Anything goes. Just like to see other people's stuff; what it looks like where they are and whatnot.

These are all crappy random phone pics from the past week or two. I often see something that grabs my eye, and take a pic, for no reason other than I thought it was an interesting image. I know, many or most people will just see nothing. And that's plenty OK.

Hang some up, any who'd care to.













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Little bit of a contrast for you right away Leighton...

Thursday in the Carolina's twin-city; half dozen or so folks already lined up at the Methadone clinic at 9am for a 10am opening.

Some in their jammies, in the rain.

Ha ha! Way nice. Your boy (assumption here) looks like a great bunch of fun. You're a lucky man. Thanks for those.

Been a banner year for paper wasps around here..

Polistes apachus I believe, alert but docile till messed with.



Polistes fuscatus I think, not too concerned with people.



Polistes carolina,..THE SPAWN OF SATAN HIMSELF. I Hate these SOB's. These are always the meanest wasps I come across and have an extremely short fuse. Nasty buggers...almost got stung taking this pic.

Here's a few.

Russian River on Kenai P.



Bear Mountain



Bear shiit on trail.



My brother in law's driveway outside Soldatna.

Random pics for sure






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A rack & p***y pic.

Man, talk about Heaven and Hell. Awesome, Poob. Ta for chippin' in. Even though you sucketh.

kamo_gari,

I haven't taken these, but I hope that it is OK if post a few pictures taken by others.

I don't like big cities, but I have to admit that Stockholm is not bad as cities go - and I thought that perhaps a few on the 'Fire might like to see what it is like.

Stockholm is built on 14 islands, so of course that makes for a lot of shoreline.

Swedes are pretty fanatical about water quality so not only is the water safe to swim in, but it even passes drinking water standards sometimes.

Here, you see people fishing for salmon during their lunch hours, but the catching is slow by North American standards.

A nice shot of some of the waterfront:


An aerial view:


The preceding scene as seen from water level:


Below is the ship the av Chapman. It is a sailing ship built in 1888 and is now a hostel. When my father and I visited Stockholm a few years ago, he was expecting us to stay in a fancy hotel, but I had booked the Captain's cabin for us - it was much more memorable! The ship still floats, so when large ships passed by, their wake rocked us gently in our beds.


Oh, I should add that women can swim or sunbathe topless, but I can't post such pictures on this website.

Best of the evening (er, afternoon) to you, Leighton.

John

If you liked those, heres a couple more...

A great way to camp.Load all the gear on pontoon boat, 2miles to the back of the lake, where there are no roads, and enjoy the week!

Took the old man Moose hunting last fall.



My oldest getting a stripe in jiu jitsu



Sunset while coming in to Portland, OR.



Dipnetting the Thunderdome (aka Kenai)



Running down the Knik after doing some duck dog training with my bud and my boys.

Scott, that last one is one of my faves...

Took these while scouting for deer last year.

Where they're getting building material...



A Swallowtail caterpillar trying to get me with his stink glands..

Thanks Leighton, and good assumtion. Wife and I didn't expect another one this late. I'm 44, she's 43, have one other, daughter, who starts high school next week.
Wouldn't change a thing. He was 1 year on June 9th.



My first legal Lingcod, took $100.00 biggest fish on the boat to boot!

First and only bear.(proof a 270 kills [bleep] bigger than coyotes)

Spawn of Satan, the carolina wasp.

Guaranfockingtee it......

When I lived in NC I was cleaning pine straw out of a gutter, when a clump buzzed at me....I unassed the AO and came back with a stick and a hose.....


Meanwhile, while I was gone they were apparently drawing straws to see who got the " Big Fella" prize...

As I approached the gutter to whack it with the stick and hose them when they came boiling out.....One...count it...ONE!!!! came screaming out, nailed me right on the nose and went back in before I could say WTF!

In seconds I looked like W.C. Fields!

Those suck. So did the others; I was just being polite. You can stop now. Unless you toss up some of your fine lady, or maybe some critters you did in while in Africa. I bet you just might be able to combine the two suggestions...

Great shots, bud.

Great eye, man. Those rock.

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My son with the first turkey I killed.

