MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing and Hunting Club
DEFEAT AT THE FORK
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Wading
a fast stream all day and catching lots of fish can make a person mighty tired,
so after the cigars, and a few lies about how big and how many fish they
caught, plus having had little sleep the night before, everyone was ready for
the sack. They’d been in bed for just
a few minutes, when Hardy jumped up, hollering the same “What the hell was
that?” while slapping his head, that he’d hollered the night before. Jim flipped on the lights, and cowering over
on the fireplace hearth not two feet from Hardy’s air mattress was the
quavering little deer mouse that had just crawled over Hardy’s head. The poor little thing made no attempt to get
away. It just squatted there and shook
with fright. Finally, Steve got after it
with a broom, chasing it out the cabin door.
Now,
folks, everyone was laughing, except Hardy, who remarked, “Remember that Hanta
outbreak at “four corners” a few years back?”
“She-ute”, proclaimed D. L., “You recon that little ole mouse had
Hanta?” Looking around the cabin floor,
they realized that it was covered with mouse turds. With that, the four of them piled out the
front door of the cabin and climbed into the cab of the big truck, where they
spent the rest of the night blowing their noses and worrying about whether or
not they’d inhaled Hanta virus from the rat droppings on the dusty cabin floor.
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About the Book
When
I was a young boy growing up in
As
a member of the outdoor writing fraternity, I just cannot stand idly by and let
this happen. I must do my part to keep the storytelling alive. My purpose in
writing this book is to help re-kindle classic outdoor humor, which has
dwindled, not from lack of an audience, but because outdoor editors feel they
must do the “how to”, etc. to survive.
They can do both, tell a story that makes readers want to get out and do
it, and also tell where it happened and how they did it.
I
will continue writing humorous outdoor stories, that tell of what went on
during the trip, the humorous things that happened and the lessons
learned. My goal is to pass them on to
future
generations. If you like entertaining and humorous true to
life outdoor adventures, my book is for you. Hopefully, you’ll pass it on to
your children, so that they too might help carry the torch.
About the Author
Jimmy D. Moore recently retired after a thirty-six year career as a professional with the Boy Scouts of America; he is a freelance outdoor writer and humorist and an active member of the Texas Outdoor Writers Association. His work has appeared in Sporting Tales, North American Fisherman, Honey Hole, the Trophy Bass Magazine of Texas, Texas Fish & Game, Waterfall Magazine, online fishing magazines and Scouting and fishing periodicals. Jim is VP Chapter Affairs of Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited and serves on the Fly Fishing Committee of Philmont Scout Ranch. Believing that humor is the universal language of mankind; it is always Jim’s tool to involve an audience whether it be a talk or the written word.