Breaking personal rules
I seem to be no longer adhearing to my creed. I realized this yesterday as I was headed to Hillsboro (Kansas, Jay) for a tripleheader of games from the Trojan Classic basketball tournament. The proper way to get to Hillsboro is to take county roads, which are paved, to arrive at the destination. As I was cruising over to the 'Boro, as we call it, I was surveying the fields around me and that's when it hit me.I was in violation of my own rule.
Even if I was on a mission to broadcast high school hoops, I was still breaking the rule. A rule, which in fact, I had laid down and followed religiously for years.
The rule states that "Whenever one must drive in rural areas during pheasant season, one must have a loaded gun in the vehicle for SHP purposes." Part two (and possibly the unwritten part) was to have the gun loaded before backing out of the driveway.
SHP is a simple term for a rather illegal hunting concept. The acronym stands for Stop, Hop, and Pop. This concept has been used many, many times when we have caught pheasants or quail in hedge rows along the roads. Usually, we would skid to a stop, hop out of the truck and pop the bird on the ground, crash through the trees to grab it, dash back to the truck and get the heck out of there. It's a practice that's frowned upon by conservation law enforcement agencies, unless of course, you actually have permission to hunt the area in question.
Yesterday, I didn't even think about taking my gun.
How far I've fallen so fast.
posted by Rusty @ 6:39 AM
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