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Cheap Thrills! #9720478 03/28/15
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya OP Campfire Outfitter
OP geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas	I’m calling this post “Cheap Thrills” Please pardon the old song reference. To some degree, my musical tastes are stuck back yonder a ways. Much of what passes for music these days don’t seem to interest me much......... Had not seen the sun in about two weeks. Not cold, but just crappy weather. Cloudy and rainy for the last two weeks. On top of that I was sufferin’ from a severe case of SDD (shooting deficit disorder). Last time I went to my lease almost a month ago I ended up sleeping in in the mornings and eating and sitting around a campfire with my buds, rather than hunt. First time I’ve not hunted in 16 years of almost monthly trips. Turkey season opened last Saturday March 21, and since I’d not killed anything since my birthday December 21st, I was primed. Anywho, why Cheap Thrills. Well it’s like this. I was in my favorite gunshop yesterday and was paying on a rifle I have in lay away. Guy was paying on a new Benelli shotgun he said was specifically for Turkey. It was a $2,000 gun. I showed him the pix of the two turkey I took last week-end. He mentioned he had a 500 Nitro in a Heym double rifle coming in next week and that he had safari’s booked with Ivan Carter for the next three years. Each in June. Gonna do plains game first year. Buffalo and leopard the second year and Lion and elephant the third year. I got to thinking, wow, that’s a lot of money he’s gonna be shelling out. My latest trip to my lease cost less than $300 (I did not fill up my spincast feeders with corn). That’s for gas, groceries and beverage. Don’t have to hire a guide, as its DIY. Can sleep in if I want and not feel guilty. Have plenty of space to roam, with nobody there but me. Best of all, NO CELL SERVICE unless I go to the top one of a couple hills. So rather than regale with a chronological dissertation. I’ll just post some timely pix. [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/Rifles/IMG_0216.1_zpssdrxdjdq.jpg[/img] [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/alb...stuff/IMG_0234.1_zpsifhjeqdl.jpg[/img] [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/Blades/IMG_0237.1_zpsy1xoans9.jpg[/img] [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/alb...unstuff/IMG_0122.1_zps1j1hl6jq.jpg[/img] Final tally, 1 coon, (made the mistake of wakin' me up in the middle of the nite, squalin and bawlin') 3 hoglets 2 Tom Turks JAPPF, GWB Last edited by geedubya; 03/28/15. A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

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Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9720497 03/28/15
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,200 T_Inman Campfire Ranger
T_Inman Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,200	Nice work! I'm a big David Allen Coe fan myself. "If that ain't country..."

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9720508 03/28/15
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,200 T_Inman Campfire Ranger
T_Inman Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,200	You skin the balls out for a reason?

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9720606 03/28/15
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,033 North East Urth Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana
Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,033 North East Urth	What's that nice lookin' rifle chambered in? Looks like plenty of good eats and a great time that was had. Thanks for sharing. Geno The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9720792 03/29/15
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Looking like things suck in the old petting zoo GW! Cool beans! "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

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Re: Cheap Thrills! ingwe #9720859 03/29/15
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,917 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger
SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,917 NM	Good stuff Gee'.

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9720955 03/29/15
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Great pics GeeDub! Also glad that you cured that wretched disease SDD. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9720991 03/29/15
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,690 Michigan, In , Boon S saddlering Campfire Ranger
saddlering Campfire Ranger S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,690 Michigan, In , Boon	Nice ! seems like a little slice of Heaven to me! Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9722702 03/29/15
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,958 N. Idaho B bigswede358 Campfire Regular
bigswede358 Campfire Regular B Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,958 N. Idaho	Thanks for sharing. Looks like a good time down there. I'm also curious, whats the full stocked rifle?

Re: Cheap Thrills! saddlering #9722751 03/29/15
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 40,179 wasilla ak watch4bear Campfire 'Bwana
watch4bear Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 40,179 wasilla ak	Originally Posted by saddlering Nice ! seems like a little slice of Heaven to me! it sure do Son of a liberal: " What did you do in the War On Terror, Daddy?" Liberal father: " I fought the Americans, along with all the other liberals." MOLON LABE

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Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9723197 03/30/15
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,961 Park Rapids, MN M mmgravy Campfire Regular
mmgravy Campfire Regular M Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,961 Park Rapids, MN	Looks like fun!!!

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9726776 03/31/15
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,904 Foley, Alabama D davidlea Campfire Tracker
davidlea Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,904 Foley, Alabama	Just a whole lot to be said about wanting what you've got. Good on ya. Golden............

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9727015 03/31/15
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,235 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger
JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,235 W. Texas	Very nice geedub.....always enjoy your pics. The roadrunner in the cedar is way cool. It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: Cheap Thrills! davidlea #9727258 03/31/15
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya OP Campfire Outfitter
OP geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas	Originally Posted by davidlea Just a whole lot to be said about wanting what you've got. Good on ya. david, Got a fortune cookie a while back. It read.... Happiness in not having what you want, but wanting what you have. I agree. JG, I saw several roadrunners in trees while I was up there last. Don't recall seeing that many like that before. The one in the pix was mutterin' and callin' to beat the band. Wonder if it's their mating season. I was up in the "canopy" when I spied that one. We've also got one that has the run of the camp and comes out and cleans up under the skinning rack. I always make sure he's got a few scraps. Heck, even the buzzards get in the act. They see my ATV parked up at camp and , they tell all their friends and relatives, “Geedub’s here, we’ll be eating high on the hog pretty soon. Ya’ll come”. JAPPF, GWB Last edited by geedubya; 03/31/15. A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9727980 03/31/15
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 22,884 D DakotaDeer Campfire Ranger
DakotaDeer Campfire Ranger D Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 22,884	Looks fun!

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9728011 03/31/15
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna
chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX	Judging by all those rocks on the ground, I'm guessing your picts were taken in the TX Hill. Country! "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9728723 04/01/15
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... 1Nut Campfire Regular
1Nut Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North...	Lovin' it. Good time, GeeDub. Thanks for sharing. Nut Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9730292 04/01/15
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,490 Between the Treasure and Magic A Akbob5 Campfire Tracker
Akbob5 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,490 Between the Treasure and Magic	GeeDub, Looks like great fun. There's lots I miss about TX and your very nice pictures captured a lot of the feeling. Bob Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Cheap Thrills! Akbob5 #9730364 04/01/15
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya OP Campfire Outfitter
OP geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas	Yup, Texas hill country it is, and some hill country views.......... [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/alb...%20views/IMG_10631_zpsadb2e8f5.jpg[/img] [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/alb...-984d-c6ec144d2f92_zps991a0d48.jpg[/img] [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/alb...%20views/yearlingq_zpse2b82410.jpg[/img] [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/latestgunstuff/IMG_0366_zpsd8f606f4.jpg[/img] Best, GWB Last edited by geedubya; 04/01/15. A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Cheap Thrills! geedubya #9732308 04/02/15
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna
chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX	Awesome! Doesn't get much better than that in TX! "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

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