"MY"???? Do you refer to an animal you've killed or haven't yet killed "Mine"?

[mtn.goat]

   Do you refer to an animal you've killed or haven't yet killed as "My" or "Mine"?   i.e.,  "I got my deer"?  Or did you get "your" elk"?  Does this wildness that we pursue  deserve to be "ours", even once we've claimed our prize???   Just curious, as it has always seemed extrodinarily impersonal and downright disrespectful.  I know it is very, very common.  I would like to hear your other sayings or options to this, and best of all, any old timers explanation to you in your youth as to how to speak of your kill???

[Turner89]

I kiltzed MY deer

[bobcat]

That's a good question. I have always wondered why people often say "I got my deer" or "did you get your deer"?

To that question I would answer "no, but I did get 'a' deer."

[CAMPMEAT]

I killed a 6x5 bull elk in Cle elum on top of Peoh Point one year. Everybody and their brother kept-on-a sayin', you killed MY elk, you killed MY elk. I've been chasing that elk for 3 days. I said, no, I killed MY elk. So I guess yes, I say, MY elk, MY deer or whatever too. Guilty......

[Tbar]

I would say MY or YOUR deer or elk. I scouted, I spend all my free time in the woods, I beat my body to the breaking point (and love it), I have made mistakes, I practice my shot, I  spend my money, I earn the majestic trophy and the meat. If you prepared for success I would say it's YOURS. 

[mtn.goat]

That's a good question. I have always wondered why people often say "I got my deer" or "did you get your deer"?

To that question I would answer "no, but I did get 'a' deer."

  

[Kola16]

  Guilty. I say, "I got my deer," or ask, "Did you get your deer?" Although ducks, I say, "I got some ducks," or "Did you get some ducks?"

Just for the record, I do not feel entitled to the deer. It is more like saying, "I got MY dinner," or "I got MY meat!" for me 

[jburkett]

I'm with tbar  on this one.  If you put out the effort required to harvest a trophy, then that's exactly what it is "your trophy".   I don't think that's disrespectfull towards the animal at all.

[ArrowH]

well lets see, I go to MY job, to earn MY money, which I then use to buy MY license and tags from the state in which I live and pay MY taxes. I then go out and hunt MY butt off for the animal.
So I really don'y see why I should not call it MINE.

[Tbar]

I would actually take it a step further and say you are disrespecting the hunter by calling it ours. If I were to help you harvest an animal I would call it YOUR animal. I think this in no way shape or form disrespects the animal we hunt.

[sirmissalot]

Yup. It's mine. I earned it and I tagged it with my tag. It's also in my freezer and on my wall. Why wouldn't it be mine? Try to take a deer from an angry bear, bet he thinks its his too. Not just "a" deer, but "his" deer.

[KFhunter]

This is dumb - freaking ethic Nazis trying to dream up crap to be offended by.

You must be one of the guys who freak out when someone sits on or straddles an Elk and holds up the head for a picture too huh? 

[Houndhunter]

This is dumb - freaking ethic Nazis trying to dream up crap to be offended by.

You must be one of the guys who freak out when someone sits on or straddles an Elk and holds up the head for a picture too huh? 

 

[DBHAWTHORNE]

   Do you refer to an animal you've killed or haven't yet killed as "My" or "Mine"?   i.e.,  "I got my deer"?  Or did you get "your" elk"?  Does this wildness that we pursue  deserve to be "ours", even once we've claimed our prize???   Just curious, as it has always seemed extrodinarily impersonal and downright disrespectful.  I know it is very, very common.  I would like to hear your other sayings or options to this, and best of all, any old timers explanation to you in your youth as to how to speak of your kill???

How is "mine" or "my" impersonal? That is an oxymoron.

It's not mine until I kill it...then it's mine. At that time I would own every piece of that animal. If you were to steal the antlers then you would have stolen "my" antlers. Because once I kill the animal it is "mine".

[Bean Counter]

Well, it becomes yours once you tag it. Per the regs, a bagged and tagged animal is tangible personal property.
 
What really irks me are the *censored*es who refer to public land camping spots and honey holes as 'theirs.'