Double Double

[Dean Romig]

This year is the first time I have bought a MA license in I don't remember how long. But for ducks and geese.
When I was a kid all I had to do was walk out my back door and in thirty yards I was in our cornfield which was well-populated with pheasants....

Today I have to drive more than thirty miles to get to a stocked state game preserve which is always well-populated with pheasant 'hunters' of every stripe..... not really where I want to be. Or I can go to the state forest where the discharge is allowed about six miles from my house for a walk in the mature woods but that the tree-huggers won't let the state cut for improved wildlife habitat.

If I drive seventy miles I can amuse myself by hunting overhunted public and private land....

So, I drive to Vermont and enjoy every minute I spend there... even if I get back to camp empty-handed but with a handful of empty shells in my pocket - and a game-bag full of great experiences and memories.