Last summer, I lifted the lid on the propane tank and there was a family that just moved in.

unassed the AO doesn't do what i did justice.

However, as my trailing leg was set to do its next stride, I was poleaxed with Red Wasp AI (ass improved) and fell into a quivering pile of conflagurated pain.

My wife pried me out of the fetal position and got me inside.

The wasps returned with just the one having scored, knowing full well that I would never venture their way again.

Please, PLEASE tell me at least some of those beauties--or their little brothers and sisters-- are made into pickles, or pickled somethings! I love cukes. Eat 'em in sandwiches, often with a fresh slab of 'mater, a pinch of sea salt and mayo. Goooooood!

Sweet pics!


Here a couple from the past week or two.

Saw it in a parking lot..



Barsky


Montana Creek

Ask and ye shall receive Leighton..



Here she is with the fixins for shore lunch in Alberta..



And another African critter she felled..

WHAT"S THIS?

Luna Moth

Here you go Leighton, Montana Scenery, Ingwewife and Ingwedog...

much nicer than wasps...

Don't take this the wrong way Ingwe,but,how did that pretty lady ever hook up with you?

Besides good looks, she has excellent taste.

Some simply awesome shots shared, lads. I love these threads.













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great comeback. Guys, these are some awesome pics. Keep it up..

So,she married you because of Ingwedog?

Missed the chance to meet good ole Ingwedog, sadly. Your lady will not be as fortunate, I predict. Drips class and grace. So, let me guess: roofies in the early days?

Oh yeah,bread & butter for my wife and Kosher dills with a small hot chili in each jar for me!

Dat was mean....



But yes.

Okay,here is my wife.

We always had a "cleaner" handy for the little ones...

Dogs love trucks.


Getting ready for bed while on the road.




Windshield shot I snapped a couple minutes ago while crossing the Mackinac Bridge.


The view from our room, Copper Harbor, MI.


Fishing with my Dad last weekend. First time fishing with him in about 20 years. Didn't catch much, but the time together was priceless.

Note how spotless the floor and arms on the chair are?

ours were "lab cleaners". Bigger tongues.

lab could have cleaned the kid as well.

I offered to set the little guy at floor level, but was vetoed.

This is a great thread!

There has been a few pictures of wasps and yellow jackets lately so I thought I would throw this one out there. This is one of my favorites. I made this one for my son when he graduated from Georgia Tech.

I like to look at this one from last month in MT, as I sweat out the New Orleans summer:

it was all meant to be--and, made in montana...

Scumbag. Me too. And LOTS of booze.

My house...









My kitchen counter



My man cave...



Buck in my yard..



Kid's fish from our trip last week...

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Bear hunt back when we ran hounds..

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My kid

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COOL!

Veddy nice. Glad to see you poke your noggin in, counselor.

Great shots, Miss Annie (if I may). Always enjoy your pics.

Deer scouting early this summer during the high fire danger:

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And another member whose pics I really, really enjoy. Just great stuff. Thanks Sal, and to all. Keep 'em coming, please.

These pic threads here are one of my favorites for a lot of reasons, not the least being that they are usually hater free. I'm no pacifista, nor do I have any need to get along with everyone (vast understatement lol ) but I admit to enjoying being a small part of the kind of thread where folks of similar mind agree to just 'hang out' with other members and shoot the breeze and share stories, in visual format, if you will.

Thanks!

Northern California really is a beautiful place.

Cow pasture - Spring


Cow pasture - Summer


Cow pasture - Fall


Cow pasture - Winter

Oh man, bucket list alert. Awesome kudu for bwana!

Knocked.

This is Chatham during commercial bass season Saturdays. Except in that 3 ring goatrope, there are always a half dozen boats trying to zig and zag in out of the pack, in the OPPOSITE DIRECTION. Scary stuff some pull out there.

Good on you for taking your dad to chase moose. I wish I had that with my old man...

On the way to bear camp this spring.

Pretty sure that's where the term "lucky dog" came from.



Travis

In Texas this what they refer to as "art" or "complex". Some of them even think it's a "secret" to make it properly.

