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Tuesday, October 15th, 2024

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Sportsmen Since 1968

Tuesday, October 15th, 2024

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Sportsmen Since 1968

Commentary: Quality time in the outdoors can’t be measured

Eddie Morse, age 6, scrapes away the small scales of a yellow perch while helping his grandfather, author Patrick Durkin, clean their catch after a morning of fishing. (Photo by Patrick Durkin)

For nearly 40 years, I’ve tried to shower equal attention and affection on my three daughters, and for the past decade I’ve expanded those efforts to my eight grandchildren.
I don’t keep a log of time spent together, of course. “Quality time” can’t be measured in minutes or hours. Matters of the heart are like that, y’know. And yet we all try to make things fun when planning fishing trips to bluegill holes or hunting trips to turkey woods.

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