(Barry, IL)
Scooter’s 835th bar, first visited in 2010.
We stepped inside to find the bar packed with hunters. There were two long bars along opposite walls, but only one was staffed tonight. We took two seats next to the door.
We got to talking with some of the hunters, and learned that almost none of them were locals. Most of them were from New England and New York, and had traveled to Barry to take advantage of deer season.
We were particularly interested in the stories told by an older hunter at the opposite end of the bar. After launching into a tirade in which he described deer as vermin (comparable to rats and cockroaches) and called for them all to be shot and wiped off the face of the Earth, he ranted about several related topics “dear” to his heart:
- Bashed modern hunters who climb up in trees with all their equipment instead of being on the ground actually hunting the deer like Daniel Boone did
- Talked about how he used to shoot pigeons inside the city limits, and that the best way to hunt deer is to drive by and shoot them from your open window
- Talked about how, when he was a kid, he and his friends would take shotguns to school and keep them in their lockers
- Talked about how when he was a kid he’d shoot rabbits and sell them to old people (and people at ball games) for fifty cents each, and if he couldn’t find enough rabbits he’d shoot cats and clean & dress them so no one would know the difference
A couple of sound clips are available for your listening pleasure. 
745 Mortimer Street
Barry, IL 62312
US
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(217) 335-3526
