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bamaranger · December 17, 2018, 01:15 AM

Matty, you can do as you please within reason regards your pics, but I don't think anybody here will ever give you a hard time for posting a dead critter pic. Heck, hunters have made pics of their kills since the days of the caveman, with the rock paintings still surviving all over the world.

There is a decided trend these days to sanitize our sport using words like "harvest" and "take" and frequent criticism of dead critter pics. I don't buy any of it. The old meat pole pics of days gone by, rock paintings, and even taxidermy work are all part of our sport. Likewise, their are a lot of folks who will can only rationalize hunting and killing game "if it's eaten". So varmint hunting, pests and so forth is frowned upon by certain folks.

But you don't have to candy coat anything here, and certainly no need to apologize to the brethren.

December 17, 2018, 01:15 AM	#2
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,300	unnecessary Matty, you can do as you please within reason regards your pics, but I don't think anybody here will ever give you a hard time for posting a dead critter pic. Heck, hunters have made pics of their kills since the days of the caveman, with the rock paintings still surviving all over the world. There is a decided trend these days to sanitize our sport using words like "harvest" and "take" and frequent criticism of dead critter pics. I don't buy any of it. The old meat pole pics of days gone by, rock paintings, and even taxidermy work are all part of our sport. Likewise, their are a lot of folks who will can only rationalize hunting and killing game "if it's eaten". So varmint hunting, pests and so forth is frowned upon by certain folks. But you don't have to candy coat anything here, and certainly no need to apologize to the brethren.