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gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:23 PM Jan 2018

Snow day? Go hunting!

Recent snow and ice in Mississippi have caused headaches for many across the state this week, but for two brothers from Batesville, the icy accumulation turned into pure gold.

"I was actually working yesterday morning (Tuesday) and they called and said they were out of school, again," Marcus Christon said. "So, I went home and surprised them and took them hunting."

Christon said he and his two sons, M.J., 11, and Tyler, 10, decided to hunt from a box stand with a heater inside, but conditions were still frigid.




https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/outdoors/2018/01/18/deer-bucks-hunting-mississippi-brothers/1040697001/
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Snow day? Go hunting! (Original Post) gejohnston Jan 2018 OP
Nice job, guys! WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author nmgaucho Jan 2018 #2
Way to go kiddos! MontanaMama Jan 2018 #3
nothing celebrates a snow day as well as murdering deer. nt msongs Jan 2018 #4
Is there a forum more appropriate for this..."Outdoor Death" perhaps? BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #6
Would you rather the kids eat gejohnston Jan 2018 #7
Murder is a legal concept that doesn't fit here, gejohnston Jan 2018 #8
Being an absolutist is as bad as being a one issue voter discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2018 #9
out of curiosity and off topic, gejohnston Jan 2018 #11
I think mostly it was a perfect storm discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2018 #12
That's a whole lot of deer jerky! Bayard Jan 2018 #5
After all that venison, beef may be a welcome change! ManiacJoe Jan 2018 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #13
Good job fellas! bearfan454 Aug 2019 #14

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BigmanPigman

(52,153 posts)
6. Is there a forum more appropriate for this..."Outdoor Death" perhaps?
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:42 PM
Jan 2018

Or should this be posted under Gun Control? I thought this was a joke at first then realized it was serious and I feel disgusted and sick now.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
7. Would you rather the kids eat
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 12:06 AM
Jan 2018

chemically laden beef that was killed by someone else in a barbaric manner? Unless you are a vegan, you are just as responsible for animal death. The only difference is that you pay someone else to do your killing for you.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
8. Murder is a legal concept that doesn't fit here,
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 12:10 AM
Jan 2018

just like the anti-abortion folks calling abortion "murder". Are you a vegan or vegetarian? If not, you are responsible for the "murder" of cows, pigs, etc. The difference is that those animals exist and die in the barbaric factory farm system. Paying for someone else to kill your food for you doesn't make one more civilized.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,558 posts)
9. Being an absolutist is as bad as being a one issue voter
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 08:07 AM
Jan 2018

During the last year the pro-life folks that I know have changed and now unanimously oppose trump regardless of that issue. For them to vote for him in 2020, his opponent would have to support post-birth abortion up to 5 years old. (Assuming he makes it to 2020.)


RE: Paying for someone else to kill...for you doesn't make one more civilized.
Now you're just referring to certain towns with police departments.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,558 posts)
12. I think mostly it was a perfect storm
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 11:42 PM
Jan 2018

A conjunction of ongoing insults, plans to cut benefits for SS & medicare/aid and the precipitous health insurance premium increases of this year.

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