Kghunt Free Zone - Pics/Video Preferred.

This is the dairy farm I worked at when I was a kid.

Coal mine I worked in during high school.

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Does this qualify? My maternal grandmother on the right working Sacramento River critters circa ~1950.

Pawn shop score, I bundled everything and made an offer for a hefty discount:

My kids at KCMO, several years back.

I took this selfie last week and was gonna photoshop a big ole buck in it. It didn't work but I did manage to make the four wheeler bigger.

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

that's a big cat!

Headwaters of the Mississippi.

I should have had Momma snap a pic this evening.

I was out on the tractor plowing snow from 10:30 AM till dark at 5:30 PM. While I was out, it snowed another 3 inches and then started raining the last hour.

I came in the door about fifteen pounds heavier than when I went out. My insulated bib coveralls, jacket, and cap were crusted in ice so that I cracked and popped with each movement.

Not 1000 words, but maybe it painted a humorous pic. I thought it was pretty funny. And yes, no place for pussys.

Susan Lisabeth - 1962

Rodger, you find some funny internet stuff.

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My last winch.

Cleveland fans?

Great pics everyone.

This is the safest safe space I've ever been to.

Dave

Originally Posted by deflave

This is the safest safe space I've ever been to.

Dave

You been to Wheat Basin too?

Errr, merrr gerrrrd.

That schit is so 2016.

These days we GTBTP.

Dave

Ha! Power lines ruined this one in many ways...

The three amigos back in Illinois. Few things trump a late night Portillos run...

Those old elevators are cool as schit.

Sometimes it's fun to give the kids a camera and see what they can get.

If this shot were in focus it would be iconic.

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Were they shooting liberals?
Looks like they are enjoying themselves.

Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

White Super safari? Was looking for one in SS but 'settled' on blue.

Originally Posted by shortactionsmoker

Nice shot of the Crazy Mountains...

Originally Posted by deflave

Those old elevators are cool as schit.

Sometimes it's fun to give the kids a camera and see what they can get.

If this shot were in focus it would be iconic.

Except for the guy in the hat, it would be.

Originally Posted by Certifiable

No Eye protection for the young handgun shooter?

Originally Posted by shortactionsmoker

Really? Miller Lite?

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by Certifiable

No Eye protection for the young handgun shooter?

You beat me to it. I love seeing kids introduced to shooting but it breaks my heart seeing them taught to ignore basic safety procedures like the use of eye protection. From their very first shot they should be developing the habits of safe use.

kghunt free.

I'll see your missing eye protection, and raise you....

a 12 yr old driving a crappy old truck, with no seat belt, no eye protection, no life jacket, no ear plugs, no rape whistle, no license... and zerofucksgiven.

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Kid looks to have been eating sour cream and onion Bugles too, developing bad eating habits. For shame.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

kghunt free.

I'll see your missing eye protection, and raise you....

a 12 yr old driving a crappy old truck, with no seat belt, no eye protection, no life jacket, no ear plugs, no rape whistle, no license... and zerofucksgiven.

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Seat belt use is smart... The rest of that list is pretty unnecessary for driving a pickup. Would you send him out in a boat without a life jacket?

Shameful indeed.

NRA sticker in the back window, gun rack.. loose items on the dash including what looks like a box of rifle ammunition...
Terrible.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shameful indeed.

NRA sticker in the back window, gun rack.. loose items on the dash including what looks like a box of rifle ammunition...
Terrible.

Do you and your children shoot without eye protection, how about ear protection, that a waste of time as well?

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shameful indeed.

NRA sticker in the back window, gun rack.. loose items on the dash including what looks like a box of rifle ammunition...
Terrible.

Do you and your children shoot without eye protection, how about ear protection, that a waste of time as well?

Sometimes.

One thing's for sure, someone will assuredly point out something that doesn't meet their high standards here.

What was the title of this thread?

mike r

There's been a breach!

Originally Posted by lvmiker

What was the title of this thread?

mike r

Smells like puzzy already in here...

deFlave , I can taste the dogs and beefs right now!

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shameful indeed.

NRA sticker in the back window, gun rack.. loose items on the dash including what looks like a box of rifle ammunition...
Terrible.

Do you and your children shoot without eye protection, how about ear protection, that a waste of time as well?

Would you experience immensely righteous fulfillment if I conceded to your condescending suspicions?

I am guilty of the above crimes against children also. I am also guilty of telling my grandboys to not be pussies and do something. They understand. ED K

Southwest of Big Creek B.C., just North of the Gang Ranch

Originally Posted by 1Longbow

deFlave , I can taste the dogs and beefs right now!

Spooled!

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Would you experience immensely righteous fulfillment if I conceded to your condescending suspicions?

Shamelessly stolen for sig line....

Me and a buddy in AK what seems a long time ago. And what was our chariot. Zero phugks given.

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shameful indeed.

NRA sticker in the back window, gun rack.. loose items on the dash including what looks like a box of rifle ammunition...
Terrible.

Do you and your children shoot without eye protection, how about ear protection, that a waste of time as well?

Sometimes.

One thing's for sure, someone will assuredly point out something that doesn't meet their high standards here.

Yep.....like I always say..."you can post a pic of a box of puppies on the fire and some holier than though SOB will come along and find fault"....

for clark...

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That's pretty cheap cock right there....

The crocodile dundee trick is to be performed towards the cattle, not the camera!

Here some Kghunt Free smashing a bumper off with a sledge. Notice no HAZMAT suit. Somehow...he survived.
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Oh the HUMANITY!! Pounding red-hot 62 year old rivits...in shorts!

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He survived until fall. Just in time to grow some nut hair.
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Here are some scofflaws playing with matches. 30 miles from the nearest fire department and not an extinguisher in sight.
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And here... not a single fu ck to give.
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Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shameful indeed.

NRA sticker in the back window, gun rack.. loose items on the dash including what looks like a box of rifle ammunition...
Terrible.

Do you and your children shoot without eye protection, how about ear protection, that a waste of time as well?

Would you experience immensely righteous fulfillment if I conceded to your condescending suspicions?

Simple question.

You ridiculed those that think Eye and Ear protection is a good thing, especially when teaching our young.

So, do you use it and teach it, or do you consider those that use it and teach it Pussies, and those that don't, members of the Super Tuff Guy Club?

Here's one for the DoGooders.
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My ass.

Smoked goodness
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Chocolate!
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Full protection!
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Ohhh noo!

Nice pics

Loving the pics of the kiddos!

I should have had safety glasses, because of all the awesome.

I'll break the rule and admit I was a kghunt at this point. Two hours into a 3 hour drag and it wasn't even my deer.

Originally Posted by MtnBoomer

Full protection!
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Buckethead fan? Future guitar player?

Just so we can get this thread back on track. Eye and ear protection are of course important while shooting, especially with youngsters. However in this pic he was not shooting the gun, he was just practicing lining up the sights. Note his trigger finger and his glasses setting on the table right there.. [Linked Image]

He also wears a life jacket while whooping Jaws azz..
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Now let's get back to the thread rules before 'flave bans us all....

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shameful indeed.

NRA sticker in the back window, gun rack.. loose items on the dash including what looks like a box of rifle ammunition...
Terrible.

Do you and your children shoot without eye protection, how about ear protection, that a waste of time as well?

Would you experience immensely righteous fulfillment if I conceded to your condescending suspicions?

Simple question.

You ridiculed those that think Eye and Ear protection is a good thing, especially when teaching our young.

So, do you use it and teach it, or do you consider those that use it and teach it Pussies, and those that don't, members of the Super Tuff Guy Club?

