Old Days VS Today

Bennie you are absolutely correct, I had an uncle which I commonly refer to that got me into dog hunting. I never bought a dog until I got into hog doggin, I was always given dogs or pups by my uncle or his hunting buddies. I never really met many dog hunters in my area until this board, I thought I was one of the very few in Ft. Bend Cnty and might just be. If I ran with anybody it was my uncle and his group of ol' timers for coon and rabbit in my younger years and there seemed to be no competition in their groups like there is today. Everybody was out in the woods to hear the hounds sing thru the woods and enjoy conversation. I grew up with the good ol' boy mentality where you had my trust until you lost it but now days it seems just the other way around. A lot of the ol'timers that I grew up hunting with are gone now and their ways are dieing off, which is a shame in my eyes. There are still those groups around but few and far between from what I have seen that still believe in the ol' ways of gathering for a hunt, but for the most part it's a new world of WWW hunters and jealous competition. If by chance you get an invite or are offered a free dog/pup count yourself lucky because I fear those good ol'days are slipping away. In my teens and twenties I hunted a lot by myself or had friends who just wanted to hunt, we'ld load dogs in a flat bottom and take day trips up or down the Brazos, bullshine all day and just enjoy conversation and the hunt and fellowship of being outdoors. This still happens but in small close door groups, I'm not sure if it is because of lost of trust or the competition for hunting spots which flashes but to trust. Now days you have people stealing spots, spreading rumors to ruin reputation, and the poking is out of hand. Well I've rabbled enough, I really miss the good ol'days of sitting around a fire with an enjoyable group of friends who could care less about anything but listening to the dogs sing.