Band of Brothers

(Scott)
I recently returned home from South Dakota on a pheasant hunting trip. I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent with Jeff, Brad, and Dad. It was awesome to see how similar we each thought while in the same situations. We each had a similar safety regiment, I'm sure passed down from Dad. As we drove from field to field we would talk about what went through our minds at the last location and we found that we all had similar thoughts about events that took place. The moment that stands out to me was when Brad got off a shot at a bird that Dad and I also had our sights on. We were just too slow. But we could tell it was only wounded. In less than a second we both realized that if we didn't add a little more lead to the fire the pheasant would hit the ground running and be lost. So we each did our due diligence. In that moment I realized how close we all really were connected. I appreciated our time together and I learned a lot about how important our relationships are. I only wish our 3 other brothers could have been there to help finish our sentences, or rather, our birds.