Darrell Lindley

2005

I shoot 'em, bleed 'em, then skin 'em. I do hogs, cattle, goats, buffalo and sheep. I use a .22 magnum. After I shoot 'em, I cut their throats. Hogs I stick 'em underneath in their brisket.

Tomorrow I'm going to do four hogs. That'll take me four hours. Hogs, I get twenty-four dollars a piece. Cattle is fifty dollars, plus the hide. There was a time when I'd work six days a week. I had customers in seven counties. I used to do five- six-thousand head a year.

One thing I do, if kids are around is I cut out the eye (it's a little smaller than a golf ball), and I swish it around my mouth. The kids can't believe that. Then I give the eyeball to the health teacher at the school so the kids can dissect it.

We lost one of our daughters to cancer two years ago. I still talk to Darnell every day. She had a sense of humor. Always did, even as a little girl. The loss of a child is about as bad as it gets. The last thing Darnell said was, “I love you, Dad.”

The invasion of Iraq was very foolish. We never should've gone there. A just war is one thing, but this war isn't just. Bush isn't honest. He's an idiot and a coward.

Disappointments? I don't have a lot. I wish I had charged people more, maybe then I'd have more money now.

I like to fish. Usually I catch one big catfish every summer.