I am older now and needs have changed. New guns have come along that are better for me. I have thought about getting rid of a few, but I get attached to my guns. Like my old 270 Tang Safety Ruger ultra light that has taken so many deer and has made so many hunts. I cannot see that one go. Or the first rifle I ever bought, a Marlin 336 in 35 Remington I have had for 46 years. Hand guns the same way. I guess I will die with them all.

There was no greater freedom than when I would leave Holiday Park Fish Camp heading my airboat west toward the Big Cypress. Fuel for 4 days, a good machete, an ice chest. No phone, no radio. Just God and me and the Everglades.