07-01-2003, 02:12 AM
I WOULD HAVE HAD A PIC OF A DEER IN THE WATER FEEDING OFF THE SAWGRASS ROOTS IN THE TROUT STREAM I WENT TO , BUT MY VEST MADE TOO MUCH NOISE WHEN I REACHED FOR THE CAMERA . IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A BEND FROM ME ABOUT 40 FEET AWAY . IT KEPT COMING BACK ABOUT THREE TIMES FUTHER DOWNSTREAM , TOO FAR FOR A PIC .
THAT SNAPPER IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THE ONE I GOT LAST YEAR . BUT WHEN I WAS A KID IN MAINE ( ON VACATION AT GRAMS AND GRAMPS ) MY COUSINS AND I HAULED IN A 4 FOOT ONE FROM THE BLACK STREAM IN HERMON , HAD A DATE CARVED IN IT'S SHELL FROM THE 1800'S . GRAMPS MADE US LET IT GO EVEN THOU WE WERE GETTING TURTLES FOR MEAT . HE SAID A OLD GUY LIKE THAT DESERVES TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PEACE . THAT PHILOSOPHY HAS STUCK WITH ME EVER SINCE . LET THE BIG GUYS GO , KEEP THE EATERS .
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THAT SNAPPER IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THE ONE I GOT LAST YEAR . BUT WHEN I WAS A KID IN MAINE ( ON VACATION AT GRAMS AND GRAMPS ) MY COUSINS AND I HAULED IN A 4 FOOT ONE FROM THE BLACK STREAM IN HERMON , HAD A DATE CARVED IN IT'S SHELL FROM THE 1800'S . GRAMPS MADE US LET IT GO EVEN THOU WE WERE GETTING TURTLES FOR MEAT . HE SAID A OLD GUY LIKE THAT DESERVES TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PEACE . THAT PHILOSOPHY HAS STUCK WITH ME EVER SINCE . LET THE BIG GUYS GO , KEEP THE EATERS .
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