One of the game cameras on a nearby hunting lease took a pick of TJ riding her horse thru the woods, on a trail she'd been riding for a long time.
Well, the next day she got an unfriendly message that she was no longer welcome on that property & should cease riding there immediately. And it's not just during hunting season. Stay off the property from now on.
The message said the members pay $1000 per year to hunt in the lease. They also mentioned something about insurance costs.
And this ain't the 1st time she's been ejected. A very smart alec young man once pulled into our driveway & told me, in no uncertain terms to tell TJ to quit riding in the lease he belonged too.
I'm glad he didn't do that in my B.C. days, especially if I'd been drinkin when he came. The VERY least he'da got would have been a very severe cussin, with all the worst cuss words I knew.
But, thankfully, I was a different man. I just said something like, OK, I'll tell her. But, I'm afraid I didn't do it with the best attitude. It's just sad that she can no longer ride on many of the same trails she's used since the 1970's.
I hunted til I started doing a lot of racing. Traded my last shotgun, an 870 Wingmaster 12 ga 3" magnum, for a GTO with a 12-bolt rear, TH400, & broke engine. Also sold my Harley Sportster. Gave up all the other hobbies. And, if the finances had been there, I'd done a LOT more racing than I did.
I reckin some like fishin, some like huntin, some like golf, & some like ridin 4-wheelers or other off-road vehicles, etc. But, my thang was racing, with Pontiac power. Another good time for the saying "different strokes for different folks".
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