Politics? Whatever!!! Pictures

Posted By: Snake River Marksman Politics? Whatever!!! Pictures - 03/30/16

Cool pics thanks for sharing, how high is the fence when ya yard these bastards ? or do you tranquilize to tag ?

I'm pretty sure they dart them. Last spring I saw nearly a dozen game and fish trucks lined up on the road right there, and later read in the paper they were doing some research on the goats. Never saw any fencing or horses that would lead me to believe that they were corralling them.

That goat with all the ear tags has sure won a lot of shows to have so many ear tags.

We need a lot more posts like this and a lot less of "the other"......thanks!

Not mine-sent by a friend up in Jackson, WY, yesterday:

Never seen one. Some day I'd like to !!!

Same goats.

Cool pictures. I don't get to see that kind of wildlife often here in the midwest.

Were they licking salt off of the road?

Is that a park area (no hunting) where the pictures were taken? They don't seemed concerned about people or traffic.

Just spit balling pictures

Yes licking salt. No not in the park, us 89 through caribou targhee national forest south of Jackson wy. 54woody has hunted these goats. Killed one too!

My mom Dad and I.

Doing pics on a tablet is a pain.

Because sledding is the most important thing

Views from this morning.....

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Never seen one. Some day I'd like to !!!

There are always a bunch of old goats at Quemado.

Yup.

Originally Posted by Scott F

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Never seen one. Some day I'd like to !!!

There are always a bunch of old goats at Quemado.

Yes, I qualify.

Son

Daughter

30-06, 247Roberts, 220 Swift, 284 Win, 243 Win
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Thaks for jumping in guys. Keep them coming

My girls last year. Note the expression of the smaller one on the left. Yep, she's mine; no doubt about it.

My oldest near Halloween

My younger one at Christmas.

Sunrise over San Francisco Bay from my patrol car window.

Nice family pics there, Ranger Green.

SRM , up in your neck of the woods visiting our sons for Easter. Will look for your goats on the way home to New Mexico tomorrow. Here is the view from thier friends kitchen window on Easter.

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Monday onthe Snake near Wilson

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My son's buddy fished with me today over on the Idaho side.
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Way better than "politickin'", thanks for starting it SRM!

Breeze

Chief,

No dead critter, just some scenery out your way.

Still life with rifle, Overlooking Sycamore Creek near Sedona AZ

Geno

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

ehnm,

Dead critter, (bigger'n yours!

)

Javelina with pistol, Near Wikieup AZ,

Geno

The Twin Sisters, near Wallula WA, Columbia River

Geno

granddaughter helping Ugly 'Ol Pappy wrenching today.

Originally Posted by krp

Apache Lake, from the Trail?

Cool kid pics, too.

Geno

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Never seen one. Some day I'd like to !!!

The only time I've seen any they were *way* up on the side of a mountain in Glacier National Park. I wouldn't have noticed them if someone hadn't pointed them out to me.

The valleys in Glacier National Park form a radius,..they're very rounded and at the upper elevations the sides of them are almost vertical.

The goats were almost at the top of the ridge gazing on moss, I guess. There was no visible vegetation up there.

It was much steeper than a man could stand on. How they worked their way along the ridge was really something to see. I wouldn't have thought anything could walk around on that nearly vertical surface.

They're very acclimated to their habitat.

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Dang, that dog's almost as handsome as mine!

Geno

PS, Dworshak?

Like this:

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Dang, that dog's almost as handsome as mine!

Geno

PS, Dworshak?

Yea....up by Grandad

PS....she's not handsome....she's purdy.....

Course....that was when she was young and svelt....now she's old, fat, and grumpy....kinda like me....

The one that made this track was not as big as yours, nice cat you got there.

The one that made this one might have been, but probably no spots:

And this is what they like to eat down AZ way (yes, there's sometimes ice in the desert!) :

Oh, I tried to look before I used "he" or "she" but I couldn't tell for sure from the angle so I tried my best not to offend. Dogs don't seem to care much, call Breeze "purty" and he'll wag his tail and ask for a "cookie" anyway

. He's just that way.. And yes, your girl sure is a cutie.

Geno

LOL.....yea....she don't care what you call her as long as the truck doesn't leave the house without her....

Speaking of trax.....

Nice one, did you try for that one or too old of a trail?

I'll check tomorrow, bedtime now.

G'night,

Geno

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

ehnm,

Dead critter, (bigger'n yours!

)

Javelina with pistol, Near Wikieup AZ,

Geno

Nice javelina.

Great pics y'all here is a little different one of the boys & me at Comerica Park:

Grandson contemplating the meaning of life. Or Mebbe just enjoying the view.

He's also a notorious chicken rustler!

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Razz, the goats are almost all the way through the canyon on the Alpine side.

Pics of the new pup taken about 3 weeks apart. She's growing like crazy and true to breed, her black face is giving way to the brown she'll wear for life.

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Early spring sunrise. It was a bit frosty.
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Saw this old Polara behind a little service station in SE Ohio about a month ago. I really like the lines of the big ol' boat.
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A couple from a warmer time of year.

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Not too shabby for cell phone pics.

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Nice one, did you try for that one or too old of a trail?

I'll check tomorrow, bedtime now.

G'night,

Geno

Morning Geno....That's a Wolf track....we were Cat hunting up by Headquarters....needless to say we wouldn't have put any dogs down right there even if we did see a Cat track.....

Here's a couple of big Toms from my trap line.....

And something a little more Zen for all the non hunters on here......heh)

That is a 460 WBY cartridge dwarfed in that track...

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Originally Posted by bruinruin

Saw this old Polara behind a little service station in SE Ohio about a month ago. I really like the lines of the big ol' boat.
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That's cool....I had forgotten about that body style...

That's something ND needs to get his hands on....even if it is a MoPar...

Winter canoe trip on the Manistee River this past Feb:

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

And something a little more Zen for all the non hunters on here......heh)

I like that.

Here's one from inside my beat up old SmokerCraft.

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What a nice change of pace this thread is. Thank you.

Random recent good stuff...

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Good to see you posting Sal!

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Geezers!

Snake River's goats last September

Originally Posted by bruinruin

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

And something a little more Zen for all the non hunters on here......heh)

I like that.

Here's one from inside my beat up old SmokerCraft.

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That's not beat up....that's "vintage".....

What I was doing last week in lieu of arguing about politics and religion

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Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Originally Posted by bruinruin

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

And something a little more Zen for all the non hunters on here......heh)

I like that.

Here's one from inside my beat up old SmokerCraft.

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That's not beat up....that's "vintage".....

Best $100 I ever spent. Doesn't leak a drop!

Link to my hunt from 2011 for goat in Snake's backyard. Lots of pictures.
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/5713412/1

Paige, August 23, 1976-December 7, 2010...

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OK folks, these are great.

Maybe great enough to keep me out of the basement for a minute!

Geno

54woody,
I was going to hunt up that thread if you didn't chime in.

The best friend I ever had, or expect to have....

Mmmm...feel that one Brother Ingwe.

Dakota. May he rest in peace
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Cheyenne. Likely harassing Dakota.
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Bailey. Soon to be joining the other two.
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Molly makes it a little hard to work some times but she means well.
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Blaze. He thinks he's more dog than cat. He even plays fetch.
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Remington. Doofus extrordinaire.
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Because antelope hunting is a warm weather sport
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Longing for summertime in Wyoming:

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Damn Shrap very sorry for your loss what a beautiful young lady taken way too early. Looks like ya had some amazing time together!

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

What's the rifle being held by the fellow in the blue shirt?

Originally Posted by shrapnel

Paige, August 23, 1976-December 7, 2010...

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There is a whole lot of heaven in that picture.

Glorious Texas sunset:

My 10 yo shot the 2 on the right:

He loved hangin in a blind w/ our 6-250:

Watching the natives:

What a fantastic road tripping buddy who enjoys all the "little" things:

Looks like a Husky M146?

9,3x57 maybe?

THANKS - YOU STARTED A FINE THREAD. A few from here.

Our place from above

Breakfast guests

Out the kitchen window

200 yards from the shop - pick a tasty one

April morning well enjoyed

Grandkids stilled - rare moment

Originally Posted by Jim in Idaho

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

What's the rifle being held by the fellow in the blue shirt?

It an old post Great War commercial rifle I rebuilt. Not a fancy one. Some people call em "guild" rifles. That's archaeologist son. 8x57 JS. Dated 12/23.

More great pictures guys! Thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by ingwe

The best friend I ever had, or expect to have....

Dogs ARE the best.

Special moment

Wifey born again. And honoring her kill.

I've posted some of these before but, oh well.

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Same place last year:

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Best friend back stage hamming it up with the candidates after a presidential debate:

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Antelope with interloper:

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Goose hunting with my youngest.
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Nephew & me on Manistee River Trail:

30 years ago on my 32' sloop in the Bahamas

I've got a few from there:

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And some from SD:

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Here's a few from the 2016 Campfire Hog Hunt.

Here's an oldie I posted on Facebook today for Throwback Thursday.

A heavy King from Northern California...

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Me, Roof & 7mmMato

Long long ago. 1985
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My wife loves deer!
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Right behind my house...about eight feet from my dog pen. My two labs just watched it, no barking or anything.

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Originally Posted by CCCC

THANKS - YOU STARTED A FINE THREAD. A few from here.

Grandkids stilled - rare moment

Carved out of cream cheese. Very nice.

A few from 2016.

Refreshing thread. Thanks, everyone.

These aren't deeks..
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He's getting birdy

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Bighorns w/ my favorite backpacking pard:

Dolores River Canyon, SW Colorado

Originally Posted by Mike70560

Holy moly is that what I think it is??

Thanks a ton for the fantastic thread everybody!

G Grandpa and G Grandma here in Bastrop County. Old home place. Circa 1925

our little piece of heaven

Originally Posted by mudhen

Ben, is that you?

Originally Posted by rockchucker

our little piece of heaven

Is that a TV dish?

Let this guy go last year, hope he survived

1907 scores

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Eastern California

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Originally Posted by EdM

Originally Posted by rockchucker

our little piece of heaven

Is that a TV dish?

it came with the place.

only have a tv dvd player and movies. most of the time we're on the porch

Remington February 2, 2002 - July 5, 2010

Winchester, still diving me crazy.

Originally Posted by EdM

Originally Posted by mudhen

Ben, is that you?

Yep--about twenty years ago...

at a previous employer

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Jade tress do bloom, it turns out...

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Originally Posted by Mike70560

Awesome.

Montucky rest stop.....

Unluckiest bluebird on earth.....

Full auto and sandstone just go good together......

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Originally Posted by Mike70560

Awesome.

She is awesome. Our granddaughter. She stayed with us this week, she learned to shoot a bow and arrow and my wife taught her to crochet. Way better activities than playing video games

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Unluckiest bluebird on earth.....

Or the victim of some kind of Shrike? Just guessin'.

I didn't think shrikes were any bigger than the blue bird?

We have a big one down here folks call a butcher bird. Seen grasshoppers, frogs mice etc done same way. Didn't know what yall have up there might be bigger??? Very peculiar to say the least! Good photo!!!

A friend took this pic of Lucy (RIP) and my son. Lucy was not happy about it. She didn't really know the friend and was trying to stay between him and my son.

My kids

elk hunting

Antelope hunt with kids

I like that last pic, Ralphie!!!

I envy the kids who grew up in the saddle.
Of course they probably envy us kids who grew up in boats on big water so I guess it's all a wash. Pardon the pun.

Albino deer in a field of snow.

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Wolf Creek Pass Overlook Sept 2015 by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

Golden Aspen near Silverton, Colorado Sept 2015 by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

Rick at Molas Lake Colorado by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

Untitled by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr
Angie as we climbed toward Wolf Creek Pass

Rick's SNJ-4 by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

A few from Mexico this last January. Enjoy and safe travels

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Originally Posted by mudhen

That is like out of this world cool right there.

First deer age 11

Age 18

Age 21

Age 22

My daughter moved out for a while. Then she came back and brought this guy with her. This is Chunky.

He's actually very friendly...

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She hung around my house for about 2 years until she got hit by a car.

Originally Posted by tex_n_cal

He's actually very friendly...

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April Fools???

Some lever guns of mine:

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Nice!!

Namibian sunset

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Deer camp, one of my favorite places.

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Somewhere in the Sonoran desert, MX.

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1999, priceless.

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Study the bottom of this one carefully........

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I see 3 critters?

I think I see a Lions butt in the lower left...

Just me and one of my grandson's

Here he is.

Me and my wife eating dinner in Mexico.
Good times!

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

I see 3 critters?

Yes. Lots of my buds have missed the kudu bull.

Me in Argentina.

I should have been a photo interpreter. I can always find "Waldo". LOl

Some need help.

Originally Posted by JGRaider

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

I see 3 critters?

Yes. Lots of my buds have missed the kudu bull.

I didn't.......

From thus springs pig hunt...

Rockchucker....with a devastatingly handsome older gentleman behind him

SRM
Went through and the goats were not out, just the warning sign. We were looking though. Friday on our way in via Pinedale the sheep were down on the road just before Hoback Junction, seen them so many times we didn't stop for pictures. Too eager to see our boys!

Here is me and one of the boys from January here in NM.
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Backpacking the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim with our youngest back in 2003.
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Return trip in 2013 with my wife and a buddy. Thats them on the trail.
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Here she is enjoying the view.
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At Brite Angel CG
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After 3 days in the summer heat...
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That's neat, sweet pic.

one tired dog
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Easter 2015 at Escalante. They say mud is good for a girl's complexion.
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One of the boys back in 2001 near Pinon NM. His first deer. [Linked Image]

Fishing trip with my baby brother, crossing a log jam.
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Northern Ontario sunset

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Wife's first fish on a fly rod. Her guide, our son in the background. We may have created a monster, but you have to love a woman who wants fly fishing gear for Christmas instead of jewelry.
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Whiskey Basin Wyoming
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A friendly gathering
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Im sorry the goats didnt cooperate. I'll guarantee they were right there, just not on the road when yu went through. Next time!

How'd I miss this thread?

Great pics all!

Originally Posted by MadMooner

How'd I miss this thread?

Great pics all!

amaising pics guys thanks for a short walk through your lives,hope to get down south late this summer.

norm

Originally Posted by JGRaider

Somewhere in the Sonoran desert, MX.

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JGRaider, Looks like we travel some of the same country.
The 1st photo is from 1995, returned there this last yr

krp,

and others,

just love the pics of kids fishing

thanks,

Geno

Originally Posted by Razz

A friendly gathering
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Razz,

them's some old pictures you're posting. Them folks sure dressed funny in the olden days.

Geno

Kent! Just showed Wifey these pics of you and the kids!! She loves em!!!

Thanks Bob, I know she's a special soul to put up with you... have a great day together.

Kent

My Dad, November 29, 1925 - February 20, 2016

The lady sitting with him was a life long best friend who was like a sister to him. She passed away on February 24, 2016 at the age of 89.

I bet she had a big surprise when she got there and saw my father.

Travis, Dave and Clark, it's good to see you back, man. This place hasn't been the same without you.

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Travis, Dave and Clark, it's good to see you back, man. This place hasn't been the same without you.

Probably for the better. Grin...

GFY.

Dave

My kids.

A few of my favorites. Some old some not!

Blues and Bobs

N. Ga. Bucks Bears Swine

Threads like this are uplifting. They will bring a smile to your face.

Thanks

What I like:
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What I do:
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Where I wish I was and will be in about 2 weeks:
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Wyoming pronghorn doe run last fall

Kent, SC, & others love those family/outdoor pics beautiful window into your lives.

Fantastic thread SLM thanks again!!

Originally Posted by Hammerdown

Threads like this are uplifting. They will bring a smile to your face.

Thanks

Randy, yes they sure do.

Great pics all around.

Here's a few from the last couples weeks.

Originally Posted by efw

Kent, SC, & others love those family/outdoor pics beautiful window into your lives.

Fantastic thread SLM thanks again!!

I'm obviously a lucky guy, the key is realizing it early in life.

I had done quite a bit outdoors with my wife and kids when we were a young family... but much more solo or with a few guys... I was obsessed and gone when not working. I didn't care about booze or drugs or women... I was a outdoors junky.

Now I seldom go without the family... and make every minute I have with the grandchildren or my niece count.

I jipped my wife out of many trips early and couldn't see the damage it did, now she only stays home if she wants to.

Old man talking to you young'ns...

Kent

Ben, I like that momma's temperament!

Kent, your concrete pics reminded me of 7-8 years ago.

I miss those nutty fuuckers but I don't miss working that hard.

I really miss bull chittin' with the old finisher.

He could make the entire jobsite laugh...

Don't fugk wit' da' Geezuz.

Dave

Never....

Sorry about the visual profanity.

Crazy ass mofo from North Carolina.

Worked on our own concrete project this fall/winter. We did the form, rebar, mat, ourselves. Then hired three professionals to run the wet screed/ tools. And a bunch of friends to labor. Then hired a contractor for the walls.

Ben, that is some serious yardage!

How long is the building?
(what exactly is it?)

Originally Posted by SamOlson

I really miss bull chittin' with the old finisher.

He could make the entire jobsite laugh...

Hey! that's me... or a close enough facsimile...

He's old testament... concrete work is hard enough, might as well have some laughs while doing it... no one wants to work with a serious F'er...

I'm only part time now helping my brother and nephew rebuild the business as the economy has improved.

Here I am using the 'old man' pick getting a slab ready to pour.

Gotta teach'm young...

Great pics folks, thanks again for sharing.....
A few more that make me smile! First is a 20 year old photo of my daughter and I fishing in Colorado

Next is an old Neauman sewing machine base that I transformed with a beautiful piece of mesquite and some turquoise.

Next is a beauty of a photo my wife took of an Axis doe that had just had a fawn behind our house.

Last is a shot of my lifelong buddy and hunting pardner as he and I had killed a couple nice Oryx several years ago! Good friends are a true blessing!

It's a feedlot, 53'x276' we did the floor in two pours. Each were around 140-150 yards. I think the whole project is a around 340.

We had an Amish crew do the wood and roof work.

Random stuff

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About 30 minutes ago:

More

Great dinner and show with my wife and we had decent seats.

Here is my little cowboy and his mule Skippy

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Middle daughter and her new found friend:

random stuff:

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Lake Blanche, Utah.

Being a born Minnesotan here he is as a Voyageur for a parade.

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Napping bear, northern Idaho.

Newport, Oregon.

Bear from the deck of my in-laws cabin, Fairview, Utah.

First cruise.

From a fishing trip.

My Bog-Pod.

My Father and his first great grandson.

Another vacation in Mexico with my best friend.

My pup's first hunting retrieve.

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Had all three of my varmints home at same time.....

gonna happen less and less as they get older.....

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Originally Posted by krp

Originally Posted by efw

Kent, SC, & others love those family/outdoor pics beautiful window into your lives.

Fantastic thread SLM thanks again!!

I'm obviously a lucky guy, the key is realizing it early in life.

I had done quite a bit outdoors with my wife and kids when we were a young family... but much more solo or with a few guys... I was obsessed and gone when not working. I didn't care about booze or drugs or women... I was a outdoors junky.

Now I seldom go without the family... and make every minute I have with the grandchildren or my niece count.

I jipped my wife out of many trips early and couldn't see the damage it did, now she only stays home if she wants to.

Old man talking to you young'ns...

Kent

KRP, AMEN TO THAT! We did our fare share of outdoor stuff early on, but now we grab as much time outdoors as we can. Bout the only trips my wife won't go on are the backpacking ones, she said lugging her world thru the Grand Canyon 3 years ago was her Grand Finale!

Really enjoying all the pictures and stories in this thread! Thanks SRM.

Brother took this one yesterday. Up near Flagstaff, AZ. Says he quit counting about 75:

Geno

PS, great pics

PPS, captions would be appreciated if not self explanatory. This old guy knows a lot, but some of those I haven't a clue where they were taken.

Found this guy while fishing up on Kodiak

All my pictures are Az, except the one where I was 12 fishing the west dolores river, co.

Kent

New Mexico.

South Africa.

Texas.

Ruin...

White Mountain Apache Reservation,Az.

Owl.....

Phesant.....

Grouse....

Squirrel.....

Captioned for Geno.......

White mountain apache... probably same day...

more wmat

again great pics. Kent i am impressed with your pics and lifestyle, over the years that i have been on the 24hour you and some others have opened my eyes to a different world, thank you for sharing , the pics say more than the written word .

norm

Practicing my fire starting skills with a fire stick and knife!

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Idaho....

Giblets checkin' out a sage rat...

He loves the pheasants...

Some artsy-fartsy pics from some fun settings on the camera...

And one after his haircut (he's badly in need of another!)

I like dogs better than people. He's a beautiful pooch.

Elk hunting last year...

Hunting bud next to a surprisingly large tree (still alive) in the Sawtooths...

Unfortunately, the only elk we found were on private land....

North Fork Championships a couple of years ago..
Those ribbons hang down are the 'pylons' that the kayakers have to circle before advancing. Think there were 10 or so...

That little white spot in the background is the launching ramp. The runs are Jacob's Ladder and Golf Course on the North Fork of the Payette...

Who needs a truck, amirite?

Never seen so many Subarus in one spot, though...

I Love the cactus flowers...

Random dead stuff...

My job doesn't allow much time for big game hunting unless I get a really favorable draw close to home (which I never do), hence, a lot of varmint hunting.

A few of my other 'loves'....

Galena Summit a few years back..

Bought these two last year...

My all time fave combo...

Went through a LOT of guitars and amps before this. Should've just cried once...

Same place...different gig with my two 'brothers-from-another-mother"

Last fall deer hunting with a bow. Came around a corner on the trail and there he was. Saw him several times. Think they gave out one ML draw for that unit so don't know if he survived or not. 10'yds away and totally unperturbed by my presence!

Quick shot of my 'private' range. Will be headed out there in few to burn some pistol ammo up. Could extend the range to the left for about as far as I want. Checked the .223 at 550 there last summer before the antelope hunt.

Originally Posted by norm99

again great pics. Kent i am impressed with your pics and lifestyle, over the years that i have been on the 24hour you and some others have opened my eyes to a different world, thank you for sharing , the pics say more than the written word .

norm

I'm really embarrassed I've posted so many pictures, but it's important for me, and obviously others, we have to get back to what this site means... it's that or leave like some have.

Bad feelings must be turned to good.

Anyway, I regret not taking pictures much for most of my life, I have few of my own kids and wife from before digital cameras. My kids gave me one in about '07 and I've gone crazy since.

Kent

Wolf near Atlantic City Wyoming, 20 yards out my back door:

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First trillium of the year.

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Originally Posted by hookeye

Had all three of my varmints home at same time.....

gonna happen less and less as they get older.....

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wow.....

your a blessed man

In-laws cabin, Fairview, Utah.

Dungeness Crab.

Originally Posted by krp

Originally Posted by norm99

again great pics. Kent i am impressed with your pics and lifestyle, over the years that i have been on the 24hour you and some others have opened my eyes to a different world, thank you for sharing , the pics say more than the written word .

norm

I'm really embarrassed I've posted so many pictures, but it's important for me, and obviously others, we have to get back to what this site means... it's that or leave like some have.

Bad feelings must be turned to good.

Anyway, I regret not taking pictures much for most of my life, I have few of my own kids and wife from before digital cameras. My kids gave me one in about '07 and I've gone crazy since.

Kent

Norm, some very well said words. Easy to see you have an appreciation for life and good folks.

Kent, this site had been giving me fits so I couldn't really post here for a while. That said, although there seems to be some rif-raf and urinary olympics, this place is richer for your presence. You're just one of those "anchor" kind of guys that doesn't have to throw out of bunch of BS to impress anyone. You're a good man and a good soul. I hope our paths get to cross one day.

A few of my family.
1st my dad when he was a young man..... as you can see he was a little rough around the edges but in those days in West Texas it was a requirement.
2nd my beautiful mother, very patient and loving person. I still think of them both almost daily.
3rd is a shot of my wife photo bombing my children.
and last is my wife and I relaxing in NOLA.

Originally Posted by rockchucker

Originally Posted by hookeye

Had all three of my varmints home at same time.....

gonna happen less and less as they get older.....

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wow.....

your a blessed man

Thanks.
The oldest is fairly conservative, pro gun. Should get better as she gets older. Middle is a bit liberal, but is pro gun (and a good shot).
Youngest won county DAR scholarship with a right winger essay. Thought it might be a bit much (I was cool with it). Guess others were too.

She might go deer hunting this fall, or the oldest dunno. They've only bowfished when little.

I tried, only so much you can do. If they figure it out fine, if not I was here first. Not gonna let my kids tear me down. Youngest got bashed in cheer accident, has had some health issues from it. On the mend finally. Might be well enough to whack a deer this yr.

I worked a lot when they were little (so mom could stay home). Kids were an absolute blast though. Drug them hunting/fishing gunshows/gunshops, junk yards/auto parts stores. The oldest, when she was 4.......I had a frontal rollover Jeep in the garage, had most of the bad torn off. Heard a "chink, chink, chink".

She was up front with hammer bonking headlights saying "I'm helping!".
Was more understanding of that "Jeep thing" than I was LOL.

3 daughters............why there's no moose or elk on my wall.
Hopefully get that changed in a few yrs.

Here's their momma, pic is a few yrs old, has added tonnage since then.

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I don't much get bent about that stuff anymore. Next one will have big boobs and at least 300 acres of good deer ground.

Yesterday, first one this Spring

BTW, my youngest loves to shoot her Grandpa's Anschutz Exemplar .22rf and his 7 mm 08 Savage Striker.

Cool kid.

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Yesterday, first one this Spring

Cool! I trimmed mine back, dunno what's gonna happen yet.
Ol lady's grandparents were big into the Society.

