OK, Craig, here goes. A.J. and I had a long relationship that involved fooling with guns, drinking bourbon, and freeloading at some friends' Eastern Shore Dorcester County RSA. A.J.'s dad and his friends were serious Potomac River waterfowlers, headquartered below Washington D.C. at Fort Washington, Maryland where Henry Bartholomew, "Doc" and Nash Buckingham hunted canvasbacks. A.J.'s dad and his McGaw spread were discussed in a Decoy magazine article a few years ago. When we were in his basement recreation room, having an Ezra Brooks, we were a room away from an overflowing closet full of McGaw canvasbacks, and another room full of his extensive working gun collection. What a life we live.
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