Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel B Sweet
I fondly remember the days sitting with my father in the woods of
Taghkanic, NY watching for Gray Squirrels and listening ti the Drum of Partridge. I haven't seen nor heard a Partridge in at least 25 years around here. Sure do miss them and those great days.
|
Alas, Dan, I fear that there are many who might voice the same sentiment. A healthy forest is not always the one that shows up in calendar pictures.
__________________
"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)
|
12-01-2019, 01:09 PM
Linear Mode