Originally Posted by Elkhunter49

A few of my family.
1st my dad when he was a young man..... as you can see he was a little rough around the edges but in those days in West Texas it was a requirement.
2nd my beautiful mother, very patient and loving person. I still think of them both almost daily.
3rd is a shot of my wife photo bombing my children.
and last is my wife and I relaxing in NOLA.

That's great stuff

Spanish gold markers and Hohokam lizards... you never were the first...

My great great grandmother. Tough as nails, she outlived three husbands.

A friend took this shot of me, LZ Litts, April 1967

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What a great break from all the political BS!

THANK Y'ALL.

Here are the better half and Rio the wonder dog with me overlooking the Colorado River near Hite Utah. [Linked Image]

Random.

Creek behind the barn.

Swan Valley Idaho

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Up the road a piece from SRM's neighborhood

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Wild Irises
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Originally Posted by krp

Originally Posted by norm99

again great pics. Kent i am impressed with your pics and lifestyle, over the years that i have been on the 24hour you and some others have opened my eyes to a different world, thank you for sharing , the pics say more than the written word .

norm

I'm really embarrassed I've posted so many pictures, but it's important for me, and obviously others, we have to get back to what this site means... it's that or leave like some have.

Bad feelings must be turned to good.

Anyway, I regret not taking pictures much for most of my life, I have few of my own kids and wife from before digital cameras. My kids gave me one in about '07 and I've gone crazy since.

Kent

keep posting you post i'll admire , love to get down to the 4 corners one of these days and back into the true desert only been once in about 95 Anza Berago late march in bloom but only for a few days , my heart and soul wants to see more.

norm

and MOJO great pics as well love the blooms.

Granddaughter (in front) and friend on Chips the horse.

The same little cowgirl at a parade last summer.

Traded the boots in for flip-flops.

A few from a recent trip:

Fantail

Volcanic mud pot

There were some great sunsets

Just playing with the camera

From the beach house

Hope you enjoy

Nothing in particular.

A few more

where are the bad lands and hoodos???

norm

The wife a loooonnnng time ago!
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Bottom of the Grand Canyon critters:

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Originally Posted by norm99

where are the bad lands and hoodos???

norm

The first picture was taken in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah and the hoodos were taken in Arches National Park in Utah. With five national parks in it, Utah has some fantastic scenery.

Hey Razz, that griz is in elk creek in hayden valley right?

From my favorite state to visit. Great scenery and great people!!

SRM, hate to tell you but that is the biggest Cinnamon Black Bear I have ever seen! My wife and I were camping Memorial Day weekend up in the Valle Vidal in northern New Mexico when we came up on this critter. He was busy digging roots in the creek bottom. Mt wife's first words were "I didn't know we had grizzlys in New Mexico." We watched him for a bit and it was real clear it was not a griz. At 50 or so yards it was a thrill.

I saw a bunch of those at Philmont.

A few of my deer hunting AO last year. First time bow hunting since I was a young teen. Had a blast. Saw several moose (Bulls, cow and calves) and had a chance at several deer (I let 'em go--early in the season). Ended up going home empty handed but enjoyed every second of it. It's a controlled hunt wth unlimited tags so you're guaranteed a draw but it then puts the kybosh on any other deer hunting for the year.

Oh well, I'll probably put in for it again. It's less than an hour from the house so I can get waay more hunting time in.

BTW,

All my pics are from Idaho. Most of my backpacking was years ago before smart phones or affordable digital cameras. Will have to see if I can scan some prints...

I will say, although Big Stick/Boxer can be abrasive to a lot of people online (I think it's mostly a expert trolling maneuver)...

A) he does know the topics he talks about

B) he is ABSOLUTELY correct when he says...'Fück Yo Couch'!

Get out there people. You don't need a high end camera to enjoy and share your memories. This thread is proof of that...

Thanks to all who have contributed.

Snake River Marksman;
Thanks ever so much sir for starting this veritable feast for our eyes.

I've been really enjoying it - as said previously it makes one smile.

Random stuff then it is!

Our girls on a hunt with the old man, back when I wasn't.
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Top of Mt. Revelstoke
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Blanket Creek, BC
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Maui

Maui again - different daughter

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Cannon Beach, Oregon
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More later folks.

Dwayne

Originally Posted by krp

Spanish gold markers and Hohokam lizards... you never were the first...

Now those are awesome pics! Partly because I don't have anything like that anywhere near me, but anytime can see pictures of real history like that it makes me happy! I love a good mystery, and seeing stuff like that can't help but wonder and imagine who did it, why they did it,what does it mean etc...it really set the imagination spinning.

A few more photos;

Chipmunk chowing on kinnickinnick
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Canuck legal 14" pump gun
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Branding day was yesterday
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We do topical treatment nowadays and pain meds for the new steers.
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Moving the herd with cow dogs is the way to go
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Canadian made bear repellent one mine - one done for eldest daughter
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Dwayne

Bye for now from just across the medicine line.
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Thanks for looking and thanks again for all the folks who've shared. Have a good week all.

Mojo, you've got a great eye! Love your pics!

OK, here's some random ones...

Last year I took the first real vacation I've had in 20 years (maybe more) not including holidays or the occasional day or two for hunting.

One of my best buddies (the guy playing drums in an earlier pic) goes with his family on a week long vacation to wherever each year. He has a twin brother and his parents refer to me as 'the triplet'! They even made up a faux legal document 'adopting' me officially...

Anyway, they insisted I join them at a house they rented in the Lake Chelan, WA area. I tried to decline feeling like an interloper but they wouldn't take no for an answer.

Interesting country...you're up on the plateau and for as far as you can see its scrubby, dry land wheat farming. Then you drop down a grade and, boom, you're in the heart of apple and grape territory with orchards and vineyards as far as the eye can see. Lush, verdant landscapes to take your breath away. Plus, you're right next to a huge, long, deep, crystal,clear lake.

The itinerary for the week was relaxing, hanging in the pool, checking out some local eateries and drinking fine wine and beer. The only thing scheduled was a float plane tour to a winery on the Columbia. It was myself, my buddy and his brother and their wives.

Now, I'm a bit of a plane geek so getting to fly on a DeHavilland Beaver to a winery was awesome for me and a real highlight of the trip. We took off from Lake Chelan and landed on the Columbia literally dockside at the winery. Tried out some wines in the tasting room and each ended buying a case to take back (fantastic wines, btw. Rio Vista Winery).

Here's some shots from the plane and I'll throw a couple of vids up from the takeoff and landing. IIRC, the pilot told me he had 12,000+ hours in his logbook (might've been 20,000+ he used to be an Alaskan bush pilot).

Love the old radial engines!

One last group.

Panoramic pic with the phone off the deck of the tasting room. The seaplane dock is right down there in the river.

Orchards and vineyards...

Shots of the gorge where Lake Chelan dumps into the Columbia (there's a dam there).

Taking off from Lake Chelan (my friends were nice enough to let me sit co-pilot (they had taken the trip the year previously).

Landing on the Columbia River (during the flight you could see deer along the river banks and lying beneath trees). Still wonder how they deal with deer and the crops there, especially, the apples.

MojoHand;
Good evening to you sir, thanks for the photos you've shared, I too have very much enjoyed them.

You must have missed the big fire they had down there last year - it was a bad year in our part of the world.

I say our, because Lake Chelan is only 3 hours south of us and the terrain is quite similar, but the valley wider than up here.

This for instance is on the little hill behind our house looking south.
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Thanks again for sharing your photos and all the best to you in the upcoming weeks.

Dwayne

Dwayne,

Have always enjoyed your photos of nature and family. Thank-you for posting them. You live in a beautiful area, for sure. Didn't realize you were that close to the border.

We did just miss the fires there last year. We were there the week after the Fourth of July. That winery I mentioned...the owner actually was out trying to douse flames across the highway from the winery. Luckily, they and most of Chelan, survived.

MojoHand;
Thanks for the reply and kind words sir.

Yes it was a bad, bad year for fires in the Okanagan last year on both sided of the medicine line.

My boss got evacuated 3 times and when the wind blew from the north we smoked out northern Washington as bad as they smoked us out when it switched.

Thanks again and all the best to you this spring.

Dwayne

BC30cal

Nice pictures of branding and cow-calf herd. Branding at our close friend's ranch is in two weeks. It is one day of the year I really look forward to.

Kent;
Good evening to you sir, I trust the day treated you acceptably well and your fine family even better.

This thread needs a wee bump so if that's okay.

One daughter talked her sister into this near Whistler
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This guy went by later on that day, so the other sister said that looked like fun
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As it turned out, it really and truly was....
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This 3rd year production 10/22 and this pile of parts.
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Became this and she's smiling because she did all the work herself.
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Kootenay Lake moon.
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We'll see what else we can scare up yet sir, but all the best to you all until next time.

Dwayne

Ha! I was hoping someone would bump this thread up, and you did it shore'nuff.

Don't know about you but my family makes me look better than I really am. I'm always concerned if someone meets me they will be disappointed.

Your family looks good on you... real good bud.

Kent

Kent;
Thanks for the reply sir, it's good to hear your clan is doing well.

Yes, it's been a different year for us for sure as both our girls are currently living 7 hours away on Vancouver Island, though one will be back home from university in a couple weeks and the other will be going on her next travel adventure in July.

More random then Kent - tour of the Buck factory in Post Falls.
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Spendy cooking knife I traded into and really, really like
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No elk or deer came home that morning, but shaggy manes were what was for breakfast along with onions and eggs.
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Used to collect 22 ammo - right part of the bottom shelf is Canuck made by the way.
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Flash flood that eldest and I ran into one hunt. That's a cattle trail she's beside...
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Just a day we went up the tall hills to the west for a drive.
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Its a good thread for sure Kent, so perhaps someone else will saddle up for a bit too?

All the best to you all again this spring sir.

Dwayne

Pic from a motorcycle tour through Arizona back in '08 or so. Take note of the max speed...still not sure how that got there.

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Coyote, N. Texas, circa 2005:

Denison, TX (formerly Perrin AFB), U.S. National Aerobatic Championships:

2nd oldest daughter fishing with me last fall.

Trespassers.......they act like they own the dam place.....sleep anywhere they want....and mock my dogs....

This one refused to honor my no trespassing signs so I was forced to bring in an ADC specialist.....

Idaho Prairie Dog....

Great photos. Here's a few hunting ones from the other side of the world.

Eldest son with a nice red.

Thar like the steep stuff.

Wallabys are good fun.

A good samber

Chamois

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Trespassers.......they act like they own the dam place.....sleep anywhere they want....and mock my dogs....

Idaho Prairie Dog....

Field Grade;
Top of the morning to you sir, I trust this 5th day of April finds you and yours well.

I really enjoy all the photos here - thanks for sharing yours.

We ran upon this "Idaho prairie dog" chasing mulies at about 5000' so fairly far up for our mountains and it was just above freezing too.
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I hear you on the trespassers though...
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Just out the front door
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Same old boy on the back lawn
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Then there's the ones who feel they should be inside when it's cold out...
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We don't chase the yard herd ever - it'd be bad luck I figure so they get a pass.

Thanks again and have a good day all.

Dwayne

Thanks Dwane.......
That was the first time I'd seen a Toad in a Gofer hole so....being the easily facinated simpleton that I am I just had to get a pic....

I see your covered up with Deer too....I'll admit to taking one from the porch every 2-3 years but for the most part I leave the locals alone....I'd miss the fawns in the springtime if I were to thin em out too much....

Speaking of spring.....I better get off of here and do some yard work...later...

Bump to get back above the insanity...

Open sight day last summer...

Since then, my buddy has added an AHR tuned CZ (9.3x62) and he just got a nice Ruger African in .375 Ruger both of which he is leaving open sighted.

We both agreed it's a lot more fun, and challenging, doing field shooting offhand with irons.

MojoHand;
Good evening sir, I was going to comment on your eclectic and in my opinion interesting collection of rifles in the photo.

Being a Canuck, I've long had an affinity for Jungle Carbines and the No. 1 with a stutzen stock is about as pretty a long gun as one can find.

Been on a bear repellent kick this spring myself, so turned one of these Canuck built Lakefield Mossberg 500AB's from this.
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To the bottom one here. Top one has served us/me for the last 42 years.
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One of the parts suppliers I was using up here for Hi-Viz, No Bind followers and HD Springs had a sale on Turkish shotguns, so for the sake of science one ended up in the safe.
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Anyway back with the random - this is up out of Revelstoke again.
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This is looking into the Similkameen Valley with Washington State in the background from a mountain just west of us.
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All the best to you this spring sir and thanks again for your photos.

Dwayne

FG,, thanks for the captions!

I'll keep this polite and not use the three letter euphemism so prevalent on other threads.

Honestly, to you and the others including some text with the pics,

A great big THANK YOU.

Geno

The bowl where I chased and lost the largest mule deer of my life. About 13k up, he won...

That said, not far from there a couple of days earlier I did manage this guy. Note a slight change in the weather.

AZ pics.

Elk rub w/ rifle for scale:

Do you see what I see?
(Center of photo):

This one heard my camera while taking pic of the other one (again, center of photo):

Close up, a bit blurry, I think shot thru binocs I think(?), bottom edge of bare spot.

For those not able to make it out,

Burro, face to the sun on a winter morning, 149 yds away, while I was looking for elk. That first pic of him is about what I could see with the naked eye, I just noticed something didn't look right.

Geno

My new prairie belt come in today! I'm happy!

Really nice rig there Kaywoodie.

405?

Geno

Thanks Geno

.30 US Army. With my fav 220 grain RN's!

I happened into the gunshop one day and the knife was on the shelf! NIB. End of USA production big 7" Marbles Ideal. Got it for a song. Took it home and fabricated a decent scabbard one evening.

Always wanted one in the British version of that round

Nearing retirement, I doubt I'll afford one if I run across it.

Thanks for the pics, way way cool stuff.

Geno

Thank you for the nice words!!! I love this old and old style stuff!

Someone on here was posting cactus pics, this one doesn't have flowers but what the hey.

Watch where you sit down while hunting elk in AZ:

This was a welcome sight on the last day of an elk hunt. Chilly morning and the wet spot was still warm. I followed the tracks for mile or more and lost them in the mix up with a herd of cattle tracks. No luck, but at least it got my heart pumping.

Same bed showing tracks leading out to the right, raw dirt in tracks hadn't even dried yet:

Geno

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

White Mountain Apache Reservation,Az.

ehnm and krp,

How the heck are you two getting on the rez? (you can pm me, so no one else has to know

)

Which by the way (to be a stickler about such things

) is the Fort Apache Indian Reservation where the White Mountain Apache Tribe lives (I did too, for a couple of years)

If I ever can get to the Tonto gig, we'll have to spin some yarns.

Geno

Three beauties at the beach:

Katie on the left, Valentine in the water, Jasmine on the top of the root wad.

Taken at Clam Beach, McKinleyville, CA 2013

Jasmine and Valentine are no longer with us. Katie will be 8 this year.

Geno

Swim meets are a passion.

This one in California:
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This was a bit more local:

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A couple favs:
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Tasty dinks.

Grass fed "springers" I'm guessing?

Cool pics there,

thanks,

Geno

The boy's bear was an Aug bear on a caribou hunt. Didn't want to shoot him yet, but on camp entry #4 the jig was up.

The girl's bear was a spring-over-bait bear.

Random:

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Thanks,

Fourth time is a charm, eh. Understandable he had to be taken,

Enjoy your evening.

Geno

Family pic:

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Here is a picture of my uncle (on the left) and a rancher in Northern Montana taken in the early forties before he went off to the Navy during WWII.

And here is a good friend, who has sadly passed on, with the highest scoring elk shot in Montana. As far as I know it is still in the top ten typical of all time.

A story of the hunt can be found HERE

My wife has a thing about dogs, she loves them all.

Here she is getting to know grasshopper's dog "Baby". Grasshopper is a 24 hr member who doesn't post much anymore.

And with some of Lance Mackey's puppies at his kennel.

Another sled dog puppy near Carcross, Yukon, Canada.

Originally Posted by Valsdad

[quote=elkhunternm]White Mountain Apache Reservation,Az.

ehnm and krp,

How the heck are you two getting on the rez? (you can pm me, so no one else has to know

)

Which by the way (to be a stickler about such things

) is the Fort Apache Indian Reservation where the White Mountain Apache Tribe lives (I did too, for a couple of years)

If I ever can get to the Tonto gig, we'll have to spin some yarns.

Geno

Elk hunting for me, been on over 20 elk kills in the last 8 years, mostly archery and some rifle.

Ken has hunted bear with a guide.

The pictures we put up were really on the same day if I remember right.

Small game licenses can be had also.

You can fish the Black river.

I've spent more time on the San Carlos, fishing and small game hunting... lots of years and time.

Kent

Yup,I was bear hunting on the WMAR with a guide. Did not get a bear though.

Cheryl and Judy kept accusing us of a bromance just cuz we were cutting up and laughing... but really, Ken isn't bad looking... for his type...

Ken and Kent....

What a lovely couple!

He used the puppy trick...

Kent

Originally Posted by Idared

Here is a picture of my uncle (on the left) and a rancher in Northern Montana taken in the early forties before he went off to the Navy during WWII.

Do you know which part of Montana that is?

That's a cool pic.

Travis

Originally Posted by krp

Cheryl and Judy kept accusing us of a bromance just cuz we were cutting up and laughing... but really, Ken isn't bad looking... for his type...

Ahhh,good times!

World record G1s... 42 yard shot.

Was lope hunting in 08. There was a young man hunting the same general area, his grandpa was along. We would see each other most days, stop and compare notes and BS. His grandpa would always ask if I had a bloody arrow.

I decided to shoot that rabbit, put him in the back of the truck. Sure nuff here comes grandpa... you have a bloody arrow?... I show it to him. He jumps out and looks in my bed.

It was a good laugh.

Kent

On the floorplate.

Originally Posted by krp

World record G1s... 42 yard shot.

Was lope hunting in 08. There was a young man hunting the same general area, his grandpa was along. We would see each other most days, stop and compare notes and BS. His grandpa would always ask if I had a bloody arrow.

I decided to shoot that rabbit, put him in the back of the truck. Sure nuff here comes grandpa... you have a bloody arrow?... I show it to him. He jumps out and looks in my bed.

It was a good laugh.

Kent

Cannot show the bloody bullet,but can show the effects of it.

World record spike coues deer...

My best spike.

Quail hunting with the old bolt 410...

Dad at Eagle creek...

Early life...

Wife and daughter a lifetime ago...

Kent;
Grand stuff there sir.

A couple from ancient times from my life before sliding off to work.

Me and moose head
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Coyote that should have not stopped for Dad's whistle
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Got into dirt bikes a few years - same yard as moose head but in summer
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First big game animal for me
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Not the first big game hunt for the girls
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Last hunt with my late father
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We'll check in later sir - work beckons now.

Dwayne

Dad asked me to take him up to west Dolores in Co one last time before he got to old. So I threw some stuff in the truck and we headed up like we used to do. I remember fishing here as a kid with my grandparents and family many times.

Have a good day Dwayne, wed and thur are my days off from the campus... but my brother needs help usually setting up and pouring concrete. So I'm heading out too.

Kent

Some of my hometown California stuff...

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Originally Posted by deflave

Originally Posted by Idared

Here is a picture of my uncle (on the left) and a rancher in Northern Montana taken in the early forties before he went off to the Navy during WWII.

Do you know which part of Montana that is?

That's a cool pic.

Travis

Travis

Actually I mis-spoke a bit as the photo was taken on a ranch north of Ryegate. For some reason last night I was thinking Ryegate was on Highway 2 instead of Highway 12 even though I knew better having traveled across the state on both highways.

Salm,

Always, always enjoy your pictures!

Originally Posted by Idared

Actually I mis-spoke a bit as the photo was taken on a ranch north of Ryegate. For some reason last night I was thinking Ryegate was on Highway 2 instead of Highway 12 even though I knew better having traveled across the state on both highways.

Any chance you know the rancher's name? Curious if it's anybody, or a relative of anybody, who's still there. Though if his last name's not Wilks it's doubtful...

Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT

Any chance you know the rancher's name? Curious if it's anybody, or a relative of anybody, who's still there. Though if his last name's not Wilks it's doubtful...

P.M. sent

Yellowstone, N.P. No. 1 is a view of the last thing the first Indian saw before his canoe went over the falls.

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Silverton, CO

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San Juan N.F., CO

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Imogene Pass, San Juan N.F., CO

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Shirley Basin, WY

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Originally Posted by krp

He used the puppy trick...

Kent

Bear then.

Bear now.

Here's me getting "hosed" upon completion of my last mission with the Caribous in Vietnam. May 1969.

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Originally Posted by Idared

Actually I mis-spoke a bit as the photo was taken on a ranch north of Ryegate. For some reason last night I was thinking Ryegate was on Highway 2 instead of Highway 12 even though I knew better having traveled across the state on both highways.

Roger that.

Talking to people that grew up here is pretty interesting.

Travis

Killed my first deer of the year last night. It was a big doe.

My daughter with her first trout last year.

Shooting steel.

Calling coyotes with my son one morning, it was a little wet.

JTPinTX: Good job, Dad.

Gotta get more young'uns interested and keep 'em interested, looks like you are off to a great start.

As much as we kid around downstairs, 'slave, that's a very nice job there.

I'll assume you took the pics and didn't grab it from someone else's photobucket.

Again, great pic.

Geno

All 2015, my Brosef.
St. Maries River
Cuttie on the Lochsa
and last fall's Yellowstone visit.

Thanks

Wageslave's fish would appear to be a cutthroat (west slope?)

Can anyone identify this trout?

High School friend, backpacking trip, ca. 1970. with the ubiquitous Buck 110.

Geno

Great Photos everyone !!

Spring Snow Boarding;

Snow Machining;

Winter Snow Boarding;

Son's Deer 2015

Wife's Deer 2015

My Deer 2015

Fishing with my Dad & best buddy;

Ice Fishing (with my real best buddy) last spring;

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Wageslave's fish would appear to be a cutthroat (west slope?)

Can anyone identify this trout?

High School friend, backpacking trip, ca. 1970. with the ubiquitous Buck 110.

Geno

Fried.

Saturday afternoon family fish fry;

Coupla nice 'eyes;

Me & our spoilt, 3 legged pouch;

Deb's first crossbow deer;

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Wageslave's fish would appear to be a cutthroat (west slope?)

Can anyone identify this trout?

High School friend, backpacking trip, ca. 1970. with the ubiquitous Buck 110.

Geno

Fried.

You betcha! Probably in bacon grease from canned "Dak" bacon, reserved from breakfast.

Of course, there's the possibility it was roasted in the coals in Alum. foil, again with bacon grease!

Doug's 2012 Deer;

Deb's 2012

My 2fer, from a couple of years ago;

Paul, nice fotos.

They work here,

probably not so much downstairs!

Geno

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Wageslave's fish would appear to be a cutthroat (west slope?)

Can anyone identify this trout?

High School friend, backpacking trip, ca. 1970. with the ubiquitous Buck 110.

Geno

Fried.

You betcha! Probably in bacon grease from canned "Dak" bacon, reserved from breakfast.

Of course, there's the possibility it was roasted in the coals in Alum. foil, again with bacon grease!

Either way,you can eat all you want.

Doug's First Deer;

Deb's first Deer;

Random Fishing;

Hey, what's that Explorer Scout leader doing to those rocks?

Geno

WS,

I just FM.

Twice.

Clark

I hear you.
I hope no women see this thread........

They'll be spraying like a broken sprinkler.

Dave

Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Wageslave's fish would appear to be a cutthroat (west slope?)

Can anyone identify this trout?

High School friend, backpacking trip, ca. 1970. with the ubiquitous Buck 110.

Geno

Originally Posted by wageslave

I hear you.
I hope no women see this thread........

Originally Posted by deflave

They'll be spraying like a broken sprinkler.

Dave

Blow the fuuckin' head right off the sprinkler!

Boom.........

Aviators, dink mafo, dink!

Manly Aviators, Man!!!

Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT

Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Wageslave's fish would appear to be a cutthroat (west slope?)

Can anyone identify this trout?

High School friend, backpacking trip, ca. 1970. with the ubiquitous Buck 110.

Geno

Bingo !
Winner!

Geno

Boundary Waters, Minnesota/Quetico Park, Ontario

Flying in

Loading up

Paddle partner

One of our camps

A portage

Got one

Ready for the pickup

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Aviators, dink mafo, dink!

I can't.

It's a weeknight.

Dave

PS- I'm loaded.

Originally Posted by NVhntr

Niiiice Beaver.

Dave

My wife having a good day.

Little Grass Valley Reservoir in La Port CA.

Camping trip.

Originally Posted by deflave

Originally Posted by NVhntr

Niiiice Beaver.

Dave

Speaking of beavers, same trip

Some of the guy's doing some shooting.

Oh yes, the campfire time.

Having a game of shoes.

Nap time. Needed day off.

Good Buds.

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Blow the fuuckin' head right off the sprinkler!

Boom.........

Aviators, dink mafo, dink!

Sam,
I have to hand it (pun there)

to you.

I wouldn't get one bale spread per day, if I was gazing at the bearded Adonis in that mirror.

Bromance level is currently at a 10...we need you guys to bring it down to about a 3.

WTF?

Did you look in the pickup mirror?

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One of our camps

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Ha! Tres belle tuque! Tres bien!

Originally Posted by wageslave

WTF?

Did you look in the pickup mirror?

Adonis was winking at me.

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

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One of our camps

Ha! Tres belle tuque! Tres bien! [/quote]

I like camps like that.

Originally Posted by wageslave

WTF?

Did you look in the pickup mirror?

Don't listen to these f a g s.

Dave

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Originally Posted by wageslave

I hear you.
I hope no women see this thread........

Originally Posted by deflave

They'll be spraying like a broken sprinkler.

Dave

Blow the fuuckin' head right off the sprinkler!

Boom.........

Aviators, dink mafo, dink!

