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l uo t e s O There is much more attached to hunting than the mere pursuit of a game animal. First of all, we learn to be patient and observant. Through experience, we become self-reliant and attuned to influences that are strengthening and beneficial. Communication with nature makes it possible to commune with ourselves. In the present age of high tension and hurried endeavors, we are constantly under the pressure of the nerve-wracking forces which surround us. But of this atmosphere, the mountains and forests and unreclaimed places of the earth know nothing. Here is peace, here is beauty, here is time. Paul (Paulina) Brandreth, Trails of Enchantment, 1930 Submitted by John Plumley Taberg, New York Reader Favorites From the Family Camper's Dictionary Cornflakes – A common camp food. Often eaten dry with salt and pepper since no one thought to bring milk. Wire Clothes Hangers – The most useful camping tools ever invented. May be used for roasting meat over a fire, holding cooking pots, lashing tent poles together and many other services. Once, I even saw a camper hang his clothes on one. New Binoculars – What one of your children vaguely remembers having last seen when he set them on a log during a rest stop earlier in the day. New Camera may be substituted for New Binoculars. Downwind – Whichever side of the campfire you happen to be on. Grill – The questioning of a child who vaguely remembers having set your new binoculars on a log a few rest stops back. Patrick F. McManus, Never Sniff a Gift Fish, 1983 Submitted by Bob Whitehead, Cloverdale, California Epic struggle resounds within the chronicle of the human condition. In contrast, proper fishing is far removed from the affairs of humanity, which is why it's so enjoyable in the first place. Try as man might to complicate things, angling is humility without agenda. Therefore we don't marshal upon streams and lakes intending to save the world; we fish to escape those intent on improving us all. Author unknown Submitted by Jon Osborn II Holland, Michigan Our thoughts will be greener, our judgments perhaps sharper, our eyes a bit brighter. We live day to day with little change in our perceptions, but I never go to a river that I do not see newly and freshly, that I do not learn, that I do not find a story. Nick Lyons, Bright River, 1977 Submitted by Louis W. Duncan Sisters, Oregon I have a seven-year-old who wants a knife. To carve with. You think she'll cut herself? I think so too. I know I did with my first knife, but that will heal and she will learn. And learn to carve. Do you know a better way of telling someone young, "I trust you?" Gene Hill, A Hunter's Fireside Book, 1972 Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife. John Voelker (aka Robert Traver), Voelker's pond, 2002 John Osborn Holland, Michigan Send us your favorite quotes from sporting literature and receive one free gift subscription for every quote that is published. Include the author, title of book and date of publication. Send to: Quotes, Sporting Classics, PO Box 23707, Columbia, SC 29224 S P O R T I N G C 200 L A S S I C S