In the long run we as outdoorsman are all in this together...What ever happened to respecting and helping each other instead of Fu#@ ing over each other... Maybe being nice to someone will create a new friendship for future hunts or whatever...Even if you never see the person again knowing you helped him should give yourself a nice warm feeling..
Short story, I've probably told it before, but I'll repeat it one more time..
A few years ago my brother and I were hunting opening day of Pa. rifle season. As we parked our vehicle, a van parked behind us. Out stepped a young man and we exchanged good mornings.. He asked where we were headed and asked if he could walk up the trail with us... Sure no problem. He broke off before us and we continued on... Around 9 am I shot a buck and began dragging him out... When I approached the area the young man departed us he saw me dragging the deer and came over to help... I told him get your butt back up there and get a deer, I have all day to get deer out plus it's all down hill... As I stood there with him I noticed his gun HAD NO SITES.. I said how the hell you gonna kill a deer when you can't aim the gun...His response was that he couldn't afford to fix gun as he was on hard times... Now just the night before I was looking for something and moved a brand new 4 power Redfield scope I bought and never used and probably never would have... So at that point I handed the guy a piece of paper and pen and asked for his address, I told him I was going to give him a scope... He also was in luck as I had mounts for his Remington 700... So I got home dropped deer off at the butcher and went home and wrapped up scope and mounts and put in the mail. Couple days later I get a call from the guy.... He was in total disbelief that I did what I said I was going to do.. He was happier than a pig in you know what...To this day I still get a warm fuzzy feeling over my actions... Oh last week I got my annual XMas card from him...