My box is stuffed.....

Nice deer cutter.

I got one of Ingwe back in the day.....

I named this tractor Travis.

P.S. I sold it after April Fool's Day and bought a 4x4

I bought a Charger from Safariman
along with a STW with loudner from Stick.

Oxbow
Lower Salmon

Here is camp from back in the '60's when I started out. 1760's that is!
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Carried the tarp and ropes, cut the poles on site.

As for clothing and sleeping "bags" . Leather moccasins and a few wool blankets were the norm. (and a bit of rum at night!)
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and the camper

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I've had a pretty good life. Enjoyed myself and lived where I wanted to. Got to hunt and fish, but I do regret not having taken enough pictures through the years. Let this be a lesson. What a great visual you folks have provided. Thank you.

wageslave;
Top of the morning to you sir, I trust spring has come to your part of the world and this Saturday finds you well.

As an aside I've always liked your handle and found a great deal of commonality in the sentiment expressed.

Nice knife too.

Heart shots do this
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Or this

If we use bullets like this
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However if we use these, we'll likely decide we shouldn't fight bears with them
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But we can still end up with this
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If we've forgot to pack a pickup truck, we can always do this
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Have a good weekend all and thanks for the grand thread folks.

Dwayne

Thanks Dwayne.
I throughly enjoy your spirit and tone.
That Honda picture is off the charts.

Gonna be 80 something here, today. Unreal.

Take care

My wife and I, her aunt and uncle, during an elk hunt a day or two ago.

A few blasts from the past.

Dwayne, those are great pics! Here's some of my equivalents!

Cape Buffalo heart shot...

...and the bullet that did it (Swift Aframe 300 gr):

And something I hope to see with my own two eyes and my rifle on my shoulder some day...

Originally Posted by wageslave

I got one of Ingwe back in the day.....

Thats not really me, I wear lederhosen.

and you still rock it, your Poobleishness........

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My son with a good bull

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I had the privilege to lead the rider less horse for a Pa State Trooper who was killed in the line of duty

Originally Posted by Fullfan

Wow! Those green-glowing eyes are unearthly cool! Where do you live, amigo? In the Land of Elk?

Originally Posted by wageslave

and you still rock it, your Poobleishness........

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I call Photoshopped. His Poobahness has never worn chin-whiskers.

Good stuff Fullfan!

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Originally Posted by wageslave

and you still rock it, your Poobleishness........

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I call Photoshopped. His Poobahness has never worn chin-whiskers.

This is true...

They belong on " The Most Interesting Man in the World"

You live a pretty good life, fullfan.

Originally Posted by jnyork

You live a pretty good life, fullfan.

Thank you sir, but I have to give the wife some credit. She lets me hunt and do what I want. If it was not for her I could have not retired at 49.

Here is the retirement gift she gave me

Locked Antlers

Sheds and cull skulls

Shed Pile

Sam;
Top of the morning to you sir, thanks for sharing your farm/ranch photos with us again, I always enjoy them.

Sometime soon we've got to get a new camera as the cell phone photos or ancient digital that goes in my hunting pack just don't have the detail and color clarity.

Anyway this guy
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Was eating this stuff - kinnikinnick
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As an aside, this does answer the age old query "does a bear do this in the woods"
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These guys and grouse really like kinnikinnick too.
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Gathered a bunch of these
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Had these guys waiting at the top of the driveway - making me question if they were really edible mushrooms or not...
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Thanks again Sam and all the best to you all this spring.

Dwayne

Found this today while putting up yellow-jacket traps.

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My niece Elyssa and I introducing my granddaughter when she was 6 months to the Pacific ocean.

Nice picture of Landscape Arch. What time of the year was that?

Originally Posted by wageslave

Looking down into the valley where we live.

Mount Rainier taken from a mile or so from us.

Moving cattle on our friends ranch.

A good sized tree in California.

Double Arch in Arches National Park.

Larry,

Nice pics,

Nice to see Rainier from that distance. I was up there, on top, in 1974. Sure looks big from your angle!

Geno

PS, keep 'em coming everyone. Sure beats the heck out of the other stuff up here.

Originally Posted by Scott F

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Never seen one. Some day I'd like to !!!

There are always a bunch of old goats at Quemado.

As well as a few kids, if last year is any indication!

I missed the best parts, but folks told me that it was hard to sleep with all the elks bugling there.

Originally Posted by mudhen

Not mine-sent by a friend up in Jackson, WY, yesterday:

Back in the 1980s, I worked with an older Indiana business exec who was getting ready to retire to Jackson and since we both liked guns and hunting, he encouraged me to buy land over there. He said the place was swarming with goats.

As usual, when I actually could have afforded to do that, I put it off, thinking I could always get around to it later. Same with ski property in Aspen and several other opportunities. Prices naturally went through the roof and I missed my chance.

Before

After

Brian I hope your pig turned out as good as mine! It is excellent!

Awsome! It's really lean. Uvalde Meat Market did a great job. I fried some sausage for breakfast yesterday morning and there was no grease. I had all three pigs done. Back Straps, 6 roasts off of the hams, and ground the rest. I had them make 10 lbs. of Italian Sausage and the rest into Breakfast Sausage. Good Stuff.

Random inconsequential chit...

Breakfast burrito/beef enchilada for breakfast saturday at work... I decided to eat my breakfast and lunch I brought together, was a good combination actually.

Originally Posted by Anjin

Originally Posted by Scott F

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Never seen one. Some day I'd like to !!!

There are always a bunch of old goats at Quemado.

As well as a few kids, if last year is any indication!

I missed the best parts, but folks told me that it was hard to sleep with all the elks bugling there.

'Twas a bit noisy!

From my turkey hunting trip last weekend. No turkeys were called or killed but I saw some and had a great time anyway.

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Retirement at it's best.

This is a good friend of mine.

A day on the river.

I know it's in here someplace-----

At 100 yards, 399-29X. In a breeze. My wife and best buddy for 44 years now.

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Originally Posted by Idared

Nice picture of Landscape Arch. What time of the year was that?

Feb. 1

Originally Posted by CrowRifle

OUTSTANDING!!

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Originally Posted by jnyork

Originally Posted by CrowRifle

OUTSTANDING!!

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Never give up.

Snake, all of your turkeys are in Crystal City, TX. Unfortunately, we were on a pig hunt. Turkeys didn't come into season for another week when we were there.

Man, that is a mess of turkeys!
I talked to the game warden in Tensleep. He had just gotten done with a helicopter fly over doing a sage grouse survey. He said he saw lots of turkeys in the river bottoms on private land but that just meant they hadn't moved up into the BLM/Forest Circus yet. I stopped at 5 ranches, only found two people to talk to, and neither would let me hunt. Oh well.

If you're going to post pictures of delicious looking food, you MUST tell us what it is. No exceptions!

LOL

Thanks for posting that pic, Crow.

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

If you're going to post pictures of delicious looking food, you MUST tell us what it is. No exceptions!

LOL

If this is for me, those are Jalapenos and sweet peppers stuffed with cream cheese, colby jack, and chorizo then wrapped with bacon. I smoke them for 1.5 hrs at about 230*. They are killer appetizers and go quite well with cold beer!

It was for you Ptarmigan, and thank you for that.

Deep fried French toast with deep fried ham and scrambled eggs mixed with pot roast.

Very healthy.

Clark

where's the beer?

A little 308 West Texas whitetail
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Originally Posted by deflave

Deep fried French toast with deep fried ham and scrambled eggs mixed with pot roast.

Very healthy.

Clark

I got two clogged arteries just reading that post!!

Originally Posted by wageslave

where's the beer?

At the store.

Reformed

Originally Posted by wageslave

where's the beer?

Didn't you catch the whole Step nine thing?

Some people are so inconsiderate....

Just random pics.

Southeast Texas sunset one evening at work.

Nice photos

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

I had to laugh at this one!

My good friends have a daughter who just turned 17, another daughter who just turned 11 and then a 'surprise' son who showed up about seven years later (he's 3 1/2). My friend's wife has mentioned numerous times how she's still amazed at how different boys are.

She told me EVERYTHING is a knife or sword or gun...

(he was using the Swiffer mop as a sword last time I was there).

He also has the mask and light saber of the new Star Wars bad guy. They had just watched it and that was his fave character! (Didn't see the cloak, tho...)

Boys will be boys...

Originally Posted by MojoHand

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

I had to laugh at this one!

My good friends have a daughter who just turned 17, another daughter who just turned 11 and then a 'surprise' son who showed up about seven years later (he's 3 1/2). My friend's wife has mentioned numerous times how she's still amazed at how different boys are.

She told me EVERYTHING is a knife or sword or gun...

(he was using the Swiffer mop as a sword last time I was there).

He also has the mask and light saber of the new Star Wars bad guy. They had just watched it and that was his fave character! (Didn't see the cloak, tho...)

Boys will be boys...

That's my 6 yr old. Everything is Star Wars for him right now. Lot's of light saber and gun battles between him and his older brother. The battles usually end up with someone in an armbar or a chokehold though as they have both been doing Jiu jitsu for a couple of years.

Kent - bring those chillun's up here and we'll put them on a REAL horse.

Frosty morning from the tree stand.

Love that Star Wars pic.

Dave

Fishing with my grandson:

Hunting with my grandsons:

Dead critters:

Guess that's it for now - Photobucket is being a pain in the arse...

another try...

Wonderful grandson pics.

Originally Posted by JGray

Fishing with my grandson:

That made me smile like heck! Thanks for sharing

Originally Posted by jnyork

At 100 yards, 399-29X. In a breeze. My wife and best buddy for 44 years now.

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Originally Posted by krp

Just SUPER Kent !

Originally Posted by Rooster7

Originally Posted by JGray

Fishing with my grandson:

That made me smile like heck! Thanks for sharing

Me too !

A few from 2 fly in moose hunts. This first set is from the fall of 2013.

& Fall of 2014

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by Rooster7

Originally Posted by JGray

Fishing with my grandson:

That made me smile like heck! Thanks for sharing

Me too !

The other 'money shot'

Awesome,

Digging the "spidey" shoes too !

Assorted California stuff, Yeah I bitch about the politics and overall mindset here, but there is still some really good stuff here.
Yeah, a little bit of me still defends this nasty old whore... ; )

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Lovin' them all, Boys.

A few more...

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More from Ca...

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Prickly Pear and Lantana

Orange Prickly Pear Bloom

Yellow Prickly Pear Bloom on the same plant as the Orange Bloom

Lantana

Six more memories of mine...

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A few of my favorite live shots from South and West Texas

Backtrail shot along Chimney Rock, NC trail.

Taken with a $20 digital camera.

Sometimes it just works out.

Mother Earths private parts. Along the trail.

Some of my Backyard Blacktails...

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Ok, time to dump a bunch more and kick the Campfire crybabys down a notch...

Scanned some old photos last night. It was back when I first got a nice film SLR and was trying to learn. Use to carry a notepad and mark all my settings and observations...of course,my is never knew till ya got 'em developed. Yikes! I had a bunch of bad ones...

Anyway, time to post some more randomness...

Flowers...can't remember where.

'Niagara of the West' (Shoshone Falls).

Blue Lakes Golf course.

Taken from the Perrine bridge looking west. That area was where the Bonneville Flood came crashing back down into the canyon. That's the north side of the Snake River canyon and it is largely stripped of all sediment.

The photo below is looking east. That dirt hill is the launch pad for Evel Kneviel's failed attempt. (My boss helped build that ramp back in the day with his grandpa).

Imogene Lake in the Sawtooths. That pic was taken July 4th weekend! Still frozen over.

It's only accessible by backpacking in. Was a favorite of my buddies and I.

Part of the trail leading to Imogene. The bottom photo is Hells Roaring Lake which we pass on the way to Imogene.

Couple of shots of the Perrine Bridge over the Snake. (This isn't the original bridge)

I.B. Perrine was the 'mastermind' behind turning the high desert into the 'Magic Valley' through irrigation.

This is also one of, if not the most, jumped BASE structures. It is legal and there are always jumpers every weekend in the nice weather (and usually a couple fatalities a year).

Site of a plane crash near Loon Lake in central Idaho. Me and the buddies hiked to it one summer. You can probably zoom in to read the plaques...

MojoHand;
Good evening to you sir, thanks for the photos of the fireweed looking plants and the falls too.

In the spirit of falls, I'll repost a few BC falls shots and ask for forgiveness for the repost.

Blanket Falls, Columbia River area,BC

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Wells Grey Park, BC
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Helmken Falls, Wells Grey Park, BC
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Forget which these are - Vancouver Island for sure though.
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Same falls further up I believe
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I do believe that's all I can post in one run, so I'll check in after I see if I can get our daughter's CRV fired up from being stored since last fall.

All the best to you for the remainder of the week sir.

Dwayne

Some cool 'hoodoo spires' waaay back In the middle of nowhere north central Idaho. Was on a solo backpacking trip. Saw a ton of moose including one calf and her mother that scared the crap out of me in the bushes!

The old cemetery at Rooselvelt lake was cool. None of my photos turned out very well...should've just used the auto settings on the ol' Nikon!

Same trip.

Ok, time to head indoors for a bit. Evergreen Air & Space Museum in McMinnville, OR. Stopped in on a motorcycle trip with my bud (we were headed for the Oregon/Cali coast). I am a plane geek so I conned him into stopping. They had just opened the new wing.

Pics don't do justice to the size of that Goose!

The incomparable Merlin with a Spitfire...of course!

Wish I had a vid of the model 'Corn Cob' in action. Truly an impressive engine!

Couple for the deck swabbers!

Former enemies...

For the fast movers...

Ok, back outdoors...

A few shots of the trip to the coast. These were taken along the North Cascade hwy. Not too far from Dwayne's (BC30Cal) AO. Absolutey gorgeous route. And ya don't even need a touring bike!

(500+ miles a day on a sport bike...when I was younger!)

We went up to Lolo Pass on the MT/ID border, took Hwy 12 across ID (killer bike route!) and then all back roads up north to the Cascade Hwy, across WA. Hit Seattle, took a ferry, came down the coast of Oregon all the way to Redding before we cut back through CA/OR to get home (that was a mistake...SE Oregon is hideous!)

Anyway, great trip even if we missed the Redwoods...

That's all for now. I'll turn it back over to you guys..

Originally Posted by BC30cal

MojoHand;
Good evening to you sir, thanks for the photos of the fireweed looking plants and the falls too.

In the spirit of falls, I'll repost a few BC falls shots and ask for forgiveness for the repost.

Blanket Falls, Columbia River area,BC

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Wells Grey Park, BC
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Helmken Falls, Wells Grey Park, BC
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Forget which these are - Vancouver Island for sure though.
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Same falls further up I believe
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I do believe that's all I can post in one run, so I'll check in after I see if I can get our daughter's CRV fired up from being stored since last fall.

All the best to you for the remainder of the week sir.

Dwayne

Thanks for the water pics, Dwayne! Waterfalls are never bad (reposted or not).

As a kayaker I love the whitewater pics. Hope to get some more this summer with maybe some vids thrown in

MojoHand;
Grand shots there for sure sir and thanks again for sharing them.

We debated stopping at the McMinnville museum on the way by and didn't - so it's on our list for next time for sure now.

A pika for you then for your efforts sir!
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Harlequin duck drake, same trip one valley west of us.
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Bull taking a bath?
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Mamma moose and calf just above our place - before the wolves moved in with a vengeance.
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Same hill up behind our place.
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Same, same - bear this time.
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As Mojo has done, I now pass the torch on to another. All the best to you all this fine spring evening.

Dwayne

take down fence

clear right of way

new fence

more new fence

new toy

new toy 2

good morning

Ingwe, Don't shoot my fence builders, try this spotted critter. Rio7

Good picture. How is the fence building getting along? miles

Miles, Good morning Ed,is trying to teach me how to post pictures, I am not very computer savvy, still have 1 more mile of fence to build and we will be done for this spring.Rio7

Originally Posted by milespatton

Good picture. How is the fence building getting along? miles

Is Blue building fence, again? I thought after last year, he would have 'had enough' by now.

Blue, Jo loved the pics of the cactus flowers, thanks for posting.

Maggies last duck hunt...

Abigail's first duck hunt...

Abigail and her grammy and Bo, resting...

Outstanding guys !

Let's keep it going.

Check out the hat Blue.

Krp, Those hats have a way of getting around on their own.Rio7

Mojo we call that flower Indian paintbrush.

Dwayne , Qualicum falls and little Qualicum falls Vancouver Island .

norm

Another six pack from the land of fruits and nuts...

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Check out the hat Blue.

I have one similar.

miles

Originally Posted by Salmonella

WOW !!

Just gorgeous !

Surprise gift from a friend here on the fire....

Horn Owls

Young Bulls

Trying to learn this picture posting thing. Rio7

Fantastic photo.

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Trying to learn this picture posting thing. Rio7

Ya doing good. miles

Originally Posted by milespatton

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Trying to learn this picture posting thing. Rio7

Ya doing good. miles

I'll second that!

Ed

Aced it.....

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Aced it.....

Nice shooting.

Pardon the bluritude.....

Some really cool guy Nash and I like to occasionally go visit......

Great pics Ben!

You get any rain?

We were in the bulls eye Thursday night. First rain of the year.

It was bumper cars off trees again today but haven't officially been stuck yet this year.

Just had it waxed and detailed, go figure.....

Old (random)pics...

Closer to Ben's country.

Then and now, landscaping the kid's yard 3 years ago and now at their new house... granddaughter still wants wheelbarrow rides.

Members Crimson Tide and Rockchucker after one of them hit a pop can at 100 yards with his sidearm.

Neither can believe it......

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Great pics Ben!

You get any rain?

We were in the bulls eye Thursday night. First rain of the year.

It was bumper cars off trees again today but haven't officially been stuck yet this year.

Just had it waxed and detailed, go figure.....

Sam, yes it rained on us for about 2 days straight... Still soggy but it's sunny and nice now. Man that rain sure greened everything up!

Nice pics btw... Love the gumbo turds coming out the back rims....laffin'!

Originally Posted by ingwe

You must've killed all the "gophers" don't see a one in the picture.

Solo coues deer hunt, superstition wilderness, that black spot is a nosler partition under the skin, 270 150 gr... I packed in thur, the previous two days I had packed out elk for my dad and brother, by sunday I was getting tired and decided to shoot the first 3 point with eye guards and get the hell out.

This bear was a tough old bastard.

After scouting for elk then antelope, my buddy decided to run his dogs in the afternoon for exercise as it was the first day of bear season. Not expecting to actually tree a bear I left my bow in camp. My buddy had a 7-30 waters contender under the seat.

Damn if we didn't tree a bear and I ran down the mountain for the contender, ran back up and shot the bear out of the tree.

He ran down hill and my buddy released the dogs chasing. I had to reload and grab my pack.

By the time I caught up the bear had grabbed one dog and rolling, the other was mauling it's ass and my buddy was yelling to shoot the bear as it was killing his dog.

I'm running, yelling for jack the rear dog to get off the bear, as I close jack releases, bandit gets away from the bear's jaws and I shoot it point blank behind it's ear. It rolls over and gives a death rattle.

Bandit is torn but ok, but to give insult to energy, we put it's head on a stump to take pictures and a swarm of bees come out and sting the dogs.

Sometimes it ain't about anything else but you and the animal... and once the decision to shoot is made you do what's needed.

Nice bear Kent.

Nice KRP.

good story too.

Sometimes you hunt wilderness and find animals that survive because of nonhuman encroachment. This is a buck that was always a two point, he just got to be a big two point that was king of the mountain. I took the head to a taxidermist that is a wildlife biologist so he could have the cape and he said the same thing.

My niece, I make sure she knows she's one of my 5 favorite people in this world, she was afraid I'd forget about her when the grandkids arrived... her, my grandkids, daughter and wife.

She loves fishing and camping with us, lives in Huntington Beach and as solid a person as there is.

Over the years...

Time marches on....

My dog goldie went on my first elk hunt with me in '84, I miss her, she was the best dog I ever had.

Kent

Can't tell you how much I miss this one....

Originally Posted by ingwe

Can't tell you how much I miss this one....

I know you do buddy...

Kent

I haven't had a dog in awhile, I'll get one when I think It'll outlive me.

Kent

My sister with my two dogs fawn and shannon when they were pups, early 70's...

I sure miss this guy.....died a year ago this month...

So do the girls...

Today was one of my favorite days of the year. It was branding day at our friends ranch. It has become a social affair as there were many younger folks that come to help out. I used to be quite involved with the actual operation but these days I just watch everyone have fun being a cowboy or cowgirl for a day.

The owner welcomes everyone who came.

The cows get their treatment first.

Next is the calves turn

Freshly branded calves.

Works done, time to eat. I believe over 80 people were there for dinner. If you went hungry it was your fault!!

First boat ride of the season today. Hotdogs, sausage, and s'mores over a campfire were required as well.

LOTS of great pics here, well done guys....

Poobah, love the one of the young lady and bighorn sheep.. Where was that at?

One of my new favorite spots... Up along the Mighty Missourah...

They're out for the year......

Cain't see it very well, but that's a big putty tat track.

Originally Posted by mtcurman

LOTS of great pics here, well done guys....

Poobah, love the one of the young lady and bighorn sheep.. Where was that at?

Ben, that was over at Plains Mt. A old dear friend , a long time ago....always one of my fave pics.

More recently, my fishing pard starting a new fish dog...

Elk camp and elk killing huntresses...

Chasing lions in the wilderness...

Some backyard bucks...

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record smallmouth...

Originally Posted by ingwe

Young Rommel?

Geno

PS, dumb question, now that I look up on my screen and the info for your pic is right there staring me in the face!

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by ingwe

Young Rommel?

Geno

PS, dumb question, now that I look up on my screen and the info for your pic is right there staring me in the face!

Yep, thats baby Rommel...on his way home.

With his first ever toy....a Patrol Car!

And this is the one and only Ingwedog....

She was always 'different'...

Fishies..

Very cool stuff all, way mo betta than "politics as usual".

Salmonellas pics of his local stuff was a reminder of the cool critters I have around my place:

9 juvenile delinquents:

Papa? on my front "porch":

Sometimes I plant sunnies outside the window:

Geno

There's furry stuff nearby too:

In a locust woodlot on the way to town:

Across the driveway eating mulberry leaves by the fire hose box:

Same guy with one of my apples in his mouth:

Geno

More birds,

Identify this one?

Another view:

Goldy:

Blacky:

Geno

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Hey,

why you take pics of deer butts?

Geno

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Hey,

why you take pics of deer butts?

Geno

They're cute.

The deer on the left is a buck and the one in the shade is a doe.

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Great pics Ben!

You get any rain?

We were in the bulls eye Thursday night. First rain of the year.

It was bumper cars off trees again today but haven't officially been stuck yet this year.

Just had it waxed and detailed, go figure....

you otta know better Sam brought that upon yourself washing waxing and detailing ,,real cowboys just open the door flash up the 2" pump and have at it

norm

Great pictures guys, I've enjoyed seeing them.

Originally Posted by rcamuglia

Nice shot...

Deceased friend of mine waaaay back, at the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale....

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Deceased friend of mine waaaay back, at the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale....

Fantastic!

Originally Posted by rcamuglia

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Deceased friend of mine waaaay back, at the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale....

Fantastic!

His daughter told me that he found that picture on a post card in Red Lodge one day.. Pretty darn neat. I'm sure glad I got to see it....

Originally Posted by rcamuglia

Very nice...

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Awesome

Originally Posted by rcamuglia

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Awesome

Thanks! That was a great evening to be out... I was pretty much awe-struck the whole time..

Last one for a while.... Love finding these little warriors..

Buddy with the 1st off public land (called).
After deer season, dumb ones already dead.

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To my good friend, Ken! I miss you man!!!

1985 southwestern Rendezvous

Ben, you have developed quite a knack with that camera!

Don't EVER lose any of those photos...back them up off your computer.

When you get older they'll mean more than you can know....

Good job Bud!

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

To my good friend, Ken! I miss you man!!!

See you in July!

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Excellent pic!

My daughter took this pic at last years Armijio Springs rondy.

First camping trip of the year! We were the only ones camping. Laughin'...

Tomahawk teachin'...

Originally Posted by ingwe

Ben, you have developed quite a knack with that camera!

Don't EVER lose any of those photos...back them up off your computer.

When you get older they'll mean more than you can know....

Good job Bud!

Tom, thanks, and they mean a lot to me now!

I just got 125 prints of my favorites from photobucket a couple weeks ago.... Going to get about 200 more before too long. I had a big computer crash about 2 years ago...lost about 2-3000 pics. Thankfully most of my favorites were on photobucket and flickr, but it was a bitter loss for sure. I'll never come here on a non Apple computer again...

Flavius, glad you got out! Looks like fun.

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

1985 southwestern Rendezvous

Kaywoodie, do you ever go to the NMLRA shoots in Friendship IN?

Great pic btw....

Ben you and your Brother are living the life. I am jealous. I enjoy the pics you guys post. Keep up the good work.

Originally Posted by 7mmMato

Ben you and your Brother are living the life. I am jealous. I enjoy the pics you guys post. Keep up the good work.

Aint that the truth!

Ben, Im glad you saw my last post, you might think about putting your pics on a couple flash drives...just in case...

Gopher Armageddon begins down here on Tuesday!

Pic to get me in the mood ( like I need it...)

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

1985 southwestern Rendezvous

Kaywoodie, do you ever go to the NMLRA shoots in Friendship IN?

Great pic btw....

No Ben. Don't do much front stuffing anymore. That was a different time long ago!

Originally Posted by ingwe

Originally Posted by 7mmMato

Ben you and your Brother are living the life. I am jealous. I enjoy the pics you guys post. Keep up the good work.

...you might think about putting your pics on a couple flash drives...just in case...

