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From: stuart@ssc-vax.UUCP (Stuart Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: A Hunting Joke
Message-ID: <168@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-May-84 18:53:47 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 25 18:53:47 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 2-Jun-84 09:47:50 EDT
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It seems that there was this housewife who, after many years of putting up
with her husbands annual week long hunting trips, decided that she was enti-
tled to go along on one herself.

Her husband vehemetly objected but after much argument and persuasion finally
relented.  His wife was pretty good with firearms anyway, he having taught her
how to use them for protection whenever he was away from home, so what the hell.

After they arrived at his usual hunting camp and made the necessary preperationsfor the days hunt, they agreed that he would traverse upwards along a certain
ridge, and that she would follow the river which cut down through the valley. 

In a couple of hours she had traveled a few miles up the valley and was re-
approaching the river through some heavy brush.  As she neared the edge of the
brush, she heard something above the sound of the river.  Causiously, see 
parted the foliage and peered out and spied what was probobly the largest,
finest animal she had ever gazed upon.  She very excitedly un-shouldered her
rifle and took careful aim, fired, and felled the beast dead where he stood.

After re-shouldering her rifle she ran out to the river, and standing there
with one foot resting on the animal, was another hunter.  She was outraged and
yelled at the guy "HEY! What the hell is this?! That's mine!  I shot him and
you have no right to it!"

The other hunter started to open his mouth in response but was so surprised
at the woman that he could only manage to stutter, whereupon she cut him off.

"Now you just wait a minute dammit, you know darn well that YOU didn't shoot
him and you have a lot of nerve to come down here and try to claim him from
me!  You just back away from here and leave him be!  HE'S MINE!!!"

Finally the guy backed away and at last managed to speak.  "O.K. lady, but
can I at least take my saddle?!"

				    Stuart Lewis
				    ssc-vax!stuart