06/01/2026
Title: Moment of Gratitude
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“Found this in an old Camp Go for Beer logbook from ’58. Some things never change. Here’s to the hunters who paved the way.”
November 24, 1958
Got him. 8:15 this morning, down by the old creek bed. Twelve points, heavy. Sat froze for three hours, and then he stepped out. One shot from the .30-30.
My Red Plaid’s still warm. Dad’s Wi******er’s still true. Coffee in the Stanleys' is still hot.
Took my cap off when I walked up to him. Said a quiet thanks. Same as Dad taught me in ’46. Same as I’ll teach my boy.
This is deer camp.
No radio. No fuss. Just timber, tracks, and the kind of quiet that sticks to your ribs.
We’ll be back at it tomorrow before sunup.
Soup’s on at six. Beer’s cold in the snowbank.
— Ernie
Camp Go for Beer
City Point, Wisconsin
P.S., Joe, you owe me a bottle for that heater you “borrowed” last night.