Ben, I'll second 7mmMato's comment and add onto Tom's suggestion;

Give these folks a shout and ask to buy a few "Evidence Grade Gold" DVDs. Yes, they're a few dollars each, but they will keep your pics for over 100 years without degradation as opposed to 2-10 years with off-the-shelf CD's, DVD's, or Blu-Ray discs.

Adams Evidence Grade Technology, Inc.
4123 North Little Creek Road
P.O. Box #1217
Utopia, TX 78884
877-643-4900 / 830-966-4210 / F: 830-966-4214
www.EvidenceGrade.com [color:#3333FF]ADAMS EVIDENCE GRADE LINK[/color]

Ed

10 minutes ago.

grandson helping Ugly 'Ol Pappy put in pavers at his new house.

CUTE!

Happy Birthday Kent!

Birthday is tomorrow, guess I get my cake early...

Kent

Yup,you can start early. Just tell Cheryl that I said you could.

I don't trust her... and if I was you I'd be careful the way her and Judy was conspiring while giving us the double evil eye.

Kent

Originally Posted by SamOlson

10 minutes ago.

Sammo, thats a pretty snazzy Rezmobile!

Originally Posted by krp

I don't trust her... and if I was you I'd be careful the way her and Judy was conspiring while giving us the double evil eye.

Kent

I'm very careful,even sleep with one eye open.

Aced it

Another 6 pack of random schiatt from the angry Kaliphornian...

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Great pics Sal.. You've got an excellent trophy room...

Thank you Bud, you're a good guy.
Lots of friends here...

Salmonella.
Glad to see you posting. Your pics are great. Looks like you and the family make the most of what you have which from your pictures is a whole lot. Beautiful country in California.

Charles

Originally Posted by SamOlson

10 minutes ago.

Nice irrigation rig.

My buddy down in NV on his way to the fur sale back in the 80's....
Wish I had that truck load of Cats in todays market...

mtcurman;
Thanks for sharing your photos with us Ben, they're very good and I'll second the idea to save them on something for sure.

We've had a computer puke on us and while the pictures were saved, we got outhouse lucky in that regard.

Since we just got home from picking up our youngest daughter from university in Victoria on Vancouver Island, I'm in an oceanic sort of mood - 90 minute BC Ferry ride each way to get there you see.

This is a much earlier trip we took there, looking south onto the Olympic Peninsula from Fort Rod Hill/ Fisgard Lighthouse Historical Site.
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Looking east across at Esquimalt which is a suburb and home of the navy base there.
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Fisgard Lighthouse - oldest on the west coast of BC
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Our girls on the outside - Cowichan, BC - on a restored 1930's wood boat that belonged to one of the brothers whose companies employed my good wife has for 27 years and counting.
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Smuggler's Cove up on the Sunshine Coast
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Likely not a smuggler, but still anchored in Smuggler's Cove..

Thanks again for the photos sir, all the best to you and your family this spring.

Dwayne

PS;
Thanks to all the rest for carrying on while we were on the road - you all did us 'Fire folk proud.

Little weather moving across the mountains this evening.

Randomness;

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Ken - familiar faces!
Including #1 son!
Good pic's.

Anybody know this hombre???

Mia made me a B card all by herself... and a selfie of us together... she'll be 4 in 5 days.

Kent

Happy Birthday to you sir,

love the pics,

seems your little one loves her Pappy.

Geno

I "heard" he's gone into hiding. Ssshhhhh.

Bump to get above the schit...

Trying to troll Tinman and Gdub Into posting some pics...

Randomness to add to Paul's

Originally Posted by SamOlson

10 minutes ago.

I bet the trunk is full of dead coyotes, waiting to be skinned!

Great stuff! Thank you all!

Driving during a sandstorm is never a good idea. Thankfully nobody got hurt

Grade A Dog!

For the record the Benz is 335HP. I have sat in it but haven't been on a ride yet.

Fur, Fins and Feathers...

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Hiking in and down...

Great stuff Guys, let's keep her rollin'

Bears...

Some pix from my little trap line...I only run a half dozen or so traps..it's a hobby...not a job...
All taken within 1/4 mi. of my house...matter of fact...these three were all taken in the same trap...
I call that spot the "money tree" because I've taken more critters there than all my other trap sites combined...
You can see how the bank has been cut down over the years....now THAT's a catch circle..ha

Gettysburg visit.
Ridge opposite western slope
Of Little Round Top
(In background) and
North of Devils Den.
Just a standard digital camera.
Sometimes, it all works out.

"American Leviathans"

Not Fearless. But Brave.
As always,
Thank You, Veterans.

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Ive always thought this is one of the most memorable photos posted on the fire., Ted.

It says "Conquered"

Really great.

Silly random... I had lent my granddaughter my tablet for the ride home from camping a month ago... she went selfie crazy and my wife found these just today... about a hundred.

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.

She's almost 4.

Those are great, Kent!
Give that youngun' a squeeze from me and "The Warden"

The girl has a career in the making!

Originally Posted by WillARights

Ive always thought this is one of the most memorable photos posted on the fire., Ted.

It says "Conquered"

Really great. [/quote]

Thanks Will! It was one of those pictures that simply "worked out" way better than I figured it would have.

Today's job...

3 Generations with the last 3 rifles my dad's friend made. 280 AI,240 Wby and 25-06 AI

My dad with 2 of those bucks the next day. He turns 86 in September and I hope to hunt deer with him again this year.

I miss surf fishing !

Bear driving.

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Bear driving.

Can Bear keep a row straight?

Buster and I hunting. Waiting for hogs...

He gives 'em pure hell!

Go Buster!!!!!

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Bear driving.

Can Bear keep a row straight?

No.

http://rs53.pbsrc.com/albums/g61/BlueRIO7/bluesphotos%20020%202_zpsl7pjvyk

headshotf.jpg~c100

Have this picture posting thing all screwed up,but will get it right some day. ain't that an ugly pig? Rio7

Last pack in coues trip I did 2 years ago. First picture is from where I decided to camp looking back from where I hiked in...

...and last is same spot before eating and bedding down.

Another rough day in Charlieland.....

krp and ehnm,

you folks been to the White Mts. hunting.

Perhaps you remember this:

It was a bit hairy living there then. We got hats. I ran across mine the other day.

Geno

At work last week sometime (no pot of gold, but I earned some ducats at least):

A nicely restored old county courthouse, still in use. Sure glad the county had money to do it instead of a "modern" replacement:

Geno

Geno, is that first picture of Lower Granite Dam on the Snake?

Is that Paisley Park?

Clark

T,

PM coming to you.

Geno

No, but I had a Paisley tie in the 70's

Geno

Rainbows, dogs and horses,

Life's good, eh?

Geno

Yep, and seeing my Dad on a horse again

He's pushing 80, and Parkinsons screwing with him hard,
but I treasure every chance I get to ride with him.

Happy for you and him.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

Geno

Originally Posted by Valsdad

At work last week sometime (no pot of gold, but I earned some ducats at least):

A nicely restored old county courthouse, still in use. Sure glad the county had money to do it instead of a "modern" replacement:

Geno

Geno

Restorations like that should be on a comparison budget. Especially since its taxpayers money...

I'm sitting next to one.... supposed to be 3.7 mil, the bill with parking lot and change orders will be over 5 mil. They won't tell the public that.

For 2.5 mil give or take we coudl have demo, rebuilt to look the same and been a safer more efficient structure... I have issues with preserving things just because they are old. If its private money, I have no care in the world.

Originally Posted by WillARights

Ive always thought this is one of the most memorable photos posted on the fire., Ted.

It says "Conquered"

Really great. [/quote]f

+1
That's an awesome shot!

Yep, Tinman has alot of great ones.
He does get out a bit.

Dead animals...

How about some more dead animals.

Traffic jam

Originally Posted by rost495

Originally Posted by Valsdad

At work last week sometime (no pot of gold, but I earned some ducats at least):

A nicely restored old county courthouse, still in use. Sure glad the county had money to do it instead of a "modern" replacement:

Geno

Geno

Restorations like that should be on a comparison budget. Especially since its taxpayers money...

I'm sitting next to one.... supposed to be 3.7 mil, the bill with parking lot and change orders will be over 5 mil. They won't tell the public that.

For 2.5 mil give or take we coudl have demo, rebuilt to look the same and been a safer more efficient structure... I have issues with preserving things just because they are old. If its private money, I have no care in the world.

Points well taken,

Don't know the history of the restoration, probably was underway when I got here in '09 or so.

Our county has a grand total of 2660 or so follks, maybe the funding or part of it came from the "taxpayers" of the USA as the Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic places.

Seems so, a look online gives some info:

"Restoration

A two-year, two-million dollar restoration project was completed in 2011. The work was supported through a one-million dollar matching grant from the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation’s Historic County Courthouse Rehabilitation Grant Program. The project, which was designed to structurally stabilize the building while preserving key architectural elements, saw the restaoration of existing windows and the addition of ADA-compliant features. The work also included the removal of earlier renovations deemed to be not in keeping with the building's historic character including the removal of drop ceilings in the courtroom and the re-opening of the courtroom gallery that had been closed off for use as a storage space.[5] The facelift was one of two winners of the Valerie Sivinski Award for Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation Rehabilitation Projects in 2012.[6]"

(above quote from wikipedia, my bold)

I'm not against replacing things on the face of it, or keeping them either "just because". But to replace a beautiful building like that with something that fits in a strip mall would be a shame.

Geno

wild olive tree

these wild olive trees are blooming all over the ranch

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nice buck, big rattler

still having trouble posting pictures,but will figure it out sooner or later. Rio7

dead stuff

Some more...just for the hell of it

your pic's are amazing please keep posting. Rio7

Glassing for tahr

Bonneville Cutthroat

Colorado River Cutthroat

The Grey's

Snowcock track

Will do Rio...

Dumb dog shouldn't have been hanging out around the antelope I was glassing

public land buck during an open general season...too bad I filled my tag a week earlier

A bonus

Just last week

Bayed up

Finally back to the bike after a day of scouting. Now a long ride out to the pickup

Nice Krag-Jorgenson Mr.T.

Deep in the Selway, back in my guiding days

WY public land buck in a general unit...season opens in 2 months.

Had to cross the New Fork in my underwear...all for a buck I accidentally shot. The bigger one stepped out just after I fired.

ooorah! Love me some 16 gauge and watered down bud.

Decent day on the Flaming Gorge

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Nice Krag-Jorgenson Mr.T.

Thank you Mr. Ken. She did good on this 3x3 mulie.

Lovely,simply lovely Mr.T.

I'm the jealous one now.

Africa, tahr, snowcock (you were up in the Ruby's in NV perhaps? ).

AND a good deer with a cool old rifle.

Geno

Originally Posted by T_Inman

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Nice Krag-Jorgenson Mr.T.

Thank you Mr. Ken. She did good on this 3x3 mulie.

WELL FREAKIN' DONE!!!

Originally Posted by Valsdad

I'm the jealous one now.

Africa, tahr, snowcock (you were up in the Ruby's in NV perhaps? ).

AND a good deer with a cool old rifle.

Geno

Yes sir...to all of the above. Did you have a nice nappy?

Here's a good mulie in the same area a year earlier with an even more awesome rifle....303 Savage.

Couple of good dogs.

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A few Alberta ducks/geese

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Trophy bluegill (catch and filet)

Snoooooooookssss

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Randomness...

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Originally Posted by RIO7

still having trouble posting pictures,but will figure it out sooner or later. Rio7

I don't think so! Well done, Grasshopper.

Ed

Originally Posted by Pugs

Trophy bluegill (catch and filet)

Catch and fillet is right.

Coordinates of pond please.

Geno

PS, dang I loves me some big bluegills.

Originally Posted by T_Inman

Originally Posted by Valsdad

I'm the jealous one now.

Africa, tahr, snowcock (you were up in the Ruby's in NV perhaps? ).

AND a good deer with a cool old rifle.

Geno

Yes sir...to all of the above. Did you have a nice nappy?

Here's a good mulie in the same area a year earlier with an even more awesome rifle....303 Savage.

I see they forgot to inform you that it's not possible to kill s--t with those old underpowered rounds. They bounce off or something.

Guess the deers didn't find out either.

Always neat to see old rifles still in good use.

Thanks,

Geno

PS, yes, decent nap, back "at work" again.

Originally Posted by Valsdad

...Coordinates of pond please.

Geno
PS, dang I loves me some big bluegills.

32 42'23.39" N, 95 06'05.09" W

Ed

Originally Posted by Salmonella

Randomness...

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You and I need to have a beer...

The Salmon NF is one of the most awesome places on Earth. As a matter of fact, central Idaho in general is the BOMB.

My neighbors noisy guard dog/alarm clock. He's having a good spring with the lady's! Elk

Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Originally Posted by Valsdad

...Coordinates of pond please.

Geno
PS, dang I loves me some big bluegills.

32 42'23.39" N, 95 06'05.09" W

Ed

Well, according to those coordinates, there is a pond there.

Yours?

Was he visiting you?

Geno

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Originally Posted by Valsdad

...Coordinates of pond please.

Geno
PS, dang I loves me some big bluegills.

32 42'23.39" N, 95 06'05.09" W

Ed

Well, according to those coordinates, there is a pond there.

Yours?

Was he visiting you?

Geno

Nope but happy to. That one was from a little pond near our camp in the panhandle of WV. I love to trout fish but bluegills are where I started and have a soft place in my heart (and my dutch oven filled with hot oil)

Nice Krag T Inman.

Travis

Love them Krags!

Nice original Krag Mr. K.

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Originally Posted by Valsdad

...Coordinates of pond please.

Geno PS, dang I loves me some big bluegills.

32 42'23.39" N, 95 06'05.09" W

Ed

Well, according to those coordinates, there is a pond there. Yours? Was he visiting you? Geno

Yes, it's on my place.

No, Pugs wasn't visiting, though he and you are welcome anytime.

My Dad caught a monster Bluegill on a dry fly in that pond that was 14 1/2" long, ~9" tall, and ~2 1/2" thick. My Mom took a couple of pictures just before it slipped out of my Dad's hands and back into the water.

I've been trying to talk SealBilly into coming out and trying to catch it again since he is also a Bluegill addict.

Ed

Stonecutter,You been hanging out in Texas, and not telling anyone??

Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Originally Posted by Valsdad

...Coordinates of pond please.

Geno PS, dang I loves me some big bluegills.

32 42'23.39" N, 95 06'05.09" W

Ed

Well, according to those coordinates, there is a pond there. Yours? Was he visiting you? Geno

Yes, it's on my place.

No, Pugs wasn't visiting, though he and you are welcome anytime.

My Dad caught a monster Bluegill on a dry fly in that pond that was 14 1/2" long, ~9" tall, and ~2 1/2" thick. My Mom took a couple of pictures just before it slipped out of my Dad's hands and back into the water.

I've been trying to talk SealBilly into coming out and trying to catch it again since he is also a Bluegill addict.

Ed

If I ever get to TX again, I may have to look you up. Have an old friend not too far from you, near Jefferson.

You have a heck of a nice looking place, from the satellite that is.

Enjoy your day,

Geno

Originally Posted by RIO7

Stonecutter,You been hanging out in Texas, and not telling anyone??

That was last year at the pig hunt in Crystal City. A lot of exotics, but very few pigs. There was 26 of us and only killed 7. This year, there was 24 of us and killed 48, plus 3 or 4 yotes and a bunch of rabbits.

This is me, Roof, & 7mmMato.

This is Colorado Bob with his winning kill in the pig dink-a-thon.

Stonecutter our place is about 2 1/2 hrs S.E. of where you all had your pig hunt, would like to attend pig hunt some day just to meet everyone, don't need to hunt. Rio7

This was cool.........or should I say it was hot.

Originally Posted by RIO7

Stonecutter our place is about 2 1/2 hrs S.E. of where you all had your pig hunt, would like to attend pig hunt some day just to meet everyone, don't need to hunt. Rio7

Yea, it's a great time. Birdwatcher showed up just to hang out. He's from S.A. Go on the 2016 Hog Hunt thread and check out the pictures of everyone.

Usually follow pig hunt thread,looks like a lot of fun with great people I know a couple of them.Rio7

Scope on .460 Wby.

Looks like a Leupy 1-4X20?

I've got two 2.5X20 Ultralights with the heavy crosshair. One on a .375 H&H and one on my .307 Win. I have no reason to dislike them. I will be trying their custom shop 3X Big Bore scope before too long.

I also have a VX-II 1-4x20 on my .450 Marlin. It is the only variable I own. Seems to be a good scope, but haven't used it real hard. It did travel well in a scabbard over 50 or so trail miles on this Montana moose hunt in 2010, but I haven't really used it since.

Yes,it is a Leupold VX-II 1-4X20mm. Also have the Leupold Ultralight 2.5x with the standard duplex,it is waiting to be mounted on the .450 Howell.

Originally Posted by Valsdad

...If I ever get to TX again, I may have to look you up. Have an old friend not too far from you, near Jefferson. You better! You'll hurt my feelings if you don't.

You talking about a well known BPCR shooter, by chance?

You have a heck of a nice looking place, from the satellite that is.

It's even nicer on the ground.

Enjoy your day, Geno

Going to, you too!

Went out this morning to try to help my neighbor "Killer" to track and retrieve a monster hog she shot last night.
Couldn't find it until almost noon. Biggest boar I've ever seen. Bigger than the one I saw on RIO7's place a couple of years ago which (IIRC) weighed ~275lb.

Two of us couldn't drag it, even downhill across the leaves. Had to take it apart where he died. Pics later.

Ed

Originally Posted by T_Inman

Originally Posted by Salmonella

Randomness...

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You and I need to have a beer...

Only one?

Certain we'd be friends.

I love Northwest Wyoming, Cody, Star Valley, Pinedale etc, I'd move there tomorrow, just can't pry the wife from her kids and friends.

Warm, WINDY, slow afternoon, so I'll share a few:

A couple of the neighbors

No. 2 daughter and kids hiking in the Chiricahaus with me last summer

Same grandkids with their cousin cooling off in the Niobrara River on a hot afternoon a few summers ago

Jocey on the same trip, cooling off at Smith Falls

A few more:

Nails belonging to the young huntress who heads up the Mule Deer Foundation here in Nuevo Mexico

Early fall in the upper White River Valley in Colorado where I hunt elk

A wetback who wandered into camp over in the Tonto Basin a couple of years ago

Some Arizona natives having a picnic (from dennisinaz)

Originally Posted by SamOlson

10 minutes ago.

Doc, I'm guessing you might have paid a little more for yours than the one my buddy just bought.

It feels like you're sitting right on the road.

I told him to name it the Gold Nugget.

APDDSN0864,Is her pig as big as the one you missed at Charco Largo, 2-3 years ago. he looked like a Hippo, still laugh about that one. Rio7

Originally Posted by RIO7

APDDSN0864,Is her pig as big as the one you missed at Charco Largo, 2-3 years ago. he looked like a Hippo, still laugh about that one. Rio7

Oh, sure, rub it in...

Bigger, Blue.

We took a tape measure to this one. 5'4" from tip of snout to base of tail. On it's side, it was 19" from the ground at the shoulder. Didn't try to get a belly girth measurement as it wouldn't have been accurate as he had started to bloat by the time we got the tape to him.

A friend of theirs came over and took the meat we could salvage. Funny thing about this hog, he didn't reek like most big boars. Maybe he took regular baths...

"Killer" put one 150gr .30-30 Corelokt into front of the shoulder, angling through the body as the boar was slightly quartering towards her at about 40 yards.

Good, solid hit. Bullet did not exit though we couldn't find it. Of course, we didn't dig around in the guts, either.

Ed

Originally Posted by RIO7

APDDSN0864,Is her pig as big as the one you missed at Charco Largo, 2-3 years ago. he looked like a Hippo, still laugh about that one. Rio7

Ed MISSED one?

Not sure I remember what I paid, Sam. It belonged to my aunt, I bought it from her in 2001. Drove it from Portland OR to near Milwaukee in 3 days... quite a fun road trip.

Roadtrip!

I thought maybe you bought it new, buddy paid $3500, 120k miles. Hope it doesn't break down, not many Benz mechanics in northeast MT....grin

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by RIO7

APDDSN0864,Is her pig as big as the one you missed at Charco Largo, 2-3 years ago. he looked like a Hippo, still laugh about that one. Rio7

Ed MISSED one?

Not only did I miss it, it was slowly walking from right to left at about 50-60 yards, out in the open, right at dusk, and I was resting across the corner of Blue's Jeep hood. Shot right over it.

Realized later that I had been shooting another load and had not changed the aperture sights back to where they belonged.

Missed more than one, fact...

Now, I double check zero before I hunt anywhere.

Ed

I was abandoned as a baby in the wild and raised by a troop of coatimundi... that's my cousin Elroy there...

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Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by RIO7

APDDSN0864,Is her pig as big as the one you missed at Charco Largo, 2-3 years ago. he looked like a Hippo, still laugh about that one. Rio7

Ed MISSED one?

Not only did I miss it, it was slowly walking from right to left at about 50-60 yards, out in the open, right at dusk, and I was resting across the corner of Blue's Jeep hood. Shot right over it.

Realized later that I had been shooting another load and had not changed the aperture sights back to where they belonged.

Missed more than one, fact...

Now, I double check zero before I hunt anywhere.

Ed

Excellent!

I'm responsible for some pretty spectacular misses myself.

You call your wife "Killer"?

Stonecutter,
Is that one of the Fiat's that is under recall?
Or was under recall--

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

...You call your wife "Killer"?

Nope, "Killer" is the lady who lives on the ranch across the road from us. Now 77 years old, she didn't start hunting until she was 65.

She has taken a couple of muzzleloader CO elk, more Texas whitetails than I can count including a couple of 150 class 10 point bucks, and untold number of hogs.

She will wait until 10:30 PM, after the nightly news, dress in her camo gear, grab her Marlin 336 in .30-30 with a 4X Nikon scope, and go hunt hogs until the wee hours.

I gave her the nickname "Killer" after she killed five hogs, each over 200lb with five shots, in one night. All head shots.
She would have killed more, but her husband (now 90) had only given her five rounds.

Ed

Originally Posted by mudhen

A few more:

Nails belonging to the young huntress who heads up the Mule Deer Foundation here in Nuevo Mexico

Early fall in the upper White River Valley in Colorado where I hunt elk

A wetback who wandered into camp over in the Tonto Basin a couple of years ago

Some Arizona natives having a picnic (from dennisinaz)

and what are these furry creatures with tails in the air, nothing like that up here ????????

norm

Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

...You call your wife "Killer"?

Nope, "Killer" is the lady who lives on the ranch across the road from us. Now 77 years old, she didn't start hunting until she was 65.

She has taken a couple of muzzleloader CO elk, more Texas whitetails than I can count including a couple of 150 class 10 point bucks, and untold number of hogs.

She will wait until 10:30 PM, after the nightly news, dress in her camo gear, grab her Marlin 336 in .30-30 with a 4X Nikon scope, and go hunt hogs until the wee hours.

I gave her the nickname "Killer" after she killed five hogs, each over 200lb with five shots, in one night. All head shots.
She would have killed more, but her husband (now 90) had only given her five rounds.

Ed

That's great! Wish there were many more like her.

Originally Posted by norm99

[quote=mudhen]

and what are these furry creatures with tails in the air, nothing like that up here ????????

norm

Coatis, a member of the family Procyonidae (which also includes Raccoons and Ringtails). They are found from Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and far south Texas down to Central America.

I found this old dude on our lease yesterday, don't see many this big around here anymore.

Bloody Mary

Originally Posted by RIO7

Bloody Mary

Whatcha got there?

Son and granddaughter tending to their swine yesterday. Was over there yesterday morning and helped him butcher one hog. That girl is damn good help while butchering! She even is a good coffee fetcher!!!

I'm sure that she is destined for bigger and better things!

I sure hope so, Ben!

Great that she doesn't run off and hide when it comes time to butcher something! Speaks well of her upbringing!

Nash bustin' far off rocks and ant hills...... He's loving the 6x MQ, as am I.

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Nash bustin' far off rocks and ant hills...... He's loving the 6x MQ, as am I.

Maybe I need a better monitor (as well as a better memory!)...

What is that scope? MQ doesn't ring a bell (but I bet it will if you tell me!

John

Fixing stucco cracks is tiring and dirty work...

Good day on the water......

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Bloody Mary

Is that the .243 Ackley? miles

Originally Posted by jpb

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Nash bustin' far off rocks and ant hills...... He's loving the 6x MQ, as am I.

Maybe I need a better monitor (as well as a better memory!)...

What is that scope? MQ doesn't ring a bell (but I bet it will if you tell me!

John

Hey John, it's an SWFA SS 6x42... MQ is Mil-Quad, the reticle. Dang good scope.

I thought I'd never have any scope but a Leupold, boy I was wrong.

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Originally Posted by jpb

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Nash bustin' far off rocks and ant hills...... He's loving the 6x MQ, as am I.

Maybe I need a better monitor (as well as a better memory!)...

What is that scope? MQ doesn't ring a bell (but I bet it will if you tell me!

John

Hey John, it's an SWFA SS 6x42... MQ is Mil-Quad, the reticle. Dang good scope.

I thought I'd never have any scope but a Leupold, boy I was wrong.

Ah, I was trying to think of a scope maker with the initials MQ!

I think I need more coffee before I post to get my brain firing on all cylinders!

Thanks for the info! Nice Sako too, by the way! I have 3 of them myself (.222 Rem, 7mm Rem Magnum, and a .375 Ouch & Ouch Magnum)

Cheers from Sweden,

John

Yep, Bloody Mary ,is a .243 A.I. I just take it out of the jeep and every thing for 200 yrds around just falls over DEAD! Rio7

KRP, Between your grand daughter and Bobs, grand daughter looks like the girls are taking over the world. Blue

Ben, what camera are you using?

Your pics keep getting better!

