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Post by sixshot on Sept 11, 2019 11:30:42 GMT -5
Bill, no Tyrone has that one & I tried to get it back, no dice so I got this one & it really is a shooter & I can't say enough about Fermin's sights. You're right about the mud but much of this is above the water line & flows down into the stream, there are springs under this vegetation that you can't see in the dark & one second you're in a couple of inches of mud & in one more step you are in trouble. And it's a very sticky type of mud, once I had to roll into the water to get it off. I really think if I had got stuck in it (deep) one more time I would have been there all night. Here's a photo of my right foot today, both are really swollen but I can walk around pretty good, my wife's not really happy but she did fix breakfast! Dick
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Post by sheriff on Sept 11, 2019 11:51:18 GMT -5
Dang, Dick! That swelled pretty good. Ruth Ann may ground you for a while after this.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Sept 11, 2019 22:51:22 GMT -5
Ok, so it’s not lost on me that just because I build a premium quality front sight that everybody needs to run out and buy one. But it certainly doesn’t hurt to have someone of Sixshots prowess wave my flag.
This however doesn’t mean I think he should be risking life and limb recovering a deer no matter how impossible the shot.
Rest assured, his feet are not the only thing hurting after I took a big bite out of his behind over this. I have a good mind to tell his wife and Grandsons!!
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Post by kings6 on Sept 12, 2019 9:59:52 GMT -5
We can all wish for the book “ Tales from the Springs!” Or “ A Life Well Spent!” Come on Dick, WRITE IT!
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Post by sixshot on Sept 12, 2019 11:04:59 GMT -5
Robb, a few years before my good buddy & Denist Brent died he kept prodding me to get it down on paper so I started to do it but after about 20 pages I stopped & read what I had down. When you write something you have to start at the beginning & the early years weren't very happy, we were always moving, my dad was a heavy drinker & fighter & me & him never got along. My sister & 3 brothers seemed to escape most of the rough stuff but I didn't, more than once he knocked me down & would kick me, it's hard to share something personal like that & make it a complete story.
Many of my photo's are slides & I would have to have help getting copies made, many times I didn't even have a camera, I just figured shooting something with a six gun was pretty normal. But I've always tried to never tell a story if I didn't have the photo's to back it up because some were a little unusual, kind of like this latest mud wrestling event! I always felt like I had to prove myself so if it was going all night after an elk I did it, same with a deer, etc. I always set out to prove I could do it my way. If I got knocked down, I'd get back up & keep going the best I could, hope this makes sense.
One thing I'll share is when Woody Hayes was recruiting my brother to Ohio State in 1957. They took our whole family to Columbus & put us in a Country Club!! I was so embarrassed because we were poor & I had to wear a pair of my mothers shoes, I was petrified! As we sat at dinner one night Woody Hayes looked across the table at me & said, young man, what would you like to order. I said, I think I'll have the Red Snapper because I've never eaten turtle! I thought he was going to fall right off of his chair he laughed so hard & I wanted to crawl under the table, I had no idea Red Snapper was fish! Howard "Hopalong Cassiday" was siting next to Woody Hayes!
Dick
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Post by bula on Sept 12, 2019 11:35:28 GMT -5
I'll have to share that last bit with my co-workers and crazed footballs fans at work this eve, here in Ohio. Wish I had a pic of an over flowing cooler of red snapper caught in Boca Grande Pass one day 2-3 decades ago. Sigh, good eating and caught a good Snook under the dock lights that night. Memories, to be enjoyed and shared. Thanks.
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Post by contender on Sept 12, 2019 21:53:05 GMT -5
Dick,, your "Tales of Soda" would be welcomed. And while you may feel the early stuff good & bad should be included,, well, only you could decide. BUT,,,,,,,,,, NOBODY,, but NOBODY who has lived life can look at his family & have all of them be perfect. Heck, I have a 1st cousin,, who beat up his mom to get her SS check money, breaking her arm in the process. Miss Penny's brother is a thug & crook, we haven't seen in over 2 decades,, and do not want to. We've seen his sons on TV,, as they were charged with crimes. My brother's son is a drug abuser & an alcoholic. But,, that's not who we are,, as we have chosen to rise above such stuff. Just as you have.
Your tales & adventures are MUCH appreciated.
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Post by bula on Sept 13, 2019 13:14:29 GMT -5
Start a fund to replace those Crocs ? I'm in.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Sept 13, 2019 14:26:55 GMT -5
I say we start a fund to get him some motorized floaties!
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Post by Burnston on Sept 14, 2019 9:19:18 GMT -5
Louis L'Amour comes to mind while reading your story.
"Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's he** when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place."
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Post by sixshot on Sept 14, 2019 13:23:34 GMT -5
Burnston, you mention the words romance, andventure & hell as well as dark & lonely. This little treatsey was a little bit of all of that wrapped together but the word today that stands out the most is "swell" as in swelling. I've been doctoring my feet since Monday & the swelling as went down but I've lost some skin & they still bleed, I can't wear shoes....or Crocs & I need to get healed up. I have to go back hunting & also we've been chosen as Grand Marshall's for the Homecoming Parade & football game so we have to go to a school assembly one day & talk, ride in the parade another day, & then go out onto the field at half time during the game. Not sure I can do all of that bare footed! Here's a photo of my right foot today, the left foot is a little better, not much! Dick
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Post by kings6 on Sept 14, 2019 14:28:33 GMT -5
Gosh Dick, I have to admit that looks like it hurts and is infected! You been to a doctor to see if you need to be on antibiotics for that?
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Post by Ramar on Sept 14, 2019 15:36:42 GMT -5
Dick, that foot! Kings6 is right. A visit to the doc seems in order. You already know this but feet often need more TLC than other body parts because of circulation. Take care. Your stories, AND the way you tell them, are great! Thanks for taking the time.
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Post by Joe S. on Sept 16, 2019 22:38:18 GMT -5
X3 on getting to a doctor to look at that foot. If that water you played in catches run off from fields, no telling what kind of chemicals are in there. Not to mention bacteria. That doesnt look good.
Hope it heals fast for you so you can get on with your chores around town. I like Fermins ideas of motorized floaties. I bet that was a little unnerving.
Do you have snakes around? In Mississippi, where we have big crop land and irrigation dirches, you can bet there are water moccasins around.
I enjoy your stories and think it would make for some good reading in the form of a book. Even if you skip the prrsonal stuff and just do a hunting memoir.
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Post by sixshot on Sept 17, 2019 1:19:26 GMT -5
Well it's been one week today & my foot is looking better, I've been putting an antibiotic on it 2-3 times a day & trying to go barefooted as much as possible. But, I did have to go to the big city today to pick up a new secret weapon, a new set of Crocs! Never had a set of jet black one's & these look pretty fast, maybe I can run across the top of the water if I'm quick enough, we'll find out in a couple of days because I'm going back. Most likely take the OM 45 shorty but I'm going to put a Bowen Target rear on it in the morning... I think. Jumping back & forth between putting it on the 41 or the 45. The 41 magnum is dear to my heart. I've got some new sights from 2dogs (Fermin) but my son is totally fishing crazy right now so I think a front sight change is out of the question for a while. Why would a guy rather catch 22"-23" German Browns when he could be changing sights for his dad. Anyway, I've got venison jerky brining right now (Jalepeno) I'll smoke it tomorrow & chase mulies soon in my new speedy Crocs. Dick
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