Larry, I had signed out of all the active threads I was on but just missed this one. It showed up in my email.
Steve, the beard was the first thing to go gray. The handle gray beard was a hunting accident given to me by my best friend just before he died. It was really only used for three days or so at the refuge before the opener of duck season. Soon after that Crow died. I had only used the name in his honor. At the refuge in the sweat line it was really a lot dirtier then just gray beard and it involved beer. Beer and Duck hunters!! Beer, duck hunters and my camper with a refrigerator. I lived for Duck season and the sweat line was something I did every year.All of us at the front of the line knew each other for years. Tradition!!! Good times!!