So, the other day when he shipped the meat from my NC doe, my brother mentioned he was shipping me something else too. He was kinda secretive about it, but I didn’t think too hard on it, figuring I must’ve left some of my gear behind. He sent the second package by ground, because the overnight service we used for the meat was a little too pricey, so it took a couple of extra days for my package to arrive. I’d almost forgotten about it.
Today, I noticed a big ol’ box in the doorway with my name on the label. “Hmm,” thinks I, “what the heck is this?”
I have a short memory sometimes, and the rest of the time I have no memory at all…
I sliced open the tape and started digging through the cellulose peanuts (no one uses styrofoam anymore). I felt a board… and on lifting it from the packing I saw the coolest frickin’ thing I’ve seen in a long time!
So ya’ll may remember that I mentioned in the story from my NC hunt, that, when I was feeling pretty sure I’d lost another animal to the bow, I broke the offending arrow on the running board of my brother’s truck?
In frustration, I took the unlucky arrow, laid it across the running board of Scott’s truck, then stomped it in half.
Well, when I broke it, I tossed it in the back floorboard of my brother’s truck (don’t litter, it’s rude). Well, the sneaky, and thoughtful, little devil saved if for me and made me a gift I’ll treasure for a very long time…
It’s better than any set of horns or skin! I don’t know if you can read it (click it to see a larger image), but it says the date, and “The Jinx is Broke!”
That’s just downright cool.
I hope to put a lot more animals behind this bow in my hunting career, but no trophy will ever be as important to me as this one right here. Many, many thanks to my little brother, Scott!
Beastslayer
Too unbelievably cool of your little brother to do that for you, what a great friend he is also.