steve bankston
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Registered: Sep 2013
Location: tylertown,mississippi
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LOOKING BACK
harveycmd, Yes sir I was an 80's man. Back then I hunted twice as hard as I do now and weighed about half as much, lol. Seemed I worked hard, hunted hard and played hard on very little sleep. I read some of my old diaries and the nights I hunted in a row before taking a night off and its hard to believe now. One thing I have learned over the years is hounds are like humans in that they ALL have faults and ALL disappoint us from time to time. Back then I thought Ole Bonnie treeing a handful of possums a year was just more than I could stand. But over time hounds like people are just going to do some things that we can't control or change no matter how hard we try. Once I accepted that I enjoyed hunting Bonnie twice as much, even with the occasional possum. Good luck with the skunks, and Good Hunting!
MR. Jack I will tell you where that BLACK HAIR went, YEARS and MILES! It was raining off and on today and I got to looking back on things, and yes it brought back a Lot of memories. One night we were hunting those sisters and they treed split. We got to Glenda first and she had a possum. Mr. Frank give her a whipping and we went on the 100yds to Bonnie. She had a possum so I hooked her up and told her, NO! Mr. Frank looked at me and said, " You ain't going to give her a whipping?" I told him we had been doing that for 3 years and it wasn't working so I was trying something new. He give me one of his smiles and shook his head and we got on out of there. Saying NO never worked either but Bonnie and I came to an understanding that night. She could tree a possum every now and then and I would still feed her. Lol! She is buried here on the bank of the Bogue- Chitto River with a wooden sinker cypress cross marking her grave and her old collar hanging from it. We will catch up with each other soon Mr. Jack, Take Care and Good Hunting.
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