Comments on: Daijon Bannister scores twice this past weekend

By: Ralph Barton

Ralph Barton — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:13:49 +0000

Way to go Dajon on your double harvest!
congratulations on your fine bucks!

And STEVE, Kudos to you on your mentoring of those kids. I know you have a very full plate and make many sacrifices of your own time to get those children out there. Those kids are blessed to have you !

By: Donna & Gary Justus

Donna & Gary Justus — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:00:55 +0000

Congrats on two great bucks!!! Daijon and Connor’s smiles are what it’s all about. Great story!

By: Richard Sprinkle

Richard Sprinkle — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:09:26 +0000

Two nice bucks and a great story. Daijon and Steve are both deserving a lot of credit for “Manning Up” on the gun photo, yes we all got a refresher on gun safety but there is not a one of us that hasn’t learned something from mistakes we have made in handling guns. These men handled this situation perfectly. I applaud both of these men and wish all three of this crew many more great outings together.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:43:41 +0000

Steve I understand and once again I wasn’t trying to ruin the moment . Great job on getting our youth out in the woods .

By: Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:38:12 +0000

Steve — Sorry to open the wound re: the game! Hey, Daijon’s TD was a bright spot, right?

I appreciate Michael bringing this up, and I really appreciate you quickly responding. As soon as I got the shot I thought, “Well, this could end up being a teaching moment.”

Michael handled this the right way, pointing it out but not being a jerk about it.

I was actually thinking about my first spring gobbler. I shot it, ran to it while carrying my shotgun, picked it up and walked back to my buddies with my gun. Only after we started taking hero shots did I realize that I hadn’t yet put my safety of my semi-auto on. Still sends shivers down spine.

The point being, it’s not hard to make mistakes when we are excited. The key is to hope those mistakes don’t lead to tragedy, be thankful when they don’t, and to learn from them.

By: Steve Crawford

Steve Crawford — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:30:46 +0000

Yes it is, no excuse for it. We had just taken a picture of Daijon and the deer when I asked him to slide down a little to let Conner in the picture, which makes it so the barrel is about at his elbow. All 3 of us knew his gun was unloaded as we had just talked about it and checked it as I put the gun across the deer moments before. As I was hitting send on this email I even had the thought someone would probably comment on it, I was right.

Mark Taylor, you just had to throw that in there about the outcome of the game! Haha! Oh well….

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:19:24 +0000

I am very pleased to see young people hunting and I don’t want to sound any different but that gun in the pic is pointing up at that young man . Please if anybody is reading this make sure you explain every gun should be treated as a loaded gun and should always be pointed in a safe direction . Congratulations on the kill .