I just wanted to wish all you fathers out there a Happy Fathers day. My father died about 3 weeks ago at the age of 88, he would have been 89 on the 25th of this month. He worked 2 jobs for as long as I can remember to raise the 4 of us, he helped me buy my first 870 at 12 and a 760 at 15. I paid 1/2 for both of them from paper route money and he took care of the rest. The yardwork was shared between my brother and I. Thinking back I'm sure it was not an easy thing for him to do. We never did much shooting(skeet,trap, that sort of stuff) but we would hunt whenever we could. He didn't hunt much after 80, but the last outing was for deer in PA. We shared a tree so I could help if needed and he missed one that my brother shot later that day so it was a perfect day out. He was the last of the 4 guys that started a local gun club(late 40s I think) that still is going strong and being run by grandchildren of some of the guys. He was a proud and modest Navy veteran of WWII. I can't express enough gratitude for everything he did for us.
So guys if your fathers are still with you, give them a big hug would you.
For the most part my dad was always on the qiuet side and would listen rather than talk. While playing poker with some friends one of the guys was really telling a tale and all of a sudden he looked at him and said if bullshit was music you'd be a brass band. Wow did that make the table erupt in laughter. I will truely miss him.