Did the caption specify that they were actually shooting?

Originally Posted by steve4102

Simple question.

You ridiculed those that think Eye and Ear protection is a good thing,

Did I really?

Originally Posted by steve4102

So, do you use it and teach it, or do you consider those that use it and teach it Pussies, and those that don't, members of the Super Tuff Guy Club?

Yes

Happy Days, sons wedding with Jefferson National Forest as backdrop:

Originally Posted by smokepole

Amazing photos, awesome.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

I should have had safety glasses, because of all the awesome.

Jim

Sun glasses because the sun never sets on a badass.

That's funny looking pitchfork Dave.

IIRC, 18" pipe, a pig, a wad over coffee can full of Tannerite.

Seymour Hog, reporting for duty.

the number of "yuks" is directly proportional to "hang time"

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff

And that's a funny looking hunting rig.

lol!

That bucket brought lot's of joy.

Lil'TagAlong. No helmet or elbow guards - nothing!
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Playing in the street Montana style! Note: she was throwing cow chit moments earlier.
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My son's first Muley, a few years ago, but that grin is priceless to me.:

American Legion Post grounds - Maiden Rock, WI.:

Nice deer.

Originally Posted by steve4102

Do you and your children shoot without eye protection, how about ear protection, that a waste of time as well?

Not to fuel the fire or anything, but I'm curious - when you go deer hunting do you wear safety glasses and hearing protection when out in the woods doing a drive or free-hunting??

I don't.

As to the original pic from ND - when I started driving there wasn't such a thing as 'seat belts'.. To this DAY I hate 'em and wear them only when towing the camper or one of my heavier trailers.. Always figured it was better to drive in such a manner as to not NEED a seat belt.. YMMV

Worse yet - I have almost 50 years on motorcycles w/o a helmet!!!!!!! OHHHHHH, the HORRORRRRRRRRRRRR!

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming..

Control room, port side - USS Razorback:

Starboard side:

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by steve4102

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shameful indeed.

NRA sticker in the back window, gun rack.. loose items on the dash including what looks like a box of rifle ammunition...
Terrible.

Do you and your children shoot without eye protection, how about ear protection, that a waste of time as well?

Would you experience immensely righteous fulfillment if I conceded to your condescending suspicions?

Quit being a kghunt

Simple question.

You ridiculed those that think Eye and Ear protection is a good thing, especially when teaching our young.

So, do you use it and teach it, or do you consider those that use it and teach it Pussies, and those that don't, members of the Super Tuff Guy Club?

Weeny dog in a backpack, bike ride in Itasca state park.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff

And that's a funny looking hunting rig.

lol!

That hot rod weren't no hunting rig! Pure performance in that baby. 4 banger, manual trans. Not sure why it ran or what year model it was, early 80s I think? Bought it cheap off it's previous owner who said it'd sat by a trailer that burned down. Had to drive with your head out the window, the exhaust coming in through the shifter hole was pretty bad. It was cold one morning my hungover ass was driving it back from a night of drinking in Denali. I didn't have my head out the window enough. Got woken up by the boss man said I owed him $ for the [bleep] I ran over. Denied it vehemently until he showed me the tire tracks leading to the hot rod. oops Lost some brain cells that day I think. But it was skookum on dirt roads and tight corners!

View out the windshield. Heat must've delaminated the glass or something.

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Has some funny looking horses too. Ears were bigger for some reason.

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Originally Posted by steve4102

You ridiculed those that think Eye and Ear protection is a good thing, especially when teaching our young.

So, do you use it and teach it, or do you consider those that use it and teach it Pussies, and those that don't, members of the Super Tuff Guy Club?

So much for the "Kghunt Free Zone"..

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Weeny dog in a backpack, bike ride in Itasca state park.

That's one of my all time favorite pics of yours. Also the one where your youngest and Eener are standing lakeside, looking otu over the water pondering the unknown. Sums up my whole childhood in that pic..

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by steve4102

You ridiculed those that think Eye and Ear protection is a good thing, especially when teaching our young.

So, do you use it and teach it, or do you consider those that use it and teach it Pussies, and those that don't, members of the Super Tuff Guy Club?

So much for the "Kghunt Free Zone"..

What I was thinking'....

That windshield musta become bubbled like that from the extreme heat generated by friction. How could you expect it to hold up to the extreme speed generated?

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Weeny dog in a backpack, bike ride in Itasca state park.

That's one of my all time favorite pics of yours. Also the one where your youngest and Eener are standing lakeside, looking otu over the water pondering the unknown. Sums up my whole childhood in that pic..

That little dog has been on some adventures for sure.

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Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

That windshield musta become bubbled like that from the extreme heat generated by friction. How could you expect it to hold up to the extreme speed generated?

sheeeeiit it was a rustang! I figured it was built for speed!

Originally Posted by northern_dave

That little dog has been on some adventures for sure.

Thx for re-posting those...

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Note required hearing protection for my daughter. Don't want the PPE po-lice getting after me.

Posted before, but still proud of my wifes first coyote.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Amazing photos, awesome.

Thanks. That wasn't me in those photos, btw. I wish I was that young and in that kind of shape. Full disclosure, here's another, I'm the old guy:

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Originally Posted by JTPinTX

Don't want the PPE po-lice getting after me.

I'll bet that's what he does for a living!

You just can't disguise an HSE guy...

Kids went on a camping trip. No parents, no helmets
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No life jackets, no window lickers
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Plus the boy with my first coyote of the season.

Originally Posted by smokepole

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Amazing photos, awesome.

Thanks. That wasn't me in those photos, btw. I wish I was that young and in that kind of shape. Full disclosure, here's another, I'm the old guy:

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That must have been an awesome trip.

Shoveling coal to turn water into steam. Made going to school seem like a good idea.

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I thought they didn't invent the steam engine until after you graduated college?

Just for "Smoke":

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Originally Posted by smokepole

I thought they didn't invent the steam engine until after you graduated college?

Nowdays, it seems like you may be correct.

Grandson and I stopped here in Sept. to watch salmon and have lunch.

Another grandson with his 2016 Roosevelt bull, killed at 4 yards with his bow.

Called lynx from early 2016.

Ice wall last week along Harrison Lake, BC

I didn't take this pic, but I always thought it was a good example of trying against odds.

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Prize turnip from the cover crops.

Thirty three years ago, Phil Stone, and myself hunting on Mutaroo Station in South Australia...picture taken by Steve (mad) Dodd.
We were shearing on Mutaroo station the year after the unionists stormed the place and drove a length of steel through a shearers leg.

Phil was carrying a HK91...and it was the least of what was on hand as we were expecting some trouble.

That was when I tried to drive a handpiece through Jimmy jock-straps groin because he was standing near when I was shearing...I was an evil tempered piece of crap which is why I got sent there...Jim got his moniker as he wandered about the country with a S&W chief model 60 in his pants, or occasionally tucked into a shoulder holster...for those of you that know this land you will recognise that as somewhat unusual.

Certainly made coppers sit up and take notice...Jim could legally carry.

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I had forgotten all about that...Thanks!

Originally Posted by battue

Just for "Smoke":

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Nice pic Harry, old guys rule.

Tell the truth, did the hat mess with your man bun?

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Weeny dog in a backpack, bike ride in Itasca state park.

Love the ears flapping in the breeze. "Faster! Pedal faster!"

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I love this pic. Wish I still had the high pressure a young one has.

Clyde

No.

Another kid getting the hang of a scope prior to pulling the trigger.

Ed

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Nice set up for an arm bar.

