The deer hunter

[release]

Words can never describe this true-hearted deer
hunter!

A hunter and his friend were sitting
in a tall tower stand along Highway 101
near Uvalde TX ,early one cold
December morning.

Suddenly, a huge buck walked out over the corn they had
spread in the low shrubs. The
buck was magnificent. ...a once in a lifetime
animal. His rack was huge.....the hunter's hand
shook as his mind was
already counting the Boone and Crockett points. Moving quickly, the hunter
carefully aimed the Leopold scope on his .300 Win Mag at the unsuspecting
buck.

As he was about to squeeze the trigger on this deer of a lifetime,
his friend alerted him to a funeral procession passing slowly down Highway 7.

The hunter pulled away from the gunstock, set the rifle down,took off
his hat, bowed his head and then closed his eyes in prayer. His friend was
stunned.

"Wow, that is the most thoughtful and touching thing I have
ever seen you do. You actually let that trophy deer go to pay respects to a
passing funeral procession. You are indeed the kindest man I have ever known,
and I feel lucky to call you a friend." The hunter
shrugged.

"Yeah, well, we were married for 37
years."