Christy
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Sylva, North Carolina (the far Western Tip of the State)
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Re: That's IT, I've had all I can stand.....
quote: Originally posted by Oak Ridge
A couple of weeks ago while out coon hunting, I managed to twist what little I have left of my right knee. I'm used to wrenching it a little, having it hurt, swell up.....and I'm forced to take a night or two off from hunting.....
Well, this time, I must have done it up right! It's been WAY too long since I've let loose of a collar and sent a dog in to get treed....
I visited the doc today, and they are gonna go cuttin on my knee after he gets back from his vacation....(seems I'm the lucky SOB that gets to be his first victim after a week off)....
In the mean time....if you see some old man hobbling along side the road, with a dog on a lead strap....stop and give him a ride...he'll appreciate it.
I'm gonna turn one loose tonight come hell or high water...anybody ever hunt on crutches?
BACK WHEN QUINCY AND I FIRST GOT MARRIED AND HE HAD HIS TREE ACCIDENT IN 1998 THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT, THAT WAS BACK WHEN WE HUNTED EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY.
HE STILL WANTED TO GO, AND HE NEVER DENIED ME THE CHANCE TO GO, SO THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD HIM.
I'D HANDLE THE DOGS, AND I'D HELP HIM THROUGH THE WOODS. IT WAS HARD, BUT HE WAS DETERMINED AND ROCKY WOULD STAY TREED TILL THE COWS CAME HOME SO THERE WAS NO RUSH ON OUR PART. SOMETIMES I HAD SOMEONE WITH US TO GO TO THE DOGS WHILE I HELPED Q ALONG, BECAUSE IT IS HARD GOING THROUGH THE WOODS ON CRUTCHES.
IF IT GOT TO A PLACE WHERE IT WAS TO ROUGH OR STEEP FOR HIM, I'D GO ON TO ROCKY BY MYSELF AND IF WE HAD A YOUNG DOG, I'D SHOOT THE COON OUT AND COME BACK TO QUINCY. IT WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT I DID THIS THAT I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF A GAME BAG WHILE HUNTING BY YOURSELF. WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT KILL COONS AND LEAVE THEM IN THE WOODS, SO ME, A .22, 2 HOUNDS, AND 1 COON, OH IT WASNT FUN! LOL.
GOSH THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS!
NOW JOE, WITH YOU BEING IN INDIANA, I'D SAY IT WOULD BE ALOT EASIER WALKING THAN UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAINS HERE, BUT IT WILL STILL BE TOUGH, JUST DONT DO IT ALONE.
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