They can kiss my lasagna
By Don Rathert
Emery,
Just a short note to elaborate on the reason I had to go to a crossbow.
You can’t get a permit for hunting with one unless one or two M.D.s write a letter of partial disability. Thank God, the Missouri Conservation Dept. is compassionate enough to give we unfortunates permits to use the weapon hence allowing me and others to continue to partake in hunting deer during bow season. I’ve had two shoulder surgeries, two knee surgeries and a back surgery that is still an ongoing chronic problem at times.
As I said,all the other preparation and work is still there for the hunt. Getting out of bed at the wee hours and suiting up, which some times hurts in itself. Making my way out into the hill country of the Ozarks and sitting stoically still for hours on
previously scouted trails for an animal to show. Then the same pitfalls are there as with the conventional bow. Crossbows don’t shoot through branches or brush, so you still have to pay attention to details such as wind direction, concealment and possible longer shots. By longer shots I’m talking maybe 35 yards. Any farther, you are at the same disadvantage as the conventional weapon.
It is illegal to use a crossbow in Missouri if you are not handicapped. These idiots that complain about using the crossbow and have so much sophistication in their own arena with trigger release equipment and bows you can hold forever can
kiss my “lasagna.” Mind you I am not aiming my anger at you I’m just
venting over the silly mindless protest by people who don’t know and
maybe don’t want to know some of us have health issues. Plus the fact
I’ve got 72 summers and winters on my old body, so none of these problems
are getting any better.