Originally Posted by RIO7

Yep, Bloody Mary ,is a .243 A.I. I just take it out of the jeep and every thing for 200 yrds around just falls over DEAD! Rio7

Bloody Mary sounds like your "Lucky Charm"

Magically, it's vicious!

(Magically delicious)

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Yep, Bloody Mary ,is a .243 A.I.

Looks better than when Randy and I painted it. miles

Bloody Mary, shoots better than I can. Rio7

Originally Posted by RIO7

Bloody Mary, shoots better than I can. Rio7

I think you should own up to those "bughole" groups you recently shot with that rifle, THEN try to make folks believe that statement.

Ed

Drug this around for about 10 hours last Friday.

Big rain today, perfect timing.

It's always nice when things work out.Rio7

It sure is.

Bloody Mary, keeps life interesting. GRIN Rio7

Nice timing Sam!

We have had some rain and everything is in bloom. rio7

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Ben, what camera are you using?

Your pics keep getting better!

Thanks Sam, it's a little bitty Kodak M530 that I got a darn good deal on from a friend... So far I'm very pleased with it. And it fits in a shirt pocket, so that's nice. It doesn't have hardly any zoom, but I can deal with that.

Few more recent pics......

Family taco night...

Beats the hell out of a hot dog. Rio7

LOL...

Originally Posted by RIO7

Beats the hell out of a hot dog. Rio7

What's the matter? Chef walk out on you?

Ed

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Drug this around for about 10 hours last Friday.

Big rain today, perfect timing.

oats,rye, wheat ?????????????????????????????????

acres?????

norm

Originally Posted by RIO7

Bloody Mary, keeps life interesting. GRIN Rio7

Is Bloody Mary a Cooper Jackson?

Ben, as you well know size is key for cameras. Too big and you won't have it along!

Norm, hay barley for the cows. I can seed about 20 acres an hour(5 mph), but of course you gotta stop and fill up the cart every 2-3 hours and that takes about an hour. 160 acres would be a good day.

Great pics from everyone, neat to see different country!

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Beats the hell out of a hot dog. Rio7

What you need is a good ham sandwich.

miles

A ham sandwich is all and good if there is a woman around to make one.

Kent

Miles, I screwed up Randy, and your paint job so had to do it all over, thought I would do a flame job , but got it painted red and and thought what the hell and left it red,and named it Bloody Mary, shoots 105 gr scenars into one ragged hole at 200 yrds. GRIN Yep Bloody Mary, is a Cooper, Rio7

Kent, I can't cook worth a damn, when Miles, Randy, Or Ed, come to visit they have to cook or starve out, Miles starved me out last winter on those damn ham sandwich's, had to get my can opener working to stay alive.Rio7

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when Miles, Randy, Or Ed, come to visit they have to cook or starve out,

I am not much of a cook, except for bacon and eggs, or sausage and eggs. I can cook a steak, the way I like it, but maybe not for everyone. Ham sandwich is a quick meal for me that I try to keep around. Blue was not too impressed with them though. When Ed showed up and made elk stew, we were very happy. miles

Intended to compliment Blue on his paint job. I like the looks of it, better than the tan look that we put on it. miles

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Ben, as you well know size is key for cameras. Too big and you won't have it along!

Norm, hay barley for the cows. I can seed about 20 acres an hour(5 mph), but of course you gotta stop and fill up the cart every 2-3 hours and that takes about an hour. 160 acres would be a good day.

Great pics from everyone, neat to see different country!

how many acres you put in every year? --need to put 18" sides on that puppy and tandem spaced wheels, just fill it every 4 hours

norm

Originally Posted by TwoEyedJack

Nice roan!

Originally Posted by mudhen

Some Arizona natives having a picnic (from dennisinaz)

What the hell are those things? Are you allowed to shot'em? What do they taste like?

Coati Mundis.......and they taste like Coati Mundis.

Originally Posted by ingwe

Coati Mundis.......and they taste like Coati Mundis.

Originally Posted by ingwe

Coati Mundis.......and they taste like Coati Mundis.

Are those are the things you guys were trying to explain to me that night down there. I think they are.

A couple of years ago, I met Darrell Waltrip on the beach.

My wife took this picture of one of her birdhouses at our place near Atlantic City, Wyoming, last summer

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Originally Posted by TwoEyedJack

I dig that, Jack.

Great pic!

Nice ponies too.

Originally Posted by WillARights

Originally Posted by TwoEyedJack

I dig that, Jack.

Great pic!

Nice ponies too.

Thanks! That was a very nice day.

Photobucket must be all F'd up.

yep, I was going to post more pictures but the site is frozen.

Kent

Teaching the boy how to fish.

PhotoBucket won't let me log in.

Originally Posted by krp

Are those rabbit ears you're doing to Sheryl?

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Originally Posted by krp

Are those rabbit ears you're doing to Sheryl?

That was my buddy...

I did it once to her and when she saw the picture she called me a little phhucker... I hope it wasn't a freudian slip...

It was 1970 something....

1979...

We dated 3 years and one of the few dating pictures we have. I really regret not taking pictures earlier in life. Few of my family, none of my first animals, my biggest deer both coues and mule.

Now days with digital and cell phone cameras, it seems strange how we didn't document our lives in the past... a real regret.

Kent

Originally Posted by krp

Now days with digital and cell phone cameras, it seems strange how we didn't document our lives in the past...

I see it differently. There were no "easy" cameras of any decent quality. The Kodak Instamatic took crappy pics, and anything that did take decent pics cost more than a climbing rope, which I considered obscene.

I had friends/colleagues who were always taking pics, and they invariably sucked. Pics of people are nice, looking back, but as a kid you're not thinking of how cool it'll be when you're 60 to look at pics of you and your friends at age 18-20.

Pics of scenery with anything less than a wide-angle lens SLR were/are pathetic. I lived almost all my free time in the Rockies, surrounded by amazing vistas every day. Since photos just didn't do justice, I said to hell with it and hardly ever bothered with a camera.

I still don't regret it.

Campin' breffus:
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I just don't like to be reminded of how thin and good looking I used to be...

Parish Creek Maryland on Christmas Eve a couple of years ago
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A "Grand" place to have dinner!
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You guys are making me lose track of time and I have a plane to catch. Guess I better not go down to the basement!

Heads or Tails?

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Originally Posted by elkhunternm

africa must bring it out in people....

Originally Posted by mudhen

The fire in the Organs?

I remember that fire a few years ago.

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by mudhen

The fire in the Organs?

I remember that fire a few years ago.

No, didn't get pictures of that one. This was in the Chiricahuas.

That's all for today.

Ran into this one the other night

Great pics.

some of my pets

Lovin' the Africa and longhorn pics....

Today's rainy day project...... Thinking a knife sheath will be in the works too shortly..

Getting close...

Done...... The baby Browning rides quite well in it.

Originally Posted by krp

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Originally Posted by krp

Are those rabbit ears you're doing to Sheryl?

That was my buddy...

I did it once to her and when she saw the picture she called me a little phhucker... I hope it wasn't a freudian slip...

Gotcha.

Originally Posted by ingwe

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

africa must bring it out in people....

Must be something in the water.

If it wasn't so Dadgum rainy, I'd go plunk a few dogs.......

Bear camp last year......

My Grandfather and Grandmother with bass caught out of their front yard in 30 minutes in Suwannee FL.

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A small but pretty native brown I caught.

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Sammo's probably had to deal with this today.....

Originally Posted by Pugs

My Grandfather and Grandmother with bass caught out of their front yard in 30 minutes in Suwannee FL.

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A small but pretty native brown I caught.

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Whoa! Those are some whoppers! And that is a pretty brown...

Good looking rattler.....

Right by the house coupla Augusts ago..

Great pics again, Mtcurman!!! I like to fabricate me some leather devices too!! Keep em coming!

Graves of a couple of good writers for my money.

A visit by "Maid in the Shade" B-25.

Pretty healthy weathervane in Whitehorse, YK. Yes, it actually shows wind direction.

Dawson, YK

On the Yukon River between Dawson, YK and Eagle, AK.

Outside of Fairbanks, AK.

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Sammo's probably had to deal with this today.....

Ben, it is so swampy here that we didn't even try the pickup in certain (softer)places.

Front wheel drive loader tractor.

What a rain!

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Originally Posted by Pugs

My Grandfather and Grandmother with bass caught out of their front yard in 30 minutes in Suwannee FL.

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A small but pretty native brown I caught.

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Whoa! Those are some whoppers! And that is a pretty brown...

My Grandfather and Grandmother were avid fisherman. My grandmother swore by Zebcos and had a large collection. She caught everything with them. Bass, trout (fresh and salt), grouper, reds, Salmon and Halibut. They never broke and she always made fun of us with our fly rods and casting reels.

Both passed away by more than a decade. I miss them.

My Grandfather (on the left) as an AT-6 instructor at Columbus AFB in 47. The fellow on the right is his student. They later elk hunted together into the 90's. He went on to a career flying F-86, F-89, F-102, F-106, and F-4's in the KY Air Guard and retired as a Col and was also president of a bank and owned a couple Ford dealerships. Still alive but losing his sight.

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Originally Posted by shrapnel

Work of art!

Remington M 700 .375 RUM with a Leupold 3x scope.

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Remington M 700 .375 RUM with a Leupold 3x scope.

Did you find the bullet under the skin on the opposite side?

Kent

Nope.

Originally Posted by shrapnel

Shrap, next time I'm up your way I'm gonna have to give you a call. I need to look at some of your shotguns.

In case you were wondering.....I really really like that old carbon steel North Woods B&T knife.....

You just carry it around don't you?
I don't see any blood on it in, what, 3 pictures with dead stuff?

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

You just carry it around don't you?
I don't see any blood on it in, what, 3 pictures with dead stuff?

Yea you got me figured out.....I just kill chit...take a pic...and walk off and leave it....

Originally Posted by mudhen

mudhen where is that canyon ,, looks interesting.

norm

Fieldgrade,
I used the green sarcasm font....
Didn't mean to offend.

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

Fieldgrade,
I used the green sarcasm font....
Didn't mean to offend.

Thanks to the green font, I understood that it was tongue-in-cheek.

I think Fieldgrade may have intended irony as well (but didn't use the green font - easy to forget!

John

Originally Posted by norm99

Originally Posted by mudhen

mudhen where is that canyon ,, looks interesting.

norm

Norm, it's near Glenwood, New Mexico. It's called Catwalk Canyon. Back in the days when gold and silver mining were going strong, they built a mill down near Glenwood and ran a pipeline down the canyon to deliver water to the mill. The pipeline was suspended and needed a lot maintenance, and the guys who did the maintenance referred to it as the "catwalk." It was abandoned early in the 20th century.

During the depression, the CCC guys constructed a trail that followed the Catwalk in what had become the Gila National Forest. The Forest Service rebuilt the trail in the 1970s and made major improvements again 10 years or so ago. Those pictures were taken not long after the most recent renovation when I took my daughter and her kids up for a day hike.

Several years ago, two large wildfires merged into a mega-fire called the Whitewater/Baldy Fire and burned off much of the forest above Catwalk
canyon. Year before last, a series of torrential monsoon rains sent another flood of silt and debris down the canyon and destroyed much of the newly renovated trail. It is now closed until the Forest Service decides whether it has the money and the resources to rebuild it again.

More info here: http://www.americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails/trailNRT/Catwalk-NM.html

Originally Posted by jpb

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

Fieldgrade,
I used the green sarcasm font....
Didn't mean to offend.

Thanks to the green font, I understood that it was tongue-in-cheek.

I think Fieldgrade may have intended irony as well (but didn't use the green font - easy to forget!

John

Exactly^^^^^^^
I know nothing about the green thing but I wasn't offended....I was just poking ya back....

What we really need is a tongue in cheek emoje.....

Now.....back to the regularly scheduled program...with a little something for our friend over on the Snake...

Dat's mo betta!

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Originally Posted by shrapnel

Shrap, next time I'm up your way I'm gonna have to give you a call. I need to look at some of your shotguns.

Make sure you do, we can go out and bust some pigeons or grouse with them...

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some of my pets

Which one broke your hand? Is it doing any better? miles

Originally Posted by Alamosa

Alamosa,

That is a Blue Heeler, right? (same as Australian Cattle dog?)

I've heard that these herding breeds are very smart and can learn anything, but did you have to work much to get the dog to retrieve ducks from water? I've never thought of them as hunting dog (although I think I remember seeing pictures of Ingwedog "retrieving" fish which Ingwe claimed to have caught

Honest question, I'm curious.

If what I've heard about these cattle dogs is true though, I'm not sure I'd want a dog smarter than me...

John

Originally Posted by jpb

Alamosa,

That is a Blue Heeler, right? (same as Australian Cattle dog?)

I've heard that these herding breeds are very smart and can learn anything, but did you have to work much to get the dog to retrieve ducks from water? I've never thought of them as hunting dog (although I think I remember seeing pictures of Ingwedog "retrieving" fish which Ingwe claimed to have caught

Honest question, I'm curious.

If what I've heard about these cattle dogs is true though, I'm not sure I'd want a dog smarter than me...

John

Yes. Blue Heeler, red heeler, Queensland heeler, ACD.
Said to have a touch of Dingo in them.
I've had 3. All of mine would hunt and retrieve but that light colored runt, Heidi, was just exceptional, RIP. That dog earned retrieving titles from 2 of the hunting retriever organizations and I knew nothing about dog training.

They are working dogs, must be kept occupied, very expressive and communicate well, will get into trouble if left alone and bored.

From what I have heard Ingwedog was an exceptional herding dog that was capable of doing everything. Hopefully Ingwe will share his pictures again.

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Originally Posted by Alamosa

Yes. Blue Heeler, red heeler, Queensland heeler, ACD.
Said to have a touch of Dingo in them.
I've had 3. All of mine would hunt and retrieve but that light colored runt, Heidi, was just exceptional, RIP. That dog earned retrieving titles from 2 of the hunting retriever organizations and I knew nothing about dog training.

Wow, that must have pi$$ed off some of the "retriever trials" elite!

A friend is heavy into retriever trials and the thought of a dog like this beating out a multi-thousand dollar "retriever trials" Labrador make me grin! Heck, the stud fee from some of those champions is worth more than my car!

Thanks for taking the time to reply, and the additional great photos!

John

Can hardly wait for summer, here's my little shooting range on my place in the mountains. 100 yards long, 8' wide. Covered with snow right now , April 27.

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The mountain cabin;
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Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Backstrap!

Taking down a LORAN tower

Spring time in Wyoming……this is the current state of my front porch, ever see horizontal icicles??

It looks like the wind froze!

Back porch of the cabin this past weekend.

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My wife digging a parking space in the front.

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Originally Posted by gmoats

Spring time in Wyoming……this is the current state of my front porch, ever see horizontal icicles??

Maybe !

North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia

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Beautiful St Maarten

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Emerald Lake Yukon

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Alaska

We had a big 36" blizzard last winter. Had a bunch of cool snow drifts. What a PITA.

Horizontals? I've had those.
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And maybe a bit more!
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Where you at gmoats? our snow is gone already. I'm going to have to cut the grass this weekend.

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Backstrap!

Brunswick stew....

Speaking of Coon......this oughtta get ol Don off the sidelines...

An 'oldie'....

Originally Posted by Alamosa

CLASSIC.....

Bella, the 3 legged wonder dog !

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Penelope !

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Backyard photos from 3 summers ago !

Gold Coast broadwater, Queensland, Australia

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Doug & Deb going bird hunting this last fall;

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Lots of lucky people hang out at this place....

Great pics Paul.

Alamosa, love those blue heeler dogs!

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Lots of lucky people hang out at this place....

Great pics Paul.

Ain't it the truth

Toronto trip;

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Disney Land wrist rockets !

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Christmas to New Year, family Caribbean Cruise;

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New Years VE ABOARD Regal Princess;

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Cheers SammO,

Ain't that the truth !

Doug's last high school football game

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1988 - I'm a blessed man, fo sho'

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PHOUC !

Miles, this is one that broke my hand

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Miles, this is one that broke my hand

Damn shore got the horns for it. miles

Last June.

Oct.

?

July.

Heeler dog.

Great pictures Sam. RIO7

FieldGrade;
Good evening to you sir, I trust this finds you well on the last Wednesday of April.

Since you've begun a knife and game sorta theme, I'm hoping it's okay if we play a round as well?

Eldest's first whitetail buck from a hunt years back.
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My late father with his first BC mulie - maybe '84?
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Eldest with a snowshoe.
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First and only Sitka blacktail from South Moresby Island - mid '90's?
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First coyote with .22-250AI - again early '90's.
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Some kid from about '87 with a battle scarred BC whitetail.
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I see I've outstripped my allotment of photos, so will see what still lurks in the files.

All the best to you all and thanks all again for the wonderful photos.

Dwayne

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Heeler dog.

Unmistakeable ears. Love it.

Fellow Campfire Photo Thread folks;

First and only California Bighorn - from the mountain behind where we live now. We can see it from the top of the driveway - moved a whole 15 miles or so north.

I think it was '91 or '92.
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The end of a grand hunt in '93.

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A week earlier in '93 - it was a rough retrieval on this one.
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Making fatwood strips.
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Thanks all for looking and all the best to you all this spring.

Dwayne

Sam, yall got any whitetails near you? powdr

Originally Posted by BC30cal

Fellow Campfire Photo Thread folks;

First and only California Bighorn - from the mountain behind where we live now. We can see it from the top of the driveway - moved a whole 15 miles or so north.

I think it was '91 or '92.
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The end of a grand hunt in '93.

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A week earlier in '93 - it was a rough retrieval on this one.
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Making fatwood strips.
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Thanks all for looking and all the best to you all this spring.

Dwayne

Nice ram Dwayne!

Originally Posted by powdr

Sam, yall got any whitetails near you? powdr

Yep!

But my first love will always be.....

Nice going there SammO !!

Originally Posted by shrapnel

Is it legal to use live bait when coyote hunting in Montana?

Ed

Down the street from my office

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Originally Posted by TJAY

That right there made my heart happy this morning,

Thanks TJAY.

Geno

Will you play with me?

OK, I've got it, now you come try to get it.

Geno

PS, we sure miss that Jasmine dog.

Train pics

Geno

Foil hat time,

Chemtrails! (why else fly in that pattern?)

Geno

Local coffee house pic...

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Cafe Leo...?

Middle one's artwork from HS. Haven't seen any of her work the last yr or so. Has potential.

Ben,

Great photo, but who's the dick, in the middle of the cock photo ?

WCC,

That is a fantastic photo !

Bet the coffee's OK too ?

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Ben,

Great photo, but who's the dick, in the middle of the cock photo ?

Oh just some pollock from Havre.... He's no longer invited on any hunts with us due to his gift of rainmaking....

Some eats.

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Touché !

What time do you want me there MM ?

Originally Posted by shrapnel

Shrap,

There's an Ewok in your travel bag !

Some recent finds... The big knife is a Lamson & Goodnow, a Russell 1800s boning... and that little F Dick sticker is going in my pack to break down animals.

From a couple years ago.....

HawkI....

JB....

Nash and I ringing some steel after the dogs went down..

This crazy azz I know was out on his boat on the Chesapeake Bay and came across this guy about a mile out. Not sure about this story though. He figured he'd save it..........for dinner. He didn't have a gun on the boat, so they got it to shore, then shot it. They said it tasted OK, but you know it probably had a little bit of adrenaline going through it's veins.

He would have been arrested, up here, for harassing wildlife !

Minimum $5k fine, loss of hunting privileges, forfeiture of all resources used to perpetrate the crime, until all fines are paid in full.

In this instance, because he was in a boat, that would include his truck, boat & trailer & all there combined content.

Originally Posted by shrapnel

Nice shot Shrap.....

At the Golden Spike Monument, Promontory, Utah:

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Originally Posted by hookeye

Middle one's artwork from HS. Haven't seen any of her work the last yr or so. Has potential.

Thats beautiful work, Hook. A "Thumbs up" to the artist!!

Originally Posted by krp

Some recent finds... The big knife is a Lamson & Goodnow, a Russell 1800s boning... and that little F Dick sticker is going in my pack to break down animals.

Very nice finds, Kent!

Bear sleeping.

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Originally Posted by shrapnel

Nice shot Shrap.....

Once in awhile you get lucky and a bunch of things come together. That morning was 20 below zero and we were headed to our son's house for Christmas. We were crossing the railroad tracks wth the sun burning a hole through the cloud cover and the light on the tracks and the color from the sun made a real interesting picture...

I spent some time watching this guy today. I was headed to the barn when the white his on his head caught my eye. He was perched on a stump preening himself. It was blowing pretty steady, but that didn't seem to bother him. The picture was taken through my S2 with the Meopix adapter.

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Deer camp it is for all the family.

Help putting up camp.

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Bear sleeping.

Bear?

Originally Posted by krp

Don't know if most folks are familiar with F.Dick cutlery and meat handling equipment. THE gold standard.

Ed

I love the old knives... Green river, F Vogt, F Dick, Dexter, carbon Chicago. New knives have no history or soul.

That little knife was in bad shape and figured it was bastardized. Yet after some TLC I think it was designed that way and will be one of my favorites out in the field.

It's just a handy 'Dick' sticker.

Kent

Originally Posted by WillARights

Originally Posted by hookeye

Middle one's artwork from HS. Haven't seen any of her work the last yr or so. Has potential.

Thats beautiful work, Hook. A "Thumbs up" to the artist!!

Thanks. She likes painting/drawing. Youngest likes textile.
Kids..........they never listen.
Kinda p*sses me off, since I never finished my art degree.
Youngest could go music too, has the "ear". Middle kid has hearing damage so strictly visual art.

Now all they do is dress up and look pretty. Both are decent shots thankfully

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

He would have been arrested, up here, for harassing wildlife !

Minimum $5k fine, loss of hunting privileges, forfeiture of all resources used to perpetrate the crime, until all fines are paid in full.

In this instance, because he was in a boat, that would include his truck, boat & trailer & all there combined content.

Yea, here too. It's so stupid. I told my brother-in-law to tell him if he needs meat that bad, I'd give him all he wants.

It's just like people who spotlight, are they really that hard up to kill a deer that they have to do that? Around here, we can kill as many as we want, legally.

Originally Posted by Oldman03

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Bear sleeping.

Bear?

Yup,the dogs name is Bear.

That's a way cool deer, bet you're glad you got him, especially before their was snow on the ground !

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

hope your going to mount that one or at least cape it , not to many in captivity,

norm

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

WOW!

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

I didn't kill it. Somebody sent it to me, that had it sent to him by someone else, who probably got it from someone else, that probably got it off of the internet.

I always heard that it was "Bad Mojo" to kill an Albino or Pie Bald. At least that's what I heard was from the Indians. I knew a guy that shot a Pie Bald Doe and had a full body mount done. 3 years later he died of brain cancer.

found in a jar on a Colorado Peak

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Originally Posted by StoneCutter

I didn't kill it. Somebody sent it to me, that had it sent to him by someone else, who probably got it from someone else, that probably got it off of the internet.

I always heard that it was "Bad Mojo" to kill an Albino or Pie Bald. At least that's what I heard was from the Indians. I knew a guy that shot a Pie Bald Doe and had a full body mount done. 3 years later he died of brain cancer.

This doe hung around my house for a couple of years. She finally got hit by a car about 100 yards from where this picture was taken. It happened in the winter when we had snow cover.

Seen the word 'politics' in the title and avoided this thread like the plague. Curiousity finally made me peek.....

This morning while feeding the steers.

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My back yard

Saw this good sized bull snake last weekend out on BLM:

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Thought we would give him another and see what he turns out to be

Don, That looks really cold. Rio7

not bad. 31 degrees. But lottsa mud under that white stuff...

Good amount of snow here in the Rock this morning too.

Originally Posted by T_Inman

Good amount of snow here in the Rock this morning too.

Yeah, chains required over South Pass.

Decent here this morning. I'd post a picture, but doing it from this tablet is a real pain.

Granddad,Told me never cuss the rain or snow because we can not live with out it, I asked him is it ok to cuss this Damn mud? Granddad said he thought that would be ok. Rio7

Yep I try never to complain about moisture.

This is my pole barn.

This is the pot of gold (money pit) that's inside the pole barn.

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These remind me of the top drawer of my Dad's desk, the bowl on top of his dresser where pockets were emptied, his tool and tackle boxes, the glove box in the car, ...

He always had a Schrade pocket knife handy.

Of course.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

This morning while feeding the steers.

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Damn.

I'd pay good money for a snow right about now...

Just came in to cool off some. Humid and 91 degrees outside.

Originally Posted by jnyork

Originally Posted by T_Inman

Good amount of snow here in the Rock this morning too.

Yeah, chains required over South Pass.

I was going to go try fishing the Sweetwater River tomorrow. I'll bet it is over its banks, and the county roads getting to the good holes would be a mess.

Originally Posted by T_Inman

Originally Posted by jnyork

Originally Posted by T_Inman

Good amount of snow here in the Rock this morning too.

Yeah, chains required over South Pass.

I was going to go try fishing the Sweetwater River tomorrow. I'll bet it is over its banks, and the county roads getting to the good holes would be a mess.

Mud to the axles and snow drifts over the roads. Supposed to be still snowing, blowing and rain. Other than that, should be a wonderful trip.

Here's what they look like in case you've forgotten, Sweetwater trout, last summer:
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Looking Northwest up the Sweetwater country from Oregon Buttes.

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These remind me of the top drawer of my Dad's desk, the bowl on top of his dresser where pockets were emptied, his tool and tackle boxes, the glove box in the car, ...

He always had a Schrade pocket knife handy.

Yep.....they were the gold standard "back in the day"...
I have a cigar box full of the latest greatest more expensive pocket knives but I still carry an old Schrade 99% of the time.....
It's a shame what they've turned into these days though....

