Guy Miner
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- Apr 6, 2006
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My buddy Joe is 72 years old and one of the nicest guys I've ever met. Retired teacher, then got into firefighting, as he aged, he became a Public Information Officer for wildfires. He's been in Alaska, Canada, and all over the west on fires including the awful ones a few months ago in Oregon. He's also a Search and Rescue guy - or was when he was a bit younger. Still strong & fit, lifts every morning and walks daily. We snowshoe & bicycle together.
He's not a hunter - or hasn't been. Lately I've been teaching him a little about handguns and a few weeks ago he asked "Guy, would you take me pheasant hunting? I've never been." Sure! He got his license and yesterday off we went to the pheasant club. I figured we'd start with an easy hunt and he'd likely go home with birds.
His loaner shotgun was my Browning Citori... :shock: He'd never seen a gun like that, but I figured it would be simpler and safer for him to operate than my semi-auto Beretta. So, he got the fancy gun for his first hunt.
Maverick was a bit of a spaz at first! LOL! Then he calmed down and started hunting, after running about 300 miles.... LOL! Maverick pointed five roosters. I flushed five roosters. I shot five times, missing once. At the end of the day, Joe had handled the gun safely, but had only tried one shot, and that didn't work because he forgot that he had the safety on.
So, I shot four birds, cleaned them and sent him home with all the birds along with instructions to his wife on how to cook them.
He had a wonderful time! I apologized about him not getting a shot, though we tried to set him up for the shot. Only one time did I end up shooting a bird he had no chance at, he moves kinda slow right now, and couldn't get over to the bird before it decided to flush.
Wow - two pheasant hunts this month - with two new hunters, 17 & 72 years old.
Guy
He's not a hunter - or hasn't been. Lately I've been teaching him a little about handguns and a few weeks ago he asked "Guy, would you take me pheasant hunting? I've never been." Sure! He got his license and yesterday off we went to the pheasant club. I figured we'd start with an easy hunt and he'd likely go home with birds.
His loaner shotgun was my Browning Citori... :shock: He'd never seen a gun like that, but I figured it would be simpler and safer for him to operate than my semi-auto Beretta. So, he got the fancy gun for his first hunt.
Maverick was a bit of a spaz at first! LOL! Then he calmed down and started hunting, after running about 300 miles.... LOL! Maverick pointed five roosters. I flushed five roosters. I shot five times, missing once. At the end of the day, Joe had handled the gun safely, but had only tried one shot, and that didn't work because he forgot that he had the safety on.
So, I shot four birds, cleaned them and sent him home with all the birds along with instructions to his wife on how to cook them. He had a wonderful time! I apologized about him not getting a shot, though we tried to set him up for the shot. Only one time did I end up shooting a bird he had no chance at, he moves kinda slow right now, and couldn't get over to the bird before it decided to flush.
Wow - two pheasant hunts this month - with two new hunters, 17 & 72 years old.
Guy
