Mark Mancini

[hickstick]

I was kind of bummed when I went to check her in, in Mass you're required to check in the whole carcass field dressed within 24 hours.  but they only weigh, measure and age during the gun seasons, during archery they just take your temp tag and affix a metal tag and record the day/time of kill and the town.  I was really hoping they'd weigh her.

but the really neat thing about this was I grew up across the street from this farm, a horse farm where they raise saddlebreds.  in the last 38 years, the town has gone from a semi-rural suburb, to a full on burb with no buildable land left.  the only forests left are on the outskirts of town - were i grew up.  the town almost took the farm under emminant domain 10 years ago to build a new high school, but luckily (for us) they picked another spot on the other side of town.  when the town didn't take it, the farms neighbor ended up giving her undeveloped chunk to the town as conservation land.  unfortunately the neighbors brother, who owned the land behind the farm sold his to a developer who's throwing up 300 apartment units and another useless strip mall.  its gonna leave probably a a 100 acres of forest left.  not much but enough for a few stands.    

[Huntrdfk]

Awesome story Marc, I thought I recognized the shirt jac, I just bought one last month for twelve bucks, greena and black plaid at our local Wally World, great deal.


David

[pseman]

When I first saw it, I thought David Feherty had taken up trad bowhunting.  :D  You golfers will know what I mean.

Congrats! Great deer and great story.

[White Oak]

Congrats Marc. Not only on your week of fame but also on the beautful animal.
Super looking bow.
Thanks for the story.

                    Ed      

[hickstick]

well...since my '15 minutes' is almost up, figured I bring this back up and milk the most out of it    

anyone else have an questions...(or invitations to hunt some big bucks in the ohio or missouri area????   :D

[Killdeer]

Thanks for telling a great story. I wonder if they still have some of those shirt-jacs at the Wal-Mart...

Killdeer  

[BowHuntingFool]

Great story, Congrats on a fine looking Doe!