Not to change the subject but that picture turned out kinda weird....
If you scroll it up and down rather quickly the knives apear to be opening and closing....least it does on my computer....
You have to right click the courser on the right side of the screen and move it manually (if that makes sense).....it's a pretty cool illusion if you can make sense of my directions...

Bats.

A 5 minute glimpse of a fire coming through and burning our trailcam. Took a year for the FS to open the area back up and retrieve, one cam was completely gone and this one the SD card survived.

If you have a pair of healers do they get along?

Originally Posted by Bootsfishing

If you have a pair of healers do they get along?

I don't think they are much different from other breeds in that respect.

I had 3 for a couple years. One was a grouchy old male, losing his hearing, long in the tooth, pretty quick to throw down with other dogs.
I was concerned when I brought an 8 week old heeler into the house. That puppy pestered him relentlessly. He would scold the pup, give her a sharp bark and growl, but he would never actually hurt her.
Many times I thought she deserved it because she was a major nuisance.

Today...

What lake is that? Are you upstream from the dam or downstream? That's probably a dumb question, I guess you're above the dam and it's just low.

This had been our traditional spring fish camp lake for 30 years. Through an older generation that that has gone and now the young tag'alongs are the last generation... with tag'alongs coming up.

It went dry 5 years ago, lost all the fish but carp and cats in the mud holes, at least what could be shocked. The lake was dead and we've had to move spring fish camp to another, less accommodating for large groups, lake.

Literally broke my heart, with all the memories and family/friend history.

My buddy was in the area and decided to go see how much water was in the lake, an old couple was pulling their boat out of the abandoned boat launch. They hadn't been to the lake in years and didn't know it went dry.

They had 40 crappie in their ice chest.

When my buddy got to cell service he called me all excited. We canceled what we had going yesterday and hauled ass up. We caught 23 keeper crappie and a ton of 8 to 10" bass. The crappie were in size groups of small to medium. So they have been spawning at least 3 years. Some obviously survived 5 years ago.

The lake is still way down, and no one knows it has fish, but my wife and I were just saying not long ago, we would never see that lake have crappie in our lifetime again.

Yesterday was a truly happy day for us... an old friend yet lives.

Kent

D-type Jag, unfortunately a replica. But a damn fine one.

Originally Posted by ltppowell

No that's a nice yellow cat!!! Well done sir

Morning visitor.

Originally Posted by shootinurse

D-type Jag, unfortunately a replica. But a damn fine one.

Very cool. One of those "lottery money" cars.

Originally Posted by ltppowell

Did you noodle that thing?

How much did it weigh? What lbs. test?

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Originally Posted by ltppowell

Did you noodle that thing?

How much did it weigh? What lbs. test?

Nah...trotline. Guessin' about 60#. He was 52" long.

That thing's damn near as big as you are. LOL

Kent, you saucy tart.

Originally Posted by RWE

Kent, you saucy tart.

Ha, my wife was looking at something on the shelf and I said, 'HEY' so she could turn around and read it.

And she out fished me that trip.

Great pictures Kent. Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of months. miles

This morning

A visitor on the front porch, taken late one evening. He was pretty feisty and would strike at you, if you moved within 3 or 4 feet of him. All stretched out he was perhaps 12 inches long. From the online photo guides, it is a Texas Brown Snake, and the adults average 8 to 14 inches long. I shooed him off the porch, back onto the lawn and bid him goodnight.

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Originally Posted by kaywoodie

This morning

Cute!

New pup too?

Momma had 9 of those puppies! White Boxers! This one cries a lot!

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No puppy's no cute little girls, but how about some water buck baby's, this morning.

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No puppy's no cute little girls, but how about some water buck baby's, this morning.

MMMMMMM, Veal!

Ed

2013 Hat Trick. 1 with a bow, 1 with a muzzle loader, and 1 with a shot gun.

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

2013 Hat Trick. 1 with a bow, 1 with a muzzle loader, and 1 with a shot gun.

Nice mount.

Bro Dave snapped this pic of me this morning..

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

This morning

Very cool.....you are obviously blessed.....

These rotten little bastids have been tearing my yard to pieces over the winter and girdled a couple of trees. I've been after them with everything from a pellet gun to the 22 with both solids and bird shot. Now I'm just poisoning them for the most part.
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I had a delivery that went sideways on me this morning and I had to kill an hour in Grand Teton National Park. Bummer Huh?

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Found them on my phone when I was looking for the above pics

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I could tell this old girl was getting pissed but the tourons just wouldn't back off.

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Bison and grizzly co-existing. For the moment.
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New Rifle

Random pic thread is good for the soul.

Greenhead's Revenge.
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Heart and Duck Cradle made for lil'Boomerlitta in 2013. It's still being passed around the community as needed.
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Posing for popcorn.
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Oregon

Sand

A hell of a hike, we saw him from 4 miles away, climbed 3000 vertical over two drainages... From the car window at Glacier with a $50 point and shoot from the classifieds, Sept 2010.
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Old knives, these are the ones I'm keeping... have sold some today and going to put others up...

wife is about to kill me with them if I don't thin the herd.

Last night.

Originally Posted by krp

Old knives, these are the ones I'm keeping... have sold some today and going to put others up...

wife is about to kill me with them if I don't thin the herd.

I like seeing those. I've got some of the same ones but handles on mine are dried out.
Have you conditioned the handles with something?

If they are dried out, I have a Harbor freight belt sander, use a worn out sand belt to smooth the wood, then add a little minwax natural stain, then use a leather belt to polish. Takes about 5 minutes max, nothing to intricate.

Kent

Originally Posted by krp

Old knives, these are the ones I'm keeping... have sold some today and going to put others up...

wife is about to kill me with them if I don't thin the herd.

Kent, just bring them to the next gathering and hand them out... Will make the Mrs. very happy to be rid of them.

Originally Posted by shrapnel

How'd that big ship get all the way to Montana?

Hooligan dipnetting

Bear cruising the river bank

Wolves hanging out in our campsite

This is pure art work. My wife gave this to me for my birthday. She bought it on the internet. She was under the impression that it was ancient, but it's new. It's cut out of agate. Whoever cut it, is a pure craftsman.

This is the flip side.

Man, can you imagine getting shot by one of these things? It would FU up.

Frisbee!

Yaak river falls, Montana.

North Idaho.

Evan's first birthday (with great-grandpa)

Originally Posted by huntsman22

It's a sure sign of spring. I've spent the past week trying to kill those damn things before they take over.

after a fire

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Originally Posted by 270winchester

someplace I have a pic of a doe with much larger antlers
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Remington. The wife named him believe it or not.
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Catching the ball. He loves that ball more than anything else in the world. Except maybe his food dish...
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Bailey. The old one. The vet appointment has been made for next week....
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Originally Posted by mudhen

Nice pic, Mud.

Next to the huge battleshipsized, multicolored crocodiles, the hyena is my favorite African animal. So bizarre looking, and ungainly built.

Sunrise in Minnesota courtesy of the Alberta fire

This morning walking out of the house going to work.

Pit-stop the other day.

(note the $550 dollar Yeti pro-staff cooler, only the best for those 15 hour days....)

YETI Prostaff...

That's what dreams are made of bro!

What's a "pro-staff" cooler for? A drinking team?

50 head of yearling steers? Bet they are slicked off and looking good in no time.

Busy playing farmer the last week and we haven't hauled anything out to grass yet.

Antsy would be an understatement!

Barn bird from this afternoon.

100 head of spayed heifers. 30 at home and 70 on the north place. all blacks but for 3 broccoli-faces and 1 charolais.....

mounted on my trusty steed.....grin
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Afternoon/morning trip through part of YNP yesterday and today. If anybody's there in the next several days, there's a fresh carcass (rumored to be a cow bison that died during "childbirth" as I was told, but I didn't go verify) fairly close to the road in the Lamar, just north of the Yellowstone Institute. Only a matter of time before there's a large carnivore on it. There's also a wolf den in Slough Cr. with pups showing themselves. Look for the throngs of people. Disclaimer: they're not Stick quality, and I don't know if the date in the EXIF info is correct, so please be gentle.

Harlequins at LeHardy Rapids
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There's still one left!
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Didn't get a pic of the black sow, but she had two colored alike:
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Entering Silver Gate from Cooke City. A third moose was up the hill too. We did see a moose in YNP, but these have found it safer around humans:
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Part deux.

Sunrise above Silver Gate:
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Still plenty, and more arriving daily:
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The start of a bluebird day today:
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After gorging at the Blacktail Ponds:
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Yard critters, rabbits, white wing on the curb and I wasn't fast enough with the camera to get the breeding pair of quail.

Best thread ever.

Cottonwoods leafed out last week.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

100 head of spayed heifers. 30 at home and 70 on the north place. all blacks but for 3 broccoli-faces and 1 charolais.....

mounted on my trusty steed.....grin
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That pups getting big, looks like he's enjoying the weather.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

100 head of spayed heifers. 30 at home and 70 on the north place. all blacks but for 3 broccoli-faces and 1 charolais.....

mounted on my trusty steed.....grin
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Don thats my favorite horse!

Q: Why would you spay the heifers? Ranch at capacity?

To settle them down and put their minds to eating(and putting on weight) instead of screwing. Kinda/sorta like castrating the bulls and turning them into steers....

10-4! Gotcha!

I was curious about the heifers also.

Originally Posted by ingwe

Q: Why would you spay the heifers? Ranch at capacity?

ingwe;
Good evening to you sir, I trust this finds you folks well.

I was mulling the same query over in my mind when you so succinctly articulated it to Don.

Obligatory photo of cows to keep the thread direction flowing.
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Thanks in advance for any information you care to share with the inquiring minds Don.

All the best to you ingwe and to Don and crew as well.

Dwayne

Turn some yearlings that have been in a feedlot for 5 months out into a big pasture and watch what they do.

Sometimes they hit the fence line and circle the entire pasture.

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Cottonwoods leafed out last week.

Sam;
Good evening to you sir, I trust this finds you well and getting some rest once in awhile.

The quoted photo brings back lots of memories for me - that's a Versatile hood, no?

I spent many, MANY hours with that view running a mid '70's 935 back in the day. I think my personal record was 28 hours in a row on that thing - stopping only to fuel up, grab food that was eaten in the cab and of coarse take care of unmentionable bodily functions too...

The only tractor I run nowadays is this little 2 cylinder diesel which I call my "garden tractor on steroids".

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All the best to you folks this spring Sam.

Dwayne

My granddaughter's a lefty and the Imperial is perfect size and sheath for when she turns 6 or 7, I picked it up a few years ago.

The Case will go to the grandson about the same age.

The sturdier Western official boy scout knife will go to either when they are older and can prove they won't lose it.

Starting to put other pieces of their outdoors kits together. Got some trips planned this summer. they are 4 and 1, can't start them too early.

Dwayne, that is classic!

1983(?) Versatile 875, 7500 hours on it, currently 25 hours past an oil change, no auto-steer, could be a stray mouse in the cab, pulling a 40' Concord air drill which needs to be refilled every 60-65 acres(takes about 2 hours 40 minutes at 5mph). About 22 acres an hour.

Small setup compared to some of the modern uber farmers.

Regardless Versatile tractors are some of the best machines ever built. And Cummins engines are hard to be beat.

Though we always raised and butchered/sold calves on a small scale, onliest picture I have of cattle and me is this one.

I remember seldom wearing shoes, except school and church.

That's cool.

My parents have some really neat old pics.

Baby calves in the bath tub warming up. Us kids. Stuff from 30-40 years ago when they were just starting out..

And, just a story about old times and how it was.

I grew up out in the fields, dairies and farms here in Mesa. My friends were from those families. We dove hunted, gigged frogs in the canals, went on large camps to fish and hunt. I knew many of the old timers and they taught us plenty... and how to be men.

One story I remember is about Buck Owens, the country singer. They moved to Mesa during the depression, he went to the same elementary school many years prior to me.

But the old timers knew him. Said they were so poor the kids had no shoes for school. All well mannered... just poor as hell.

Success from hard times is always a good story and timeless.

Kent

krp;
Good evening to you Kent, I'm hoping this finds you and yours doing well.

I'm liking the direction you're taking with the grand kids and knives, they're handy tools to be familiar with for sure.

As you're likely aware though, it can lead to "greater interest" in them in later life....

For instance this was a family tour of the Buck factory in Post Falls years ago.
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It's really stuck with one of our daughters, though I confess expanding her collection mainly costs me money.

All the best to you all this spring Kent.

Dwayne

Very true.

Nice....

Great picture brother.

Family and hardwork... pictures depicting the meaning of life... nothing better.

Kent

krp;
Thank you kindly sir for the response and feedback.

It means a lot to me coming from you.

This is the same blade a little later on that year - her first whitetail buck.

She's since developed a bit of an allergy to deer hair and carries a box of mechanics nitrile gloves when she's hunting.

As mentioned, she's turned into a more than fair hand with a blade.

Again, the wee things which make up our lives, no?

All the best to you and yours Kent and thanks so much again.

Dwayne

Don;
Good evening to you sir, thanks so much for sharing your photos, I really enjoy them a whole lot.

The steers are just way, WAY bigger than anything I've ever worked with, though I did pet a Chianina Ox one time that was pretty skookum.

If you don't mind sir, is the tractor a Steiger?

We saw a few of them in Saskatchewan and believe it or not I saw one in Oahu on the pineapple fields too.

Thanks again and all the best to you folks this spring.

Dwayne

PS;
Random photo of girls jumping off a perfectly good bridge.

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I'm waitin' for you to post the video of you droppin' him like a dirty shirt with one shot to the head from a .22 rifle.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Don;
From one shadow hat wearer to another.

Best.

Dwayne

Originally Posted by antlers

I'm waitin' for you to post the video of you droppin' him like a dirty shirt with one shot to the head from a .22 rifle.

He's a pet.... And besides, he'd be tough and stringy. That's why we eat these, instead.

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Mother's Day with the wife and kids at the local winery.

Daughter's newest edition to the family, Winston.

Big day for our youngest.

Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

Big day for our youngest.

Dude....you're in trouble now.

Butter Cups.

shoes

You have shoe trees there, I was in Grand Cayman a few years ago and they had a flip flop tree outside this one bar I went to.

Doing some banking were you StoneCutter? LOL

I wish. You have to have money in order to do that. The government took all of mine before I could get it there.

So, Deb's 50th was Friday, our friend Joe's 56th this week, my 50th at the end of the month & Mothers day was Sunday.

Headed to Thunder Bay on Saturday, so we could celebrate with Caroline & her boyfriend Will & our best friend Joe.

Did a chef's tasting menu for the 6 of us, served family style.

Smoked pork belly & polenta cakes;

Salmon cakes;

Gnocchi;

Duck Agnolotti;

Pork fillet & Salmon, served with smoked & roasted Brussel sprouts & warm Barley salad;

Dessert - Madeira sponge with smoked caramel sauce, ; baby Panna Cotta with strawberry sauce & super rich Truffle Fudge with Banana sauce;

We've traveled the world & dined in many excellent places, but this meal, the atmosphere & our waiter made this a truly memorable meal/Celebration.

Friday night was Deb's 50th Birthday, & she attended our local Cancer fundraiser. Roped me in to be a "man in black" helper. 750 ladies & 65 men in black.

Suave dude, in tux !

Take note of the wine the girls were drinking !

I did get propositioned !

A lot !

Cyn and I took the dogs back into our woods. I hadn't been back in there for a while but it'd been a LONG time since she had; we had a female Nubian goat that liked me but would go after Cyn.... anyway, look what Chloe found!

Chloe is a Tibetan terrier aka Dokhi Apso; not a terrier at all but a distinct Tibetan breed. Dokhi Apso means something like "shaggy outside dog".... grin... she's a unique dog in my experience. Very bonded to us but utterly lacks that fawning "pet me!" energy that most dogs have. She's quite dignified in her shaggy little [bleep] of a way. She looks completely different when she's completely shorn down, which will be happening here real soon for the summer....

I couldn't really hunt back in there due to the goats, either. They'd follow me out (they were afraid to go too deep into the woods, but LOVED to follow me out anytime I went out there, and would bawl their heads off if I closed the gate to stop them).... but I'm thinking I might put up a tree stand back there now that the goats are gone.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Don! I got one of them little turd chunkin primates that shows around here too!

This is a pure bred Chug Retriever. He's 1/2 Chiwawa and 1/2 Pug and won't stop retrieving. If he was about 6 times larger, I could turn him into a world class gun dog.

Stoney, are those garlic chives, in the bottom picture ?

Nope, I guess I was wrong !

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Look!. It's a copperhead!.....grin
Well, his head IS kinda copper-colored....
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Appears to be a Mexican standoff.....

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Don! I got one of them little turd chunkin primates that shows around here too!

One of them little "tree sprinklers" shows up here occasionally, too.

My grandpa was frequently in the paper for his daytime job as a judge, but in 1970 he was in the local paper for this fish.
The caption joked about how we all wish it was some kind of fish other than a carp.

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What he liked most was hunting for whitetail and pheasants and fishing for walleye. His left arm was severed at the elbow but he would hold up the stump to steady a rifle or a shotgun and shoot at a somewhat left angle to compensate for the missing forearm.

That old schoolbus behind him had the seats removed and replaced with sleeping cots, a live well, and other amenities. Grandpa and the generation in-between would take that bus on fishing trips in Canada. When I was a boy I thought that was the coolest thing and hoped that someday I would get to go with them. Never did.

Kids playing while Ugly 'Ol Pappy makes breakfast...

And portrait of said Pappy... with giggles.

Road trip. I took both pictures yesterday, maybe 20 miles apart.

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Stoney, are those garlic chives, in the bottom picture ?

Damn if I know, that's something a landscaper put in next to my patio.

A piece of Pennsylvania Flagstone my father found in the stone yard about 60 years ago and built a frame for it and hung it on the wall. I've got it now. It's about 12" tall.

Yesterday......

Lots of Albertan smoke..

Musselshell is up.....

Pretty good way to spend an hour.....

Nash's excellent turkey hunt from a few days ago... I called up 3 strutters, and he put one down with the Old '97.

Rutting Merriam's are so much fun....

Naturally we were wearing blue jeans......grin

NC mountains.

I take a lot of photos from my handlebars while tooling around on a road bike.

Originally Posted by snubbie

Would love to know the story behind that one...

I was thinking the same thing.

The wall of horns in the Man Cave.

Wife's sister and my niece riding Nickel the mule and 'Killer'. What we do when they come for thanksgiving.

A few late blooming West Texas wildflowers.

I did NOT take these from my handlbars! Took a bit more effort and more advanced camera gear than a smart phone!

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Curved Bull Nosed pool coping.

My son, "Rock Butcher", butchering some rock.

Sanding.

Finished product.

This was my first bike, Circa 1965; Yamaha Twin Jet 100; pretty quick:

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Montana

Kentucky

My three sons...........

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Great pics all.

Ugly 'Ol Pappy, Andre and great Granddad...

Mean 'O Mimi playing git'chu...

Mommy...

1st bear for my nephew. 19 years of unused bear tags.
Then he went hunting with Uncle Joe...
1 shot kill @ 550, Congrats Chris.

Originally Posted by Ravenr2

1st bear for my nephew. 19 years of unused bear tags.
Then he went hunting with Uncle Joe...
1 shot kill @ 550, Congrats Chris.

Awesome pic! Congrats to Chris.

Originally Posted by Ravenr2

1st bear for my nephew. 19 years of unused bear tags.
Then he went hunting with Uncle Joe...
1 shot kill @ 550, Congrats Chris.

That is an awesome picture!

Thanks fellas, enjoy

I always liked this one, it looks like the dog is just waiting to see the guy on the left get his head blowed off !!

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I was once cute and lovable.

.460 Wby with a Leupold 1x-4x scope.

elkhunternm;
Good afternoon to you sir, thanks for participating in keeping the fine thread going and yes, indeed you were cute and lovable.

My family tell me I wanted to hunt pretty much from day one. This'd be me at 3 or so I guess.
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Bit older

Bit older still
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Today after church my good wife and I took our new to us summer ride out for a run. We're the third owners, it's never seen winter roads and it won't with us either.
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All the best to you all this summer sir. Thanks to you and all the others keeping the wonderful feast for the eyes going.

Dwayne

Thanks Dwanye and may you and your wife have a safe,fun and problem free summer riding around in the "new ride."

elkhunternm;
Thanks for the reply and well wishes.

We had it checked out by our mechanic before it came home and we bought it off a coworker - 2nd owner - I've been bugging him for 2 years to sell it to me and he finally gave in.

Random stuff again - making fat wood
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Rimfire collection
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Canuck made ammo
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Thanks again sir and all the best to you folks.

Dwayne

Dwayne,congrats on finally wearing the previous down and buying the car!

Not so cute and lovable me with a cow elk.

Other side of the same fence, probably going to church... bonking my sister on her head.

Didn't know pictures could be taken way back then.

Same little sister...

Great photos folks, Thanks to all that have shared!!!

Me +/- 1950

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1972 I was 11. I'm the good looking one on the right. The ugly guy on the left would later become my best man when I got married. Note the "Chuck Taylor" tennis shoes.

Surfing Lunch counter rapids on the Snake River.
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Lewis lake in Yellowstone still has a little ice on it.
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A little time in PA a couple years ago with Jorge and some friends. If it wasn't for Philly and Pittsburgh PA would be a pretty nice place to retire to.

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Keep the great stuff coming, guys!

Looking forward to more flower pics now that spring has arrived. Was out Sat and Sunday doing some scouting and saw a bunch of cactus that were getting close to blooming. Will have to head back out in a week or two to catch them.

Read that the flowers (Lupine?) were really coming in up by Sun Valley.

Quick pic from the top of the ridge Sat while I was doing some scouting. Saw some fresh moose tracks so they're still around. Ran into snow at about 7000' and had forgot to change my boots at home!

David doesn't always beat Goliath. Especially when Goliath has a Glock...

10 yds Hornady 115 XTP--First blood for the 34! Just below where the above pic as taken.

Pic in the camera I forgot about.

Was the only one up at about 6 am on vacation when I saw these guys strolling by.

That's Lake Chelan you see below...

Originally Posted by Pugs

A little time in PA a couple years ago with Jorge and some friends. If it wasn't for Philly and Pittsburgh PA would be a pretty nice place to retire to.

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Pugs;
Good evening to you sir, I trust the day treated you acceptably well.

Since it's okay to throw up some photos of break action revolvers...

Paid $35 for this Enfield - made the grips, refinished, converted to single action as well as double from double only.
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This belonged to a good friend who is now in an extended care home so it came to live here.
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Much massaged Security Six
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Thanks to you and all who've been keeping this going sir. Much appreciated from me and all the best to you all this summer.

Dwayne

Looking at these pictures reminds me of all the places i will never get to see, but it also reminds me of how beautiful our Country is.

Just outside of Denver last year

Up in the mountains

Chumash Indian Cave

Digital Dan reflecting in the bar... pun intended.

Theodore Roosevelt books.

Refreshed my Oneida lite force a few years ago, I bought it new mid 90s, Killed deer and elk with it for 10 years. I still need to take that 20 year old bow back out for old times sake.

Originally Posted by krp

Digital Dan reflecting in the bar... pun intended.

Hey.... That's Greg's place. That head board sure made a purdy bar.

Random scenery...

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Random scenery...

Charlie is the top picture at Trout Creek, MT? Sure looks like.... Great pics!

No Ben....it's at the north end of Dworshack Reservoir.....the Army Corp. has a few campgrounds up there that are only accessible by boat....
My buddy from NV and I spent six days up there fishing and hiking a few years ago....only other people we saw were the camp gnomes from the Corp that come in and clean the campgrounds and chitter....nicest and cleanest campground I've ever been to...and it's FREE!!!

A few more pix.....

Notice how there isn't even any pine needles on the ground....the gnomes keep em raked clean to reduce the fire danger...

One of my favorite (and often posted) pix of Sally...

This pic (also posted above) is a couple of miles up the North Fork of the Clearwater.....our camp is about a mile below that log jam....
There's actually a few Ground Squirrels in thos meadows so naturally we hiked up there and shot some with our 22's...

Originally Posted by krp

Refreshed my Oneida lite force a few years ago, I bought it new mid 90s, Killed deer and elk with it for 10 years. I still need to take that 20 year old bow back out for old times sake.

I don't believe I've ever seen a bow quite like that before. What the heck do you call it, a recurve/compound?

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

I don't believe I've ever seen a bow quite like that before. What the heck do you call it, a recurve/compound?

Cam and Lever bow, smooth draw and fast in their day. Good finger shooters.

Kent

Buster. My hunting buddy for many years now.

He's starting to slow down, as am I, in my older age. But we still get after it!

More good times with Buster...

The next chapter..

Meet Bandit.

Same breeder I got Buster from.

Pick him up next week...

Ken, is that a Hornet?

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Buster. My hunting buddy for many years now.

He's starting to slow down, as am I, in my older age. But we still get after it!

He's such a cool dog...

Originally Posted by mark shubert

Ken, is that a Hornet?

CZ 455 .17 HMR.

Shot this around 65 yds.

Great for washing out antelope in the field after gutting them.
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Camped out building water catchment with G&F and a few other volunteers.

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

The next chapter..

Meet Bandit.

Same breeder I got Buster from.

Pick him up next week...

Now I gotta come down and meet Bandit!!!

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Now I gotta come down and meet Bandit!!!

Door's always open for you, Bob!

Maybe next time I'll remember to make a pot of coffee...

Sorry about that...

Originally Posted by krp

Camped out building water catchment with G&F and a few other volunteers.

Never seen one underground like that, Kent.

Looks pretty invasive. How does it work?

Ok! Buster is such a cool dog! Hope he teaches the newbie a thing or two!

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Buster. My hunting buddy for many years now.

He's such a cool dog...

Indeed^^^^^^

Hope you don't mind Barry but I swiped one of Buster's pix for posterity..even though I've never met him I almost feel like I know him after watching him over the years....

