WELL I MUST ADMIT THAT I LEARNED QUITE A BIT IN THE WEEK WE HUNTED.
IT WAS ONE OF THE COLDEST WEEKS, THE SNOW WAS ABOUT A FOOT DEEP AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS NEAR ZERO. THAT ADDED TO MY DESIRE TO GO INTO TOWN AND GET SOMETHING TO WARM ME UP.
NOW TO THE STORY..ONE EVENING AFTER A VERY EXHAUSTING HUNT WITHOUT SEEING ANYTHING TO SHOOT AT WE BUILT A FIRE AND GOT READY FOR THE NIGHT. THIS IS WHERE I MADE MY FIRST MISTAKE OF THE WEEK.. I SUGGESTED THAT WE DRIVE TO THIS LITTLE TOWN NEAR WHERE WE WERE CAMPED AND HAVE A FEW BEERS. WELL I GUESS WE HAD A FEW TOO MANY, USUALLY I GET KIND OF SILLY AND MY GOOD BROTHER AT THAT TIME WASN'T MUCH OF A DRINKER.
WE WERE SITTING AT A TABLE JUST MINDING OUR OWN BUSINESS AND SOMETIMES CHATTING WITH THE OTHER HUNTERS ABOUT HOW COLD IT WAS. THE DOOR OPENED AND THIS WOMEN WALKED IN. I MUST DESCRIBE THIS IN FULL. NOTE WE WERE ALL BUNDLED UP EVEN INSIDE THE BAR. SHE CAME IN THE DOOR AND I THINK EVERYONE TOOK NOTICE BECAUSE ALL SHE WAS WEARING WERE TIGHT JEANS, LOGGERS BOOTS AND A RED WHITE AND BLUE SHORT SLEEVE T SHIRT. HER THUMBS WERE TUCKED IN THE FRONT NEAR HER BELT BUCKLE. SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE COULD WHIP EVERYONE IN THE BAR AND ALL AT ONCE. AND MEAN LOOKING IF I EVER SAW ONE. IT APPEARED THAT SHE WAS FROM THAT TOWN BECAUSE A LOT OF THE NATIVES SEEMED TO KNOW HER....
SOMETIME DURING THE EVENING UNKNOWN TO ME, MY BROTHER HAD WENT OVER TO HER AND TOLD HER THAT I WAS WILD IN LOVE WITH HER OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
I'M SITTING THERE MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS AND OVER SHE CAME OVER TO OUR TABLE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID LETS PLAY SOME SHUFFLEBOARD. I LOOKED UP HALF STUNNED AND THE OTHER HALF LOADED AND SAID NO THANK YOU SOME OTHER TIME MAYBE. I GUESS THIS WAS THE WRONG THING TO SAY BECAUSE SHE PICKED ME UP AS IF I WAS A DAMM TOY AND ACTUALLY CARRIED ME BODILY OVER TO THE SHUFFLEBOARD TABLE. EVERYONE IN THE BAR WAS GETTING A HELL OF A KICK OUT OF THE WHOLE THING SO I DECIDED TO GO ALONG WITH IT SEEMED LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO AT THE TIME. WELL I MUST TELL YOU IT WAS FUN. WHEN WE HAD TO CHANGE ENDS OF THE TABLE I REACHED OVER AND GAVE HER A SLAP ON THE REAR END, SHE PICKED ME UP AGAIN AND AWAY WE WOULD GO. BEING HALF LOADED I WAS HALVING QUITE A TIME AND EVERYONE IN THE BAR WAS GETTING A KICK OUT OF IT TOO.
THEN THINGS CHANGED. SHE WHISPERED IN ME EAR THAT LATER I COULD SPEND THE NIGHT AT HER HOUSE. SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. I'VE DID SOME CRAZY THINGS IN MY TIME BUT THIS WASN'T GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM. AS THE EVENING WENT ON I COULD SEE THAT I WAS IN DEEP TROUBLE SO WHILE SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH MY BROTHER I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO AND WE DECIDED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE QUICK.
AS I REMEMBER I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD GO BACK TO WHERE SHE WAS AND FOR HIM TO LEAVE AND WAIT IN THE CAR. I'M NOT SURE OF THE WAY THAT I EXITED THE BAR BUT I BELIEVE I SLIPPED INTO THE MENS ROOM SUCH AS IT WAS AND CRAWLED OUT THE WINDOW. I WASN'T ABOUT TO SPEND AN EVENING WITH THAT FEMALE PAUL BUNYAN...
I THINK WE STOPPED IN ANOTHER BAR FOR A SHORT ONE AND WE DECIDED TO PICK UP A SANDWICH AND SOME HOT COFFEE TO GO. MY GOOD BROTHER STOPPED BY THIS LITTLE ALL NIGHT COFFEE HOUSE WHICH LOOKED LIKE AN ABANDONED STREET CAR AND I WENT IN AND PLACED OUR ORDER. BEHIND THE COUNTER THERE WAS THIS OPENING FOR THE COOK TO PASS OUT THE FOOD. AS I WAITED FOR OUR ORDER TO COME UP I HEAR THIS COOK IN THE REAR HOLLER OUT TWO HAMBURGERS TO GO. AND GUESS WHO APPEARED AT THE OPENING. THE SAME WOMEN WHO HAD ME CORNERED IN THE BAR WAS THE NIGHT COOK.
WELL I DON'T HAVE TO TELL HOW FAST MY LEGS CARRIED MY OUT OF THAT PLACE. I JUMPED IN THE CAR AND YELLED AT MY BROTHER TO GET US TO HELL OUT OF THERE NOW.
WELL THAT'S MY TALE OF THE HUNTING TRIP AND HOW CRAZY A PERSON CAN GET WHEN HIS BROTHER HAS TOO MUCH TO DRINK..BUT I GUESS IT WAS ALL IN FUN. A PERSON TENDS TO REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES.
IT WAS MANY YEARS BEFORE I TOLD THAT TALE TO MY WIFE. WOULDN'T WE ALL KIND OF KEEP THAT TO OURSELVES..