Happy Thanksgiving - The Firearms Forum

steve4102 · 11-24-2011, 09:04 AM

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving was always a great time for me growing up. On Thanksgiving Day we would all gather at my Uncles house in the Twin Cities and pig out, watch football and take a nap. Friday was the big day for us. All the women would go shopping and spend, spend, spend.
The men and boys had better ideas. My dad, uncle, brothers,cousins and dogs would get up real early, make a ton of cold Turkey sandwiches, grab our shotguns, pile into the Suburban and head off to a near by Pheasant farm. We would spend the day chasing and shooting Pheasants, great fun. We would spend that evening cleaning Pheasants, not so great fun as all the adults would go out and leave us young-ens to clean all those birds.

Saturday was a trip to my uncles shooting club. We would shoot trap and skeet for most of the day, no sporting clays back then, fun, fun, fun. Cold, but fun.
Those days are gone now as the old timers have passed and the young-ens have move on and started there own Thanksgiving family traditions.
Two years ago as a Christmas gift I gave my older brother a gift certificate to the same Pheasant farm we hunted as young boys, thought he might enjoy taking his two sons out for a Thanksgiving Pheasant hunt. Well, he did better than that, he made it a real traditional event. He got all the remaining family members and their children to come for the day and hunt just like old times. That was one great Thanksgiving.

Sorry for the long winded post, just thought I would share and would hope you guys would share some of your Thanksgiving Traditions.

dbennett48 · 11-24-2011, 09:56 AM

Be safe if you are driving. We all want to see you back here on Monday morning.

JLA · 11-24-2011, 10:34 AM

Great story Steve. Happy Thanksgiving!

woolleyworm · 11-24-2011, 05:58 PM

Sounds like a tradition well worth keeping going Steve. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and Happy shooting tomorrow if you can make it !

11-24-2011, 09:04 AM	#1
steve4102 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minnesota Contributor Posts: 2,760	Happy Thanksgiving I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was always a great time for me growing up. On Thanksgiving Day we would all gather at my Uncles house in the Twin Cities and pig out, watch football and take a nap. Friday was the big day for us. All the women would go shopping and spend, spend, spend. The men and boys had better ideas. My dad, uncle, brothers,cousins and dogs would get up real early, make a ton of cold Turkey sandwiches, grab our shotguns, pile into the Suburban and head off to a near by Pheasant farm. We would spend the day chasing and shooting Pheasants, great fun. We would spend that evening cleaning Pheasants, not so great fun as all the adults would go out and leave us young-ens to clean all those birds. Saturday was a trip to my uncles shooting club. We would shoot trap and skeet for most of the day, no sporting clays back then, fun, fun, fun. Cold, but fun. Those days are gone now as the old timers have passed and the young-ens have move on and started there own Thanksgiving family traditions. Two years ago as a Christmas gift I gave my older brother a gift certificate to the same Pheasant farm we hunted as young boys, thought he might enjoy taking his two sons out for a Thanksgiving Pheasant hunt. Well, he did better than that, he made it a real traditional event. He got all the remaining family members and their children to come for the day and hunt just like old times. That was one great Thanksgiving. Sorry for the long winded post, just thought I would share and would hope you guys would share some of your Thanksgiving Traditions. -->

11-24-2011, 09:56 AM	#2
dbennett48 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ukiah, California Posts: 73	Re: Happy Thanksgiving Be safe if you are driving. We all want to see you back here on Monday morning. __________________ The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win – cheat if necessary. Two Glock 9mm's, Ruger LC9, Kimber Custom II .45ACP, Ruger 10/22, 12 ga. pump shotgun, and Rem .243 WIN. I reload all of my guns, except the shotgun.

11-24-2011, 10:34 AM	#3
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,407	Re: Happy Thanksgiving Great story Steve. Happy Thanksgiving! __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

11-24-2011, 05:58 PM	#4
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,888	Re: Happy Thanksgiving Sounds like a tradition well worth keeping going Steve. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and Happy shooting tomorrow if you can make it ! __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .