these are reader submitted photos of deer and buck tattoos

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Bill Galante: "I took a friend's son hunting and taught him what I know. These are three of the bucks he's shot, so therefore, school's out! He can teach me now."

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Ellsworth Orndorff: "This tattoo represents a 9-point non-typical buck that I harvested."

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Jody Bowers: "This tattoo reminds me of things I have done in the past that I do not want to repeat."

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Nathan Atwood: "I always wanted something that wouldn't go out of style, and hunting whitetails never will. My three little girls got me a shirt for Father's Day with this deer on it, so I took the shirt to tattoo parlor and that was that."

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Chip Wooten: "My father started taking me hunting when I was 10. I got this tattoo so people will see it and ask me about deer hunting."

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Scott "Sparky" Chevalier: I've taken two bucks in three years of hunting, both is a .50-caliber, half-stock cap-lock replica muzzleloader."

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Blake Cohen: "This tattoo is of the 150-inch, 10-pointer I shot with my muzzleloader Thanksgiving weekend."

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Peter Lechnir: "Got this for the love of bow hunting. Why else?"

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Matthew L. Zicafoose: "I got this tattoo to do something different and preserve my deer hunting heritage."

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fieldandstream-editor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Jon Wilson: "I have two passions...hunting and Scottish bagpipes. I've played in pipe bands for over 20 years and this tattoo shows between the hem of my kilt. It's significant to me because it's my first trophy buck taken during the rut."