my 20th Alabama Whitetail season. Year after year this hunt, the last hunt, is
always filled with sadness & longing. But this year the sadness was
overshadowed by satisfaction. Not satisfaction of a particularly thrilling
hunt or a monstrous trophy, but satisfaction in self evaluation. This season I
was patient & honest enough to teach & to be taught by my friends
& even more by the magnificent creature I have spent my entire life
chasing. This season I had more bucks walk under my stand than ever before.
And while I only took 5 modest deer, each one was special. I enjoyed every
minute of every hunt this season- kill or no kill. I felt very in tune with
the woods around me & I am most proud of that. To sum up my self
evaluation as a hunter & woodsman after the 2000-2001 season in one word =
IMPROVED. I pray next season's last hunt will reflect the same word. Written By Donny McCaa
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