Thank you gentlemen so much. It’s gratifying when your thoughts and experiences connect with someone. I’ve followed you both in this forum, and I know that you know what a good hunt means.
You’ve made my day. Thanks to all who responded to my article. You all know what special places, people, dogs, guns, and birds can mean in a hunter’s life.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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