Here are images of 4 hunting licenses held by Grant Mottice for the years 1928-1931.
These documents are significant because they provide information about him that is not available from other sources. They each list his occupation as "Painter." He is described on them as being 5'10" tall and weighing 165 lbs. His eyes were brown, and his hair was brownish-grey.
My father, Bob Mottice, was 12-15 years old during the time frame of these licenses, and it is tempting to think of he, my grandfather, and Merle going hunting together in the recreational way many do these days.
But 1928-31 was at the onset of the Depression that affected the Mottice family dramatically. Hunting and trapping would have supplemented the family's diet in a possibly important way, and it is easy to imagine a solitary Grant Mottice hunting in the woods around Waynesburg with recreation far from his thoughts.
