Why not just call them "Venison hunters" ?

Old Man Winter has clearly dealt Jack a swifter kick to the cajones than all of us. Send the man his knife.

Heavey: I think you name Jack your poet laureate and send him the knife.But dang..."Bloods and Creeps", that's pretty cool. Don't you have a free hat or something to give to John D.?And while you're at it,there has to be honorable mention awards for "Tenderloin Troopers" and perhaps my favorite...."BoomFloppers"Come on buddy, dig into that closet of freebies and let these people feel the love!!!!!!!!!

O snow that thou might stopand cease thy covering of ground.Oh wretched snow, does not thee know?Your storied depths my hunt confound.Yea, tho' I pine for woods a'wandering,these conditions leave me flound'ring,and as my heart seeks woods to roam,I sit inside, drooling foam.Yonder lake freezeth over,yet fish beneath the icecare not to eat the tender morsels,with which I do entice.While I stumble 'round the basement,my soul wracked by strain and strife,Trembling fingers might calm a'whittling,If I only had a knife.Heh.

As far as I'm concerned a"Tagger" is an inner-city hoodlum who paints graffitti, and I want nothing to do with that label. I guess I'll just call myself a hunter, and if you don't understand I probably don't want to talk to ya anyhow!

I say horn doggin'.

Or, since we are clearly driven by different animalistic impulses, shed hunters will be known as HORNY and deer hunters are HUNGRY.One group is the HUNTER, the other is the GATHERER.Some are BUTCHERS, others are BONE COLLECTORS.There are MEATHEADS and there are BONEHEADS.Anyway, I still like the BLOODS vs. the CREEPS.

BHIs being a tightwad the reason you won't use the Shift key on your computer. It waste's energy and printer ink?I could call myself a "Tenderloin Trooper", but if had to call myself a "Tagger", just to get your ol' clunker blade, I'd pound out a 20d nail and sharpen it with a file!Bubba!!!!!!

I agree with John D. Until Mr. Heavey brought it up, I clearly understood that "Deer hunters" hunted for the whole deer and that "Shed hunters" were hunting for shed antlers. It wasn't until he felt the need to add "regular" to "deer hunters" that the distinction started to blur, when the reality is that the word "regular" wasn't necessary. Nobody confuses "Bird hunting" with "Bird watching".In my opinion, award John D. the knife.

get your votes in as to who gets the knife, guys.we got taggers, backstrappers, carcass-draggers.i'm favoring taggers at the moment, but, as i said, i'm withdrawing from the judging.bubba, damn straight i'm a tightwad, but the knife has been offered up, and in writing (even though it's virtual writing). so it's got to go to somebody.john d., you, my friend, are angling for a special Rain on the Parade Award for saying "Sometimes you have to know when there isn't a fun moniker for a product or service." i could not disagree with you more. never admit defeat. especially when you're wrong. especially in the depths of february.

i vote taggers

Yes, these are all horrible. So bad they make you cringe. Perhaps that's why it is meant to be this way:SHED HUNTINGDEER HUNTINGMy job is creative names. Sometimes you have to know when there isn't a fun moniker for a product or service. Or obsession.

"gets the point over without (overly) negative connotations."I can't beleive that Bill Heavy has been all political corrected-up! What is this world coming to!?

If "breeder" is a pejorative for heteros, then those "herd-thinners" who hunt the whole deer could simply be called "consumers."Or maybe "whole-body hunters" or "hundred percenters" to reflect the fact they take the whole deer.Aw hell, these all suck. I vote for taggers...

Venison Voyagers...

guys,these are awful. most of you might as well become outdoor writers yourselves if this is the best you can do.agree that we don't want to use a pejorative term, since most of us were hunting the whole critter up until the day the season went out.so far, my favorites are "taggers" and "backstrappers." gets the point over without (overly) negative connotations.actually, i'm gonna get out of the middle and let you all decide whose is the best. i got enough people ticked off at me.get your entries and votes in soon, because this is all taking place in the virtual world, where blogs come and go almost in less time than it takes me to lose the prize pocketknife. bh

Gutters

Shed Hunting vs. Torso HuntingOr, in the spirit of simplicity:Shed Hunting vs. Deer Hunting

Cervine SeekersBubba

Meat-Mongers

Decapitators

Dang! sorry Brian, I didn't notice your "Pre-shed hunters" before I submitted "Pre-shedders"

Body-snatchers?

Grateful Dead fans are Dead Heads and Jimmy Buffett fans are Parrot Heads; thenShed hunters would be Shed Heads;And deer hunters are Gut Heads.or...If snow boarders are knuckle-draggers then deer hunters are Carcass-Draggers.

Cap-o-dome wranglers.

Meat Hunters?Backstrappers?Meatheads?

I was talking to my buddy over the weekend about shed hunting at a church retreat at a local lodge. Others, overhearing our conversation, thought we were talking about searching for abandoned barns and outbuildings in the countryside. We, of course, let them continue to think that.Don't stand too close to me - you may risk a lightning strike.

I simply call it 'walking the dog'. Let him do all the work.