No Meat, No Ammo, No Problem

One of my other interests that I really enjoy is family history.  And as I was packing up some of my binders in anticipation of a possible move, I happened upon some newsletters from my Grandfather Banks' family.  He was born in Missouri in 1914, and in this particular newsletter was an account his younger brother, Norman, shared.


"During the Depression, in the early 30's, money was hard to come by.  We had plenty of rabbits on our farm, but with money so scarce, we couldn't afford to buy ammunition to shoot the rabbits.  So, one day my dad picked up the crosscut saw, a can of black paint and a brush, and he told me to come along with him.  I couldn't figure out what he was going to do.   I had learned from past experience that I shouldn't question him about anything.  We went into the woods on our farm and cut down a few trees, and then cut them into logs.  After that was done, he painted a black spot, about six inches in diameter on the ends of the logs.  Then, he told me to get the dogs and start chasing rabbits.  Well, the rabbits ran for the 'hollow' logs, knocked themselves out, and we just picked them up.  We had rabbit for supper that night."

"This story won me first prize in a liar's contest in 1987, but I felt awful guilty taking the money, because it wasn't really a lie.  If anyone is in doubt, just ask Omar Thomas... he was there."

Hopefully we will have prepared well so that we aren't facing starvation from lack of food and ammo.  However, this possibility of being able to save money and ammo seems intriguing, and even children could be sent out to do this kind of "hunting."