More and more outdoor gentlemen join the crowd at our little Donut Shop on the way to work in the morning. More laughter is heard from the extreme left newspaper and one of the guys introduced himself as a City Councilman, he will be a customer when he goes up for re-election, I should have a win there.
I’ve been an outdoor writer even before I retired from the Army, about 30 plus years now. I come from the Robert Ruark, Jack O’Conner, and Elmer Keith era where you didn’t have much video and the written word was more than some game show host or pitch man trying to sell you something you don’t need. You shot straight and told the truth (unless you were writing about fishing of course). If you didn’t cuss now and then and tell a real joke, no one trusted you, that included the preacher.
If your going to write about something, know what your talking about as a subject matter expert. For instance, I don’t know anything about hunting with a Hawk. Lacy “Lady Hawk” Byles is the expert. Rather than interview her I turned her into an outdoor writer herself. You will find I picked a good one.
I’m sick of “Looky what I caught” articles, tell us how you tracked through swamps and tundra, climbed mountains, trained your dog to become telepathic with you. Show us exactly how you do things, and show results and comparisons. If you use some special kind of equipment even if you have sponsors tell it like it is. For instance, everyone knows I like Henry and CZ-USA firearms. I did a lot of work with Henry recently and I’m sure. My rifle team won world championships with CZ Rifles I’m sure…any questions?
The preacher road up on a Harley and was open carrying a Glock. We all felt safe in the Donut Shop. I do that at night if I go shopping at midnight at Walmart. Many people do that now in Louisiana its been legal since 1858. Not too many armed robberies here. The Bad Guys just never know.
The price of 22 ammo is steadily going down as hoarders finally realize American gun ownership isn’t going to be abolished. Still the Flag Burners will try. I got some really good buys on 22 ammo at Academy Sports in Alexandria Louisiana, the Staff spoiled me rotten, not only professional, they were fun. Go see for yourself.
Happy Birthday Landon Harrison now age 11. I didn’t kill a deer this year, but I set Landon up to get his first deer. Luck favors a prepared mind; 10 points, 150 B&C, 250 pounds, not bad. This was one of my greatest personal Outdoor Achievements, but not my first. My Youth Shooters and Karate Kids have done this before. World Champions in two sports over the years. I guess I don’t have to get a deer every year now do I….Pass it on.