What wrong with this

[tommy1005]

I will say this much, he should've atleast had the heads in a trash bag. I had mine sticking out the top of the color, but the head was in a trash bag on top of the ice and only the horns were visible. I have no problem with showing off what you kill, but it's stuff like that, that can give hunters a bad name and ammunition for the anti's

[PHILIPP]

Looks good to me. WHACK'M AND STACK'M

[Kingslayer]

To each his own. If he had no more room than thats the way it goes. Personally i wouldn't do it. To me you are just asking for a game warden to pull you over. Not that I would ever break any game law I just don't want to spend 30-40 minutes on the side of the road waiting. But thats just me.

Im with BrandonA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Parramore]

I guess im a drunken killin fool and i have never had a drink of alcohol!

Better get ya a tallboy and start shoootin. On yer way home you can lay the raccoon you kill on the hood of your truck and throw the empties on the road as markers of where you've been.

[elliscountyhog]

This was one of my trips this yr to angleo, i had no way to get everything in the cooler, try not to show the bloody stuff if i can avoid it, but heck i am proud and want everyone to see too. And i like seeing what everyone else has as well. Guess i am a drunken foo too.

[BIG IRON]

I can't believe someone would display their deer under such an ugly longhorn sticker like that.

I kid, I kid.

I was wondering where you Ag's where. It only took 70 posts.

I will say this much, he should've atleast had the heads in a trash bag. I had mine sticking out the top of the color, but the head was in a trash bag on top of the ice and only the horns were visible. I have no problem with showing off what you kill, but it's stuff like that, that can give hunters a bad name and ammunition for the anti's

Wouldn't that be the proper way to do it if you were wanting to mount it? I could be wrong, but that can't be good for the cape.

[zramsey]

I hunt just the same way I practice. Six pack in one hand bow in the other. Similar to the way I took tests in college. Go to class drunk, take the test drunk...made a perfect 2.7!

I tried that and it didn't work for me so I went with one of these.

[txhunter83]

So what is the appropriate etiquette now in this politically correct day and age? If a non-hunting guest comes to your house (realtor, salesman, girl scout cookie seller, EMS attendant, sheetrock repairer, chimney sweep, Jehovah Witness), should you take down or cover all of your deer mounts and skulls? Is it required to profusely apologize to them for making them uncomfortable? Or just not let them in the house at all in case they are on the fence about hunting/anti-hunting??

Man. I hope I do the right thing and not offend someone. It is so complicated being an outdoorsman these days.

There's a big difference between three bloody heads in the back of a truck and a beautiful mount like the one in your avatar. One shows respect for the animal, and one may not in many people's eyes.

Although the OP didnt articulate his point very well, I agree with his premise. We are all representatives of our sport, and so when given the opportunity to showcase it to a non-hunter, we should do so in the best possible light. When I tell a non-hunter about a successful hunting story, I dont go into the gory details about awesome blood trails and I dont show them pictures of me gutting the deer. With a fellow hunter, I would definitely talk about how my new slick trick mags left a blood trail Hellen Keller could follow. Point being, use discretion.

[Chew]

I'm not a big fan of what the guy in the pic is doing. But where do you draw the line? Why do we have this pervasive "guilt" or "fear" of what others think? Are we ashamed that we kill? Why do we come on TBH and post pics but aren't allowed to show a dead animal on the way home? It's more of a curiosity thing for me on the thought process of hunters. I no longer care what anti-hunters think, and as I grow older I am caring less and less what "people on the fence think". If a deer head in the back of the truck keeps them from joining the hunting crowd, they probably would never be for hunting anyway. I promise you that if you carried a cow head around on your toolbox that people wouldn't swear off cheeseburgers or fajitas.

I understand both sides of the argument, but really don't understand why us hunters are always on the defensive.

[Chew]

There's a big difference between three bloody heads in the back of a truck and a beautiful mount like the one in your avatar. One shows respect for the animal, and one may not in many people's eyes.

Not really...I had a lady realtor tell me that I needed to take down my deer mounts before she listed the house. You could tell by the look she had on her face and her tone of voice that she was a non-hunting, dog sweater knitting, bleeding heart. I refused, and sold the house in 5 days for the asking price. Life is too short to not be who you really are.

[7sdad]

I thought he was talking about putting the deer next to the Longhorn sticker.

[Eric Pence]

So what is the appropriate etiquette now in this politically correct day and age? If a non-hunting guest comes to your house (realtor, salesman, girl scout cookie seller, EMS attendant, sheetrock repairer, chimney sweep, Jehovah Witness), should you take down or cover all of your deer mounts and skulls? Is it required to profusely apologize to them for making them uncomfortable? Or just not let them in the house at all in case they are on the fence about hunting/anti-hunting??

Man. I hope I do the right thing and not offend someone. It is so complicated being an outdoorsman these days.

Good Point Chew...I had a Relator come to sell our old House and she told me "You need to Store those Dead animals until we sell your house" My wife was shocked when I told her that her and her Non-Hunting Clients could take the first Train out the Door...(Well I cleaned it up) for TBH...I wont Hide the fact THAT I LOVE TO HUNT..

[Scout]

Very different when someone comes to your home versus on a public road.

[Chew]

Very different when someone comes to your home versus on a public road.

You're not setting up a dead animal display at a rest stop and passing out samples of grilled deer heart. It's your truck on a road that you paid taxes for. Once again, I'm not necessarily fan of a gutted animal strapped to the tailgate (more out of respect for the animal than for the non-hunters), but where do you draw the line? Antler tips out of a cooler are ok, but capes and bodies aren't? Just curious who makes these rules.

[southtexasff]

So you are worried about what people are gonna think, so you should hide your deer. If your worried about what people are gonna think then just don't hunt.