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LEAN, MEAN, KILLING MACHINE

 

 

WELL MAYBE NOT SO LEAN ANY MORE AND I NEVER WAS MEAN. BUT MY MACHINE WAS ONE TO KILL FOR IF YOU WERE A DEER HUNTER. IT WAS A HONDA FOUR WHEELER RIGGED OUT WITH GUN RACKS AND TWO LUGGAGE RACKS. IT EVEN HAD A TRAILER HITCH AND A HEADLIGHT.

WHEN I WAS ON THAT HUNTING LEASE DOWN AT LLANO, TEXAS WITH SEVEN OTHER GUYS WE WERE IN HOG (MAYBE I SHOULD SAY DEER) HEAVEN. WE HAD 2000 ACRES OF PRIME DEER COUNTRY TO WONDER AROUND IN AND IT WAS FULL OF DEER, WILD TURKEY AND WILD HOGS AS WELL AS SMALL GAME AND GAME BIRDS LIKE DOVE AND QUAIL.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PREVENTED ME FROM WALKING VERY FAR SO THAT LIMITED THE AREAS I COULD HUNT. THERE WERE A FEW JEEP ROADS THROUGH THE LEASE BUT MOST OF THE GOOD HUNTING WAS WELL OFF THESE ROADS. OH I GOT MY SHARE OF GAME BUT IT WAS ALMOST NEVER THE BIGGEST OR THE BEST. HOW I WISHED I COULD WALK BACK INTO THOSE POCKETS OF LAND THAT WERE INACCESSIBLE TO ME.

THE OTHER GUYS WOULD TALK ABOUT SEEING ANIMALS AND ROCK FORMATIONS IN THESE PLACES. DURING THE SPRING TURKEY HUNT THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT SEEING CACTI THAT HAD FLOWERS ON THEM AND WILD FLOWERS THAT WERE AS THICK AS A CARPET. ALL I COULD DO WAS LISTEN AND DREAM. BOB ONCE TOLD ME ABOUT SEEING A CLOUD OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES THAT TOOK FIVE MINUTES TO PASS.

ONE YEAR IN SEPTEMBER A SPORTING GOODS STORE WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND THE BANK REPROCESSED THEIR INVENTORY. THE BANK HELD A CLOSED BID AUCTION TO SELL THE INVENTORY AND WHEN I SAW THE AD IN THE PAPER I WENT TO THE STORE, MORE OUT OF CURIOSITY THEN ANYTHING ELSE.

I GOT TO THE STORE ABOUT FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE MAN FROM THE BANK WAS SITTING JUST INSIDE THE DOOR. WHEN I WENT IN HE SAID,

"I HOPE YOU’RE HERE FOR THE INVENTORY SALE, BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYONE ELSE IN ALL DAY."

"YOU MEAN NO ONE HAS MADE A BID ON THE STUFF YET?"

"THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING." HE REPLIED.

I WENT IN AND LOOKED AROUND. ALL THE GUNS WERE GONE BUT THERE WERE LOTS OF AMMO, ACCESSORIES AND OTHER MERCHANDISE. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SEVEN OR EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, IF I HAD THE MONEY TO BUY THIS STUFF, I COULD HAVE ONE HECK OF A GARAGE SALE. NOW THAT WOULD BE FUN AND MAYBE I COULD MAKE A DOLLAR OR TWO.

I WALKED BACK TO THE DOOR AND THE BANK MAN HANDED ME A BID FORM AND A PEN AND SAID,

"JUST FILL THIS OUT AND SIGN IT. TOMORROW WHEN THE BANK OPENS THE BIDS, WE WILL CALL THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIM TO PAY FOR THE INVENTORY. AT THAT TIME WE WILL GIVE HIM A KEY TO THE STORE SO HE CAN MOVE HIS MERCHANDISE."

I DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL THE GUY THAT I WAS JUST LOOKING, SO I TOOK HIS FORM AND WROTE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ON IT AND GAVE MY NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. I KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME OWNER OF A PAWN SHOP OR USED MERCHANDISE STORE COME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE AND BID A LOT MORE THEN THAT.

I WENT HOME AND DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE. AT TEN O'CLOCK THE NEXT MORNING THE PHONE RANG AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP, IT WAS THE BANK. THE MAN THAT HAD BEEN AT THE STORE (HE WAS A JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT) TOLD ME THAT MY BID HAD BOUGHT THE MERCHANDISE AT THE SPORTING GOODS STORE AND HE NEEDED ME TO COME TO THE BANK.

WELL THE OUTCOME WAS WHEN I SOLD ALL THAT STUFF I HAD MADE ENOUGH PROFIT TO BUY ME A HONDA FOUR WHEELER AND A TRAILER TO HAUL IT ON. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO HAUL IT JUST AS SOON AS DEER SEASON OPENS.

 

THAT FIRST DEER SEASON I HAD MY HONDA, I WAS ALL OVER THE LEASE. I WENT INTO PLACES THAT THE OTHER GUYS HAD NEVER SEEN. I SAW THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD ONLY HEARD THE OTHER GUYS TALK ABOUT. I WAS FREE TO GO ANYWHERE I WANTED AND SEE THE BEAUTY OF WILD PLACES I HAD NEVER SEEN. THIS ALSO LET ME HUNT PLACES THAT I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO HUNT BEFORE.

THE FIRST DAY OF DEER SEASON THAT YEAR, I RODE MY HONDA UP ON THE SIDE OF KEENER PEAK AND TOOK A STAND BEHIND SOME LARGE BOULDERS. SURE ENOUGH IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE A NICE EIGHT POINT BUCK CAME BY AND I SHOT IT. THEN I JUMPED ON MY HONDA AND RODE RIGHT UP TO THE DEER AND LOADED IT ON THE FRONT RACK. BACK TO CAMP I WENT WITH MY TROPHY TIED TO MY HONDA.

BOB TOOK MY PICTURE, AS I RODE INTO CAMP. HERE I WAS ON MY HONDA FOUR WHEELER WITH A DEER TIED ON THE FRONT RACK AND MY GUN IN A GUN RACK BOLTED TO THE HANDLEBARS. I HAD A BIG GRIN ON MY FACE AND EVERYONE WAS LAUGHING WITH ME.

NOW LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY WILD HOG HUNT ON MY HONDA. BUT NO, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. BUT IT IS A LITTLE MORE EXCITING THEN THIS STORY. WILD HOGS CAN GET MEAN AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY CAN RUN REAL FAST. THEY CAN EVEN OUT RUN A HONDA FOUR WHEELER WHEN IT IS IN LARGE BOULDERS.

WELL I'LL SHUT UP AND START WORKING ON THAT STORY.

 

  BY LOREN MOORE

COPYRIGHT 2003

LOREN

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