My son this morning opening one of his birthday gifts. Its Ruger Single Six and holster rig that mom gave my father as a wedding gift. My dad gave it to me, and now I am passing it along to him. Disregard the Christmas wrapping paper its all I found the house late last night when it was getting wrapped

kamo gari;
Thanks for the peaceful thread kamo gari and of course thanks to those who felt like contributing, I always enjoy these threads.

Let's see where do we begin here. It's been a busy year with a few family things so we've been close to home mostly as of late.

Our eldest graduated from high school this year.


Went quading with the other guy who co-manages the cabinet shop we work at. He'd never been up on this mountain before and I told him we should see some moose sign up here somewhere.....


What I like to call a $2 view. It's steeper than it looks up here if you head over the bank. The power line on the other side was put in with helicopters.


Antelope brush blooming this spring.


My good wife and I like to walk in the evenings if it isn't too hot. This is just up behind our house.


We went to see the RCAF Snowbirds show over Okanagan Lake this week. They are in CT 114 Tutors for the flyers here and do 486mph top speed so I read.


Another shot of a few.
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Lets see if I can do one more.
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Last one.
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That's all for right now kamo gari, hopefully you enjoyed another glimpse into southern BC.

All the best to you and yours this weekend kamo gari.

Dwayne

If you're dumb enough to drive a Chevy, this should inspire you.




Travis

Yes, it really is. Lots of great memories from there.

Picked a little over 1/2 bushel of peaches a couple of weeks ago:



Looking out back last November:

Yes, Travy, that makes me feel great.

It's a feel good thread.



Travis

This pic will cause women to GFT 100 times over.

packing a deer out:

Here is a Rock Python pic I took while on Safari in South Africa.

More dynamite stuff from folks. Awesome all around. Last from me.













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Was the ungulate ok????

Yeah, we rescued him just in the nick of time. It was a close one, though. He gave us each 1000 yen as reward. Cultural thing. You wouldn't get it.

About time, BTW. Your pay is getting docked.

Culture is stupid.

GFY.




Travis

The first two were, but it was hard for me to get a third ungulate off.

Just gettin old.

Look at this phucin crew

It was a good day


Great day in the woods with my girls

One of the great days in my life. Introducing my daughter to hunting. Took her out, she spotted it, I shot it and we went home and ate it. Too much fun.

I'm no Sam Olson but I'd say that's a fine lookin' horse, Mr. Dwayne!


Travis

Change of pace, Momma's been busy today.


An old livery stable in Cuprum, Idaho. I can only guess that she housed the teams which ran the ore wagons up and down the mountain.




And here is the sun rising over the Sawtooth Mountains.

I understand.

Some snakes I have met along the way.

Let's see if I can add a few:

We had a picture of bear [bleep], how many have seen rhino [bleep]?


Leopard track and 375H&H


Rhino track and 375H&H


Waterburg mtns. Limpopo, South Africa


Me and my favorite view


Crazy rock

Ben

Lovin' the Wall Drug pic,Ben.

Lovin' it buddy.



Travis

Travis;
Thanks for noticing, she is indeed a beauty and gentle to boot.

Unfortunately seeing as I can double for a lawn gnome - height wise - she's a bit difficult for me to saddle easily.

Well she's a bit tough to get off of on steep hillsides too Travis, but as I mentioned she's gentle and has a real pretty head considering all the Arabian blood in her.

To be serious for a second - all the best to you and your fine family Travis.

Dwayne

Johnny Cash??

Thanks Dwayne. Hope your family is doing well too.

Here's the girl I married last April, but nobody would come celebrate with me because they're a bunch of selfish American POS.

Alright.

Looks like your a lucky guy. You couldn't have found her in Havre though. mtmuley

Cool. I know a thing or five about having a trusty steed. Well, from what I've read anyway. This here's not a horse, but one of them donkey deals.

Thanks Travis. There's some good signs scattered throughout SD... There was one with a coyote that said "Eat meat, wear fur, keep guns, the American Way". I was slow on draw with the camera unfortunately..

You know you're a redneck when you take a picture of the General Lee on a billboard going 65 mph!



Bluritude...



And congratulations on your marriage.

