A Big Tennessee Whitetail
After my sons' success last week, it was my turn this weekend to get a deer. It’s the biggest one I have ever harvested. An 8 or 9 point depending on the opinion of the odd horn and my first with a muzzleloader. Never seen so much activity. The 300-acre tract across the road from us was logged last spring, I think that drove the deer into the cover my place offers. I have hunted with my muzzleloader for about 5 years now and never had much luck always getting my deer during gun season. We had some unusually cold weather this past week, which I think made a big difference also.
To tell you the truth, I’m not much of a trophy hunter. I really don’t enjoy killing these majestic animals. I have spent more time watching them than shooting them. I’m not a vegan or even a vegetarian, but I understand our food supply chain, which is very cruel to the animals that we eat regularly.
This deer actually had a good life, and I’m sure he has left his prodigy walking around. There are more deer in the US than when Columbus landed. Plus, they taste so good. So I try to get 1 a year for the freezer. I might not even hunt if I weren’t a property owner. I feel it’s sort of an obligation to help keep the deer population down, which is a big problem in TN. Coming home, there must have been 5 Roadkill deer in the 50 miles I had to drive.
After my sons' success last week, it was my turn this weekend to get a deer. It’s the biggest one I have ever harvested. An 8 or 9 point depending on the opinion of the odd horn and my first with a muzzleloader. Never seen so much activity. The 300-acre tract across the road from us was logged last spring, I think that drove the deer into the cover my place offers. I have hunted with my muzzleloader for about 5 years now and never had much luck always getting my deer during gun season. We had some unusually cold weather this past week, which I think made a big difference also. 
To tell you the truth, I’m not much of a trophy hunter. I really don’t enjoy killing these majestic animals. I have spent more time watching them than shooting them. I’m not a vegan or even a vegetarian, but I understand our food supply chain, which is very cruel to the animals that we eat regularly. 
This deer actually had a good life, and I’m sure he has left his prodigy walking around. There are more deer in the US than when Columbus landed. Plus, they taste so good. So I try to get 1 a year for the freezer. I might not even hunt if I weren’t a property owner. I feel it’s sort of an obligation to help keep the deer population down, which is a big problem in TN. Coming home, there must have been 5 Roadkill deer in the 50 miles I had to drive. 
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