Just in case anyone missed it.... My ass.

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Another for tri four whacka deer.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Another for tri four whacka deer.

Thanks man, my folks put theirs down in May. Miss that wiener dog like crazy...

Before selfies were popular....

Wore the hat not only for the cool factor, but made a dandy rest for the XP

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Is that a Nils?

Originally Posted by Longbob

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Nice set up for an arm bar.

That followed shortly after the photo was taken.

Originally Posted by JDK

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Is that a Nils?

No, I believe that one is by "Fish's sporting toys"

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by JDK

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Is that a Nils?

No, I believe that one is by "Fish's sporting toys"

ND, you mean to tell us you didn't custom make that out from an old Chevy leaf spring??
Slacker....;)

perhaps next time. lol!

I think I made everything else in that photo set though.

The spear house, the wood stove, the spear, the 2 boys...

But I didn't make the saw, or the fish.

What's the difference between a spear house and an ice fishing hut?

Can you not spear out of your mobile home/ice fishing rig?

You eat those? I'm not even sure what that is, pike,musky,pickerel...

Our crazy/cool animals !

Fall of 1962, just south of Delta Junction, AK. I'm the runt standing beside my Mom. We were out scouting for snowshoe hares and ptarmigan.

Ed

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

What's the difference between a spear house and an ice fishing hut?

Can you not spear out of your mobile home/ice fishing rig?

You eat those? I'm not even sure what that is, pike,musky,pickerel...

Pike.

I eat em, I happen to really like them, especially out of cold water.

LOTS of meat.

A spear house is also known as a "dark house". There are no windows, you intentionally seal it up really well so light can't get in through the walls or ceiling.

The only light you get is through the spearing hole in the floor. Kind of a glass bottom boat sort of thing. Then you can see the fish come in.

The spear hole is bigger, often times about a 24"x 36", or bigger yet.

You hang a decoy fish down there, often made of wood with little aluminum fins that help the decoy "fly" when you give a jerk on the line to make it look alive. Sometimes we put a live bait fish down there with a weight on it to keep it down in the spear zone. We don't use hooks on the decoy or bait fish.

Usually we like to set up in 6' or shallower. It's kind of nice if you can set up shallow enough to throw the spear and be able to hold the fish against the lake bottom until it's done thrashing.

Ice fishing houses (angling) use smaller holes to fish through the ice. Typically 6" on up to 10" with an 8" hole sort of being the more popular for this area.

With the way they are building these new insulated portable ice fishing shelters these days, it is possible to spear inside a portable house, they are dark enough and big enough.

My son's spear house was sort of an exercise in tradition, right down to the wood burning stove. You really don't see that any more, the wood stoves were popular in ice fishing shacks when I was a kid, now it's all propane.

Now it all makes sense..

I remember seeing some of those ice fishing decoys for the first time on Antique Road show a long time ago. Never knew such a thing existed.

When I win the Lottery, I'm coming up there for lessons...

I have a friend who loves pike too. He fillets them and fries them.

Lots of spearing up here on the Hi Line.

Northern Dave, how do you like to fix pike?

There is an old lady up here that will pickle them if you bring them to her. Cheese, crackers beer and pickled pike is great!

Good looking dog. I have a three legged cat.

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Now it all makes sense..

I remember seeing some of those ice fishing decoys for the first time on Antique Road show a long time ago. Never knew such a thing existed.

When I win the Lottery, I'm coming up there for lessons...

10-4, come on up.

Here's a look from the inside of one of the new style portable fishing shelters. They are much like a pop up hunting blind but typically heavier poles and fabric.

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You can see how they could lend themselves useful for the whole glass bottom boat effect and spearing. Just need a different hole.

Three legged cat trying to scratch her right ear with a non-existent right leg.

Some oldies

Henry's Fork '84

Green River '88

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Good looking dog. I have a three legged cat.

Ya, she's a goofball for sure !

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

I have a friend who loves pike too. He fillets them and fries them.

Lots of spearing up here on the Hi Line.

Northern Dave, how do you like to fix pike?

There is an old lady up here that will pickle them if you bring them to her. Cheese, crackers beer and pickled pike is great!

I like to bake or fry.

The kids kind of grew up on baked pike and it's made some sort of an impression on them because that is usually how they request that I cook it.

I'll do a light coating of "fry'n magic" or similar, then I'll usually wrap in foil with a little black pepper, lemon and a few pads of butter placed on top of the fillets. It flakes apart really nice, stiff texture to the meat on these pike. Sometimes I remove the Y bones, sometimes not. Depends on who I'm cooking for, some folks is too "towny" to deal with fish bones.

I'm not going to totally pee on the pickled pike idea, because I've ate a lot of it and you are correct, it is an awesome pickling meat.

But... just an FYI, pike is host to a specific parasite that some cold process pickling efforts does NOT kill, and it can be dangerous.

A hot process or freezing hard for like 48 hours prior to pickling, is key to killing the parasites.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/food/food-safety/preserving/meat-fish/pickled-fish/

I love the ice fishing pics. I'm fascinated by ice fishing. The ice seldom gets thick enough down here. You ever hear wolves out there at night?

Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Fall of 1962, just south of Delta Junction, AK. I'm the runt standing beside my Mom. We were out scouting for snowshoe hares and ptarmigan.

Ed

Ed, that photo is fantastic!

I love all the old snow suits, knit mittens, scarfs!

Haha! The moms used to put scarfs on us kids all the time when we were little if we played out in the snow.

That's really high quality for a 1962 photo.

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

I love the ice fishing pics. I'm fascinated by ice fishing. The ice seldom gets thick enough down here. You ever hear wolves out there at night?

That would depend on the lake, what area we are in. (wolves)

If we fished more small lakes or at least with more terrain with little bays and forest areas... then yes.

But we mostly fish the USA portion of lake of the woods in MN, it's a big bowl, 40 miles across in some areas, surrounded by cat tails and swamp.

We hear the wolves when we are out snowmobiling at our cabin.

Bringing a moose out in my pards argo. About on the verge of being sketchy. The next year the water was about 10" higher. Didn't work out so well. Having fun anyways!

My 10 yr old would shoot every day if he could, or better put if I could afford it! Getting spendy now that he likes shooting .44 special rounds out of my Mdl 29.

Thanks for the info Dave. I had not heard of that.

Its been a while since I have eaten any, but will remember that.

I would like to try preserving some myself.

Most excellent pics from all!

I may have to crack open an ice cold Coors Light and kill this mild hangover while I peruse my manly photo album for something worthy.

Traffic Jam:

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Originally Posted by JDK

Nice! I'm curious as to what you call your ling/cod type fish in the bottom photos. We have them and folks around here call them burbout or eelpout.

Originally Posted by SockPuppet

Traffic Jam:

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Where the men are men! And... the sheep are scared!

Oh, you mean New Zealand !

Haha! I have herded sheep in New Zealand.

Both the men and the sheep are scared.....of the Kiwi women.

Never took you for a house cat kinda guy........

Alcoholica footage.

Trapped black from a couple summers ago.

Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff

Never took you for a house cat kinda guy........

You converted me to liking the hair everywhere !

Families that do outdoor stuff together, stay together !

That's a hellavu spot to be in!

Originally Posted by JDK

Safari.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Haha! I have herded sheep in New Zealand.

Both the men and the sheep are scared.....of the Kiwi women.

South Island as some beautiful country, for sure !

Paul, those are some nice walleyes!

'Work'.

Originally Posted by SamOlson

'Work'.

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You're doing it wrong!

Originally Posted by northern_dave

You're doing it wrong!