Ben

Congrats. Two trophies ....the pretty new wife hunter and I assume that's her prairie dog!

Some great pics here, guys.

Great picture!

Giving the Shiloh a workout! by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr

Dude, I saw a Wall Drug sign in an antique store and it looked like the real deal. I almost pulled the trigger, but they just wanted too much for it. I bought powder and primers instead...


Travis

I drive one and yes, I find that pic inspirational.



Great photo.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leadpot/7977050682/

Paper patch round exiting the muzzle!

A few old mounts from the musty corners of a trophy room

mtcurman;
It's good to see you posting again Ben and even better to read you are back in a place you prefer to be.

As far as Wall Drug goes, somewhere I've got something like a pennant - look 'em up you who are younger readers.... - that my folks bought for me the first time we were there in 1967.

We were there another time too, but for the life of me I can't recall if it was '71 or '73.

You may go ahead now and consider me semi-fossilized Ben. I know my girls already do.

Dwayne

From a few weeks ago...... Eating sized smallmouths from the mighty Niagara River.

My 2nd Cape Buffalo and the Worlds shortest gunbearer

Nice smallies Lawdaz!


Travis

Good call.

As random as it gets...................

Great thread
These are from a recent trip to Kyuquot

First Boat Out


Harbour at dusk


To the net

Beautiful.

Fellow Photo Viewers;
When good powder goes bad.


Then a bit of fire added.


Pair of tenting "shoo bear" tools.


Male Harlequin on the Ashnola River.


Pika on a shale slide.


Lawn ornament from years ago.


Looking over to Hawthorn Mountain from the road above our place.
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Skaha Lake just north of here from a wee bit above it.
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Same lake - Skaha - from the morning commute to work.
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Anyway, keep the photos coming folks, I'm very much enjoying the thread. Happy Saturday night to you all.

Regards,
Dwayne

Some practice Catch & Release, I practice Kill & Grill.

From a week later..............





I took my father this morning and we had another good run. Ended up with 6 nice keepers. No pics though............

Just some pics of this year in Wisconsin. Here is a boat that was rented. It went over the roller gates on Lock and dam 7 on the Mississippi river. Noone died in this accident but a month ago a tug boat tipped over and a guy died. This river is as unforgiving as it is beautiful. [URL=http://s1205.photobucket.com/user/ihookem1/media/DSCN0390_zps93ee6b82.jpg.html][/URL] This is me frying up some bluegills on the Mississippi river last week. Three or four make a good snack. Just another channel cat.

OK, more random stuff!

Bah. Soft boss on that juvenile...



That's a helluva' bull, man.

Was that Sika you killed in Japan? I saw a thing about that and truly didnt know they got that big.

Mine can't hold candle to those but. Lake shoreline

Great Stuff Guys!

Random hunting & fishing favorites.













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Secrete lake

Yessir. Largest in the world (lots of places have transplanted populations). There were two pictured of 5 taken. A couple were corkers (not mine).

They have a need. A need to die!
Patty

That dude looks familiar. I believe I hooked and lost him in the sound last year.

KG: Thats a gorgeous Sika....

A few more.

I agree. They are magnificent critters. There are two there, though. Both are in the 'beast' category, but one is a pretty good bit bigger than the other. The one that got a horn in my leg as some good old fashioned hand-to-hoof-n-horn combat was going on, actually. TWO of the hunts ended with knives on mountain ridges. Long stories.

More randomness...




Me at 'work'...




Me at 'play'...

did you see the pic of gar a friend of mines buddy caught out of the rio grande?i posted it in the other pic thread,

OK, I'll play.

Two cowgals who mean a lot to me.


Haying at the ranch last month.




View out the backyard, though the wildfires make it a bit hazy.


My nephew releasing a sturgeon that was to big to keep. It appeared to be between 8 and 9 feet.

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Couple critters from Utah and Nevada.
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We need to compare notes sometime! Sounds Good! Ive got a wounded leopard with a rusty azzed Taurus .38 special story...

You should combine the things for a really cool shot. You standing over a 'bou, crying, while one of those cop dogs rips your phony arm apart looking for the trout you hid inside. Some folks have no imagination whatsoever...

