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The Rameron Pigeon

MY HOME library contains a book on guns and hunting that is extremely rare. Not that the volume is old and fragile with yellowing pages, but rare because it is the only one in existence. I am extremely proud of the book because it is filled with my own cherished memories. You see, some years back I asked a friend in the printing game if he could bind a selection of my very early Magnum articles into book form. Well, my pal excelled himself and the result was a beautiful boxed volume with simulated leather cover and the title in gold embossed on the cover. I call it my Treasury of Memories and I hope that in the far distant future, some descendant of mine will own the book and read how his great-great-grandfather lived and hunted in the old days.

Recently, while in a nostalgic mood, I took the book out and began turning the pages. My first articles were mostly about bird

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