I know we talked about other breeds but I'm glad you got another Schnauzer...I'm anxious to watch his journey so post lots of pix...

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by krp

Camped out building water catchment with G&F and a few other volunteers.

Never seen one underground like that, Kent.

Looks pretty invasive. How does it work?

And even more important....what was the fat guy with his hands in his pockets job that day....

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Originally Posted by mtcurman

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Buster. My hunting buddy for many years now.

He's such a cool dog...

Indeed^^^^^^

Hope you don't mind Barry but I swiped one of Buster's pix for posterity..even though I've never met him I almost feel like I know him after watching him over the years....

I know we talked about other breeds but I'm glad you got another Schnauzer...I'm anxious to watch his journey so post lots of pix...

You are welcome to it, Charlie.

If the new pup turns out to be half the hunting dog Buster is, I'll have a hard time keeping up.

You know as well as I do that as long as you have good stock, then a dog is going to be as good as what the person puts into it...

Probably why we have some damn good dogs.

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by krp

Camped out building water catchment with G&F and a few other volunteers.

Never seen one underground like that, Kent.

Looks pretty invasive. How does it work?

Slope funnels water into an inlet headwall grate, then into the pipes for storage. Originally there was to be another pipe in each run but caliche forced us to stop it short after 2 days of digging. went from 10,000 gallons to 8,000 storage. Pipes are manifolded together and then outletted to a concrete trough for wildlife.

Kent

Still pretty good amount of storage.

One's I'm familiar with are usually less than half that. And I've seen them dry as a bone, too...

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by krp

Camped out building water catchment with G&F and a few other volunteers.

Never seen one underground like that, Kent.

Looks pretty invasive. How does it work?

And even more important....what was the fat guy with his hands in his pockets job that day....

That guy showed up for an hour... probably some critter organization exec looking for a photo op.

There were 6 G&F personnel and 5 volunteers doing the work.

Kent

Hardest part was the G&F getting the federal permits to do the work on BLM land, like two years of studies. And this was an old site that had a 2000 gal buried concrete tank already there.

Kent

Originally Posted by krp

Hardest part was the G&F getting the federal permits to do the work on BLM land, like two years of studies. And this was an old site that had a 2000 gal buried concrete tank already there.

Kent

Insanity like that comes with bureaucracy.

Originally Posted by krp

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

And even more important....what was the fat guy with his hands in his pockets job that day....

That guy showed up for an hour... probably some critter organization exec looking for a photo op.

There were 6 G&F personnel and 5 volunteers doing the work.

Kent

That's what I figured....never seen a fat guy in a white shirt show up and actually do anything yet.....

Not mine but I thought it was a cool pic so I saved it....

Holding one of Jack O'Connors favorite 270s.

Chicken, Alaska public restroom.

Brenna and my 7x57.

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Remember to tell Brenna the get together is July 15th...

... for you it's the 22nd...

Kent

Will do Kent.

And the vids were cool! You should be proud of that girl... hell, I am too.

Kent

She's using that rifle for deer hunting this year. Let her shoot the milk jugs as they are more fun than punching paper and hopefully a confidence builder.

A few Jr deer camp pictures...

You should put her in for Az jr deer this year, 5 bucks for a license and 40 bucks for a tag if drawn.

Kent

What are the dates for the Az jr deer hunts?

Oct 7-13 for the ones around where we have the Tonto and some others mid November. Also a 13.00 app fee.

Kent

Her deer hunt here in NM is Oct 29-Nov 2.

One from yesterday evening. Final pass of the year pulling a drill for the old Versatile.

My uncle and several good dogs are laying beneath the cottonwood.

grandson thinking Ugly 'Ol Pappy is funny as hell while scarfing down Mean 'O Mimi's cabbage and sausage soup.

She'll be over 90 years old and he'll say,' Mean 'O, make me some cabbage soup'... She'll reply,' you're 40 years old and can make it yourself'.

Oh no Mimi, no one can make it like you...

Now you remind me of that Ugly 'Ol when he was alive, always sweet talking me into work... Tell me a joke and make me laugh while I make your soup.

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

The next chapter..

Meet Bandit.

Same breeder I got Buster from.

Pick him up next week...

Cute pup! What breed is he?

Kids and grandkids must be a trip.

We've had to settle for dogs.

My son will be two in June. He's finally getting old enough to "help"

Ben, that is uber cool, sweet pics!

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Kids and grandkids must be a trip.

We've had to settle for dogs.

They mind better and eat anything you give 'em.

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Cute pup! What breed is he?

Doc, he's a standard schnauzer.

Son's first muley - in MT very close to the Canadian border:

Guess who:

Random scenery:

Pic from a rest stop on the Great River Road, near Maiden Rock, WI.:

After two long days painting the house, wife said, I didn't take anything out for dinner.

So I went to the grocery and started cooking while she was in the shower.

A little late candle light dinner on the patio... I ate too much.

BUMP !

Sun coming over the mountains waiting on the concrete trucks this morning.

Then this guy runs past me with a dove he caught.

I can't see a picture of a coyote like that without wishing I had crosshairs on him, taking up the slack of the trigger...

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

I can't see a picture of a coyote like that without wishing I had crosshairs on him, taking up the slack of the trigger...

first thought i had wheres my gun , Bam DRT.

norm

The way I've been shooting, lately - I'd just send him on his way with a salute.

Lil'Boomerlita
About a year ago.
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Growing up too fast... 2 1/2 already...
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Took me awhile to figure how to post pictures from my phone while camping, I didn't dare try to caption them.

Mia loves bugs, while other kids run screaming away she runs screaming towards... usually with,' I want to squish it!'... I had to take a big rock out of her hand that she was going to smash it while on the trailer.

The boy loves horses and there's plenty of wild ones around, though the camp horses aren't that wild.

There's dirty then there's camping dirty.

Mia makes a fire and marshmallows later.

Boat ride, fishing was lousy but catching crawdads for bait was fun.

And some other random pics.

Early 90s there used to be one buckskin wild horse in this area. He was wild and wouldn't let me get close. While archery elk hunting he'd fake me out catching his color through the trees thinking he was an elk for a second. Often I'd be sneaking up on bugles and he'd bust right in the direction I was going... I cussed him often over the years.

Now there are over a hundred horses in the surrounding area and rez.

I doubt that gray maned buckskin is him, he's probably long dead, but old gray walked right up, nuzzled me, then snored snot and walked away.

Was a slow bite on Saturday, but they were good fish !

My wife and I were in northern New Mexico over the weekend and stopped at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park in Angel Fire. It was a truly moving experience and highly recommended stop if you are anywhere nearby.
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This weekend, got Dad and one of his old riding buddies out for a round. Made about 5 miles, mostly road. Both of them loved to ride better than anyone I've ever known, but due to health reasons had almost quit. So grateful every time I get to go for "one more" with them!

Then got to go fishing, trolled up a mess of crappie

That is gorgeous country. I chased cattle around the Moreno Valley back about 25 years ago, and miss it.

BUMP !!!!

Hit the lake at noon with my dad and brother, caught some gillies for cut bait, went to the flats and first cast I caught a yellow, wind blew us off anchor a couple times, we fought our way back, kept the pods active reeling them in by twos and threes, finally a buffalo carp took dads bait on 4 lb test, 10 minutes of fighting and he ran the yellows out. It was just before 2 and dad said let's go. We had 75 in already... fine with me as that's plenty to fillet... not bad for less than 2 hours fishing, driving back and forth was 5.

Now I have to get the knife.

Zeiss 4x on a .375 RUM.

a few minute ago...

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Thanks guys for keeping this alive.

Kent, the pics with the horses, pines, and lake? Up near Big Lake, Crescent Lake area? Your pics of AZ are making me "homesick" even though I "only" lived there for about 7 years total, 2 in the mts, 5 in the desert. And where you catching those yellows, in case we ever get to retire back in AZ (jeez, that would be nice)

elkhunter, nice shootin' by that youngster of yours! Hope she does well on her hunt.

the rest of you folks, cool dogs and scenery and such. I've got to go back and look at some older pages to catch up now. Then I have a few to download and post myself.

Thanks again,

Geno

Mountain pictures are from Willow Springs lake area about 40 miles east of Payson.

Yellows are from Apache lake on the Salt River chain. Great fishing for smallmouth, largemouth, cat, some walleye... and yellows.

Fishing with a view...

Kent

Rez?

Dog swimming with stick.

Anyone have any pictures of Shiprock?

I have plenty from 35000' but would love to see some from ground level.

Granddaughters 4th birthday was this past week. She's now on Pocahantas kick. Frozen is out!!!!

New indian Princess dress while riding!

Was up to the compadre's ranch last week. We fixed a watergap on the creek. Found a big azz limb out of the really big azz cypress tree exposing this big azz bee hive!!! I know it's kinda hard to see, but that comb is covered!!

Our search for buxom college girls swimming in the creek was unsuccessful. Mebbe next time.

Ya got a real cutie there Bob. Don't tell Her about that other Pocahontas that Trump talks about. Cause Her to have nightmares. miles

Last month we had three weeks of rain and my daughter's dog doesn't like rain. So she bought this crazy rain coat for him.

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Last month we had three weeks of rain and my daughter's dog doesn't like rain. So she bought this crazy rain coat for him.

That dog is more tolerant than mine...

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Was up to the compadre's ranch last week. We fixed a watergap on the creek. Found a big azz limb out of the really big azz cypress tree exposing this big azz bee hive!!! I know it's kinda hard to see, but that comb is covered!!

Our search for buxom college girls swimming in the creek was unsuccessful. Mebbe next time.

screw the buxom college girls......oops! freudian slip there! but the wild honey is some good eating..... Damn just gets worse , guess i'll shut up.

We know where your mind is..

yeah but the body is to old for anything but the wild honey! come to think of it She is too old too!
but wild honey is about as good eating as it gets.....the bee product.

Originally Posted by deerstalker

yeah but the body is to old for anything but the wild honey! come to think of it She is too old too!
but wild honey is about as good eating as it gets.....the bee product.

Yeah that hive was waaaay hell up in that tree and my tree climbing days are pretty close to over!

Wise decision KW....I'm reminded of a funny story I read about Big Foot Wallace's adventures as a youth stealing honey from angry Texas bees...

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Wise decision KW....I'm reminded of a funny story I read about Big Foot Wallace's adventures as a youth stealing honey from angry Texas bees...

Bet it was Duval's "The Adventures of Bigfoot Wallace". What a classic!

Last night at Caballo lake.

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Last night at Caballo lake.

Excellent!

You need to quit long-arming that fish though!

We are about to get thrashed again.

30 minutes ago.

Siren just went off.

Kent. that deep fried fish sure looks good but due to cancer treatment schedule I wont be able to offer any help in the eating department.

Sam, did you get blown away?

Originally Posted by Bigbuck215

Kent. that deep fried fish sure looks good but due to cancer treatment schedule I wont be able to offer any help in the eating department.

Damn it Ivan, We'll have some at Tonto next winter then.

Kent

Originally Posted by Bigbuck215

Sam, did you get blown away?

Ivan, 68 mph wind and golf ball sized in this last one. Gonna survey the damage this morning.

There was a car show/poker run yesterday evening, hope they didn't get caught in it!

Sam, is that the one that derailed the train west of you?

Venison pot roast in a slow cooker. Always good but this one is the best ever. Below is the source for the chunk of round. Canadian Rockies last November, sunrise.

Great thread! I took some time this morning to catch up.

Here are a few of real rain forest, West End of Olympic Peninsula taken during Sept. bow season for elk on the driest day I've ever experienced there. Just off of a logging road near the Queets River while my son and grandson went after elk.

The flash would go on every pic if left on automatic.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Sam, is that the one that derailed the train west of you?

Don, yep, same storm.

Took out a half section of spring wheat but at least we didn't get hit too hard in town. Some folks are gonna need new siding and windows....

Blowing like hell still so we said fuuck it and called it day.

farthers day ka-blooie.....

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Originally Posted by SamOlson

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Sam, is that the one that derailed the train west of you?

Don, yep, same storm.

Took out a half section of spring wheat but at least we didn't get hit too hard in town. Some folks are gonna need new siding and windows....

Blowing like hell still so we said fuuck it and called it day.

Might have been same storm my mom flew into North Dakota the other day. She said it was the worst landing she's ever had, the lady next to her was screaming. I guess it was knocking out car windshields and what not.

Here's a few from the last few weeks.

Ruth Mae, born June 8th

Congrats, Ben. She is a cutie. Mom doing OK?

Wayne

Yeah everyone's doing great. Finally settling into the home life.

More great pics.

Congrats to Ben on the new member!

Went up NW of Stanley with a buddy this weekend for some fly fishing. Restricted waters (tributaries of the Middle Fork of the Salmon) but we were hoping for some Brooks and Cuts (you could only keep Brook and Whitefish).

True to my luck what we were pursuing didn't show. Saw a single, that's ONE, fish in the water. No jumps, rising, etc. maybe too early for them to be that far up yet?

Also true to form, other wildlife that was out of season was abundant! Figures....

lots of muleys (one buck was already sporting a decent 4x4) one yearling whitetail who was looking for mom, I think. Pronghorns, elk (two Bulls and several cows), coyotes, tons of sandhill cranes and more ground squirrels than you could shoot. The flowers were out in force...beautiful and everything was very green.

Oh, and the wolves woke me up at 4:00 am Saturday! Probably about a mile or less away. Never actually saw any.

Despite no fish the weather was nice and it was fun to get out for awhile and away from work...always a good thing!

Some Desert Paintbrush

This hillside was covered in paintbrush, penstemon and some yellow flowers.

Clouds rolling in last night. Was getting pretty windy Sat afternoon so fishing would have been tough, anyway.

In Stanley (which was hopping during the tourist season).
That's Hwy 21 going NW. Killer motorcycle road all the way to Idaho City!

A little south of Stanley.

Checked out a little stream in this meadow/valley.

Galena Summit looking out over the headwaters of the River of No Return/Lost River/Mighty Salmon. You could jump over it down there!

Dagger Falls on Boundary Creek right above where it enters the Middle Fork. Looks like a great kayak run but stay River left!!! (And there's a big log about three feet over the river where it narrows into a fast falls/channel just downstream!

Couple shots from where we were fishing...

Elk creek

Bear Valley Creek

We fished several places on both of those and tried some other tributaries but no luck...

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Sam, is that the one that derailed the train west of you?

Don, yep, same storm.

Took out a half section of spring wheat but at least we didn't get hit too hard in town. Some folks are gonna need new siding and windows....

Blowing like hell still so we said fuuck it and called it day.

yhow high was the wheat?? can you replant and still get a harvest.

insurance???

norm

Originally Posted by keystoneben

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Sam, is that the one that derailed the train west of you?

Don, yep, same storm.

Took out a half section of spring wheat but at least we didn't get hit too hard in town. Some folks are gonna need new siding and windows....

Blowing like hell still so we said fuuck it and called it day.

Might have been same storm my mom flew into North Dakota the other day. She said it was the worst landing she's ever had, the lady next to her was screaming. I guess it was knocking out car windshields and what not.

Ben,

Musta been out in Bismarck. They got hail from golf ball to grapefruit size. I can't imagine being in a plane when that chit was coming down!

Saturday

Sunday

Cleaned and on the way home

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Sorry for your troubles Sam....

Pretty quiet here in No. central ID cept for trying to keep these bastids fed....

I have three more feeders that all look like this daylight till dark....it gets pretty chaotic when ya get nine birds on a eight hole'er...going through 10+ pounds of sugar a week...

Pharm,

nice job on some tasty eats!

Geno

Originally Posted by MojoHand

In Stanley (which was hopping during the tourist season).
That's Hwy 21 going NW. Killer motorcycle road all the way to Idaho City!

Yes it is, but we prefer left at Lowman then along the South fork Payette Garden Valley HWY to 55, then south along the main Payette River.

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Dagger Falls,

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Old schoolhouse a few miles up the road

A slightly bumpy day on the river. For scale, the bow of the front barge is 350 ft away.

Breeze says "Why you wake me up?"

Thanks folks for keeping this alive,

Geno

Pelicans! Here?
Stock pond, sage brush for miles.
Took these day before yesterday.

Please excuse the blurry pictures, the wind was about 30 MPH, it was just beginning to rain hard, so I was leaning back in the P/U seat attempting to stay dry, and hold the camera still.

Birds close to the far shore, and some black cows on the bank.

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That's Eriogonum spp. Probably Eriogonum umbellatum.
I mean Buckwheat, probably Sulfur-flower Buckwheat, or some local type.

College paid off after all - says the guy working graveyard shift at the Mill! LOL

Originally Posted by MojoHand

This hillside was covered in paintbrush, penstemon and some yellow flowers.

Originally Posted by keystoneben

Ruth Mae, born June 8th

BEAUTIFUL !

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Pharm,

nice job on some tasty eats!

Geno

Geno, you're too kind. I was fixing to call him a ba*tard !!!

Yesterday.

Couple hours ago.

Sam, seems your locality didn't get the word spring ended a few days ago, the weather can settle down now.

We had winds and rain all day today too, nothin' heavy in the way of the wet stuff and the winds were just "regular", gust to the mid 20's.

Hope it straightens out soon for you farming folks so you know what's up for the rest of the season. (like that'll ever happen, right?)

Geno

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Pharm,

nice job on some tasty eats!

Geno

Geno, you're too kind. I was fixing to call him a ba*tard !!!

Yep, just in case I ever run into him, maybe I'll get invited to dinner!

Geno

All good here Geno!

No hail in this one and we always welcome moisture.

Dumpster rolling down the street like a tumbleweed....

I'm thinking sure as hell it's gonna hit my neighbor's truck and it flips and plants itself right on the corner of the lawn.

Video would have been awesome.

No hail = good.

Moisture, good unless your fighting rust. Folks around here been treating more than normal to hold it at bay. I'm betting the garb and lentil farmers are happy though!

Have a great Saturday, Sam.

Geno

Yep, video would have been great!

My "potted" trees blew over twice today. Don't think it knocked too many peaches off though. I put a big rock in the "pot" to hold it down better.

Again, have a nice weekend

Geno

Good weekend to you as well!

Athens, Greece, from & of the Acropolis;

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Pharm,

nice job on some tasty eats!

Geno

Geno, you're too kind. I was fixing to call him a ba*tard !!!

Rubbing salt in the wound...

A quick midweek trip, 5 hour soak, high graded two limits, some real monsters. Much better quality of crab than last time.

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Cracked crab and leman butter that night, with a nice margarita to wash it down. These guys had been swimming just hours prior.

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And let's face it, fresh cracked crab gets tiring after awhile, so I toasted some English muffins, sautéed some mushrooms, threw in some green onions, Parmesan and Swiss cheese, added a little mayo, and baked them for 30 minutes. I think I had cold beer for this one.

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It's going to be a long summer.

P

Greek island town of Santorini;

In my best Chinese voice;

RAUGH OUT ROUD !

"You plick".

Positano, & Amalfi coast, Southern Italy;

Spectacular piazza aboard the Royal Princess;

99s, it looks like you had a good trip. The stone work is awesome. Just think, they did that about 3000 years ago and it's still standing.

A buddy of mine was in Italy 2 weeks ago. He said the stone work is unbelievable.

Yep, it's really awesome, for sure.

Amazing what was done all those years ago, & with the tools they must have had.

My Grandfather was an "old school" carpenter. I used to love watching him work with his tools & skill craft. That stuff floats my boat.

Pompeii was really awesome too. Got some pics somewhere (not on my phone), I'll have to dig a little more !

Went to Greece many years ago (Navy), it is an amazing place.
Went to Athens, Pireaus (sp) and Mudros Limos

Would like to go back, but not now.

Yeah, we spent a month in Italy in 2001 & noticed the EU influence way more this time. The switch over to the Euro, across the board, certainly meant way inflated prices this time round !

Rob helping dad dress an early season goose...

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We raise oysters (not for a living)... just for us/friends.

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Here are some views from around my twenty-some acre homestead, nothing fancy, just scenes I thought were worth snapping..

From atop my highest point, looking westerly..

Looking down my driveway from about the half way point..

The little meadow upon the highest point, looking west..

One of my many tenants..

From atop my highest point, facing north..

At the head of my bottom..

Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to observe a swarm of honey bees, splitting off from their nest tucked in a hollow Cherry Tree. I was out tilling my garden, and watched them swarm back and forth between their old home, and the Poplar where they decided to start a new colony. Here they can be seen resting on a post. There had to be several hundred of them in all; the swarm was so dense, at first I thought they were locusts!

These were from fall of 2015, during a woods walk on the state game lands a mile or so from the homestead. I managed to bring back a few pictures of my little CZ Bobwhite .410..

Purty lil gun !!

Love the bees & oysters. Just need some cold Guinness.

Great stuff guys.

Keep them coming, I'm sick of all the other bullschitte happening in the campfire & need something calming to look at !

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

In my best Chinese voice;

RAUGH OUT ROUD !

"You plick".

cheeze us!

Paul,
He keeps posting pics of how good they look all cooked up and I might start using language like yours to describe him.

Now I'm even more jealous.

And this guy with the oysters, man what my grill would look like with them on it!

Geno

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Purty lil gun !!

Love the bees & oysters. Just need some cold Guinness.

Great stuff guys.

Keep them coming, I'm sick of all the other bullschitte happening in the campfire & need something calming to look at !

Betta stay outa the basement then!

Geno

Cash and J 23,

love the pics, certainly appreciated as 99's said.

I feed the birds around the place, I've been waiting for this for a coupla weeks. Saw some near the neighbors the other day, but none around me. (kinda crappy cell phone pics, thru the RV window, but camera was put up)

New quail peeps with mom

OK, lets go see what dad's eating over there:

And maybe better than quail peeps, as I get to eat them,

First taters of 2016:

Geno

Good stuff Geno.....the season's certainly rolling along isn't....
None of my does have brought their babies out of hiding yet but I did catch this guy wandering around looking fat and sassy out back today...

Couple of snaps from fishing & shore lunch, over the long weekend !!

It didn't suck !

..that's some gorgeous country you got there Mr. Huntsman.

I hate the view from my office too:

Shrapnel,

that young fella doesn't have to worry about plague in your area?

Good to see them learning about "stuff" like that early though.

Geno

First Himalaya berries from the bush in the garden. Pain in the arse to keep in check, but I don't have to go anywhere to get my blackberries!

Geno

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Good stuff Geno.....the season's certainly rolling along isn't....
None of my does have brought their babies out of hiding yet but I did catch this guy wandering around looking fat and sassy out back today...

FG,

I missed this one a while ago.

He's probably bigger now and will be ready by archery season.

You going after him?

If not, can I come "visit"?

Geno

Saw three more(different) pups early this morning. 30-40 yards away. They just sat and watched.

I'll never be able to shoot a pup.

Sammo, my pup won't ride on the mower deck (exact same 2084) but he will take a nap in the shade on the quad while I'm bushhoggin'.....

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heck, we'll both take a siesta in the shade when needed...

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Mississippi Delta flooded corn field duck hole:

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Wife caught me napping after a long hard morning on the shooting range. Two little dogs were rescued from the shelter.
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That is nice lookin' crop of wheat, what it run?

Gas station yesterday.

This afternoon on one of my favorite stretches of highway.

60+ per, Sam. Best crop off this place in 50 years according to the farmer......

this morning at choretime....

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60 bushel wheat ain't bad, just enough to break even with the current price.....

And speaking of clouds, UFO?

Hunts, Sam, those are some nice pics of pretty country! Nothing beats southern Alberta through Wyoming this time of year. I miss roaming up and down the front ranges and out onto the prairies in summertime, in warm but not immoderate temperatures. Of course, it's running 100F-plus every day down here now...

Say, boys...

Looked at the Hunter's Campfire topics list this morning and wanted to puke. All these damn evil topics! I realize it's stuff that folks want to talk about, but it can't be good for people to dwell on the negatives so much!

I think we oughta consider a rule change around here... it seems to me that this forum would be a lot healthier for everyone if you had to post a pic of a positive life event at regular intervals. Say, one pic for every 5 posts you upload.

It would eliminate the out-and-out trolls, I expect. And it would considerably brighten the outlook of most of our more curmudgeonly curmudgeons.

What say you, boys?

I ignore most posts here in the Hunters Campfire for the most part.

There are other forums to have fun in.

I agree.

There are a few political trolls here that contribute nothing but their trollism.

Worthless as tits on a boar hog.

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Did you post something?

This is what you missed.

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

This is what you missed.

There's no way I'd miss that! I'd hit it every time!

Doc;
Top of the morning to you sir, I trust this finds you all doing acceptably well.

We've had an unusually cool and wet couple of months now after a near record hot May. That's likely my fault though since I picked up that old rag top Mustang about then....

Anyway here's what we were looking at a couple weeks back. Hell's Gate on the Fraser is interesting if you like that sort of thing. You take this tram to get across to the west side for the best views. Not free by any stretch, but still.
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Looking south from Hell's Gate in the Fraser Canyon.
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Looking north up the Fraser Canyon.
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The photos don't show the sound and give the viewer the "entire picture" really - it was a low water year this year and there were 2 Million gallons a minute flowing that day. This is a video of a couple years back when it was 40' higher.

We did the tram at Squamish too - a must do on even a semi clear day like we had.
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Howe Sound from the top.
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View on a cloudy day is still pretty cool.
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I see I'm out of room now. Part two to follow.

Dwayne

Part Two;
Suspension bridge on top of Squamish Tram if you don't mind heights.

Nairn Falls on the Green River - just south of Whistler or north of Pemberton.
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We'd been there years back when the girls were young and it was nice to see it was still the same.
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It's not called the Green River for nothing.

Again it's difficult to convey how much water is coming down in spots like this. Back then we took a trip up the Green in a jetboat - again not free, but memorable indeed.
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Anyway Doc and fellow denizens of the Campfire, thanks again for looking and for keeping this thread around.

