{"id":373,"date":"2008-08-05T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/08\/my-other-life-in-oklahoma.html"},"modified":"2008-08-05T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T16:38:00","slug":"my-other-life-in-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/08\/my-other-life-in-oklahoma.html","title":{"rendered":"My Other Life in Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

I seem to be having trouble remembering it, <\/span>but according to this “Success Stories” article at Moultrie Feeders<\/a>, yours truly recently bagged a huge buck near Rattan, Oklahoma, last gun season! You may doubt, but the facts are there.<\/p>\n

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Apparently, way back in the day, my uncle and I nicknamed another big buck “Ol’ Mossyback.” It is not clear from the article whether the deer I shot was Ol’ Mossyback or not. But anyway: Ol’ Mossyback<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The 21-point buck may in fact be a state record! This is exciting! I am not even<\/span> kidding about this.*<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span> DISCLAIMERS<\/span>:

<\/span>\u2022 OK, fine. I’m kidding.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>I am not even a hunter.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>Actually, I hunted once. For wild turkey, with my dad, when I was 13 or so. I took one shot with a rifle and missed. And for the record, I was kinda glad I missed.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>I have never bagged a buck, huge or otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>My uncle and I do not routinely nickname the animals we have killed, but if we did, I am certain “Ol’ Mossyback” would be a name we come up with. Because it’s awesome.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>The next time I kill a mosquito or a spider, I am totally going to give it a nickname. Like “Ol’ Fiddleback.” Especially if it is a brown-recluse spider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>There a distinct possibility that more than one Jason Boyett exists in the world, one of whom may or may not live in the timber country of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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