steve white
AH legend
Disclaimer: I recognize that Texans are all accused of stretching the truth on hunting stories and general BS--we even used to have a Texas liars contest in Amarillo. The kind of lying I'm referencing is the kind that could give hunting a black eye, the kind where a fellow would lie when the truth sounded better. I've known two.
First up, a law enforcement officer. It wasn't completely obvious at first, he just always had a bigger story than whatever was being discussed. But soon he would insert himself into historical events. Oak Island mysteries? Yeah that was his family the St.Clairs, members of Knights Templar, some of the first people to grace the continent of North America at all, descendants of at least two kings in England....you get the picture. Things blew up when he claimed to have a rare disease only dangerous to old people and little children (the majority of the congregation) , and shouldn't be at church, should he? Well, of course not...but I had to run him off ten minutes after as he was greeting one of the oldest and sickest ladies closely face to face. So I shooed him out. Well, later he claims never to have been sick, and I was just a gossip. Bless his heart, in the best southern meaning. These kind of faux pas make me doubt his law enforcement stories...a harrowing chase wherein he smashed his vehicle so badly into a concrete piling that he was standing up through the shattered windshield. A wreck so bad the perp felt guilty and came back, and when he asked if he could help the officer, was told, "Yeah, you can help--spread your legs, place your hands on the hood of this car and wait for the other squad cars to arrive!" (One could ask, what hood of the car--you just smashed it head on into a concrete piling) I could go on and on.
No. 2. A gentleman who did indeed win the Texas Grand Slam Hunt drawing and presented the slide show of the Bighorn sheep, etc. to our men's outdoor fellowship. But that was just the launchpad. He got so excited with all the congratulation that soon he was regaling us all with his experience as a Marine Corps sniper in Viet Nam. Now we are into stolen valor because his wife said he had never been in any military service in his life! And she had had to reel him in a bit where ever they went as otherwise he would soon wear out his welcome.
Maybe I'm too sensitive to truth stretching, but I feel it leads to mischaracterization of hunters before long. The claims of 1200 yd shots, stories embellished beyond the normal scope of fair chase, fair bag limits, or general adherence to the law.
I always try to add value to AH....if I ever get off kilter in a post, Kindly tell me to shut up, this post included. I could have gas.
First up, a law enforcement officer. It wasn't completely obvious at first, he just always had a bigger story than whatever was being discussed. But soon he would insert himself into historical events. Oak Island mysteries? Yeah that was his family the St.Clairs, members of Knights Templar, some of the first people to grace the continent of North America at all, descendants of at least two kings in England....you get the picture. Things blew up when he claimed to have a rare disease only dangerous to old people and little children (the majority of the congregation) , and shouldn't be at church, should he? Well, of course not...but I had to run him off ten minutes after as he was greeting one of the oldest and sickest ladies closely face to face. So I shooed him out. Well, later he claims never to have been sick, and I was just a gossip. Bless his heart, in the best southern meaning. These kind of faux pas make me doubt his law enforcement stories...a harrowing chase wherein he smashed his vehicle so badly into a concrete piling that he was standing up through the shattered windshield. A wreck so bad the perp felt guilty and came back, and when he asked if he could help the officer, was told, "Yeah, you can help--spread your legs, place your hands on the hood of this car and wait for the other squad cars to arrive!" (One could ask, what hood of the car--you just smashed it head on into a concrete piling) I could go on and on.
No. 2. A gentleman who did indeed win the Texas Grand Slam Hunt drawing and presented the slide show of the Bighorn sheep, etc. to our men's outdoor fellowship. But that was just the launchpad. He got so excited with all the congratulation that soon he was regaling us all with his experience as a Marine Corps sniper in Viet Nam. Now we are into stolen valor because his wife said he had never been in any military service in his life! And she had had to reel him in a bit where ever they went as otherwise he would soon wear out his welcome.
Maybe I'm too sensitive to truth stretching, but I feel it leads to mischaracterization of hunters before long. The claims of 1200 yd shots, stories embellished beyond the normal scope of fair chase, fair bag limits, or general adherence to the law.
I always try to add value to AH....if I ever get off kilter in a post, Kindly tell me to shut up, this post included. I could have gas.
