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Harold Lee Pickens
11-07-2013, 11:54 AM
I discovered this on a ridge above the Escanaba River in the UP. It is a cross with an old red hunting coat hung on it, a pair of boots, and hunting cap. On the metal plate is an old shell casing and hunting knife attached. It is inscribed in memory of our father( I will not print the name out of respect for the family) who hunted this ground all his life.
I found it a fitting trbute to an obvious loving family to their father. I would be proud to be remembered that way. It always sends a chill up my back when I hunt past this area, but I am sure he approves and wishes me good luck. I took 2 grouse over Betty on that hunt.
Dean Romig
11-07-2013, 12:41 PM
It's in my will that some of my ashes be loaded in a bunch of 16 gauge shells that my friends may continue to take "me" hunting with them.... and that "I" may continue to miss grouse. It'll give them a good alibi anyhow. :cool:
Gerald McPherson
11-07-2013, 04:52 PM
I bet his ashes are there too. Gerald
Robert Rambler
11-07-2013, 05:21 PM
Dean, You and I think alike. Told my sons the same thing, I want them to take me hunting for many more seasons after I've gone.:)
wayne goerres
11-07-2013, 06:22 PM
You never know. You might make a good buffer.
Rich Anderson
11-08-2013, 11:35 AM
I'm glad to see no one has defiled it by stealing the boots or knofe. A fitting tribute to a bird hunter.
Harold Lee Pickens
11-08-2013, 12:10 PM
Well, the coat and boots were a little too small for me.
Dean Romig
11-08-2013, 12:13 PM
You never know. You might make a good buffer.
Too abrasive... I'm told. :eek:
Destry L. Hoffard
11-08-2013, 01:02 PM
My Uncle Jerry's last gift to me, literally purchased the last time he left his home before his death, was a box of shotgun shells. I take one with me for my first shot on special hunts, I used one on my first invite to Ste. Anne's this year.
DLH
charlie cleveland
11-08-2013, 06:20 PM
destrey the idea of takeing a shooting the first shell of a friends on a special hunt is a grand idea...if i may i surely do this soon... did you kill the bird shot at... charlie
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