by GLS_1956 » 16 Sep 2015, 1:43 am
My father has told me that back in the 1930s and 1940s my Grandfather would take a 22 rifle with him when he took children to school, they lived on a Kansas farm and the trip to town was several miles both ways. Rabbit fever was quite common there and Grandpa made it a habit to first shoot by the rabbit, to spook it into running. If the rabbit only hopped a few feet or yards Grandpa would dispatch it with another shot and they'd leave if for the scavengers. If it went of a long run he'd go ahead and kill it, and either my dad or his younger brother was sent to retrieve the game for the pot.
I've been asked: "How many guns do you need to have?" My answer remains the same: "One more."