Return to Cumberland

“Wash, seems to me like they ain’t nearly as many elk in these ol’ mountains as they used to be, wonder how come that is?”

“I can tell you why, Tom, these people around here hunt these ol’ elk all year around. In the hot summer, they kill the elk and don’t get more than one or two eatin’s out of these big ol’ animals, then the rest of the meat goes plum to waste.”

"You know that, Wash, now if I was old enough, I'd run for Sheriff. Then I’d stop all this huntin’ out of season.