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08-30-2021, 11:43 PM | #33 | ||||||
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On arriving home this evening following several days at the lake the new Fall Issue was among the mail in my burgeoning mailbox. I think this is the longest I've waited to receive my copy. I was delighted to finally have it in hand - Thanks to all of the authors and an extra thanks to Mike and Sammy.
I haven't read a line of it yet but the first thing I saw was the front cover picture so I went inside to page 3., The Cover and not a thing was mentioned about the gun’s history and its significance (probably through modesty) but I recognized it immediately as the "Editors Gun" as it was in my custody for some 10 years. Austin did a couple of modifications to the stock, when it was in his custody, and I had a few things (embellishments) done as well. Austin shot that gun exceptionally well at trap and sporting clays and I shot it at a couple of events but this is the first time I've seen it actually hunted and posed with the bag. Very well done Mike!! That's what it was made for! .
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08-31-2021, 03:12 PM | #34 | ||||||
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It’s really good to see an article by Art Wheaton again - it’s been a long time Art. Thank You.
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08-31-2021, 07:26 PM | #35 | |||||||
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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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08-31-2021, 07:59 PM | #36 | ||||||
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Very true Garry. I guess you could say I revere Austin and I wouldn’t disagree. I am very proud to have known him as a good friend though, intellectually, Austin was a few levels above me.
I think he would be inwardly pleased but outwardly humbled and almost a bit embarrassed at the attention. .
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