That's what shee said

Originally Posted by aalf

Wore the hat not only for the cool factor, but made a dandy rest for the XP

That pic is like a time-capsule. The hat, orange camo, XP, don't hardly see any of that any more...

God damn Toyotas!

Tighten those lug nuts, Sam!

TLee is coming after you for that cat pic!

Originally Posted by SamOlson

God damn Toyotas!

Yeah!

[bleep]! Toyotas!

That cat had it coming, meanass feral tomcat.....

300 WSM, 180 Partition, the fur flew!

Great run everyone.

Definite trend toward mayhem in your pictures Sam.

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Alcoholica footage.

Damn SammO, hard core balls deep face you're sporting! That's T-shirt material!

Laffin

Thanks Dave,

Tasty too !

Man, those are some beauties.

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Bwwwaaaa...haaaaaaa...

Grand-daughter after the prom:

Seriously...

lmao

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Bwwwaaaa...haaaaaaa...

Do you have a name for that?

Hungry.

Me and my dad. The only hunting type picture I have of him.

Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

Me and my dad. The only hunting type picture I have of him.

cool, of course I love the truck too.

looks like about a 76-77 F250

Damb, but you are one handsome hombre SammO !

Great pics man.

Just in case no one has seen one with a full complement of wheels.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Just in case no one has seen one with a full complement of wheels.

They work better that way!

Originally Posted by mudhen

Grand-daughter after the prom:

That is an awesome photo !

Way cool, circumstance be damned.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Nice! I'm curious as to what you call your ling/cod type fish in the bottom photos. We have them and folks around here call them burbout or eelpout.

We call them cusk.

Jim, is that how they're supposed to look?

4 winds, that's what you get grizzly bear for taking a swipe at my buffalo!

Dave, do not take 2 hits of acid and go hunting....

Paul, thanks for appreciating my rugged and uber manly good looks.

We call em ling, prior to becoming poor mans lobster.

Garlic butter, not optional !

Picture above is why my wife no longer gets to buy heifer bulls with out me looking over the birth weights.

DEAD calf....ruined back for me.

Kids liked it though.

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

We call em ling, prior to becoming poor mans lobster.

Garlic butter, not optional !

This!

Only way to cook them!

The picture I send every year to my vegetarian friend in Denmark.

Did someone mention rugged good looks?

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Our crazy/cool animals !

This thread is incredibly enjoyable!

Paulie, with your three legged dog - which I absolutely love- and your sweet pea at your side, I hope the winning you're doing lasts your life time.

I do enjoy a lady who's not afraid to spill a little blood.

Best wishes to you both for continued happiness.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

The picture I send every year to my vegetarian friend in Denmark.

Did someone mention rugged good looks?

Not so fast there...Sammo needs to send you a hat before you get the rugged part.

Kid 2

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

I should have had safety glasses, because of all the awesome.

Jim I laughed so hard I snorted and choked.

Not at the picture, but the post.

Thanks for the belly laff.

It looks likes like a Stormy Kromer on da freeza?

And if I had thick beautiful man hair like that on my head I wouldn't own a hat...

Missed the captain hat and comment, TFF!

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

The picture I send every year to my vegetarian friend in Denmark.

Did someone mention rugged good looks?

Roger that !

Oh, I meant the full venison freezer !

I think she drank too much!! Lightweight!!

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

The picture I send every year to my vegetarian friend in Denmark.

Did someone mention rugged good looks?

Here's one for the "good looks file"

Auction at local ladies Cancer fund raiser !

Licenced to trill.

Paul, da ladies be checkin' you out bro.

Dead sexy!

Cheers BillA;

10 years ago;

last year;

My "three" treasures;

Originally Posted by MtnBoomer

Kid 2
Gett'n our tree.
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Kid #1, 1998.
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Awesome Boomer!

Cousins.

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Jim, is that how they're supposed to look?

4 winds, that's what you get grizzly bear for taking a swipe at my buffalo!

Dave, do not take 2 hits of acid and go hunting....

Paul, thanks for appreciating my rugged and uber manly good looks.

....Hey Bear! Didn't know you was chasing guy on a Buffaloooooooooo!.....

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Paul, da ladies be checkin' you out bro.

Dead sexy!

You know it bro;

Was lucky to get out alive !

Hard to believe so many dead sexy folks would be on the same site.

Took the Stormy Kromer off and switched to a Flat Cap.

Wife told me to buy it cause it turned her on.

Turns out it ruins it for her if I wear the dang thing.

Please note the name of the wine, being vigorously consumed.

Back in my day the farm was situated between the 2 Harvestores. We did everything manually and milked with a pipeline.

Now that the stupid kids took it over, everything between and including the 2 Harvestores is feed storage. Everything to the right is fully automated. Every cow has a wireless link. Two people are working half as hard and producing 600-percent more than ten of us did in the late 70's.

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Sam's pictures are gonna cause me to go blind.

Paul,

Your wife looks like a genuinely nice person.

WTF is she doing with you?

Dave

Beaver brand wine?

Thanks. That's Novi, my Lil'Tagalong.
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Here's an action shot. My first international safari didn't pan out so well...
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Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by MtnBoomer

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Kid 2
Gett'n our tree.
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Kid #1, 1998.
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Awesome Boomer!

Bringing in the New Year proper like.

Paul,

Just as long as the name of the wine also doesn't include the name on your beer.

One of life's great mysteries !

But I'll take it.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Beaver brand wine?

Frisky Beaver !

Here's a $5K teddy bear. If anybody is interested.

Jim, is this your,

"Hey bear, get ready for it because I'm going in dry"

face?

Originally Posted by deflave

Bringing in the New Year proper like.

OMG, food porn.

Love the old slicer too !

Trav, you're shopping in the wrong place !

Haha! Could be!

TFF !

Can't stop chuckling !

Flave's meat is so juicy and pink.

Flave, I would dry hump that $5k bear like there is no tomorrow.

I'm gonna have to find me a bear now......

Is he........? Is the bear........?

Flave, I wanna fork your meat.

Don't forget to look both ways !!

Originally Posted by MtnBoomer

Playing in the street Montana style! Note: she was throwing cow chit moments earlier.
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Originally Posted by northern_dave

Man, those are some beauties.

& we eat the heck outta dem in many different ways.

Semi-blurry phone pic about 5 minutes from Casa Sock Puppet:

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Originally Posted by SamOlson

Flave's meat is so juicy and pink.

Flave, I would dry hump that $5k bear like there is no tomorrow.

I wanted to.

Believe me.

Dave

Originally Posted by MtnBoomer

Zat Whitney Houston on the right, before she fell asleep in the tub?

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Seriously...

lmao

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Bwwwaaaa...haaaaaaa...

Do you have a name for that?

Yeah, Gospel Mission Outfitters.

Originally Posted by MadMooner

There's been a breach!

LMAO.

Dave

My first long range gun, 81mm. 1981, San Clemente Island, CA.
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Working for President Reagan, 1984, El Salvador.
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1987, Coronado, CA. Instructor duty at Naval Gunfire School.
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35th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1992, Subic Bay, PI.
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This machine, I owned just for the hell of it.

What an awesome toy, so much regret for selling.

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Originally Posted by stxhunter

Hard core, STX!!,

Great damn photo!

"No gun used, we punched these ducks right in ner mouths!"

Been together 6 years great, drama free years...Decided there weeks ago to make it official

...Got it done at home with a foot of snow falling this past Saturday...A perfect day !!!

Originally Posted by northern_dave

..now thats a breach.

"Hurry up, push it back in!"

