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Vernonia Freedom—Page 3 Thursday Octobers, 1981 After everything is said deer hunting is still just work! by Dennis Dobson Someday I’d like to meet the man that first called deer hunting a sport. From my end of the barrel, at least, it still looks like work. Along with nearly 200,000 other lost souls I trudged into the full face of an Oregon autumn last weekend to do timeless, honored battle with a buck of the woods. In the company of my good friend Jim Magmer, of Portland, I engaged in what proved to be a wholly fruitless weekend of ‘Deer Work’. We stand-hunted, sitting miserably hunched against a truly unforgiving rain storm, for hours. We walked the hidden trails, ‘runways’ as I call them. We hiked through miles of exasperating clear-cut and we layed in ambush, like assassins in the night, near favorite orchards, waiting for a legal buck to pass within rifle range. In short, we hunted everywhere the deer were not. There is some comfort though in reports we’ve received from other hunters so far; although I’m sure there were many successful hunters last weekend, to date we know of only one buck taken this season opener, and it ended up in the freezer through one of those fluke accidents we all dream of but never have happen to us. It seems this fellow, from Aloha, was walking down a secluded game trail somewhere near Rodger’s Park Saturday morning when he literally stumbled onto a bedded down buck. The deer, a respectable three pointer, CHURCH GROUPS or GetTogethers On Saturday & Sunday Evenings caught its rack on overhanging branches (naturally, since this is happening to someone else) delaying himself just long enough for this nimrod to get off a shot. Our lucky hunter didn’t even have to drag his kill the two miles back to his rig. Just gMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MM MMM MM M M M | My Neck Of The Woods ! ! by Dennis Dobson I—— — euphemism for not finding anything other than does and fawns. Jim grew tired of hearing about it. At one point,, in a fit of uncontrolled frustration, Jim barked at me, “The hell with quality, how about some QUANTITY!” A lot of diverse things go into a quality hunt, not the least among them being choosing your partner. There is, after all, something to be said for solitary hunting. The question of a partner aside, a host of other ingredients go into making one hunt better or more memorable than another. Weather, location, pre-season scouting and your own expectations all add up to the final result. There are some who say that simply being out in the woods is enough. Others will settle for nothing less than complete success in the hunt while others are perfectly satisfied settling for something in between the two extremes. In the final analysis each McDonald's Senior Citizen Discount Card VALLEY VETERINARY OUTPATIENT CLINIC 20% Off On Any Purchase Over $1.00 NEXT TO SUNNYSIDE AAARKET This card is good for anyone 62 years or older. 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