[AT] WHERE IS EVERYONE

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Sun Sep 11 08:25:01 PDT 2005


Hi Cecil,  Thanks for another one of your good stories.

I'm sitting here waiting to see where this #$%^&% hurricane is going to go. 
I've got a lot of loose stuff laying around that needs to be tied down soon 
I guess.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] WHERE IS EVERYONE


>> Since we seemed to have drifted off topic a little bit, I thought I'd 
>> help push it over the edge.  Fall is trying to start around here, the 
>> ferns are turning brown and a few of the maples are beginning to show 
>> signs of red leaves.  I can't help but think of the upcoming hunting 
>> season and my annual trip to SD and ND after those funny colored birds. 
>> My boys (8 & 5) spent the better part of the day "hunting" out in the 
>> field looking for black bears and turkeys.  They claim to have shot quite 
>> a few, but at least I don't have to clean their prey.  Even the dog is 
>> starting to get excited, I mention "birds" and he can hardly contain 
>> himself.
>>
>> The best part about the fall is getting out west and watching the 
>> harvesters hard at work and seeing the old farm machinery retired to the 
>> fence rows.  It's always nice to know that in some places in the world 
>> things are still OK.
>>
>> Enjoy, Joe
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> The first cool morning in September brings back memories of my
> pheasant hunting as a kid in Minnesota and later after I retired, of
> hunting in South Dakota. I've worn out two damn good German Shorthair
> Pointers and one English Disappointer and miss my last dog a lot on the
> first cool morning in the fall. She was 16 years old when it was time
> for her to go to that place where she can hunt year around. It was only
> a couple years ago but it takes a long time to forget a good dog.
>
> I thoroughly enjoyed South Dakota pheasant hunting. I'm one of
> those who likes the old section line reserved roadways and spent most of
> my time hunting along them - just me and the dog. Met some nice farmers
> too and still have invitations to hunt their farms. Hunting section line
> roads is a lot better with two people than with one alone but I managed.
> When Lucille was along, she would drop me at one end of the road and the
> dog and I would work the mile thru to the car - sometimes going right on
> thru the next one also. I don't need a lot of birds getting up in front
> of me to keep me happy - just a nice rooster once in a while is fine
> with me.
>
> Hunting ducks in Saskatchewan was also a nice trip. We started
> going out there - a group of us from western NY - in 1970 or so. We flew
> from Toronto to Regina and hunted generally a hundred mile circle around
> the city. A hundred mile circle takes in a lot of territory. I figured
> on a case of 12 gauge shells for the week every year. Those were
> different days as you walked on the airplane carrying your case of
> shells in one hand the shotgun in the other. The stewardesses always
> asked if they could help you once you got on the plane. Doors between
> the cockpit and the cabin were mostly left open then too and you could
> see out the front some. Sometimes I wonder if we realize how much of our
> freedom we have lost in those 35 years since 1970. It is a different
> world now than it was back then.
>
> I got to hunt sharptail grouse and prairie chicken while out
> there. It was funny, the first birds I ever hunted in my life were
> prairie chicken and I couldn't have been more than 8 or 9 years old. I
> still remembered how they will all stick their heads up so you can see
> right where they are when you are hunting. They just can't resist for
> for some reason.
>
> As to old tractors, South Dakota seemed to have a pretty good
> mix of old stuff and the newer ones. Most of the old tractors I saw
> were in the Mitchell area and were pretty well worn right out. I think
> Gene Dotson got all the good ones years ago.
>
> Cecil
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