The Armchair Outfitter

How fired up do you think Lee Hartley of Pensacola, Florida, was when he saw these pictures taken by a trail cam at Magnolia Farms Plantation in Robertsdale, Alabama?

He endured the rain the last weekend of the season and finally had a fatal encounter with the mature ten-point at about 9:00 A.M.

A Browning Stainless Stalker in .270 WSM topped with a 3.5 x 12 x 56 Kahles scope did the trick at 100 yards.

The buck had an 18″ inside spread, but was depleted to 130 pounds by the rut.

Yet another example of what chasing women will do to you!

Thanks for the great pics Lee. Keep your powder dry.

“Perhaps it was a sin to kill the fish. I suppose it was even though I did it to keep me alive and feed many people. But then everything is a sin. Do not think about sin. It is much too late for that and there are people who are paid to do it.”

- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

Here’s my buddy Ed on the way out for a day’s “fishing” in Florida.

Here’s Ed looking like he’s auditioning for “Sea Hunt.”

Ed admires the business end of a barracuda.

I just don’t know what to think about people who shoot their fish. Thanks for the great photos, Ed!