Word: madison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pace of life is slow and local folks have plenty of time to chat. When he heads for work, Madison often stops for gas and gossip at the Chevron station in town. He makes his rounds in a four-wheel-drive pickup truck, his radio dial tuned to the country-and-western sound of station KRAI in nearby Craig, Colo. Duke, his big yellow dog of assorted heritage, accompanies him, riding in the back of the truck...
...Bateman, the Chevron mechanic, tells Madison how he was practicing his coyote call while out fishing. "This old boy just bebopped up to me and said, 'Good morning,' " Bateman recounts. "I didn't have my gun so I just smiled at him and said, 'You lucky...
Later a rancher asks Madison where the elk hunting is good and what is the condition of the herd. Madison is polite with him, but he tells a visitor that he suspects the man allowed hunters-illegally-to kill two deer on his land during the season last year. "We didn't have enough evidence to make a case, but we're watching him real close this season...
...folks around Meeker, Madison's badge and uniform are considered a source of special, even secret knowledge that no one else has. Wherever he goes, he is asked how the elk survived the winter or what lure the trout are currently hitting on up at Trappers Lake. People stop Madison's wife Nancy on the street to solicit her for inside information on such matters...
...night Madison gets phone calls at home, often from out of state. "Some guy will call from back East and talk for an hour about some small opening in the forest where he hunted last season," says Madison. "Hell, how do I know if an elk will be standing there on the morning of opening...