Happiness is a mound of dead p/dogs

20 Vartarg @ 500 yds.........

Some pics of some rocks....













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Shame on you for beating that buffalo to death with a black child.


Travis

Sunset in the big Sky



Little Muley Buck

I've posted these all before I think, but they represent some great memories.













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The day before I left for Ice Breaker 3.
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Bob

WOW! Gorgeous.

Private ponds ROCK!!





Crappies like that are the norm in that pond.. And I'm a big fan of kill and grill!

Forgot one..grin...

lol! Great stuff.

One of our buddies in IN knows how to grow blackberries... They're kinda good!





Case mini trapper for size comp..







Ben

Claire, my beautiful daughter.


Last camping trip with my daughter before she moved to Seattle.


First round hit at 550 yards with the .308.




If it looks like the dog was tired, you should've seen us humans!
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Bob

I'll play.

Here is some total randomness:


Cooper as a pup:





One of my Marmot hunting spots in Colorado:




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Shooting range out in the prairie a few years back one sunny February day:

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My stepson's first ever duck - a blue wing teal with only one leg. Check out his smile! Yes, the gun was cleared before he stepped out to retrieve the bird... He had to have been...... 11 in this pic??

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Deer hunting near Gunnison, CO. Ended up with a small buck but the scenery was beautiful:






Platte river, Nebraska at a buddies blind:



Eastern Colorado:

Deer hunting in the Guadalupes Mountains in New Mexico.

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Bob

Nice pics Cape! Hope you are doing well friendo.



Travis

Last one from me tonight. Kamo Gari glad you enjoyed the pics along with everyone else. It was my pleasure posting mine and looking at pics from other members here.

Thanks Travis. Doing well. Heading to WY first week of October. Got a pair of antelope tags. 3 deer tags for SD was all I drew here. No elk tag again. Hope you peeps are all doing well over there.

Bob

Taken about three weeks ago before the big fire around here.

Found em' locked up in the pasture after a Full Moon, Leap Year night

Grumpy

Phew. I dang near had a fit thinking that mebbe' none of those little gummers didn't get a vinegar/salt based bath!

Your young man has read chapter one in the STX guide to fishing pics, obviously. A 23 pounder is damned respectable for crappie anywhere!



Awesome.

Bobcape: stunning. Thank you.

Kamo,

Despite your being not black, I think this is a good thread.

GFY,
Dave

Check out my binos. Very high tech. I loaned my Swaros to my buddy's wife beside me.


Last dinner from this year's trip. Antelope and whitetail backstraps, wild turkey breasts. Grilled yellow squash and asparagus. And a few brookies one of the kids caught.


Bob

best thread in a while.

A shrapnel sighting!

Call the paparazzi [bleep]!



Travis

Shrapnel,

Why do you not return my calls?



Travis

This ain't no sausage fest....

But it ain't right, niether.....

Are they calls or dong texts?
Nothing wrong with texting photos of junk, but if you get no response that they just might not know who its from.....

Rainbow Eucalyptus



Lanai Sunset



Turnagain Arm



Nome Grayling



Audience



Taste tester came by while we were fishing, nothing a little duct tape can't fix



When you just can't wait for the lake to thaw to get to the river

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Ed,

Nice pics. that buff looks like he could stare a hole through ya! What's with the stripe on the hippo? Did the locals use him for graffiti?



Bob

Great shot! If they ever come out with a Jaws prequel, you're a shoe-in for a young Quint.

Caption: "Naw, it ain't no crab pot...".

Shot on the Y-Otey ranch, no doubt!

You betcha

Could be, but truth be known, when it comes to the part where they deliver the bum, I can't swim that well.....

Tuesday Morning Tom.


Sunday Dinner


Gone But Not Forgotten


Is There A Barber Around

Red Rocks....Steely Dan

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Nice morning to have a coffee and check the boat.

Nose Bleed....

My best Texas Whitetail deer.

Not all recent. But all random.













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That looks like a whitetail...only smaller!

It's a record book deer......










In my record book!

I put those kind in the freezer, not the record book...unless they are a dinkathon candidate

Ingwe,I'm not a picky shooter when it comes to hunting ie..if it's legal,it's getting a bullet (hopefully.)

