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I'm Rich!!!!
03 December 2013, 22:15
venda axeI'm Rich!!!!
Like a lot of us on this site I dreamed of Africa as a young boy. Then, as a pipefitter from Denver, Colorado, I decided that hunting Africa was out of my reach. In the late 90's I discovered that a person could do a plains game hunt in South Africa fairly reasonably. So, I decided to go on a "once in a lifetime" trip to South Africa in 2000.While on that trip thou I contracted an incurable disease. One that many of us on this website are afflicted with. The only remedy is to return to Africa. I try to go back every year now if I can.
I am retired now, but in order to help support my addiction I work in a small gun shop in Windsor Colorado, as an African hunting consultant. The other day a costumer was looking at a photo album I have in the shop. He asked me. "Are you rich?" After pausing for a second my responce was this. If living the dreams of a 14 year old boy has any value. If countless experiances, and a lifetime of memorys,numberous aquaintances, many who have become good friends have any value. Then I am a very wealthy man.
The Lord has truly blessed me.
Bob Schofield
Windsor, Colorado
03 December 2013, 22:21
MJinesMaybe the best post on AR this year. Well said Bob.
Mike
03 December 2013, 22:21
chuckmaxmanAmen!
03 December 2013, 22:41
TrophyShotPrintsYou are RICH indeed Bob...Amen brother
Roland
04 December 2013, 00:36
Die Ou JagterI have the privilege of hunting Whitetail in SW Virginia and one evening I was sharing pictures of some of my African animals and this boy in camp said "Are you rich" to which I replied. Yes, because I get to share this camp with your grandfather and many other friends here. Last year I went down and served as camp cook, just had the gun on the porch just in case a suicidal buck walked by.
04 December 2013, 01:23
BaxterBHear, hear!
04 December 2013, 01:53
drummondlindseyquote:
Originally posted by venda axe:
Like a lot of us on this site I dreamed of Africa as a young boy. Then, as a pipefitter from Denver, Colorado, I decided that hunting Africa was out of my reach. In the late 90's I discovered that a person could do a plains game hunt in South Africa fairly reasonably. So, I decided to go on a "once in a lifetime" trip to South Africa in 2000.While on that trip thou I contracted an incurable disease. One that many of us on this website are afflicted with. The only remedy is to return to Africa. I try to go back every year now if I can.
I am retired now, but in order to help support my addiction I work in a small gun shop in Windsor Colorado, as an African hunting consultant. The other day a costumer was looking at a photo album I have in the shop. He asked me. "Are you rich?" After pausing for a second my responce was this. If living the dreams of a 14 year old boy has any value. If countless experiances, and a lifetime of memorys,numberous aquaintances, many who have become good friends have any value. Then I am a very wealthy man.
The Lord has truly blessed me.
Bob Schofield
Windsor, Colorado
Bob, excellent post my friend! This guide feels the same way!
Let's grab lunch soon
Drummond
04 December 2013, 02:08
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by venda axe:
Like a lot of us on this site I dreamed of Africa as a young boy. Then, as a pipefitter from Denver, Colorado, I decided that hunting Africa was out of my reach. In the late 90's I discovered that a person could do a plains game hunt in South Africa fairly reasonably. So, I decided to go on a "once in a lifetime" trip to South Africa in 2000.While on that trip thou I contracted an incurable disease. One that many of us on this website are afflicted with. The only remedy is to return to Africa. I try to go back every year now if I can.
I am retired now, but in order to help support my addiction I work in a small gun shop in Windsor Colorado, as an African hunting consultant. The other day a costumer was looking at a photo album I have in the shop. He asked me. "Are you rich?" After pausing for a second my responce was this. If living the dreams of a 14 year old boy has any value. If countless experiances, and a lifetime of memorys,numberous aquaintances, many who have become good friends have any value. Then I am a very wealthy man.
The Lord has truly blessed me.
Bob Schofield
Windsor, Colorado
..........Absadamnly True!
Good post
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04 December 2013, 02:52
bwanajayquote:
Maybe the best post on AR this year. Well said Bob.
Mike
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04 December 2013, 03:24
txlonghornquote:
Originally posted by venda axe:
Like a lot of us on this site I dreamed of Africa as a young boy. Then, as a pipefitter from Denver, Colorado, I decided that hunting Africa was out of my reach. In the late 90's I discovered that a person could do a plains game hunt in South Africa fairly reasonably. So, I decided to go on a "once in a lifetime" trip to South Africa in 2000.While on that trip thou I contracted an incurable disease. One that many of us on this website are afflicted with. The only remedy is to return to Africa. I try to go back every year now if I can.
