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Pictured from left are Omer Long and his son Randy after a very successful pheasant hunt during a trip to Mexico, south of the Arizona border.

 Courtesy of Randy Long

Many years ago when I was a student at North High School, I would spend weekends during pheasant season hunting with two of my teachers, Bob Newbrough and coach Jordan "Turk" Eliades.

Bob's son Steve is now one of my duck hunting partners. We used to roam the grain and cotton fields between Wasco and Corcoran and had awesome hunting. In those days, there were milo, safflower, and cotton fields everywhere.

Ken Barnes is a record setting shooter and longtime outdoorsman from Kern County. Email him at ken.barnes@aol.com with comments or column ideas.