Been searching the Boomer archives for another shot of my ass. Here it is. At least I think that's it.

Blue Waters, Southern Philippines. Either Bohol or Mindanao.

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It's at the base of that cliff.
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Originally Posted by northern_dave

kghunt free.

I'll see your missing eye protection, and raise you....

a 12 yr old driving a crappy old truck, with no seat belt, no eye protection, no life jacket, no ear plugs, no rape whistle, no license... and zerofucksgiven.

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Excellent

Not in 2017, but she married me. She's a lucky woman....

My job in high school

Old camo, 270 in the window, broken rack dink....but I was still sporting Aviators!

It really wasn't THAT dark. Just slow film, remember film? And yes, that is a Geo Metro bumper.
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Man, some of youse guys live really well.

I had canned spaghetti for lunch, cold.

Dad bellied up to his bar.

Congrats.

Originally Posted by EQFD193

Been together 6 years great, drama free years...Decided there weeks ago to make it official

...Got it done at home with a foot of snow falling this past Saturday...A perfect day !!!

Circa 1978 Mrs Buffler Razz before she was Mrs Buffler Razz
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Same era, different stringer too. I was more good looking then.
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Originally Posted by deflave

This is the dairy farm I worked at when I was a kid.

This is the dairy farm I worked at when I was a kid. Loved it still there.

Gotta love the dogs,

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I'll try a video.

Not a year old at this point.....already knows tractor sounds.

fishing

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

What's the difference between a spear house and an ice fishing hut?

Can you not spear out of your mobile home/ice fishing rig?

You eat those? I'm not even sure what that is, pike,musky,pickerel...

That's some fine eating there whacker! Those are my top 3 of my favorite fish to eat. And catch for that matter.

More Southern Philippines.
Ready to hit the road.
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A homebuilt tricycle.
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Typical Mindanao long-haul rig.
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Slow dawn!
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A family of six. That oughta get the safety boys in an uproar. Note: I was riding a motorcycle wearing a helmet when I took this with my cellphone. So there.
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Daughter (and proud Dad) with her best desert mule deer.

Originally Posted by EdM

Cleveland fans?

Yep!

Front yard

Back yard

Just random pics I had loaded in Photobucket.

Here is Tyler Lockett taking a knee during The National Anthem......yeah right

Nice iPhone pic I took of brother in law and his old shorthair

Mike millers and home grown 'maters

Wyoming speedboats

My son Alex and his first deer, 15 years ago.
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His first elk 3 years ago.
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Kent... I thought you thinned out the knife collection.🤔

Originally Posted by RJL53

Originally Posted by EdM

Cleveland fans?

Yep!

Boss...

To you both.

Dave

Originally Posted by WillARights

Originally Posted by northern_dave

..now thats a breach.

"Hurry up, push it back in!"

no that lookes to be a wiener coming out....

The old man (center) somewhere in Europe.
I'm thinking that was pretty much a "Kghunt" free zone...

Originally Posted by krp

krp!

I love Dexters. Have a bunch from when my Grampie owned a meat shop.

Would you be willing to sell any of your collection?

Dave

Originally Posted by RJL53

Originally Posted by EdM

Cleveland fans?

Yep!

Nice.

Uncle Dave. Picture taken at his place in Stuart, FL.

Miss ya, buddy.

He's a little thin in this pic. (The cancer got him a couple years ago).

Originally Posted by krp

Dang....I'm green...

Pop's heading to Korea. He left there with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Still kicking coming on 87 this June. The sweetest guy one could meet, to a point. I was stunned when he was tested as we worked together in my early years after college.

A NE BC bush meal full dressed with Cheese Whiz and ketchup over moose tenderloin. He was the wrangler... Every meal, Stone sheep tenderloin, mountain goat tenderloin and elk tenderloin were buried.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Ed, that photo is fantastic!
I love all the old snow suits, knit mittens, scarfs!
Haha! The moms used to put scarfs on us kids all the time when we were little if we played out in the snow.
That's really high quality for a 1962 photo.

Thanks, Dave. I found this picture, along with a bunch of others from the 50's & 60's, in my Mom's stuff after she died last New Years Day.

My Dad was always a great photographer and had the very best 35mm camera he could afford.

The .22 rifle Mom is holding is now in my oldest grandson's care.

Ed

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Hard to believe so many dead sexy folks would be on the same site.

Took the Stormy Kromer off and switched to a Flat Cap.

Wife told me to buy it cause it turned her on.

Turns out it ruins it for her if I wear the dang thing.

You look like the sketchy taxi cab driver from a 70's movie.

very far south west Brewster County/east Presidio

Originally Posted by Steelhead

Coal mine I worked in during high school.

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[bleep] that schit - ain't no damn way.

Kid wid chicken.

Dad's pic home to his mom from boot,.. age 19...a couple of months before Pearl Harbor and a bit before his tour of the Pacific.

Dog with a couple ditch chickens!

(or in this case, swamp chickens, planted birds btw, hens are legal)
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Very very cool thread!

Originally Posted by krp

krp;
Back at you my cyber brother.

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Good thread all.

Dwayne

A June hike to fish with my youngest son in north Idaho.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

kghunt free.

I'll see your missing eye protection, and raise you....

a 12 yr old driving a crappy old truck, with no seat belt, no eye protection, no life jacket, no ear plugs, no rape whistle, no license... and zerofucksgiven.

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Bugles are bad fer yer innards.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff

And that's a funny looking hunting rig.

lol!

Dave;
Maybe so, but if pressed one can make do with a number of options.

Maybe it'a a north of the 49th thing.

All the best to you and yours Dave.

Dwayne

My wife's pal in Africa. Classic wife too.

Originally Posted by local_dirt

Uncle Dave. Picture taken at his place in Stuart, FL.

Miss ya, buddy.

He's a little thin in this pic. (The cancer got him a couple years ago).

local_dirt

my dad just traded into this

I found the for sale sign in his shop........and thought he would get a kick out of it.

It is a bit squirrely, from what I have heard.....

Originally Posted by BC30cal

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff

And that's a funny looking hunting rig.

lol!

Dave;
Maybe so, but if pressed one can make do with a number of options.

Maybe it'a a north of the 49th thing.

All the best to you and yours Dave.

Dwayne

That's great!

Wonder how much rubber burned off the rear tires before pulling in the driveway?

American cemetery at Colville, France

Stained glass windows in church at St Mere Eglise, France

German 88 emplacement - Normandy beachhead, France

Dog pissed on her leg!

At least she can smile about it.

Originally Posted by EdM

My wife's pal in Africa. Classic wife too.

Originally Posted by Owl

Kent... I thought you thinned out the knife collection.🤔

Hey, that is thinned out, I got rid of about 30 or so... except I've got some more oddballs in another box. Those are just the Dexters, Green rivers, Foster Bros and Carbon Chicago cutlery.

Kent

Here's one of my dad............... about 1962/63. Hard man

Here I am with my best mule deer ever, 1983

Dude, I can just picture your old man, tooling along in his '63 Chevy half-ton, listening to Cowboy Copas on the AM.

See??!!

He should have had his safety glasses on!

Originally Posted by Elkhunter49

I swear your dad looks a guy I went to high school with!

Great pic! Full of character!

Thanks guys, he was a piece of work for sure. We were dry land cotton farmers and sold a few catfish to locals in town. When I first heard some talking head on TV mention "Zero Tolerance" I had to laugh. That old man invented zero tolerance!

Originally Posted by deflave

krp!

I love Dexters. Have a bunch from when my Grampie owned a meat shop.

