my dad's next door neighbor

[.270]

Ray is my ol' man's next door neighbor. he has a farm in fort thomas. he's an ol' dude now, but he was one of the best old timey traditional bow hunters there was, back in the day. i remember he had to borrow a .22 from my dad once to shoot some coyotes that were buggin' some o' his cows, because all he owned was a bow. he's also a heck of an artist and sculpture. he's such a tough ol' dude i bet the cat broke his teeth on his skin. then it probly licked it's butt raw tryin' to get the taste outta it's mouth.

 

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[BRYCE CANYON]

10-4 Lark, Ray is a good dude. I went to school with his boys there in Pima. I remember several years ago he shot a very nice bull elk with his bow.

[az4life]

I feel for him for sure. Mtn lions are not fun if you are not armed.

I am surprised it ran with just him yelling though. Did not work for me when I tried it.

Bet Lark is right, that Ray is just a tough old dude and that scared kitty off.

[jlhcoues]

I asked Ray how close he was to that elk and he said it was so thick when he felt the elk hair he thought he had better draw. Hey lark how is you dad doing,I havnt seen him for awhile, he was the best ditch boss I ever had. We used to share all of our secrets on unit 28.

 

 

 

jlhcoues

[.270]

hey johnny, he's gettin' along. he had to get hisself air-evaced to tucson a couple months ago because his gut blew up. had to have his small intestine sectioned and have a "gangerenous" gall bladder removed. he's about healed up from it. he's back home anyway. he's about to go nuts because he ain't strong enough to get out in the hills and he's afraid of having a flat tire some some other dang deal. but he's getting better. he'll be fine by deer season. between him and ray and that old cowboy across the street, there's a lotta history in that nieghborhood. there ain't many o' them u28 secrets left. the new mine is gonna take em all and ruin em. Lark.