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Missing My Dad
#1130325
10/30/14 07:39 AM
10/30/14 07:39 AM
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Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,786 Collinsville, AL
Tambo252
OP
8 point
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OP
8 point
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,786
Collinsville, AL
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December 15th will be one year since I lost my Dad. But I think I dread opening day of gun season far worse than the one year anniversary. As the different hunting seasons have come and gone it's like I had to admit to myself that he's really not going to be here to hunt with me. Gun season is the last one. I know it sounds silly but in the back of my mind I keep hoping that I'll drive up to his house and he'll walk out on the front porch to greet me and Brody and it'll all have been a bad dream. Being a true "Daddy's girl" I've learned a lot about myself in the last year. Including just how much I depended on him. That man never let me drag, gut or cut up a single deer. "Let me get it for you, baby," he'd say. And there I was a grown woman. He taught me how to do it myself but then he always did it for me...LOL My husband is definitely there to help me with anything I need but just knowing I can't call my Dad to help me track a deer or just text him from the tree stand to share a joke I heard - it's just tough. Back in the Spring, I went on my first solo turkey hunt and called up my first gobbler on my own. I knew he was looking down and smiling from ear to ear. Maybe he'll send me that ole' ghost buck that I've been hunting for the past three years. I will say that peculiar things seem to happen to me in the woods now that he's gone - from a red-winged blackbird perching on the end of my shotgun barrel to a red-tailed hawk flying down into the tree just a few feet away from my tree stand. Some people might think it's crazy but I know it's him in some way. The outdoors was so ingrained in who my Dad was and now it's that deep in my heart as well. And Brody....well as long as that child lives my Daddy will never truly die. He's a little Joe all over again. Last Thanksgiving, I had a tremendous drive to be in the woods with my Dad. Even my husband commented that he'd never seen me hunt that hard. I just wanted to get out there & I couldn't really explain it. Dad and I hunted together almost every day that week - most twice a day & had such an awesome time. A week later he was in the hospital and never made it back home. Just goes to show that when your gut is telling you something you should listen and never take those times for granted. I suppose it will get better with time. But one year really hasn't made things any easier on my heart. I just hope I can make him proud this season and bring home the meat and maybe even some horns. Sorry to be such a downer but I guess I just needed to get out my thoughts for my own sake. I appreciate y'all allowing me to do that. I hope one day I'll be half the hunter my Dad was. When it came to being a woodsman - he was truly one of the best.
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Re: Missing My Dad
[Re: Tambo252]
#1130336
10/30/14 07:46 AM
10/30/14 07:46 AM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 15,547 Panhandle Florida
PaschalBD
Used to be TiderBD
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Used to be TiderBD
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 15,547
Panhandle Florida
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Fantastic post! Well done and sorry for your loss. Sounds like you had a great Dad and an even better father/daughter relationship.
A servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
USAF Veteran
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Re: Missing My Dad
[Re: Tambo252]
#1130340
10/30/14 07:50 AM
10/30/14 07:50 AM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 5,724 McCalla
Big AL 76
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 5,724
McCalla
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Thanks' for sharing...I'm sorry for your loss my wife lost her father almost 4 yrs ago(heart attack)and I/we miss him all the time as well as our 16yr old..he stayed at his(papa's)all the time he was his hunting and fishing partner since he was 2..it's funny how much he acts like his paw paw as well..
Last edited by Big AL 76; 10/30/14 07:51 AM.
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Re: Missing My Dad
[Re: Tambo252]
#1130346
10/30/14 07:56 AM
10/30/14 07:56 AM
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Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 5,648 Lincoln, Alabama
blumsden
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 5,648
Lincoln, Alabama
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I'm older than you, i'm 51, but i also lost my dad this past December. I miss him and regret not spending more time with him, but i was with him when he died. I put him to bed and he went to sleep, and never woke up. I hope we all are lucky enough to go in our sleep. Sorry for your loss. I think of mine everyday. I was with him when he killed his last deer, a large 200lb 7ptr. He was 82 when he died. Makes the holidays hollow, when the matriarch goes. Keep your head up and kill a hoss, and when you do, look up and smile.
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Re: Missing My Dad
[Re: Tambo252]
#1130349
10/30/14 07:56 AM
10/30/14 07:56 AM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,156 Alabaster
Bowhunter84
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,156
Alabaster
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Great story. I lost my dad almost 6 years ago. He was my best friend and my favorite hunting buddy. I miss him more and more every hunting season....
"Just remember a gobbler has to win every time, you only have to win once" BC
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Re: Missing My Dad
[Re: Tambo252]
#1130364
10/30/14 08:09 AM
10/30/14 08:09 AM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,621 Mobile,AL
jsh1904
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,621
Mobile,AL
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Thanks for sharing your story. I am envious of the time that you shared with your father in the outdoors since I never had that experience. Your father ad a job to do and it sounds to me like he completed it in raising his children and grandchildren. Smile at your dad when you smoke that first deer of the season because he will be watching.
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Re: Missing My Dad
[Re: Tambo252]
#1130384
10/30/14 08:28 AM
10/30/14 08:28 AM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,916 Wetumpka
deerhunter_1
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8 point
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,916
Wetumpka
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Thanks for sharing some of your memories. I am glad you had such a close bond with your father. More men need to step up and take an active roles in their children's lives.
The LORD is Good.... All the Time....
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Re: Missing My Dad
[Re: Tambo252]
#1130390
10/30/14 08:32 AM
10/30/14 08:32 AM
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Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,033 Port St Joe, FL
Moose24
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,033
Port St Joe, FL
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Great read. I to lost my father last November 16th. I think about him everyday. No matter how old I had gotten, I always enjoyed calling my father and discussing my hunting season and especially my successes. That never got old. I miss it terribly. However, I was fortunate to spend a great deal of time last year hunting with my teenage son. I couldn't be more thankful for that!!
Last edited by Moose24; 10/30/14 08:33 AM.
The Things You Remember in Life aren't Things at all.
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