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2 – Wednesday, August 31, 2016 – El Dorado NEWS-TIMES
Welcome to the second edition
of the Hunting and Sporting Gazette
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Hello Readers! I hope you enjoy the sec- ond edition of the
South Arkansas Hunting and Sporting Gazette. A great team of people came together to bring this wonderful publica- tion to you. Please let us know of anything you would like to see in it next year so that we can give you more to enjoy.
I was sitting down to decide what would be great to write about this year and a bit of humor came to mind. Why not state what sets us apart and what we are most guilty of ? They are true facts for most people and you are prob- ably proud to be guilty of most of them. I believe laughter is the best medicine. It cleanses the soul and clears the mind. So buckle up, lean back in your recliner and please do not take a sip of any beverage. I don’t want your living room coated in a spray of coffee, soda or any liquid you are consuming.
You know you are an Arkansas hunter when.....
Your deer stand is full of snack cake wrappers and alu- minum cans.
You reserve vacation days for hunting season before fam- ily vacation time.
The seasons are deer, duck, turkey and fishing...not winter, spring, summer and fall.
Your taxidermist is on speed dial.
Your taxidermist gives you frequent customer discounts.
You have a charge account at the local bait shop.
Your deer processor knows exactly what you want
Katie Meade
without asking.
You have paid your lease
dues and chose to be late on your light bill or car payment. Your hunting truck requires
a step stool to get in it. That 10-inch lift is a necessity when the creek is flooded!
Your hunting fund has more money than your retirement fund.
You have called in sick to work or school to go hunting. They know you aren’t sick.
You have deleted over 1,000 raccoon selfies from you game cameras.
There are more animals hanging on your walls than family photos.
You believe the smell of spent gunpowder is aroma- therapy.
You always get sporting goods store gift cards for Christmas.
Some of the best naps you have ever taken were in the woods.
You went in the woods with socks and came out with none. You can recall in an instant the dates, time and weath-
er conditions for the three biggest bucks you have ever taken. You have to think hard to remember your anniversary or your spouse’s birthday.
No one expects to see you outside of work from late September to late January.
Your church has at least one Camo Sunday.
You have at least one shirt- tail hanging from the rafters at the deer camp. That was all the motivation you needed to never miss another deer.
Your only fear of killing your first deer was your deer camp buddies grabbing you and shoving your head inside the gut cavity to christen you.
Your pets are also your hunt- ing dogs....Treeing Walkers, Blueticks, Redbones, Beagles, Bulldogs, Curs, Labs or a spas- tic Rat Terrier/Feist mix that is just like another kid to you.
You know that old doe. You know the one. She is the one that blows and stomps open- ing morning in the thicket behind you. You decide after twenty minutes of listening to her that you want to shoot her in the face.
You have attended more wild game cook-offs than you can remember.
Your deer chili is known as “the gut bomb” or “the colon cleanser”.
I hope these put a smile on your face and they made you think of a person or two that fit them perfectly. Be safe out there and most of all, have fun.
-Katie
South Arkansas Insurance Strong Deer Processing
Sportsman’s One Stop Trent Garner
Slingin’ Arrows
King’s Taxidermy Associates Insurance McKinney Honda Ouachita River Artistry Sports Alley
Glenn Mechanical
Jerry’s Pawn Shop
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Simmons’ Sporting Goods Chemtura Corp.
Hepco, Inc.
Medlin’s Hardware Henley Feed & Farm Pride Youth
Walmart
Vanhook Tire Center Rick Goza
El Dorado Pawn & Gun Fallin Tractor Warnock’s Furniture Ridgewood Timber Country Village Shelter Insurance
Big Bucks Pawn & Gun
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