Show i i A Slice Of Jt Pheasant Hunting 1 Well here It Is the th day of or Novem Novem- November November ber er and pheasant hunting Is in the past or or Is it in the future I ne never er know because at our house the day after the X close of the season my men start talking about the shells they will need next 1 year Last night my husband said Well r have to find a different place to hunt L' L next season where the birds arc are more moro i- i plentiful Yes Yes said I I. I or where the hunters I I are fewer Our whole family went this year My I husband myself two daughters a son and two dogs A law in and arid a a. nephew Joined the party I For a a. week before I washed and Ironed and made ready read The day before 11 I cleaned the house through so I could j I como come home to a clean place But Ij I I reckoned without my son That night he be hauled his sleeping bag out of ot the cellar gathered some unused quilts gun quilts gun shells and a coat and dumped them all In the living room floor Out comes the ironing board daugh daugh- daughter ter must press Clothes shells hells guns and I II I dogs are arc everywhere To heck with It I I think so eo I Just add a few tew more things I to tho confusion leave a table full of dirty dishes and In the cold dark hours I of ot the night while neighbors are peacefully peacefully peace peace- peacefUlly fully sleeping slee ing we take off art t 1 Hurry I Hurry I Drive fast fasti I Tile The e men must be there at the tho crack of dawn Me too I had been Instructed the night before to get a lIcense licence My husband had found me a gun and I must hunt I All that beautiful fall day we hunted Through corn corn patches across lucern fields ln fields in grain stubbles stubbles up up and down hills and through water Occasionally the dogs got up a n rooster and then then then- bang pop I went the guns All except mine I never seemed to get around to I shooting My husband myself and the girls had hada a cabin The three boys bless their brave bra hearts were going to sleep out Como Come the night with a cold stiff stift wind they were happy when I suggested they bed Sown down own on the cabin cabi floor Seven people peo peo- people people and two dogs in one tiny cabin seemed a bit crowded but what but what the heck heck- this was pheasant phe Sant hunting After washing up and a d combing a a. few f W burs out of or our hair we ventured forth The three cafes cates and andI to find supper Thaler hotel coffeo coffee shop were about bulging with hunters We waited only about an hour I before getting a a booth In the coffee corfee shop and another before we wo could get the aisle four f fine fino i look look- lookIng lookIng look look- I service Across male Ing lug hunters all all male who came in I II after us were getting restless Finally one of at them caught crashed the attention of the I III wagged waltress waitress waitress- wa Sg ged his ears a couple cou p le I of times times narrowed narrowed his lovely eyes and II immediately got service with a a. pretty smile I said to my husband why dont don't you try that honey maybe wed we'd get something to eat cat But he being a a. one woman oman man when Im I'm along wouldn't do it it so ao we Just waited Next morning still dark after atter a a. rest rest- restless restless less sleepless night the men arose arose gathered up tho sleeping went bags bags went to find breakfast and on to hunt Not I. I I was tired and stiff and my arms ached The girls and I gathered our belongings belongings ate ate a leisurely break break- breakfast breakfast fast Cast and Just drove from field to field watching the men hunt About 3 pm p.m. It started to rain bring bring- bringing ng ing finis to the hunt As we headed for home cold tired and cross I thought Why cant can't I learn to eat pheasant M. M G. G tI o. o I a |