My father was born and raised in N. WI in the late 1920"s. They were as poor as the dirt on the floor of the log cabin where he, my grandparents, and his 7 brothers and sisters lived.
My grandfather kept food on the table by trying to farm, do carpentry work, night watchman at "moonshine" factory back in the woods, and by harvesting deer pretty much all year round.
It was natural then, for all the boys (my Dad and uncles) to take up hunting as soon as they were old enough to tote the 22 cal. rifle.
My father, prided himself on being a pretty good shot, and always looked forward to our annual trip back to the North woods for the 9 day WI. deer season...
One year, shortly before he died, we placed Dad on a spot along the Flambeau River where we had an exceptional "drive" that usually produced deer.
Early on the drive, we could hear his old 30-30 Marlin talking. That old 30-30, with iron sights, held enough shells to shoot all day it seems, and when we finished the drive, there was old Dad standing proudly by the 7 deer he had shot.
My brother and I, never missing a chance to rib our favorite hunting partner, had noticed that some of the deer had more than one bullet hole in them. We immediately started good naturedly chewing him out for "shooting the deer all up, wasting cartridges, and spoiling some of the choicest cuts of venison"....
Dad, still excited from all the action, started stuttering about his bi-focals being all fogged up and the fact that his eyes weren"t as good as they used to be, was interrupted by one of the other members of our group who said...."Bob, I don"t think there is ANYTHING wrong with YOUR eyes!!!!!
We today, refer to that drive, as the "Meat Locker" drive....
Our hunting partner is gone for 11 years now. I sure miss him, but boy, did we have fun when we got together...
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