My father subscribed to Outdoor Life when I was growing up in the late 50's and early to mid 60's time period. JOC was by far and away my favorite writer, and the only one that I've ever followed. To a boy who was limited to hunting small game, as we had no deer season here back then, the stories of hunting all over the world for big game was absolutely fascinating. It was because of O'Connor that I bought a Remington 700 Classic in 270, and for a good many years it was my only deer rifle. I also used his favorite load of 60 grains of H4831 with a 130 grain bullet to kill several truckloads of whitetails.
I've always been an avid reader, and over the years have build up a nice collection of books by those writers that I like. I've got most every book that O'Connor wrote, and those wrote about him, and I never get tired of reading them. At the age of 70, I still find his hunting stories as riveting to read now, as I did at age 12. Some things never get old, and JOC is one of them.
