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From: "HD" <>
Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] LIst Mom is back
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:57:21 -0400
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Granddaddy told me he once caught a 6 lb. bream from under the Little River
Bridge. Not long after that, I thought I'd try my luck in the same spot. I
caught absolutely nothing. I went home and put up my equipment and tackle.
I then got out my old gas lantern and cleaned it up and turned it on to see
if it would still work. About that time Granddaddy came out to the shop and
asked me what was going on. I told him the darnd'est thing happened while I
was fishing under the bridge. I thought I had hooked a monster, but when I
got it to the surface it was this old Coleman lantern and the thing was
still burning. He looked at me with some real concern for a minute and
said, " I'll knock off a few pounds on my 6 pound bream, if you'll blow
out the light on your lantern.
.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale E. Reddick" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] LIst Mom is back


> Hey Deborah,
>
> I can't immediately recall any good fish stories from my family.
>
> But then, my late uncle Marvin J. Reddick was willing to pull one over
> friends and family - on occasion...
>
> He was duck hunting way back before WW-II at what is now known as Lake
> Eureka, near Newington in Screven County. The lake was then owned by
> Clarence Sowell, whose mother Rozzie Flythe Sowell was a sister of my
> grandmother Rosetta Flythe Reddick.
>
> Well, as my late father related this - Marvin went duck hunting and had
> along both my grandfather's double-barreled ACME (yes, that's the -actual-
> brand name) 12-guage shotgun and a Stevens Buckhorn .22 longrifle
> bolt-action rifle. Uncle Marvin was slowing and quietly boating around
> and noticed a couple of nice fat ducks just settled in the water. He
> picked up the .22 rifle instead of the shotgun and proceded to shoot both
> birds right through their heads. One shot and one hit on each bird. He
> collected both ducks and continued around the pond (or lake, if you like)
> for awhile.
>
> Well, he finally returned to the shore near the dam and was getting the
> boat out of the water as a couple of fellows he knew came up to see what
> he had gotten for himself. At this point the Stevens Buckhorn rifle was
> already stored away and only the ol' double-barreled ACME shotgun and the
> two ducks were visible.
>
> Both fellows checked out the two ducks and noticed that there wasn't
> evidence of any birdshot having struck the bodies of the two birds. And
> they had noticed that there was only a two-shot shotgun in evidence. They
> were curious about how my uncle had managed to shoot two ducks -only- in
> the head.
>
> My uncle told those fellows that he simply lead the ducks in the correct
> fashion and shot each one in a way to ensure that he shot them only in the
> head. Both men were astounded!
>
> Well, of course - my uncle had been teaching college courses in physics
> and chemistry back before the War. Folks who knew him in and around
> Screven County were aware that he was smart and educated. It might have
> seemed believable to a couple of fellows that Marvin just might know how
> to do what he claimed. I do have to wonder that they didn't -suspect-
> that he was pulling one over on them. They allowed my uncle to snooker
> them - in a harmless way.
>
> I was told by my father (I think he was bragging a bit at this point) that
> my aunt Hazel used to be a sharpshooter with that same rifle when she was
> a young girl and teenager. He would relate that rabbits in the garden and
> feral cats anywhere near the chicken coop were dead on their paws if Hazel
> caught sight of them and had the rifle at hand. I used that same Stevens
> Buckhorn rifle to pot a number of squirrels over the course of my life
> during high school and college. Unfortunately, it was stolen from an
> apartment when I was living in the Atlanta area (while working at Emory
> University).
>
> I still have that prop used in Marvin's tale - the ACME 12-guage shotgun.
> I used it on many occasions to take lots and lots of doves.
> Unfortunately, it is now unsafe to use. Several years ago I found and
> purchased (in Statesboro) another antique ACME double-barreled 12-guage
> almost identical to the one that I've inherited from my grandfather. It's
> interesting to compare those two 100-plus year old shotguns.
>
> I hope that someone finds this little tale of remembrance to be
> entertaining and even informative.
>
> Dale
> ________________________________
>
> dwbyrd wrote:
>
>>Hey Deborah,
>>
>>Maybe we were investigating some of our ancestors' descendants'
>>quirks... ;-)
>>
>>
>>There is that. Does anyone have a fish story teller in their family? If
>>so they should see the movie "The Big Fish". Not to give the story away,
>>the Dad is dying and the son returns home to help mom. Of course Dad
>>tells wonderful stories and one of them is about this HUGE catfish. The
>>son is in the backyard and sees a shadow in the pool. Grabs the filter
>>thingy to scoop it out. He gets there and doesn't find anything. As he
>>turns his back and heads back into the house a HUG fish back and fin break
>>the pool surface. The fin is about the size of an Orca's. And yes I do
>>know how big that fin is after living in the South East Alaska. Ah the
>>Great Land is missed on these hot days.
>>
>>Deborah Byrd
>>
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