Quote#Nature
[After describing a hopper for feeding winter game:] If you think…
Quote byAldo Leopold · 1887–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: radio talk "Feed Early to Keep Game at Home", 2 November 1933..
English (original)
[After describing a hopper for feeding winter game:] If you think you're too old to enjoy building such contraptions — that only Boy Scouts get a kick out of such nonsense — just try it. You may end up by building several.
— Aldo Leopold
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