I am retired now, but in order to help support my addiction I work in a small gun shop in Windsor Colorado, as an African hunting consultant. The other day a costumer was looking at a photo album I have in the shop. He asked me. "Are you rich?" After pausing for a second my responce was this. If living the dreams of a 14 year old boy has any value. If countless experiances, and a lifetime of memorys,numberous aquaintances, many who have become good friends have any value. Then I am a very wealthy man.
The Lord has truly blessed me.
Bob Schofield
Windsor, Colorado
Indeed!
04 December 2013, 04:19
mdstewartThanks for that. We need to hear more of that kind of dialogue. Congratulations on the wealth that has been bestowed upon you, and much more of it.
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04 December 2013, 04:52
cal pappasHell, I thought this was about ISS!
Cal
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04 December 2013, 06:10
505EDYep, wealth can be many things..merry Christmas!
Ed
DRSS Member
04 December 2013, 06:27
mbogobutchBob, your right, the Lord has blessed you,
Best Regards, Butch
04 December 2013, 06:32
lavacaBob,
Thanks for the post. We should all rethink things when we consider that question.
04 December 2013, 07:37
retreeverBob,
Outstanding post. Dreams do come true.
We are blessed,
Mike
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04 December 2013, 07:58
jdollarquote:
Originally posted by cal pappas:
Hell, I thought this was about ISS!
Cal
i guess great minds think alike- that was my first thought,too!
you are indeed rich
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04 December 2013, 08:21
bwana cecilThis post sure beats the heck out of all the pissin & moanin post on here of late.
Yes sir, most of us are rich, if we have friends, family, health & memories.
LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show.
Not all who wander are lost.
NEVER TRUST A FART!!!
Cecil Leonard
04 December 2013, 09:36
fairgameCome to Zambia and make us both rich!
Great post.
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04 December 2013, 10:02
boarkillerI get that in small town just because I hunt a lot. Money wise Im always broke but like you said, rich beyond make believe in my own world
" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...
Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
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04 December 2013, 10:08
Frostbitquote:
Originally posted by fairgame:
Come to Zambia and make us both rich!
04 December 2013, 16:01
Thunder HeadI ive been asked the same question a few times. I tell them no! I spent all my money in Africa, B.C. and other hunting destinations.
I do feel blessed to have been on the great adventures ive took part in. Planning more as we speak.
I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same.
04 December 2013, 21:39
Jason PWhat a great thread!
Desire and ambition will take one far!
04 December 2013, 22:20
nopride2Well said.
Dave
05 December 2013, 04:22
Dog ManThat was great !
Thank you Bob
"If you are not working to protect hunting, then you are working to destroy it". Fred Bear
05 December 2013, 05:44
bwanamrmA wealth of experiences, a wealth of friends and a man and his family's health are the greatest wealth of all. Well stated Bob! I look forward to sharing a camp with a man with similar philosophies.
On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.
05 December 2013, 08:13
venda axeThanks' Mike and Russell. It's going to be a great camp.
Bob
05 December 2013, 08:19
MJinesquote:
Originally posted by venda axe:
Thanks' Mike and Russell. It's going to be a great camp.
Bob
I was working on some "awards" for the awards ceremony at the end of the hunt today. We are going to have a great time.
Mike
05 December 2013, 09:49
DCS MemberIt's a pleasure reading this post and others that show us as ONE. Please help Stu openly, or discretely, and let's restore our bond as hunters and friends. I've met about a handful of y'all (a great lot at that), but let's get together as we fight the same fight. It doesn't matter how many wives, charges, BKs, books, or whatever, we are all brothers (sisters) bonded by a common interest. Do not forget that.
I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills.
Marcus Cady
DRSS
05 December 2013, 20:50
G L KrauseBesides the important relationships in my life, I've only ever considered memories a currency with any value, and Africa provides those in spades. When anyone asks me why I collect trophies I tell them that I don't. I collect memories. The trophies just make them more vivid!
"I envy not him that eats better meat than I do; nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do; I envy him, and him only, that kills bigger deer than I do." Izaak Walton (modified)
07 December 2013, 16:41
PondoroVery well said, true values of life..