10-23-2007, 07:27 PM
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[black][size 3]Because it is the season, I thought that I would pass along a little story that I have had a lot of fun telling for many years.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]The basic premise of the story is: Me and anyone else were hunting, and while driving along a back mountain road, we spotted two deer standing high up on a side hill trail, one behind the other." The deer were too far away to identify, so we got out and walked carefully toward them. As we got closer, we identified them as two bucks, one large, and one smaller. As we got close enough to shot, my partner fired, and off went the larger buck, which was in the lead. Over the hill he went, and we proceeded our approach to the remaining buck. When we slowly approached the animal, we could see that he had something hanging out of his mouth. We identified it as the tail of the deer he had been following. Apparently, my partner’s shot had hit the tail of the lead deer, and it had cut it off. We walked up to the remaining deer, and could see that his eyes were glassed over, and determined that he was blind. The remaining deer had depended upon the larger deer to get around, find food, water and safety. We walked up to the deer, took hold of the tail, and led it back to the truck, cut it’s throat, and loaded it in.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]Now when I have told this story, usually at multi coupled dinners, I have picked out someone who I thought was either emotional, soft hearted, or a PETA type. The response has ranged from tears, to anger and disgust. [/size][/black]
[black][size 3]It is necessary to add all kinds of detail to the story, describing the surroundings, weather, vegetation, etc. (make a "shaggy dog" dog story out of it, to draw your "victim" in.)[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I hope that anyone retelling this tale will enjoy it as much as I have. And, always be ready to dodge flying ashtrays or gla[/size][/black]sses.
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[black][size 3]Because it is the season, I thought that I would pass along a little story that I have had a lot of fun telling for many years.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]The basic premise of the story is: Me and anyone else were hunting, and while driving along a back mountain road, we spotted two deer standing high up on a side hill trail, one behind the other." The deer were too far away to identify, so we got out and walked carefully toward them. As we got closer, we identified them as two bucks, one large, and one smaller. As we got close enough to shot, my partner fired, and off went the larger buck, which was in the lead. Over the hill he went, and we proceeded our approach to the remaining buck. When we slowly approached the animal, we could see that he had something hanging out of his mouth. We identified it as the tail of the deer he had been following. Apparently, my partner’s shot had hit the tail of the lead deer, and it had cut it off. We walked up to the remaining deer, and could see that his eyes were glassed over, and determined that he was blind. The remaining deer had depended upon the larger deer to get around, find food, water and safety. We walked up to the deer, took hold of the tail, and led it back to the truck, cut it’s throat, and loaded it in.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]Now when I have told this story, usually at multi coupled dinners, I have picked out someone who I thought was either emotional, soft hearted, or a PETA type. The response has ranged from tears, to anger and disgust. [/size][/black]
[black][size 3]It is necessary to add all kinds of detail to the story, describing the surroundings, weather, vegetation, etc. (make a "shaggy dog" dog story out of it, to draw your "victim" in.)[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I hope that anyone retelling this tale will enjoy it as much as I have. And, always be ready to dodge flying ashtrays or gla[/size][/black]sses.
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