-------------------- You really haven't hunted the old fashion way until you've done it from one of these Indian houses.(The Tipi) "Glenn ST. Charles" Posts: 2506 | From: Kansas | Registered: Aug 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Charlie Lamb: Silly boys!! You didn't really think I was finished, did you?
No....I did not. I know not to click on your threads until at least page 5.
-------------------- The old order is passing. Swiftly receding into memory are the days of strong, earnest men who followed an atavistic yearning to pit their skills against wild animals.
Billy Ellis Posts: 1009 | From: Beaufort SC | Registered: Nov 2006
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A flood of memories rushed through my mind. I was holding the very arrow that I’d killed my first deer with so many years ago. I was so young then and so naďve. So unaware of what life held in store for the man I would be and the archer I already was.
For a little while I let my mind take me back to that day. I’d hunted deer for the first time just the year before at the age of 14. A buddy of mine had a place in the country where he and his dad went some weekends. He seemed to know there were deer there, but that was about it. His father didn’t hunt at all and my family were all small game hunters… the deer population in Missouri had taken a severe hit from market hunting when they were young and though there was a season in some counties, there were precious few deer in the state.
We’d gone to Mike’s farm and had actually seen a deer while hiding in an old barn near a hay field. A couple of dogs had run it by and that was the end of that. We actually only saw the white tail as it bounded through the woods.
My own parents had a little cabin near the Mississippi river north of St. Louis that we went to on weekends during the summer and during duck season in the fall. As it turned out there were deer there as well, but like I said, know one new how to find one on purpose.
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Lookin forward to the rest Charlie! Lucky for me, I go out of town for 3 days. I should get back about the time your finishing this one up. Hope your back is doin well!
-------------------- " Just concentrate and don't freak out next time" my son Tyler(age 7) giving advise after watching me miss a big mulie.
-------------------- Clay Walker Skill is not born into anyone. It is earned thru hard work and perseverance. Posts: 3246 | From: Vancouver, WA. | Registered: May 2009
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Nice, Charlie. Actually, I know just how it feels to come by old, "forgotten" stuff.
I, myself, have just moved to live at my father. Naturally, while packing up, I have found a whole lot of memorable things between all my belongings. It takes you back. You feel - for a short moment - what you felt back then. It is quite a bittersweet experience... you feel both childish joy and a bit of sadness, at the same time. But that's nostalgia, there's just no way around...
-------------------- The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. Posts: 722 | From: Denmark | Registered: Mar 2009
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You new guys are in for a treat nobody tells a story quite like Mr. Lamb
The best part is he usually has some awesome pictures to go along with the good story telling too.
Tracy
-------------------- You really haven't hunted the old fashion way until you've done it from one of these Indian houses.(The Tipi) "Glenn ST. Charles" Posts: 2506 | From: Kansas | Registered: Aug 2005
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