All the best to you all this summer.

Dwayne

Nice, Dewayne!

Hauling fencing material on farm "number 3" and just topped the ridge. It missed me.

The old milking barn got hit and went down.

The old hog house still standing.

Anyone else have a pinbone clean up crew ?

Three legged dog included !

damn, it is hard to capture lightning with a point-and-shoot.....

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YOWZA! That would leave a mark!

Great pic, Don.

Ed

sunset on the stubble...

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Damn fine pics Don!!! Thanks!

Originally Posted by roundoak

Hauling fencing material on farm "number 3" and just topped the ridge. It missed me.

Maybe it's from growing up in SoCal and living in NorCal and experiencing many, but give me an earthquake any day. Thos twisty things scare me.

sorry about the barn. Hope all critters around there survived.

Geno

Most enjoyable stuff there guys,

Beautiful sunset Don,

On the way to town today, they've been harvesting for a week or too around here now. These fields look about ready. (well, except for the fallow ones, duh.) Blue Mountains on the border of WA/OR in the background. Maybe 20-30 miles away, wheat and hay all the way to the foothills.

Geno

PS , the guys I know who farm around here think 60's not bad either Don and Sam. That's what they hope for in some locations.

Second highest bridge in Idaho, over the Moyie river.

Moyie river falls.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Now where have I seen one of these before?

Oh yeah, I remember now, I got stuck behind one and it's escorts on Hwy 12 today.

Geno

PS, like most of the nice folks around these parts, they pulled over onto the shoulder to allow me to pass when safe to do so.

Now you've given me another reason to cross the border for a visit.

Perhaps my wife will have a good interview Friday for a job in Coeur d'Alene. Then I won't be far away on my time off.

Thanks 270,

Geno

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Say, boys...

Looked at the Hunter's Campfire topics list this morning and wanted to puke. All these damn evil topics! I realize it's stuff that folks want to talk about, but it can't be good for people to dwell on the negatives so much!

I think we oughta consider a rule change around here... it seems to me that this forum would be a lot healthier for everyone if you had to post a pic of a positive life event at regular intervals. Say, one pic for every 5 posts you upload.

It would eliminate the out-and-out trolls, I expect. And it would considerably brighten the outlook of most of our more curmudgeonly curmudgeons.

What say you, boys?

Doc,

I certainly understand how you feel. Was depressing enough I couldn't wait for the Friday Music thread and started a Monday one yesterday, just to avoid the negativity.

One to meet your recently instituted quota:

Rollin' on the River (the Columbia that is)

Geno

PS, do pictures posted in the basement count towards our required 1:5 ration?

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Most enjoyable stuff there guys,

Beautiful sunset Don,

On the way to town today, they've been harvesting for a week or too around here now. These fields look about ready. (well, except for the fallow ones, duh.) Blue Mountains on the border of WA/OR in the background. Maybe 20-30 miles away, wheat and hay all the way to the foothills.

Geno

PS , the guys I know who farm around here think 60's not bad either Don and Sam. That's what they hope for in some locations.

My brothers and I grew up hunting deer, pheasants and chukar in the foothills of the Blues in Washington, great memories.

had to join.

another

Originally Posted by 270winchester

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Most enjoyable stuff there guys,

Beautiful sunset Don,

On the way to town today, they've been harvesting for a week or too around here now. These fields look about ready. (well, except for the fallow ones, duh.) Blue Mountains on the border of WA/OR in the background. Maybe 20-30 miles away, wheat and hay all the way to the foothills.

Geno

PS , the guys I know who farm around here think 60's not bad either Don and Sam. That's what they hope for in some locations.

My brothers and I grew up hunting deer, pheasants and chukar in the foothills of the Blues in Washington, great memories.

Hard not to like and miss that stuff. I only wish it were closer and the foothills and Blues had a few more trout streams.

Geno

Originally Posted by deerstalker

had to join.

Glad you did! Join us that is.

Some sort of skin condition on that Mom there?

Geno

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Say, boys...

Looked at the Hunter's Campfire topics list this morning and wanted to puke. All these damn evil topics! I realize it's stuff that folks want to talk about, but it can't be good for people to dwell on the negatives so much!

I think we oughta consider a rule change around here... it seems to me that this forum would be a lot healthier for everyone if you had to post a pic of a positive life event at regular intervals. Say, one pic for every 5 posts you upload.

It would eliminate the out-and-out trolls, I expect. And it would considerably brighten the outlook of most of our more curmudgeonly curmudgeons.

What say you, boys?

Doc,

I certainly understand how you feel. Was depressing enough I couldn't wait for the Friday Music thread and started a Monday one yesterday, just to avoid the negativity.

One to meet your recently instituted quota:

Rollin' on the River (the Columbia that is)

Geno

PS, do pictures posted in the basement count towards our required 1:5 ration?

Yes !

Welcome & thank you .270gayrifleguy & stalker !

Eldorado Beach, Lake Superior from our buddy Joe's camp.

Last night, got a spattering of rain also.

Wow Kent!!! That's a great photo!!!

A couple of my best friends are buried here...the start of a dog cemetery.

Wisconsin - the "Dairyland" state

Stupid warning label?

visible on burner cover"

now for the close up:

Duh, do ya' think?

Probably had to put it on so they don't get sued.

Geno

Whooo's in the tree?

Geno

First one I've seen this year at my seed piles.

Geno

About 20 feet from mom and dad's back porch here in TN. The first one cracks me up.

Frikken' awesome pics(from all)!

Bearcat, those cubs take the cake....

Fall 2014 WA to BC and around then down... Hit more weather than I was expecting and cut a couple days by keeping the throttle twisted.

From vertical to the flats...

Yesterday dog pics.

Two young bull moose, taken on Friday morning about a km from my house as I was heading to work. Wish I would have had a better camera.
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Waiting for the ants...

xxclaro, that is cool!

We get a few Canadian moose every year, usually 2-3 young bulls traveling together.

But they generally don't last too long once the locals get wind....

Sucks.......... I personally wouldn't mind seeing a year round population take hold.

Mudhen, crazy ass little lizard buddy you have there!

A valley Ingwe and RockyRaab and I fished a couple years back. Paradise.

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9.9....

Originally Posted by mudhen

Waiting for the ants...

Leap in' horny toads, Ben!!!

Ain't seen one in years!

Friend in of all places LaPorte saw three babes in his yard several weeks ago!!

Don and Sam, I sure do get a bit jealous at times with both of your professions...I often wish I stayed with that lifestyle.

It sure is nice to KNOW I have a steady paycheck coming though, regardless of the price of beef/wheat/fuel...Doesn't mean I don't envy you all at times

.

I miss those horned toads.
They were frequent here in So. NV when I was young.
Havn't seen one in years.

Inman, bearing went out of a baler yesterday morning.

5 hours later after playing catch up and mechanic it was removed.

And finishing up with only one baler this 'morning'(takes twice as long....)....Thank God for overtime...........grin

This weekend's project

Ben, what the hell?

No invite?!

Would've been more than welcome to make the trip... Grin

Originally Posted by T_Inman

Don and Sam, I sure do get a bit jealous at times with both of your professions...I often wish I stayed with that lifestyle.

It sure is nice to KNOW I have a steady paycheck

tinman, I do have a steady paycheck. A little, tiny one, every month......grin

and todays dog pics for sammo. my kid brought out his catahoula pup to play with Fin.

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Juarez,Mexico as seen from New Mexico about 35-40 miles away.

El Paso,Tx on the left and Juarez,Mexico on the right.

Where I do my shooting for load development and sighting in.

Don, your pup is starting to fill out.

Finn will be Whitey's size or bigger in no time!

Poser early this morning....

Nice pics gang!!!

Finally a pic to post!

Was coming back from back of pasture and spotted 4 baby paisanos in top of Mesquite tree. Two hopped into another tree before I could get all of their pic!

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Finally a pic to post!

Was coming back from back of pasture and spotted 4 baby paisanos in top of Mesquite tree. Two hopped into another tree before I could get all of their pic!

Catch one and adopt it!

Had a friend that had one. It was great pet. Let it out in the morning, and it would come in at night and roost in the washcloth basket in their bathroom...

He'd watch TV with them, and loved getting petted!

Well the daughter wants to do that!

new weathervane on the cupola of the barn.....

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Mallory Square, Key West, FL

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Originally Posted by Bearcat74

About 20 feet from mom and dad's back porch here in TN. The first one cracks me up.

Bearcat,

those should go viral, with a caption:

Where ya goin' mom, we're not done with this thing yet!

Thanks,

Geno

St. Joe River, Idaho, hike-in section last month. Caught on Golden Stonefly Nymph
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Dang, I gotta find a way to get up there. Thanks Bently.

Geno

A little fire action on the river,

What's that up ahead?

Mmm, looks a bit nasty:

Help is on the way:

Little things were close to the barge, and they sound so cool, like an old WWII fighter.

There was also a big borate bomber, but I couldn't get a good pic. I was bummed.

Geno

Just for fun,

friggen gulls,

whole river to crap in, I think they aim for humans stuff instead

right on my nice clean deck I spent an hour washing down!

Geno

Headed into the woods last fall.
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Meat Pole late November 2015
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Ground squirrels Beware!
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Originally Posted by Valsdad

Dang, I gotta find a way to get up there. Thanks Bently.

Geno

We drove to St. Regis and went over the hump from there...lots of Huckleberries up high too.

I want to go again but hike further in to where the river is in the canyon and camp for a couple of days. We only went in about 3 miles from Spruce Tree Campground.

Three miles with a day pack, fishing gear, and a rather arthritic back and knee I think I could do. Just about that much though!

Thanks for the info.

Geno

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Three miles with a day pack, fishing gear, and a rather arthritic back and knee I think I could do. Just about that much though!

Thanks for the info.

Geno

There is plenty of good fishing without having to hike in, for sure.

North Fork of the Potomac Rainbow

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Nice fish there Pugs!

Geno

Sister saw this one on her morning walk today.

In suburban San Diego County (California). (yes, there's still a few relatively wild places left there)

Geno

Had the whole famdamily in the backyard tonight.

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Frequently seen on the backroads of wheat country around here

Geno

Keepin the bugs down for you, eh Alamosa?

Those are pretty cool pics.

Geno

Now, what can anyone make of these?

I have a gravel approach and pad for the RV next to the pave parking area. I kept finding little groups of stones on the pavement. So I swept it all off to see what would happen.

These appeared next:

Raccoons? We do have them around and they do like the nectarines and apples around that spot. Plus they dig in the lawn for grubs sometimes.

Geno

Geno -
Good place for a trail cam. That is a pretty interesting little project.

Hasn't happened that clearly for a couple of years now. I keep hoping. Might be ALIENS!

I got this series a few years back too:

Just sittin' in the sun on a fine morning:

What's that behind me?:

Hey, check this out:

a few more to come,

Geno

My five year old makes rock piles like that. It is her "collection". Do you have precocious grandkids?

Hey, the guy with the camera doesn't look too scary, I think I'll come out from behind the tree:

Gee, ain't I a cutie:

OK, you kids come along now. I'm a bit young to be a mom, maybe I'm an older sibling, but I'm pretty sure we shouldn't be hangin' around the two legged critter:

Geno

Dats cool.....and thanks for the heads up Geno......
In all my years chasing cats I've only seen one kitten that small....clearly it wasn't aware of my cat-slayer status because it wasn't the least bit afraid.....took my ego quite a while to recover from that encounter.....

Yeah, I was pretty stunned, they let me stop the car and climb over the guard rail to get better pics. I'm pretty sure the older one was mom, and her first litter. She was pretty small, and the little ones kinda looked like they were following that one. I hope she got a little more shy of people and kept those kids away.

Well, maybe not, they were in one of my quail/pheasant spots! Damn bird eaters! (Of course, they help out with those rodents you're having issues with too. Perhaps you should let a few more live

)

Geno

PS, there was a time I would have loved to bring one home!

Originally Posted by Ranger_Green

My five year old makes rock piles like that. It is her "collection". Do you have precocious grandkids?

Ranger,

Nope, not a child withing miles.

And it happened more than once after I kicked them off the pavement. I finally got tired and actually got the broom out. Piles came back soon after, only neater!

Geno

PS, ALIENS I tell ya'

Spent some time up in Wyoming visiting our boys and over in Snake River Marksman's neck of the woods a few weeks back.
One of our camps
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one of our neighbors
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This one visited every evening
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Me and the pups overlooking our camp on the Green as we made our way home.
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First brookie of the season...15 incher. I'll take it!

Camp on the Green and some smoke from the Cliff Creek Fire.
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My wife walked up on these neighbors one evening.
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Where were you at razz? Looks like greys river

Sunset and smoke from Lava Creek Fire view from Dubios
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I rode back into the place one of the boys works at to help haul out some gear, was a tad smokey as the fire approached.
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Video clips of retardant drops where he works.

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

Where were you at razz? Looks like greys river

SRM, yes it was the Greys. We changed plans a bit as the two fires impacted some other areas we had hoped to fish. Our youngest was able to join us and suggested the Greys. While not as remote as we typically encounter, it was a good plan C location. Fishing was good and the wife did very well on that type of water. She was not comfortable on the Green.

Exactly in my backyard. Two miles as the crow flies. Where does your boy work? Teton Valley Ranch Camp?

Few from earlier today.

Nice Sam!

Fall's a comin'!

It was 47F this morning when I left the house to go move water. Felt pretty nice and sure slowed the mosquitoes down a little.

Of course it's only warmed up about 50 degrees since.....grin

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

now there is the direct results of to much politics.!
that is how my head feels sometimes.

A few for the smoker.

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

A few for the smoker.

Now that's just great!!! Well done!

How about some old Cat pix.....

Some of the local Wildlife here going about their business!

Nice cats Charlie!!

Originally Posted by mudhen

Not mine-sent by a friend up in Jackson, WY, yesterday:

That's fantastic,we were just there 2 weeks ago.

Thanks bud......I'll post some more later but right now I have a pot of Gumbo that needs my undivided attention....

Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman

Exactly in my backyard. Two miles as the crow flies. Where does your boy work? Teton Valley Ranch Camp?

Yes, one is at TVRC and his little brother works for Jackson Hole Mountain Resorts. Sent you a PM.

I must say ,the drive from SLC north thru SE Idaho into Jackson was just spectacular,beautiful country.

Fellow Photo Folks;
We were in one of our old favorite camping spots, Blanket Creek Part which is just south of Revelstoke, BC. Revelstoke by the way, made the news in that 9 black bears were destroyed in town last week and yes we had 3 in the campsite apparently. Saw one for sure, maybe a second one and heard another one outside the tent one night too.

Anyway canoeing on the Columbia River.
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View from canoejavascript: void(0) up river.
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View the other side.
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Sutherland Falls just 5 minutes hike from the camp.
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This is actually the spot where my personal favorite family photo was taken - I can't grasp it was that long ago either.
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Old guy today at the falls standing where the photo was taken.
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Thanks for looking - more next.

Dwayne

Interior BC part two;
Looking at Revelstoke from Mt. Revelstoke National Park.
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Cool park cabin we found. Complete with firewood and a couple fry pans.
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Bear themed sorta holiday - closed trails because of grizzly bears
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View from the top at the old fire lookout.
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Another view from that trip years back - does look the same today I'm happy to report. This is actually one of the closed for bears trails I guess.
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Anyway all, thanks for looking again and all the best luck to you all in your upcoming hunts.

Dwayne

Uber pics from all!

10 minutes ago, couldn't handle his booze...

Well.....they don't call it the rez for nothing.....

Sunrise two weeks ago on Ontario fishing trip

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Colors changed about every five minutes

Rommel at play...

Fishing wasn't bad

Lunch was great

Whose lung is Romel carrying?

This thread needs a recharge!

Baby girl in RMNP on our family vacation this summer:

My oldest daughter's dreamy fairytale princess pic from her wedding last weekend:

All my kids together for the wedding... A very, very moving day:

Some photos of mommas and babies from this past July.

Bump to top o' schitte pile !

Love this thread.

Awesome deer pics '49!

Scouting for this years hunt
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Originally Posted by 54Woody

Sunrise two weeks ago on Ontario fishing trip

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where in Ontario? I spent a week there in early august. I fished Rainy, Gussie, and Esox.

Now, if'n ya caught that on a dry fly, instead of a mepps, I'd call you an ........ [Linked Image]

That was not caught on a Mepps....

Originally Posted by headhunter130

Originally Posted by 54Woody

Sunrise two weeks ago on Ontario fishing trip

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where in Ontario? I spent a week there in early august. I fished Rainy, Gussie, and Esox.

Woody's pics are from Lac Seul, he stays at Anderson's lodge, off the Sioux Lookout highway !

Originally Posted by ingwe

That was not caught on a Mepps....

Ok then, an elitist jerk Mepps !

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by ingwe

That was not caught on a Mepps....

Ok then, an elitist jerk Mepps !

Thats better.

Thanks for caring.

Only short bus riding Canadians fishing for non-gamefish liike walleyes use Mepps.....

the sunflowers seem to be doing OK......

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Originally Posted by ingwe

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by ingwe

That was not caught on a Mepps....

Ok then, an elitist jerk Mepps !

Thats better.

Thanks for caring.

Only short bus riding Canadians fishing for non-gamefish liike walleyes use Mepps.....

Nice Panther Martin.

What a great thread! You folks take some great pictures.

Ingwe, Rommel is one fine looking dog, How old is he in the picture above?

Originally Posted by Alamosa

Scouting for this years hunt
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Beautiful Pics. Im jealous

Last Wednesday out of the irrigation ditch! No Mepps, no dry fly. Only my bare hands! My best Vladimir Putin imitation!

Alamosa, the last pic(3-4 different ridge lines) is pure uber!

Kaywoodie, comrade!

Spaciba Sam!!

Beaytiful

That's quite a physique. You want a job selling bricks...?

Originally Posted by BigDogBoogie

What a great thread! You folks take some great pictures.

Ingwe, Rommel is one fine looking dog, How old is he in the picture above?

He is four years old...

Here is Rommel at 2 years...

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Last Wednesday out of the irrigation ditch! No Mepps, no dry fly. Only my bare hands! My best Vladimir Putin imitation!

It don't look like Texas Bob!

Originally Posted by Jim in Idaho

That's quite a physique. You want a job selling bricks...?

War is Hell!

Right before he took it from my hand

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Originally Posted by kaywoodie

Last Wednesday out of the irrigation ditch! No Mepps, no dry fly. Only my bare hands! My best Vladimir Putin imitation!

Komrade Kay,

where is the wodka to go with the fish and mustache?

Nice job,

Geno

Cool pics the last coupla weeks folks, thanks.

Lazy Whippet (Breeze, normal when not chasing s--t):

an old picture of a NOT lazy whippet (our Katie, lure coursing):

Spruce Burls, Olympic National Park:

Geno

I posted a pic of this old schoolhouse a while back. Just passed it the other day again and see the County Museum posted a sign about it.

History is cool.

Now, how many landowners in today's world are going to deed land to the local school district?

Geno

Tight fit, 2 feet or less on each side. Barges and towboat about 650' length.

The guy who helps fill those barges:

Dang, I just hate the "traffic" on the roads around my place.

Geno

OK, I was mowing around/under the e-fence for my garden. The mower cowling caught the lower wire so I stopped it and used my gloved hand to pull it out. Never fails, guess which "gloved" finger hit the hot muffler?

SO, can I use this pic instead of GFY from now on?

Geno

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Tight fit, 2 feet or less on each side. Barges and towboat about 650' length.

The guy who helps fill those barges:

Dang, I just hate the "traffic" on the roads around my place.

Geno

I hear you about the traffic issues. It gets worse every year.

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Originally Posted by Pharmseller

Originally Posted by Valsdad

Tight fit, 2 feet or less on each side. Barges and towboat about 650' length.

The guy who helps fill those barges:

Dang, I just hate the "traffic" on the roads around my place.

Geno

I hear you about the traffic issues. It gets worse every year.

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nice pic Pharm,

Geno

RIO7

Alberta last year

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Too many letters finally hit 2 piggy's

Baby red tail telling us to go away, I'm tryin to learn to fly

This fence ain't stoppin us Rio7

Originally Posted by EdM

Looks like somebody over there watched too much Starsky and Hutch

Originally Posted by RIO7

This fence ain't stoppin us Rio7

Bobwhites Rio?

Cool pics all, but I like the quail one as I've never seen that species in the wild and your pic is as close as I'll get until I retire.

Thanks,

Geno

PS, I bet Utah Lefty knows a few folks would like that RT hawk youngster.

Here are a few Quail photos!! Blue, then a Blue and Bob together then a Quail eater!!!!

That bottom bird will eat baby quail like they were candy!!!

Originally Posted by kaywoodie

That bottom bird will eat baby quail like they were candy!!!

Yes sir they sure will. Shoot em

Bandit is growing like a weed!

Learning a few things too!

He carries the newspaper back from the front gate each morning. (About a 1/4 mile) He won't stop until he gets into the house with it.

He has learned to sit, speak, and couple other things. His vocabulary is growing rapidly.

Doing quite a bit of shooting around him now. He takes that surprisingly well.

Checking the pasture.

Feeding the fish.

Bandit has to bail off and help the fish eat the fish food everyday.

I swear he spends more time wet than dry right now. If not the stock tanks, he's in the water troughs...

He's gonna make a good one!

And they play hell with my hummingbirds here !!! Damn little Velociraptor !

Great photos, all!

Great photos Sam, I love the pics of the Wheat harvest. Good Stuff

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Love your harvest pics Sammo!I really like your cow pics! I'm not too far removed from both and wish I could do that for a living

I'm getting tired of Dungeness crab.

This was yesterday.

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Some of them were Jurassic.

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Originally Posted by Rooster7

Love your harvest pics Sammo!I really like your cow pics! I'm not too far removed from both and wish I could do that for a living

You must be a glutton for punishment. You'll 'never' get a day off, lots of afternoons off though and they do add up...grin

Couple hours ago, traffic(and humidity....) was almost unbearable.

Originally Posted by Rooster7

Originally Posted by EdM

Looks like somebody over there watched too much Starsky and Hutch

I didn't know Northern Dave did pinstriping...

This crew is in my yard at 6:30 every night. This is only about 1/3 of them.
I'm grateful to have them too. I've noticed a nice decrease in the scorpion population with them around.

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velvet in the 'flowers....

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Damn! I love those pics, Don!!!

Samm0,

dem birds look drunk !

Bump to top of BS !

Wife is in Jackson, WY, area, taking photos, doing field sketches and some plein air pieces. Just had to share this one:

Scenery from the last two days.

Nasty, drizzle all weekend. Inside chore time.

Good time to cook too !

Leotie getting taunted by a marmot above treeline
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Originally Posted by Alamosa

King of tha mothafuggin mountain right there!!

Yep, cool pic fo sho !

'bout time for new cardboard.

Originally Posted by Alamosa

Solid gold....

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Cat sure looks healthy.

Man you fellers are tearing me up! My computer is acting up and I cant post any of the pics I have got this summer......

a halfhearted three way sparring session...

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Rained AGAIN, so I finished the basement storage room.

Phone camera but you get the idea

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Good times at our place.

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Not a shooter, but he paraded around in front of me at 25 yds for 15 minutes. Fun to watch.

Got in some heinous deadfall and found out I was being watched!

Wow! I've sure enjoyed the pics, keep 'em coming.

How a bout a new garage / shop project? My focus for the past few months:

As of yesterday:

Concrete sub's been out with a back injury and framing went up before the slab. Slab scheduled for Saturday, trusses delivered on Monday and should be closed in in a week or so...

thanks for sharing guys!

Cool looking caribou,

Awesome.

My 20+ year elk hunting partner on his last, last fall, outside of Leadville at age 72. He could not make it. Together we made it a trip of a lifetime.

This little guy hung around our place all summer and fall, still there yesterday. Hunters don't get 'em all.
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Yesterday morning.

This morning.

Practicing with the .375 RUM.

Last boat ride of the year.

My brother & I, watching the Australian Rules Football (AFL) grand final on Saturday night, eating home made meat pies with "mushy peas" & Holbrooks Black sauce (Worcestershire sauce). Perhaps a coupla coldies were consumed !

Good times, along way from our birth place !

Originally Posted by 358Norma_fan

Last boat ride of the year.

Little foggy at Bings. How was the fishing? I need to make a trip down to catch some trout when the water gets a bit lower. Never made it there for silvers this year, though I'm assuming there are still some decent numbers of fresh ones coming in the river.

Originally Posted by Jacques_La_Rami

That is an awesome picture.

Thanks it's one of my better ones, North Laramie River near Wheatland WY, same place the fish in the other pic came from. I've considered getting it blown up on canvas and made into a wall hanger.

btw those horses are not wild they are ranch stock.

Originally Posted by Jacques_La_Rami

Thanks it's one of my better ones, North Laramie River near Wheatland WY, same place the fish in the other pic came from. I've considered getting it blown up on canvas and made into a wall hanger.

btw those horses are not wild they are ranch stock.

Hey, Jacques, we gotta stop posting all these great scenery pix of Wyoming, it gives flatlanders, Californios, refugees from New Jersey and Seattle hippies ideas of moving to Wyoming. Close the gates!! Now!!

BTW, you name seems familiar, are you on some other forums?

No, but you know me from here, I took a few years off is all, I can't remember my old passwords or even what my email was back then, so I just started a new account -- My old handle was JacquesLaRami without the spaces -- one of the original gang of 8 that used to pick on issac and SteveNO everyday, poor 'ol Bob never won a single argument against me or Bristoe or any of the other six, but he had enough heart to keep trin'

I miss SteveNO

Originally Posted by mark shubert

I miss SteveNO

Yea Hellof a good guy, even if he did lean to neo-con.

while antelope hunting.....

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