Well, as you remember, last time we had about given up on ever finding “Killer.” Dootsie Bobo and I agreed that some other unscrupulous hunter had stolen my new, “double pedigreed” ‘coon hound and we were on the way home.  We would resume the search on the next day.
The dog pee on Dootsie Bobo’s trouser [...]

I was about fifteen years old when I bought my first hunting dog.                 
 
When dealing with a veteran horse trader or a dog dealer there are certain things that you should never forget, at least if you possess half the intelligence of a retarded Monkey.  
 
I forgot that Old Ed was both a horse [...]

I am sure that by now as we have become acquainted you have noticed that I am of a somewhat sensitive nature and that I avoid disgusting like the plague but I feel obligated to warn you lest you fall into the same trap I found myself in this last week.
It all began innocently enough. [...]

As dogs go Lucky was unique.
One of his traits was his gentle, laid back character, sort of a cross between a manic crocodile and a T-Rex on uppers.
Lucky would challenge all comers and fight at the drop of a hat but his sweet disposition, though endearing was not his most attractive characteristic.
What really set Lucky [...]

I stood and stared in awe.
I was just a little boy when my father took me to the cathedral that very first time and I stood there and looked up in great wonderment.
Over my head massive timbers reached out from the apex in all directions. The central pillar, a grand and ancient monolithic support to [...]

SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT
“The country is going to hell in a hand basket!” And, “Have you seen the price of gas lately?” Or how about this one, “And the cost of food? Why, we aren’t going to be able to afford to eat if this keeps up!”
The doomsayers, as they whimper and whine about [...]

Not only are most city people heartless but city animals are a lot nastier than country animals.
Let me illustrate.
Never have I had an evil bird encounter in the country.
As a naturalist I have been bat dived, crow cussed, hawk bit, owl clawed and otherwise tormented by all sorts of country birds while in the course [...]

I don’t like the city. Cities are cold and heartless.
I have never been mugged in a city but I have been embarrassed. The next worst thing to being mugged is to be embarrassed.
In my full and eventful life I have had a couple of city embarrassments that came very close to being fatal. (Whoever originated [...]

Dootsie Bobo was my very best friend. One day I stopped by his house to see what he was doing and when I opened the kitchen door I was immediately alarmed! There, on the table, in plain sight, was a great big plate of still warm, fresh baked, oatmeal cookies! The alarming thing was, THE [...]