A little melancoly

[Ravensview]

As I am in to my third bourbon this evening, I can’t help but feel a little melancoly (sp), this time of year with small game hunting season and archery deer season are in full swing, I always think of lost hunting buddies and past dogs and how much I miss them, in my neck of the woods hunting camps are what we do, whether a tent camp or a cabin in the woods, just about everyone I started hunting with has passed on and with that brings great reflections on past hunts and conversations over campfires, I would like to raise a toast to those that are gone, I feel at home on this site with the many kindred spirits throughout the world, and want to say thank you to all for sharing their stories of hunts past and those to come.

 

[WAB]

I know what you mean. I was out doing maintenance on shooting houses. The fellow who helped me
Build them is no longer with us.

 

[Newboomer]

As I am in to my third bourbon this evening, I can’t help but feel a little melancoly (sp), this time of year with small game hunting season and archery deer season are in full swing, I always think of lost hunting buddies and past dogs and how much I miss them, in my neck of the woods hunting camps are what we do, whether a tent camp or a cabin in the woods, just about everyone I started hunting with has passed on and with that brings great reflections on past hunts and conversations over campfires, I would like to raise a toast to those that are gone, I feel at home on this site with the many kindred spirits throughout the world, and want to say thank you to all for sharing their stories of hunts past and those to come.

Hear, hear. I'll second that.

 

[meigsbucks]

Unfortunately, the older we get, the more friends have gone to the Happy Hunting Grounds.

 

[flatwater bill]

@Ravensview ..............I'm with you on the melancholy with the season...........I will pour a Maker's Mark and salute you..................FWB

 

[R.M.C.]

+1, lots of people and dogs I look forward to seeing on the other side.

 

[Red Leg]

The old military toast - Absent comrades.

 

[WAB]

The old military toast - Absent comrades.

Absent comrades!

 

[sestoppelman]

Third Bourbon? Might have something to do with your melancholy.

 

[Jfet]

Softly call the muster,
Let comrade answer, “Here!”
Their spirits hover ‘round us:
As if to bring us cheer!
Mark them "present" in our hearts,
We’ll meet some other day.
There is no Death, but Life Eterne
For heroes such as they!