I think every pigeon shoot has a Stinkey Stenson. One of the better shooters I ever came accross at the age of 17 was John. He was da bomb I mean he flew all over shooting, hung with the top end crowd and I wanted to be like him. Later on I stopped in this farm to see if I could get permission to trap, there he was a man I had looked up to, he was the care taker for John DeLorean's place. Lived in a small little shack on the grounds. He had nothing but a few belt buckles from some of the big shoots, a Perazzi, some pictures of he and Bob Brister at the world shoots.
He did how ever teach me all he knew about the game and the art of wing shooting. The stories he would tell me of who's who in the world of flyers. When John D got in trouble there were 2 brothers that let him stay at there place. He's old and I try to get out to see him once a month, if it's trapping season he'll ride along several times a week. One of the greatest lessons he taught me was pigeon shooters as a whole are a great bunch of guys, just don't let em in your house. LOL
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