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of it. After about that weight range I could fight
20 minutes, my deer down with a rope and with some
Why We Shoot Deer in the showed up - 3 of them. I picked dignity. A deer-- no Chance. That
Wild thing ran and bucked and twisted
out a likely looking one, stepped
out from the end of the and pulled. There was no con-
feeder, and threw my rope. trolling it and certainly no getting
The deer just stood there close to it. As it jerked me off my
and stared at me. I wrapped feet and started dragging me
the rope around my waist across the ground, it occurred to
and twisted the end so I me that having a deer on a rope
would have a good hold. was not nearly as good an idea
The deer still just stood and as I had originally imagined. The
I had this idea that I could stared at me, but you could tell it only upside is that they do not
rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed was mildly concerned about the have as much stamina as many
other animals.
it up on corn for a couple of whole rope situation. I took a
weeks, then kill it and eat it. The step towards it, it took a step A brief 10 minutes later, it
first step in this adventure was away. I put a little tension on the was tired and not nearly as quick
getting a deer. I figured that, rope, and then received an edu- to jerk me off my feet and drag
since they congregate at my cat- cation. me when I managed to get up. It
tle feeder and do not seem to The first thing that took me a few
have much fear of me when we I learned is that, minutes to realize
are there (a bold one will some- while a deer may I just wanted to get this, since I was
times come right up and sniff at just stand there that devil creature mostly blinded by
the bags of feed while I am in the looking at you the blood flowing
back of the truck not 4 feet funny while you off the end of that out of the big gash
away), it should not be difficult to rope it, they are in my head. At that
rope one, get up to it and toss a spurred to action rope. point, I had lost
bag over its head (to calm it when you start my taste for corn-
down) then hog tie it and pulling on that rope. That deer fed venison. I just wanted to get
transport it home. EXPLODED. that devil creature off the end of
I filled the cattle feeder The second thing I that rope.
then hid down at the end with my learned is that pound for pound, I figured if I just let it go
rope. The cattle, having seen the a deer is a LOT stronger than a with the rope hanging around its
roping thing before, stayed well cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in neck, it would likely die slow and
back. They were not having any painfully somewhere. At the time,
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20 minutes, my deer down with a rope and with some
Why We Shoot Deer in the showed up - 3 of them. I picked dignity. A deer-- no Chance. That
Wild thing ran and bucked and twisted
out a likely looking one, stepped
out from the end of the and pulled. There was no con-
feeder, and threw my rope. trolling it and certainly no getting
The deer just stood there close to it. As it jerked me off my
and stared at me. I wrapped feet and started dragging me
the rope around my waist across the ground, it occurred to
and twisted the end so I me that having a deer on a rope
would have a good hold. was not nearly as good an idea
The deer still just stood and as I had originally imagined. The
I had this idea that I could stared at me, but you could tell it only upside is that they do not
rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed was mildly concerned about the have as much stamina as many
other animals.
it up on corn for a couple of whole rope situation. I took a
weeks, then kill it and eat it. The step towards it, it took a step A brief 10 minutes later, it
first step in this adventure was away. I put a little tension on the was tired and not nearly as quick
getting a deer. I figured that, rope, and then received an edu- to jerk me off my feet and drag
since they congregate at my cat- cation. me when I managed to get up. It
tle feeder and do not seem to The first thing that took me a few
have much fear of me when we I learned is that, minutes to realize
are there (a bold one will some- while a deer may I just wanted to get this, since I was
times come right up and sniff at just stand there that devil creature mostly blinded by
the bags of feed while I am in the looking at you the blood flowing
back of the truck not 4 feet funny while you off the end of that out of the big gash
away), it should not be difficult to rope it, they are in my head. At that
rope one, get up to it and toss a spurred to action rope. point, I had lost
bag over its head (to calm it when you start my taste for corn-
down) then hog tie it and pulling on that rope. That deer fed venison. I just wanted to get
transport it home. EXPLODED. that devil creature off the end of
I filled the cattle feeder The second thing I that rope.
then hid down at the end with my learned is that pound for pound, I figured if I just let it go
rope. The cattle, having seen the a deer is a LOT stronger than a with the rope hanging around its
roping thing before, stayed well cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in neck, it would likely die slow and
back. They were not having any painfully somewhere. At the time,
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