Checking the pump a couple weeks ago.

Dad was watching the dogs down in the water.

Ingwe,this Desert Mule Deer missed SCI minimum by 4 inches,BIG DEAL! It's the biggest deer I killed.

OK.....If we are gonna go the other way......

Even younger and skinnier, I was tired-azzed getting that one to the road......

From another lifetime..









41 years later we meet again in Wyoming thanks to Keith [eh76]







Our journey finally comes to an end..These last two really get me as Jim and I share a very special bond..

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I would get Buck Fever like you would have never seen with that deer.

outstanding...

Speechless...

Dang,must be dust in the air.

Thanks for sharing FlyboyFlem.

No offense intended, but the second picture looks like one that got a guy busted a couple of years ago. I guess he asked the game warden that had checked him to take a picture. When the guy hoisted up his trophy, one of the "antlers" unscrewed a bit and twisted around. He had a set of sheds he put lag screws in. Shot a doe and screwed the antlers onto her.

Bob

ETA: Don't try this at home!

Love it, Woody...

Yep. Couple of the 'good guys'.. Woody put me up ( and put up with me) on a trip back east last year, and Jim paid me the best compliment I have ever had in my life....

Awesome.

Bobcape,no offense taken.

Back in the late 70's a cousin killed a spike,my Dad and Uncle found some bigger antlers and put them on the little deer. Every vehicle that drove by looked then screeched to a halt and stared at the deer. Then a game warden drove by and did the same thing,but,he drove off just shaking his head.

ingwe;
I don't often say this for a number of good reasons, but regarding your mulie photo, I may - just may - know how you feel.

Against my better judgement I laid down and took a prone shot at this grand old buck. I say against my better judgement as he knew we were there and everything about his body said he was going to run....so my lung shot ended up not being one and I'm sure not proud of myself that I shot when I did.

Anyway ingwe, I hit this fellow and he headed down into the most impossibly steep canyon one can still walk down - two hours down - and then when we finally killed him it started to snow buckets on us.

We took the back legs up on the first trip back, went back down to civilization to get some teenage reinforcements to help pack and down we went again to get the rest of him before the coyotes did.

So the photo is before I'm about to cut him up with a flashlight in my teeth and walk two hours up a snow slick canyon in the dark.


Oh, including the 4 leg bones that we left in and boned the rest out, there was 144lb of meat we took off of him, so for an Okanagan buck he was a good size.

Anyway I keep his rack up on the wall to remind me that sometimes I don't always make good decisions in life.

All the best to you and yours this week ingwe.

Dwayne

Dwayne, odd you mention that...my buck was dressed by flashlight between my teeth!

When mini-maglites came out I grabbed one, and later their rubber coated clones.Dude tried to sell me one of those and I immediately put it in my mouth ( I dressed a lot of deer that way...) and it tasted AWFUL...I declined to buy it because of the taste and he looked at me like I was crazy.


How about another good mule deer...this time Ingwewife, and we got to dress this one in the light...an honest 30 inches...

Fire on my buddy's place.


Kirkwood Ranch in Hell's Canyon.


Sockeye swim up the Columbia, Snake and Salmon Rivers 900 miles to reach this. Hence, the name.



Bout time for this again....

ingwe;
Please congratulate ingwewife on that buck!

I've been chasing mulies since '81 and have never killed one that wide.

My goodness do I hear you on the Mini-Maglites!

I've carried a little Pelican for years because it didn't taste as bad as the Mini-Maglites. That aluminum in my teeth was more than I could deal with.

When they invented headlamps I was first in line to buy one.

Here's my widest so far - a bit of a spaghetti rack and nowhere near even 24" inside - but as the girls were with me it made for a grand hunt.


I've got his hide tanned and rolled up to give to one or both the girls if they ever want to make something out of buckskin.

Again all the best to you and yours in the upcoming week ingwe.

Dwayne

These pics aren't random... they tell a narrative of the history of my relationship with my kids, at least in part. Haven't got any skiing pics uploaded to Photobucket yet, so only 3 seasons are represented here. But anyway, since the rancorous split with my ex-wife in April, I've relied heavily on my kids for moral support, and they have been super. The good times we've shared in the outdoors over the years has been a precious link for us.

