"Years ago my parents lived in the Texas hill country on a beautiful ranch. Cattle ranching is not ever profitable, so most ranchers supplement their incomes by leasing out the land during hunting season for both bird and deer hunts. One hunting season, a neighbor rancher, new in the area, drove over and after chatting with my Dad for awhile, got to the point of finally accusing him of cutting his fences in places so as to allow our lease hunters to enter on his land to hunt, illegally. My father, a man of great integrity had already found the places during his daily rides of the perimeter of the ranch. He knew clearly that the way the fence wire was bent that the cutting was actually coming from the other rancher's side, and in fact, the newly arrived rancher was actually cutting the wire himself to allow his hunters on our place.
My father explained that not only had he witnessed the act with his binoculars he knew that anyone who protested too much probably had intentions that did not match his given concerns. That rancher did not last long, as his credibility met with factual truth that he could not deny. My father told him where he was when he witnessed his irresponsible behavior. He left shame faced and shortly later sold his ranch."
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