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01-31-2011, 04:45 PM
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Buying shotgun shells at the local grocery store (at age 8)
Playing all over the county (at age 10) Riding my bike all over the county and country roads without my parents (at age 10) Riding a Murray BMX bike down a country road to go fishing (imagine carrying a 6' pole, bait, etc on a bicycle.) Driving my '82 Chevy Silverado 3/4 ton short wheel based truck all over the county without a license at age 16. Getting stopped by the Sheriff at age 16 driving my truck without a license and just getting told "Boy you better be careful until you get that license" Working cattle with my grandfather at ages 12-20. Hauling hay for gas money at age 16. Fixing fence for gas money at age 17. Spending 99% of my time hunting, and fishing when I wasn't working. Coon hunting at age 6-8 with my great grandfather who hand no sense of direction whatsoever. Wiener roasts by my Uncles stock tank age .5-14 (yes .5) Camping with my grandparents and aunt ages 2-26. So may great farm, ranch, hunting, and fishing memories I can barely remember them all...... Dang I miss me..... GoodOlBoy
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01-31-2011, 06:12 PM
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I was raised on a farm so I spent alot of time working. Picking up rock, bailing hay and straw, feeding live stock ect. But I also spent wandering the country side with a 22 rifle or going fishing. I made my spending money in the winter running a trap line, I rolled out of bed at 3:30 am to be able to make the sschool buss at 7:30. Everyone new everyone and I could hunt any where I wanted. Nite hunted coon too. Funny thing, about 75% of the woods I used to hunt are eather cleared or have houses in them now.
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02-10-2011, 10:58 AM
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I grew up on a small ranch on lake Okeechobee, the big lake, in Florida. My grandfather operated a pumping station on the lake. Those pumps kept the surrounding area that was below the water level, above the water table. We lived a mile from the Pahokee airport and the airport (crop duster airfield) was a mile long, so our nearest neighbor, the airport owner, who lived at the opposite end of the airstrip was two miles away.
I got my first 22 rifle for Christmas when I was 9 and had learned how to shoot when I was 5, about the same time I started running a boat, tractor and a jeep on the place. I hunted and fished the lake by myself most of my young years. So my fond memories come from mostly hunting, fishing, good country food (whole milk, fresh butter, bread, smoked meats) with church dinners, all night sings and seeing real country groups playing and singing. Heavy quilts in the winter over ice cold sheets. Working on the ranch is a fond memory. Wearing cowboy clothes and boots (my toes still point inwards from both sides of each foot), going to rodeos and branding. It was a tough life at times, no indoor plumbing and no electricity, but it was directly rewarding as what you got out of life was what you yourself made of your life. We never asked for anything and never were given anything. We were poor and we were very rich, we had only what was ours, made from our own hard work and we were beholding to no man. Ed
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