and on and at the bottom it says "Thank you very much." And also, I 

 think it says on the back, "Please send me all other addresses, 

 samples, booklets, pamphlets, pictures, posters, information papers, 

 paftches, graphs, charts, instructions, articles, paraphernalia, etc., 

 etc., etc. that you have on the topic. Thank you very much." 



I'm going to try to cut off this name here because I don't want 

 you to know that this was Chuck Dorison. "Realizing that you have 

 many demands on your time, I'm asking only if you could supply a free 

 rundown, one-and-a-half single-spaced pages generally describing what 

 fishermen can expect in your state in the major areas. I need only a 

 short overview." Mind you, a page and a half single spaced. That's a 

 short overview. My answer... I start out nice. "I hope you don't take 

 offense, but I am also an OWAA member and a good friend of Andy 

 Lighbody (who was the managing editor of the magazine at that time). 

 My predecessor took great pride in writing all the articles and reports 

 for national publications. I don't. I feel that it's unfair competition 

 with the outdoor writer, who must make a living with what he can sell. 

 I see by your stationary that you are an OWAA member and feel it 

 much better if you contact an OWAA writer from this directory. I help 

 OWAA as much as I can. Perhaps this is my way of helping them 

 again. My job is that of providing a baseline of information. This I 

 have done. For a rundown as you requested, please contact an outdoor 

 writer." When he received this he called my directoy at night and 

 raised all kinds of hell. 



Now I'm sure that if there are any manufacturers here they'll 

 agree. These buggers are always getting ahold of you and begging. 

 He's generally asking for information, but then also he says, "Also, we 

 would like to know what complementary facilities you could offer our 

 agents who visit." I get a lot of letters asking for free licenses all the 

 time. Can you imagine what my public would think, as hard and as 

 expensive as it is to get a Wyoming license, if I started giving the 

 licenses out to our writers. Oops. I may have been showing Dick 

 O'Connor's name. "I need your help. I want to hunt for a month in 

 Wyoming next fall. I want to hunt mule deer, elk and upland game. I 

 will be accompanied by a retired Maine game warden." That 

 automatically gives him a lot of credibility, because you see, he's with a 

 Maine game warden. And he's gonna do me a big favor. He's going to 

 write a series of articles on Wyoming and the area we hunt. "They will 

 be published in one of the big three, or possibly NRA's publication." 

 And then he hits me. "Is there a ranch owner who might like to lake 

 us on? Do you have some ideas? I earn my living by the typewriter, 

 so I can't waste four weeks of my life coming way out there and being 

 pointed in all directions." I really felt sorry for this guy. 



And he goes on. "Can I get permits? I would like to knock off a 

 buffalo. I will be happy to pay your rancher a fair, going price for 

 the animal if I can get out and bag the animal on my own, etc." He 

 asked for free licenses and, "Do I know any outfitters that offer free 

 hunts?" If I knew any outfitters that offered free hunts, I'd go on on 

 them myself. 



