One thing I have learned in my short 33 years of life. there is a wealth of knowledge to be had from the older generations.I never tire of the stories from a coworker,he is a retired police officer and former marine /vietnam vet.Dad' stories of his childhood was always quite interesting.what I learned from those is do as I say not as I did/do,or my take on it was be sneakier than dad and not get caught.Dad also Taught my best friend and I how to raise pigs(my friend got one from the agriculture teacher in middle school)
My highschool ag teacher was a fountain of knowledge on many things.including but not limited to hunting,fishing, trapping,woodworking,weldingand public speaking.we delt with all those things in ag class.he was even the one that pointed out that I shoot left handed.We was target shooting with pellet rifles and the first time I shot he said try left handed so I did. ever since then my world of hunting and being able to make more difficult shots opened up.

BJ all your experiances and knowledge could probably make one hell of an interesting book.You taught alot of us in here more about Jeeps than we even realize,your trophy room(which i still have the pics saved on my pc)isfull of stories on it's own. you probably remember each animal yous shot,where it was,the weather and tons more info on each one.I will be the first to say congatulations on a great life,you been many places,seen many things and done even more.people doing what you have are diminishing soon I fear kids will be hearing"son when i was your age i sat behind a desk making 100k a year pushing a pencil and never took time off,worked late and never spent time with family" It is really sad.at least my son will have the stories of my inlaws,parents,his mother and myself,which all had interesting lives.