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But what is the prize? In the west we'd call it a good water year and look forward to ample irrigation water for a change.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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...Boston surpassed the previous record of snowfall a few days ago, one which had stood a while, turns out. 143 years long... Kamo--this is why I left Rhode Island. (attended Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston)
"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
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Dayum it was weird here..almost 70
Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.
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Rub it in.....
Did a summit today followed by a run across/down the ridge for around 8.5 miles. Layers are still a necessity.....never broke low 20s.
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�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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Global warming or an early spring for Wyoming.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Been averaging 87-89 here last several days, 65-68 nights. New moon. No wonder I'm edgy! 4 days of rain forecast next week, followed by big drop in the barometer. Should be lots of movement. Gotta check water temps on the west coast. I'm guessing snoookies are probably restless for maybe a week or two already. 68F and rising usually starts gettin' their blood runnin' good.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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Your wetland should be prime for ducks this spring. Maybe put up a few wood duck boxes?
Yours in snow,
CF That's a good thought, CFT. Thanks. One of my long time honey holes, now just a quarter mile from the house, is a swamp where lots of woodies can be had. I think I just might make a few and put them out. It's a win-win.
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Kamo, what do those liberal corksuckers say when you ask them why they are wanting global cooling? I don't play well with them, so unless an in-my-face type encounter happens upon me, I mostly just spit in their general direction, metaphorically and literally.
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Being chit upon with more white stuff than any Bostonian has in nearly a century and a half!
Congrats on your dubious distinction, my friend!
The west has been crazy warm. Nearly all the local ski resorts have closed most or all of their operations.
Got a feeling we're in for a hell of a fire season on this side of the divide. I've heard that the skiing in some of these parts has been epic, though I haven't strapped on skis in a few years. Coulda', woulda', shoulda'... Hope your fire predictions fall flat. I can't even imagine dealing with some of the stuff I see on the idiot box, when tens of thousands++ acres ignite in a hell-like firestorm. Snowing on the drive in today. Didn't amount to anything more'n a couple inches, but being that the first day of spring was yesterday, well, I gotta' hand it to Ma Nature. She sure can be a fickle old bitch. Hope she sees fit to give us as much good, or at least toss us a bone come the next three seasons as bad this winter past.
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Darn, i was hoping you got some deer in the HL looks when you tripped them with critical thinking.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
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I'm guessing snoookies are probably restless for maybe a week or two already. 68F and rising usually starts gettin' their blood runnin' good. Neat. Haven't caught a snook, but they look like fun and I hear they eat very well. We need 55F for the bass to start running up here. It's gonna' be awhile...
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Darn, i was hoping you got some deer in the HL looks when you tripped them with critical thinking. Sheep such as those don't do critical thinking, sir. They just shuffle along en masse, oblivious and frightened of their own shadows. The only scary part is that they travel is such vast flocks up this way...
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Yep. There should be a season. Btw, how was your duck hunting season on the east side?
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
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Yep. There should be a season. Btw, how was your duck hunting season on the east side? Fair to middlin'. Winter took a long time to get here (though boy when she came through it was like a freight train), and when our deep freeze comes late, it can be tough. Thing is, if all the backwater beaver ponds, swamps, sloughs, lakes, rivers, etc., etc., don't freeze, as long as there is food available, the ducks won't move. It's when the freeze comes early, like mid-December, that we do particularly well on the coast and on the larger rivers, as the birds are forced to evacuate from the water bodies locking up and will head for the coast and/or open water. Or, head south, of course. We of course will make it a point to find them, but since certain places with appropriate cover and food get thick with birds, if you shoot them too much they'll skedaddle. Shot up some black ducks and hunted some local spots early, but by in large it wasn't a year to write home about. Looking forward to next season. Got a trip booked and paid for to finally get after my king eider and harlequin on some wee island off the AK coast. Will likely be adding a couple other flavors I'm missing in the collection in ID before making the leg west to AK, as well as some salmon and steelhead. A nice long season of local fishing in fresh and salt, and dreams of that trip will get me through the dreaded heat that is sure to come in summer. Ah, well... Cheers.
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Got a trip booked and paid for to finally get after my king eider and harlequin on some wee island off the AK coast. Will likely be adding a couple other flavors I'm missing in the collection in ID before making the leg west to AK, as well as some salmon and steelhead. A nice long season of local fishing in fresh and salt, and dreams of that trip will get me through the dreaded heat that is sure to come in summer. Ah, well... Cheers. St. Paul Island perchance? Had a buddy who went a few years ago. He's hunted ducks nearly everywhere. He said that's the best trip of his career. Sounds like a blast! I'm probably Nodak bound, then maybe P.E.I. for blacks. Another buddy goes every year. Natives make decoys out of mud on the flats. Magnificent birds. Great shooting too. FYI- Here's a link to the DU's woodduck box building plans. Love to see pictures of new fledglings this spring! http://www.ducks.org/media/Conservation/GLARO/_documents/_library/_landowner/WoodDuck_NestBox.pdf
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Aleutian Island Waterfowlers is the outfit. And I'm pretty psyched already, thanks. Amongst my waterfowling buddies here, there are about 300 collective years of duck hunting locally. Know how many kings out of those years have been taken? ONE. As such, I figured I'd have to travel if I wanted one for the collection. And so it shall be. I've read about the straw and mud decoys used by natives, but my experiences over the years have all been with wood and plastic (fancy shcmancy! ). And a few dead birds too, but anyway I'm pretty sure the PEI/CAN limit on black ducks is two, double our one bird limit and that of Maine and NH as well. Also, if I'm not mistaken they still allow the use of sink boxes up there in Canada. Sounds like a great trip, but being that the black duck is a native duck here and seen all over, I'd not travel anywhere to specifically hunt them, except as an aside to chasing other species. Love to hear about your trip when back, and if passing through here en route, let me know. Thanks for the woodie box link as well, friend.
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