Butchering Day

When the November cold comes it was time

to butcher the first hogs in the mountains. The

first photo is Pat McCormack on butchering day

in the late 1940s. The next two are of his grandson

on his butchering day. Pat said "eleven year old Garrison

Scott Brown, our first Grandson shot this buck at about

125 yards. He was hunting about eight miles NW of

Arapaho, OK. Don't know what kind of rifle he shot

but it was a . 223 cal. Last year he bagged a wild turkey

with a . 22 Marlin bolt action. His dad made him dress

the deer out. He got quite a bit of blood on his coveralls.

His Mom named him after his Garrison ancestors."

(Garrison and Pat are my distant cousins.)