Would you be willing to sell any of your collection?

Dave

Most of those knives were from old butcher shops.

The Dexters have great lines and I've used them quite a bit in the past. But have gravitated to the Foster Bros on the left as go to, that cleaver is a beast.

Let me think about it, I've given my nephew a full set to butcher with. Not looking to sell but I guess I should start looking for someone that would appreciate them.

Depending on how many you want possibly you have an old 22 to trade, or money towards, that my grandchildren could use.

The second one from the left is my old family fillet knife and not available.

Kent

Originally Posted by Elkhunter49

Here's one of my dad............... about 1962/63. Hard man

Here I am with my best mule deer ever, 1983

Betcha there was a damned good story behind that pic!

They are the best kitchen knives ever made. I love sharpening up three or four after whacking a deer and butchering away. I got a Winchester 77 that I'd swap for some.

Let me know.

Thanks,
Travis

Denali

Wrangell-st Elias view from the Alphabets in unit 13

Keg lake

Dip netting for reds on the kasilof

Cold nasty muddy field problem on ft Carson

Picture of tanks

The day I rolled through Montana and made it great

Get to Whitehorse Yukon Territory for this beer!

The dogs approve of this thread chocolate lab is bocephus the yellow lab is keg

Originally Posted by deflave

They are the best kitchen knives ever made. I love sharpening up three or four after whacking a deer and butchering away. I got a Winchester 77 that I'd swap for some.

Let me know.

Thanks,
Travis

Sounds good

Kent

work

Originally Posted by northern_dave

work

No thanks.

Dave

Originally Posted by deflave

Originally Posted by northern_dave

work

No thanks.

Dave

Ya gotta...

Originally Posted by toad

Nice ride sir..

All the pics in this thread are wonderful. A nice change. Kudos.

Originally Posted by krp

Originally Posted by deflave

They are the best kitchen knives ever made. I love sharpening up three or four after whacking a deer and butchering away. I got a Winchester 77 that I'd swap for some.

Let me know.

Thanks,
Travis

Sounds good

Kent

Ha!!! clean out your box...

Kent

It is quite filthy.

Let me grab a hose...

Photobucket acting up will post more pictures when it un phu cks itself..

My box is cleaned.

You guys feel free to use it again.

Dave

Originally Posted by deflave

My box is cleaned.

Nuthin' better'n a clean box, I always say.......

Feel free to use deflave's box....

surreal seeing it in print.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Posted before, but still proud of my wifes first coyote.

The plural of "wife" is wives.

Originally Posted by deflave

This is the dairy farm I worked at when I was a kid.

Back when you were a sign painter.

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Southwest of Big Creek B.C., just North of the Gang Ranch

Great picture!

Originally Posted by SockPuppet

Traffic Jam:

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That's a lot of ass!

Shame ritual, for shooting at and missing a deer.

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Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by SockPuppet

Traffic Jam:

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That's a lot of ass!

There were even a couple of pretty ones in there....

Originally Posted by northern_dave

ROR, Dat dog gone turned into a sheep !

Originally Posted by northern_dave

This machine, I owned just for the hell of it.

What an awesome toy, so much regret for selling.

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Our local Ski Hill had a tucker.

Alas, before my time !

Originally Posted by shortactionsmoker

Not in 2017, but she married me. She's a lucky woman....

I love 1992!

Great shot Cheesy

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Originally Posted by BC30cal

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff

And that's a funny looking hunting rig.

lol!

Dave;
Maybe so, but if pressed one can make do with a number of options.

Maybe it'a a north of the 49th thing.

All the best to you and yours Dave.

Dwayne

OK Dwyane.... You win. That's one of my favorite new pictures.

Originally Posted by tzone

Originally Posted by BC30cal

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by BillyGoatGruff

And that's a funny looking hunting rig.

lol!

Dave;
Maybe so, but if pressed one can make do with a number of options.

Maybe it'a a north of the 49th thing.

All the best to you and yours Dave.

Dwayne

OK Dwyane.... You win. That's one of my favorite new pictures.

I agree, totally awesome.

Love the meaty drive tires. lol

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Love animals with personality !!

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Love animals with personality !!

Shhhh!

(she doesn't know she's a dog)

"that dog will hunt"

pile o breakfast, make such happy.

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Originally Posted by northern_dave

pile o breakfast, make such happy.

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Damn. Now I'm hungry!

That reminds me of Kaywoodie's watermelon picture!

pulling the back cut, thy fear no widowmakers for thou art with me, thy chromer stormy protecteth me... and stuff.

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Storm'n Norman, rollin in the big GMC. SWA, 1991

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Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shame ritual, for shooting at and missing a deer.

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He looks so impressed!

Setting up for a world record attempt of mother deuce dominoes.

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Right now

I don't understand... where is your snow?

Originally Posted by 79S

The day I rolled through Montana and made it great

Get to Whitehorse Yukon Territory for this beer!

The dogs approve of this thread chocolate lab is bocephus the yellow lab is keg

All Labs Matter!!

Originally Posted by 700LH

Iconic!

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shame ritual, for shooting at and missing a deer.

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You know that shît's coming back at you, it might be 10 years, but it coming! LOL!!!

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shame ritual, for shooting at and missing a deer.

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You know that shît's coming back at you, it might be 10 years, but it coming! LOL!!!

Haha. There are a few of us that have seen the wrong end of that shame stick...Thought I'm not sure dave has. He shoots better than chuck norris.

Last hunt with Dad

Fat guy with a fat fish; Glendive, MT

a nourishing hill country breakfast!

ya!

GWB

Ask Tzone about it, he's experienced the shaming before. lol

There's Tom, trying to pretend it's not happening. hahahaha!

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Originally Posted by tzone

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Shame ritual, for shooting at and missing a deer.

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You know that shît's coming back at you, it might be 10 years, but it coming! LOL!!!

Haha. There are a few of us that have seen the wrong end of that shame stick...Thought I'm not sure dave has. He shoots better than chuck norris.

I bought a box of shells 20 deers ago.

Finally out.

Originally Posted by geedubya

a nourishing hill country breakfast!

ya!

GWB

Gee',

What the yellow "stuff" on the LHS of your plate ?

Happy New Year Buddy.

Dave,

We need a couple of old yella smashing LOW snow, please !

Originally Posted by kingston

All right, nitpick Nancy, where are the safety glasses and ear muffs?

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Dave,

We need a couple of old yella smashing LOW snow, please !

Rollin

pushing

smashing

Thanks Dave,

She's a bewt !!

You getting pounded today ?

We got 2" overnight & I bet another 3" since I got to work.

About 5" from mid day yesterday through the night, they are saying 3" more today.

Just enough to force me to fire up the plow truck.

It's getting crowded around here, running out of places to push all the snow.

I cant believe you could move snow like that with a pickup. Thats amazing.

My tractor would not go through that.

Speaking of tractors......

According to the radar, we're in a "pinkout" !

2"/hr !

Hope my neighbour gets home before me !

Here's a photo, I just took from in front of my shop !

Was ploughed last night.

That's about a 14 foot bank, behind the vehicles.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

I cant believe you could move snow like that with a pickup. Thats amazing.

My tractor would not go through that.

Speaking of tractors......

ouch!

Yeah, old yeller can still crush it. He's retired now, but he makes a few special appearances.

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Ice road, lake of the woods.

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this is legal by the way

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all clear, lets fish!

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Pic from 2-5-91....

I swear I saw that snow plow truck in the X Files Movie the other night... Same color, too!

