Did mean neighborhood lady mold outdoor pursuits of future lawmaker Emmer?
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, has 39 birds in the freezer — the representative and family members are hunters and this fall included an excursion out of state to hunt birds.
“I’m not a deer hunter. It’s all birds,” said Emmer, recently talking about hunting with a reporter.
“All I can tell you that was when I was a little kid my dad went on a deer hunting trip and came home with a whole bunch of deer,” he said.
“I think I was five or six — my mother tells this story,” said Emmer.
“The neighbor lady was so offended that she told all of us kids that Mr. Emmer and his friends had shot Santa’s reindeer,” said Emmer, laughingly retelling the family story.
“Maybe I just told you more about my personality than you’d ever want to know,” he concluded.
