Thanks for the kind words Jon. I always enjoyed your company and I learned quite a few things from you in the kitchen. I wish you were still close enough to attend.

As I have gotten older I've become somewhat more philosophical like most old people. Here goes: Everything changes - nothing stays exactly the same. That things change is not always necessarily bad.. or necessarily good. Most times it's just different. I miss a lot of the crazy times and people who used to attend this event. Yes F & F is quite a bit different now from the old days. More folks attend now who don't hunt or fish mainly thanks to my wife and her circle of friends. It is still fun for me to get the non-outdoors people to try wild game and see how they appreciate it. I guess in the end the reasons for F & F really haven't changed - it's something to do between when hunting seasons end and fishing season starts, it's to try to help people find a little happiness through food and drink, and get a chance to see some people I don't see often enough, to see some smiles and hear some laughter. I think those reasons are still the same and they still happening.
Carry on..