What amazing adventures you've had, gnu! I'm impressed that you are still alive, what with hanging around Dale, all those bush pilot trips, and so on. Dale sounds like one wild character, definitely worse than Shane, although they do share many of the same basic instincts, no doubt. But Shane is a town kid, has never gutted a moose, knows little or nothing about surviving in the bush, and just isn't anywhere near as dangerous as Dale. He'd like to be as dangerous as Dale, sure...but it ain't gonna happen. Strictly imagination on Shane's part.