| I had never hunted squirrels by walking a river, or | | | | had a nice semi Auto. |
| creek, but one year, that's just what I did. I worked part | | | | We both wore old tennis shoes, so we could wade if |
| time in a service station in a small town in North | | | | we wanted. We started knocking off squirrels right |
| Eastern Indiana, and one of our regulars was a pro | | | | and left. Every time one dropped into the water, we |
| basketball player, that played for Italy. His name was | | | | had to hurry and get - it they don't float. We had to |
| Bob Purkhiser. He came in to the service station one | | | | start shooting them over the bank only, because we |
| day, and asked if I would like to go Squirrel hunting with | | | | lost one. We both filled our limit before we even got to |
| him on Saturday morning. | | | | the bridge over the river. We had intended to hunt the |
| Sure I said, always ready to go hunting. We met | | | | other side coming back. We both thought "Ok, we will |
| Saturday morning a half hour before sunrise, and | | | | hunt the next side the next Saturday morning". But we |
| drove out of town about 7 miles to a dirt road along | | | | didn't get to go the next Saturday, or even anytime |
| the Wabash river. We drove until the road bent away | | | | after that. We both just got to busy with other things. I |
| from the river, and went about 2 miles before another | | | | sure do remember our hunt though. |
| road crossed the river. We started slowly walking | | | | I would love to go squirrel hunting today. I hear that |
| along the river bank on the South side, traveling West. I | | | | there are squirrels here, but I've not seen any. Hahaha. |
| was amazed at how many squirrels we saw. We | | | | It would do any good anyway, There are no guns |
| were hunting with .22's and both pretty fair shots. Mine | | | | allowed. Do all you can to defend your right to have |
| was with open sights, my Dads old Remington. Bob | | | | guns! |