Jim Taylor
I love visiting and hunting that kind of country .. BUT ..
Saturday, November 28, 2020, 21:57

I always feel hemmed in. Can't see very far.

The ranch I grew up on ...

It's mostly gone now. The barn, the well and the blacksmith shop are all that's left of the original place.

From the tractor shed .. the tin shed .. across the coulee (the ravine) is 200 yards. My Dad had his pistol range there with some steel plow discs in the bank of the coulee.

We could shoot a half mile or better with ease there. I grew up thinking everyone knew you could shoot 400 yards with an old 45 Colt. Or a .22 Single Shot rifle. I did it as a kid. In the loose ground you can see .22 bullet strikes a half mile away.

Growing up in open country, I find forests fascinating .. and the thick brush in Arkansas and Missouri was interesting and I learned to hunt it .. but my favorite country is the open west.