how many of you have a few "hunting buddies"
whos total set of hunting skills consist of,
step out of truck ,
load gun, wonder around rather, aimlessly,
visit the truck several times a day for refills on snacks and drinks?
hoping they see a deer, hog etc. at some point in the process.?
one of the guys that was , and is,a very close friend of my next door neighbor
"FRED" came equipped with an invisible chain and ankle shackle,
it runs out of slack at about 300 yards from the truck when its parked,
hes perfectly happy " hunting" as long as he never looses sight of the truck.
hes about 76 now, and has been on hundreds of local hunts,
we actually don,t mind a bit and invite him on lots of local hunts .. its built in truck/camp site security.
I can only remember him shooting a hog once in the last 30 years...
it ran past the truck, at about 40 yards and he shot it with a 12 ga, while he sat on the truck tail gate,
drinking a cold soda and eating cheetos!
he has a 870 rem 3" 12 ga, hes convinced is the best weapon ever made,
it took us awhile, but eventually we found hes good company, and stopped trying to convince him to actually hunt ,and just let him do his thing.
he enjoys the trips, hes pleasant to talk to but acts as if he is absolutely sure if he lost sight of the truck he would never see civilization or home again.
Last edited by hardcastonly; 03-08-2019 at 11:13 AM.