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This time of year is my favorite time for two reasons: hunting and football. And this time of year also brings a dilema for me because of hunting and football. Many of you probably are passionate about both, as I am. So what do you do when your team (Bama or Auburn or whoever) is playing a game on a perfectly nice Saturday afternoon, which is also a perfect time to be in a tree.
I've tried the 3 options I know:
1. Hunt and ignore the game. (And I spend all day worrying about what's happening to my team, sucking the joy out of the hunt).
2. Stay home and watch the game. (This also stinks because, as a working man, I only get so many opportunites to get in the woods and I feel guilty for not hunting).
3. Go hunting and take a walkman to listen to the game. (This may be the hardest of all because a herd of deer can walk by me and I would notice.).
Is there a better, 4th option, that some of you know? Help!
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Freak of Nature
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s***w football. I just go hunting. 
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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10 point
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I just try to watch as much football as I can til it's time to go hunting...but, like you said, I still sit there all evening wondering what the scores are. :rolleyes:
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Old Mossy Horns
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If it's against a real opponent, watch the game. If it's another scrimmage, go hunting.
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I was asked by a friend the other day how I could just ignore the game. I told him that since Alabama had hired a coach that knows more about football than me, then I wasn't worried about it anymore.
O God, you are my God; early will I seek you. Psalm 63:1
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12 point
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Depends on if ive killed something with my bow 
Wisdom doesn't always come with age.
Sometimes age shows up all by itself.
Roll Tide
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10 point
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I prefer to spend my time doing something that I have a little bit of control over. I like to watch the game, but I'm not going to miss time in the woods over it.
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Administrator
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It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
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Me & the Mrs. have a standing date at home on college football Saturdays, we don't let much get in the way of it. I'll hunt till around 10am then come home & fire up the grill. Works for me.
"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
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4 point
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"DVR" the greatest thing to be invented for this time of year.Then you can rewind a play to see again,pause it to go the bathroom or to get a cold beer and my favorite fast forward through the commercials.Money well spent!
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12 point
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"DVR" the greatest thing to be invented for this time of year. No doubt. I never pass up a chance to hunt just to watch a football game. Why would I when you can do both.
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
- Abigail van Buren
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i generally hunt around football. lucky to have my primary hunting spots close to home.
but, if i am seeing any movement, the dvr will have to do.
of course, i don't like hunting the rain. so, it has not been a big problem this season so far.
ROLL TIDE!
"The Confederate army was not whipped; it simply wore itself out whipping the Yankees."
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Originally posted by scrubbuck:
I prefer to spend my time doing something that I have a little bit of control over. I like to watch the game, but I'm not going to miss time in the woods over it.
I once flirted with danger...but then danger got clingy.
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Originally posted by scrubbuck:
I prefer to spend my time doing something that I have a little bit of control over. I like to watch the game, but I'm not going to miss time in the woods over it. exactly my thought...why miss a personal experience of your own for the personal experiences of 11 guys on the field that have no idea u are watching the game at all
I once flirted with danger...but then danger got clingy.
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14 point
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Become an UGA fan this year and you will not miss a day of hunting. On second thought, Auburn may just about be in the same category pretty soon.
I carry my Iphone with me and get play by play of any games that are interesting.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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10 point
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went this morning till noon and was back in stand at 3:30. Got home a little after 8:00. Missed the entire Alabama game and part of the Auburn/LSU. I would rather have the opportunity to get a wall hanger!!!!
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
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Hug and Kiss your kids tonight, alot of Soldiers and Sailors wish they could!
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i just keep my phone on silent and get my buddys back at home to keep me updated by txt messages while i sit in the tree stand!
PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard!!
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Luckily I do most of my hunting during the week.
Now work getting in the way of football is another story. I juggle it all to best enjoy as much of each as possible.
Ricky
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Freak of Nature
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Originally posted by .308:
Me & the Mrs. have a standing date at home on college football Saturdays, we don't let much get in the way of it. Us too.
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