{"id":7163,"date":"2013-06-16T23:57:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T23:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2016-01-28T19:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T19:42:23","slug":"dads-day-done-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/dads-day-done-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad’s Day Done Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Wyoming. Four dads hunting coyotes and killing prairie
\ndogs. What a great way to celebrate Father’s Day. Course, I called
\nmy Dad this morning. Modern technology allows even hillbillies to
\ncommunicate cross country. Also got texts and voice messages from
\nall my kids…and my wife who is at home taking care of them. My
\nfriend would say I’m a lucky guy but I don’t think luck has any
\nthin to do with it. My Dad raised me right…taught me how to be a
\nman, a husband and a father. Without that education I wouldn’t be
\nhere in Wyoming with four other good dads shooting Mossbergs, having fun celebrating
\nour freedoms while wishing I was at home with my family. But
\nthat’s OK the three other dads and me are all very glad we have
\nsomething we do miss. Thanks Dad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wyoming. Four dads hunting coyotes and killing prairie dogs. What a great way to celebrate Father’s Day. Course, I called my Dad this morning. Modern technology allows even hillbillies to communicate cross country. Also got texts and voice messages from all my kids…and my wife who is at home taking care of them. My friend would say I’m a lucky guy but …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2579,2522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial","category-hunt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-1Rx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7812,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/mom-the-hunter\/","url_meta":{"origin":7163,"position":0},"title":"Moms Matter","author":"gunwriter","date":"December 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Crisp fall days never fail to flood me with memories.\u00a0I can remember lying in a pasture field beside my Mom, in the dark, looking at the stars, and listening to coonhounds sing along behind a ringtail headed to his den.\u00a0I can remember sitting on a log, rifle on my lap\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "HUNTING"","block_context":{"text":"HUNTING","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/category\/hunt\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DD.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DD.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DD.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DD.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7179,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/things-i-saw-while-hunting-varmints-in-wyoming\/","url_meta":{"origin":7163,"position":1},"title":"Things I saw while hunting varmints in Wyoming","author":"gunwriter","date":"June 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"You never know what you might see on a hunt. 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