Kids with their first "trouts", Edson Alberta, ca 1987.



Youngest daughter with her first migrant Chinook salmon (Lake Michigan, Kewaunee River, WI), in her senior year of high school.



Son & me on a 1988 pheasant hunt.




My dad and my son on a pheasant hunt some years later.




Elder daughter "learning how to fight with a rifle", as she puts it...




Kids in upper Elbow River valley, ca 1993.




One of my favorite high mountain lakes in the Alberta Rockies, ca. 1985.

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Same lake, with daughters, July 2012.

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Is that last one Lake Louise?

My back yard hosted my sisters wedding 2 weeks ago






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Dwayne and Ingwe and others:

Swing by your local vendor of Chinese goods (Canadian Tire or Wal-Mart) and pick up some bicycle handlebar tape for the metal flashlights.

The tape not only keeps the aluminum taste out of your mouth, but it is better to bite on and you won't chip your teeth.

Best of all, it is insulating! I had the idea for my full-size 6 D-cell Maglite when I was in Manitoba and it was below -40F -40C. The aluminum Maglit was sucking the heat from my hands even with good gloves. A double layer of bicycle handle bar tape means you can hang onto the flashlite (even using gloves) for MUCH longer at these temperatures.

Bicycle handle bar tape is much better than electrical tape which will soon be a sticky mess. Bike tape won't do this.

And now, back to a great thread!

Here is a couple of pictures (not mine, sadly) of the Swedish mountains a few hours drive from me. Norway is on the other side...





John

No, it's Rawson Lake, in the Kananaskis

Night fishing steelhead at the Confluence of Snake and Clearwater Rivers.



Your tax dollars at work....Garfield County Wa.



Oregon Coast.



Little deep.

Great pictures. I've seen references to this many times but I've never read the complete story. Is there a thread about your story? Thanks.

Bob

Looks like Canyonlands in SE Utah...La Salle Mtns.....

A few bird shots from walk about's

Fish for lunch



Bald Eagle that wintered in a grazing reserve east of the city.



Spring Pond geese



Leucistic Canada

Weasal in summer coat.....

Moose on the loose......

I really should use my digital camera more. Most of my pics these days are taken with my phone due to the convenience of the auto upload function. I hate sitting down to upload pics from a card to Photobucket and I have some pretty decent stuff from the last year or 2 on there.

Thanks for launching this thread, Leighton and thanks to all who've shared a snapshot or 3 of their world.

Some bluritude for the day.

Without a doubt, the most moving, seminal and awesome set of photographs in the history of this Website...

Alamos, Sonora, Mexico.



Local wildlife.



Cruise ship at Avalon, Catalina Island.



Campsite in King's Canyon.



Sailboat racing in Santa Monica Bay.

Getting loaded with Roy.

Buncha nice pics Men, I'm not into photography, don't even own a camera.

Gunner

Any one hungry? Christmas dinner......2008/9?

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/5701659/1

Yep, I was born and raised in Moab... We made a trip back a couple of weeks ago. The pics are from Castle Valley, Arches and Dead Horse point.....

My recent 223 AI rebarrel job...9 twist 28" Pac Nor

Vortex PST 6-24x50 for glass

The Bush..

I love a good picture. it's worth at least a thousand words.

apples of gold, in pictures of silver.

it happens right here on the internet.

This thread needs to be a sticky.

T.O.

Now that's just perfect living!

That looks great! Nice presentation as well.

On my list.

Thanks

This thread needs a bumpola...


Oldest and dearest friends...

Fall...coming sooon......

Old Mopar......

Ditto that all around. Gutted my first moose with a flashlight held in my teeth. He had wedged himself into a swampy dip or hole too short for his body and I could not move him at all, so started cutting sideways on him and pulling guts out and uphill. Man my jaws ached.

Those of use with that experience were early eager buyers of the first practical headlamps that came on the market!

Goldy....the Golden Eagle

Should have captioned the pic. Found at low tide on the beach near Newport, OR. I have no idea what the guts came from but would guess a whale. Photo is not altered, foreshortened or anything, and has my cap for size reference.

