Told to Larry about 1961 and repeated here in 2019. I may have imagined part of this. If anyone remembers it better, feel free to help.
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I had asked Pa about carring pistols when he was young like they did on the Gunsmoke TV series. He
didn't carry a pistol, almost nobody did. "You couldn't hit anything
with a barrel that short. Only a few young hot-heads hanging out in the
bars wore pistols." He carried a rifle as most adults did.
Pa then told me about riding a horse on a long trip into Texas.
He was riding along through the trees when he realized there were a few
young braves kinda trailing him. The didn't look very aggressive, but
did seemed overly interested in him. He tried to seem like he didn't
notice them.
Anyway,
being on the lookout for some fresh trail meet he carried his rifle
across his lap as he sat in the saddle, so it would be handy. He noticed
a deer in the trees off to one side, a little ahead. He eased the horse
to a stop and just barely turned the rifle around in his lap without
picking it up. That would have scared the deer. He pulled the trigger
and got the deer in the head! It feel dead instantly.
He
rode on up to it an cut a small portion for himself. The young braves
came up cautiously. He gave them the rest of the deer. They then left.
Seems shooting the deer from his lap brought him great respect from
them.
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