Great pic NeB, are you allowed to follow the snow geese in your vehicle when hunting them in your state ?

Originally Posted by NeBassman

Hey, at least you were wearing your safety glasses !

Mmmm, Coors Banquet.

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by geedubya

a nourishing hill country breakfast!

ya!

GWB

Gee',

What the yellow "stuff" on the LHS of your plate ?

Happy New Year Buddy.

Those are tamales.

ya!

GWB

If someone doesn't know what tamales or boudain is, they need a first hand education in the matters.

Originally Posted by geedubya

a nourishing hill country breakfast!

ya!

GWB

That knife seems exceptionally bad ass.

Rocking the Treebark.....

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Ask Tzone about it, he's experienced the shaming before. lol

There's Tom, trying to pretend it's not happening. hahahaha!

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Oh he knew it was happening. I think the pic was taken when he wasn't looking.

Originally Posted by aalf

Rocking the Treebark.....

Sweet bow

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

If someone doesn't know what tamales or boudain is, they need a first hand education in the matters.

Oh, & I'm willing to sacrifice !

Virgin;

Yeah, that was the start of an 18,000 dollar project!

Our snow gets so hard up here that we will have to use the D8 to move it.

SammO's tire guy !

HAHA!

From on field to another...

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by aalf

Rocking the Treebark.....
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Sweet bow

Thanks....more to come. First time I've ever scanned old 35mm prints.
The crappie pic was a Polaroid.

Originally Posted by tzone

Originally Posted by geedubya

a nourishing hill country breakfast!

ya!

GWB

That knife seems exceptionally bad ass.

It is one of four that I have from a maker named Mike Williams. He is an ABS master smith. His blades are forged.

That one he calls the flea hill walnut. It came from a walnut tree that was in his back yard when he moved to his current location. Seems the place was on a hill and infested with fleas.

Here are three more of Mikes knives that are what he calls "leaf pattern" damascus.

The scales are from the tusk of a walrus cow.

Another leaf pattern damscus, with amber dyed stag scales

and the capstone to the trifecta, a "quillon" dagger, leaf pattern damascus blade and forged handle. I made the sheath. I call the combo "kiss of the dragon.

ya!

GWB

First colored bear.....Ontario 1996....

Originally Posted by aalf

First colored bear.....Ontario 1986....

Dog Lake ?

Snow? What's that, only white thing I'm afeared of is an old duffers golf ball in the teeth.

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

some live the dream!

Good stuff!

GWB

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

You're doing it wrong!

lmao!

If it moves, I have gotten it stuck!

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by aalf

First colored bear.....Ontario 1986....

Dog Lake ?

Wabigoon.....

Great stuff.

Montana.....Nov 1996

Sweet,

My family & I moved to Dryden in 2005 !

Thought it might have been Dog Lake in Thunder Bay, as it's a big bear hunting area.

A good buddy always helps when spotting for elks....

How to teach a skunk to stay out of the bear bait....

My wife and I hiking the Grand Canyon

Tomah - 2016:

IYAM, it takes a real PAIR to drive one of these animals.. Yikes!

Ontario....1989.....

After his tour of the Pacific. Dad (on the right) hanging out with his brother in Los Angeles. 1946?

Originally Posted by geedubya

Originally Posted by tzone

Originally Posted by geedubya

a nourishing hill country breakfast!

ya!

GWB

That knife seems exceptionally bad ass.

It is one of four that I have from a maker named Mike Williams. He is an ABS master smith. His blades are forged.

That one he calls the flea hill walnut. It came from a walnut tree that was in his back yard when he moved to his current location. Seems the place was on a hill and infested with fleas.

Here are three more of Mikes knives that are what he calls "leaf pattern" damascus.

The scales are from the tusk of a walrus cow.

Another leaf pattern damscus, with amber dyed stag scales

and the capstone to the trifecta, a "quillon" dagger, leaf pattern damascus blade and forged handle. I made the sheath. I call the combo "kiss of the dragon.

ya!

GWB

I love those knives GWB! Not much makes me smile like a well built blade. Here is on of mine from Mike Conner there in Texas.
Stabilized Giraffe scales with CPM154 SS for the blade.

Dad (far right), Reed Lake, Canada 1962

Originally Posted by aalf

Ontario....1989.....

aalf, that camp is about 25 minutes from where we now call home !

Heaviest 50+ 181 drug free bench. 530.

Originally Posted by 79S

Denali

Wrangell-st Elias view from the Alphabets in unit 13

Keg lake

Moosecamp we use is not much short of Keg Lake and we often run over to the lake to fish for grayling and/or look for caribou.

my safe space

A brute of a bear for humpin'!

Originally Posted by aalf

This thread is awesome!

My father was his ships photographer, I'm sure the men were happy to see this sight returning at the end of the war.

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Hard to find up here, but you can get a few !

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

What load did you use to shoot those?

Kaperdink be fugged, I'm with this guy !

Shore lunch on a very hot summers day;

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Laughing!

Yeah, Labatt's made it for the Fort McMurray fire disaster.

Couldn't resist !

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

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Originally Posted by New_2_99s

According to the radar, we're in a "pinkout" !

2"/hr !

Hope my neighbour gets home before me !

I want to be in a pink out.

Algonquin Provincial Park May 2007
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Outhouse with a view! And plenty of ventilation

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Originally Posted by tzone

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

According to the radar, we're in a "pinkout" !

I want to be in a pink out.

Must be a ladies version of this:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dinkout

Almost done

2016 Woodchuck 6 mm br...... Longest shot to date 612 yards

Doin' it right there, SB!

Love the pics of your son!

Who's that ugly scudder with the big buck?

Originally Posted by tzone

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

According to the radar, we're in a "pinkout" !

2"/hr !

Hope my neighbour gets home before me !

I want to be in a pink out.

It's not all it's cracked up to be.

A lotta work'n'all !

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Doin' it right there, SB!

Love the pics of your son!

Who's that ugly scudder with the big buck?

You should have seen how ugly he was without that hat!

I wanna go bear hunting with aalf!

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

I wanna go bear hunting with aalf!

While I commend your attention to safety by using proper ventilation, I have to point out that forgot your shooting glasses...

Unless you were just practicing your shooting stance, of course!

Originally Posted by Razz

Outhouse with a view! And plenty of ventilation

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Big chocolate....

White jake......

756 yards

808

Hard part is convincing the bear to get on the gurney.....

Here's to you Geedub... [Linked Image]

Had to run this beggar off so my kid could catch his ride to soccer. Neighborhood is going to hell.

Some more beggars showed up just before Halloween. Nothing's safe with them around.

All known Boones Farm tastes like vomit to me.

Give me a 9 dollar Cab any day!

I see 2 outta 3 of those are perfect "eaters".

Not far to move them, either.

Smoked some just for the halibut. Came out pretty good.

Atomic buffalo turds are muy bueno!

Of course, a 7x57.

Originally Posted by Elkhunter49

I love those knives GWB! Not much makes me smile like a well built blade. Here is on of mine from Mike Conner there in Texas.
Stabilized Giraffe scales with CPM154 SS for the blade.

Sweet!

I'm a big time fan of giraffe bone scales on knives.

A set from Gene Ingram

and a couple bar-b-q sized hoglets..........

Youse' guys sure have some mighty fine pix, country and experiences.

Great thread guys!

ya!

GWB

Anybody with a lab knows this look. Taken right after she ate all the GD strawberries! My wife was giving her a scolding.

The blood vessel:

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My favorite picture of Grandpa.

Natty light! Always liked Natty Ice.

I guess since there has been a picture of a dude on the schitter......