Maybe it is where MtCurman and his brother cleaned their Texas sized crappie!

TTT

These two always crack me up!

Fellow 'Fire Photo Folks;
As mentioned, the thread needs an occasional boost, so for Sunday afternoon we'll add these.

2013 mulie fawn crop in our yard. We've had two sets of twins and a single fawn and their moms living close by this year.


Same two - a bit more zoom.


Average sort of black bear.


Still not exactly sure what this dude was selling that day but he was persistent.


1930's vintage wood boat that we got a ride in on the salt chuck.


We loved the Oregon coast and hope to go back soon. This is Cannon Beach if memory serves.


Sunset off south Kehei - loved it there too.
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Well that's it for now from us.

Regards,
Dwayne

Cape Spear WWII gun emplacement - manned by troops for the duration of the war - winter included.





Winds effect of the vegetation beside the outpost



This would have been one lonely cold damp posting.

I'll throw in a couple from my favorite spot in Oklahoma.

Here's one from the wife and kids trip to Quemado.
Left to right: Kent,Frank,Brenna and Ed.

Some more from Quemado.

I'll try:

Chaos

Rowdie



Molly



All 3

Gives me chills. God bless the both of you and may I be afforded the honor of meeting both of you some day.

Incredible.

Lizard Island, Australia



Whitehaven Beach from the air





Great Barrier Reef







Potato Cod

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Grand Cayman













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Family portraits

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Stingers

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Concentration, elation.. great pics!

PA's "Endless Mountains" region:

Wow. I salute you both!

+1!

My kitchen counter every fall.



A few from last week..









Hanging out with one of my best friends...



Fresh fur...

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Beautiful nor cal steelhead..

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Coming atcha...

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More of my man cave stuff..

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This post is a winner hands down. I enjoy all the pictures others post, but I have to think it will be hard to top this one. Many thanks to both of you for your service, and the best of days to you each also.

Thank you Woody! And thank you to Evil Twin as well. I just read that entire thread and the "Circle" thread. I'm overwhelmed. I'm sorry I missed it before. Thank you both!

Bob

WOW! Took me a few hours and a few breaks( tight throat and blurred vision ), to read all through that. You two deserve another big THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE from me. I know you have read more than a few of those, but damn, what a great story and special friendship.

Again, thank you.

I know that river.. I think

My new knife to carry so my hunting knife get's a break.

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I can't embed pics.. what gives?

Thanks for your suggestion. Damn I was good.

Badass shot. Bloody well done. Bloody well.

It is indeed (the original). I laughed at it, and took a pic of it for posterity's sake. It was on the wall in some tourist trap bar in Juneau.

Goosebumps. Thanks for that, Woody. And you too, Jimbo.

When I saw it I thought walrus or elephant seal.

My summer so far.

Low res camera phone. Apologies in advance.



Nightwork with the planter.



Nightwork with the sprayer.



Sundown. Nope, not going home yet.



The fabeled "green flash".



Skimpy harvest.



Skimpier yet.


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If it's rolling, it's good.


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Teamwork. My sons.


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Time to go home.


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This I didn't plan on. Tough summer. If there are women in your life that you love, do whatever it takes to get them in for that annual mammogram. Hers was just in the nick of time.

Smith Falls

Put a lump in my throat.

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Oldest and dearest friends...





Ingwe and Ingwe dog as a pup???

Beautiful steelhead. What river? Using flies or bait?





Nice.

That was a King Salmon Doc, caught on a Blue Fox spinner on the Feather River.

More Northern California photos...













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Great pics from everyone!

Dave, you have a gift for capturing life, healthy life.

I especially like your snap of two bobcats in the snow road. February?

Might have been Feb, it was last winter. Took the wife for a drive out in the forest to try to photograph some wildlife. We watched them for a while, they were hunting rabbits. Couldn't get in close enough for any decent shots.

Sept 11th, 2001 in the middle of the Bush in Zimbabwe..

After seeing the packing deer out I had to post these Packing Elk out.

Is that the Memorial to the Lone Survivor of Custer's Last Stand?