Sunday, April 26, 2009

North Dakota Game and Fish

“Today, I will not hunt illegally”

Until today Richard was an avowed poacher. His nemesis was the state Game Warden. They’ve played cat and mouse for years. Richard has very strong views on hunting, and his freedom to kill stuff on other people’s land.

But the Warden is on the Amends list, so after church Richard arranges to meet him out by one of the lakes. He doesn’t explain why.

It’s drizzling as he pulls up in his jeep, and they take a walk together.

The high of killing and hunting is something Richard has been chasing (and finding) since he could run and hold a gun.

This is going to be one of the toughest ones for Richard to accept. There’s no recovery program for poaching.

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