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    The Not so Old Man and the Boykie

    May 14, 2021 5 minutes
    by MICHIEL THOOLEN

    I PARTICULARLY enjoyed Robert Ruark’s classic book The Old Man and the Boy. In it he tells a tale of the lessons of life, passed on to a young boy by his grandfather. There is a comfortable friendship between the two and during their many adventures together, they share their thoughts and deliberate the meaning of life. They do this while out fishing and hunting quail, duck and furred animals. I decided that to a certain degree, I would try to emulate this strategy.

    My son Matthew is now 19 and since he was young, he has come along on many of my outdoor trips. A month after he was born I bought a CZ in .22lr planning to teach him to shoot as soon as he was able to. I later had

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