My cheap arse wife only allows one band aid per self surgery.

Another blast from the past.....80's....

Pretty little guy.
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It's not so bad once you get the fish off the other hook.

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Some Bay Area elk...
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Dammit Jim! Now how can a man hate a delicious Boones Farm and love Natural ice????

Think my grandfather has come back as a midget.

My grandson shares so many of his traits,likes and dislikes it's uncanny at times.

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Originally Posted by ltppowell

Pretty little guy.
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It's not so bad once you get the fish off the other hook.

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What sort of fish is that?

Montana elk trip....

Redfish.

'Nother bar......

Caribou Camp.....

a few Texas Hill Country views.

ya!

GWB

This is where crab apple jelly comes from.

US/Canada border

Taking down a LORAN tower near the house

Son "jumping ship."

Part of Geurtzgen coulee.

Originally Posted by ltppowell

Redfish.

I like tha pic. Ha, i found out your fatboy color too.

Originally Posted by aalf

Dude,...do you work for a Natural History museum or what.?

Originally Posted by SandBilly

Nice fishing pics with the boy there, SB.

I like that 4 point (ha, western count-fer those that have trouble counting i guess) you tracked down there with eyeball, too.

Originally Posted by roundoak

Of course, a 7x57.

That's a magazine cover!

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

My favorite picture of Grandpa.

Here's my favorite of my Gpa. Probably the biggest influence on my loving outdoor recreation. Fishing at Lake Powel.

Him in middle, sometime back in the 30's.

Our pet oyster Commodore Perry
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Originally Posted by Redneck

Tomah - 2016:

IYAM, it takes a real PAIR to drive one of these animals.. Yikes!

Lee, you are absolutely right. What the tractors have morphed into....the driver is just along for the ride. Here is mine circa 1976. They have come a long way!

^^^Cool!!^^^

This boy turns 20 this year and I turn 47 (on the same day)

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This thread is single handedly making America Great Again.

Clark

aalf,

The only thing more impressive than your trophies, is that mullet.

I feel like it's going to jump off the screen and grab me by the pussy.

Dave

There is no doubt in my mind, Billy ray Cirus had a poster of aalf on his wall when he was a kid.

I went into his neighborhood....lookin for him.

I was serious. I was early.

I was pissed...cause it was early!. ......arent you listening?

He knew I was coming; like the assassin in Josey Wales, (you know) "I had to come back"

There would be Words.

At first, it was me just talking smack, alone.

The Coward was hiding.

But he decided he had enough.

He declared he wanted the challenge,

Heated Words were exchanged...

Every time I said, "ya, Im talkin to you!!!"

He answered ...."you talkin to me?."

...."are you talkin to...me!??"

And we danced around each other, among the hills, and brush for a short while...

....Threatening each other....

..."you talkin to ME??!!

....YA!!, Im TAWKIN to you!!!- -talkin to you!!"

..."you-you-you-you talkin to ME!!???"

He closed the gap to "get it on"....entering the woodsy octagon...

...And I quit talkin.

....and he got burned at about 10 yards. No submission needed.

Ya dont tug on Superman's cape.

.....Yep....he got a talkin to.

An this girl........wasnt there. Darn.

My daughter's first (and last) backcountry fishing trip.

New puppy for the girls.

I'll join GWB, here are a few more shots from the Texas Hill Country!

Originally Posted by NVhntr

Is that place still open?

A week ago I put a "flick" down, ice fishing.

Last time I was there I purchased a handful of sutton spoons.

My all time favorite hunts. Wilderness on horseback.

Hard to beat.

donsm70

Originally Posted by Sitka deer

Originally Posted by 79S

Denali

Wrangell-st Elias view from the Alphabets in unit 13

Keg lake

Moosecamp we use is not much short of Keg Lake and we often run over to the lake to fish for grayling and/or look for caribou.

This past yr we camped on the shoreline of keg lake usually we try to get where the big Argo camp is set up.. we used to camp on trappers knob but more and more folks are coming in so we pushed further back and that's helped with pressure. Their was a couple camp between trappers knob and keg lake this past yr. The one group broke transmission on their 6x6 I guess..

How about a few Elk hunting photos from Colorado!

Me and my kids working

Guiding a sheep hunt about 11 years ago

Wolf at the house

Yowsir!

GWB

Now how about a few from here in the swamp!

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Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by NVhntr

Is that place still open?

A week ago I put a "flick" down, ice fishing.

Last time I was there I purchased a handful of sutton spoons.

Can't say Dave, that pic is from a trip in 2004.

A little follow up on GeDub's backey and brew pix...

Big Cat, a three legged dog, a few Rock Chucks, and some dead Squirrels.....man I love that little CZ....

Originally Posted by 79S

Originally Posted by Sitka deer

Moosecamp we use is not much short of Keg Lake and we often run over to the lake to fish for grayling and/or look for caribou.

This past yr we camped on the shoreline of keg lake usually we try to get where the big Argo camp is set up.. we used to camp on trappers knob but more and more folks are coming in so we pushed further back and that's helped with pressure. Their was a couple camp between trappers knob and keg lake this past yr. The one group broke transmission on their 6x6 I guess..

We helped the guy with the broken transmission a bit... they pulled us out the year before when we got stuck, up on the very top of the pass. They have been going in there for quite a few years, but not as many as we have. They are from Soldotna.

Also pulled a 4x4 side-by-side with tracks... what a couple goofballs! You likely saw it as it stayed there a long time after we got it out...

We went 4 for 4 from our camp, 3 for 4 last year...

St. Joe River this Summer, hike-in section...Wedding Anniversary camping trip.
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Fish from same general area...not a lot of them, but beautiful and full of fight.
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Found this little guy while fishing on the same trip.
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Family outing early summmer in the Selkirks.
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Groundsquirrel Season!
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A few years ago...
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Even more years ago...
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Originally Posted by deflave

aalf, The only thing more impressive than your trophies, is that mullet.
I feel like it's going to jump off the screen and grab me by the pussy.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

There is no doubt in my mind, Billy ray Cirus had a poster of aalf on his wall when he was a kid.

I taught Chuck Norris how to rock the week old beard look too.......

Just super photos... Very enjoyable...

aalf is my new hero!

Man, you Northern and western guys rock!

“I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. And it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it.”......... John Steinbeck

Yellostone is on the left, Electric Peak (as the locals called it) is in the Foreground

I'm a lifelong Texan, but I can relate!

“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans” ......... John Steinbeck

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

That is a monster grayling!

I'm still trying to figure out what a KgFreeHunt zone picture is but I've realized there are some seriously bad dudes on the Campfire, starting with Aalf and Sand Billy!

Great pictures!

A money-making pride and joy for somebody back in the day..

If we have water, life will be easy.

Ain't no deer here...

At work, rest, or play..

There is one after all.

Originally Posted by FishinHank

That is a monster grayling!

That river was pretty crazy. Those size of those two fish were the norm. Lots of sea run dollies in there also that were feeding on fry. Killer dry fly and nymph fishing under the midnight sun!

Originally Posted by deflave

My daughter's first (and last) backcountry fishing trip.

New puppy for the girls.

Sorely you don't mean the last as in forever? That just can't be.

Originally Posted by deflave

New puppy for the girls.

Holy schit! They have an Ewok!

Originally Posted by deflave

Seems like I have seen that house before. Maybe one just like it.

Not many old homesteads left in the country. We buried a lot of them up north, and the 91 fire burnt most of them out south.

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Big Cat, a three legged dog, a few Rock Chucks, and some dead Squirrels.....man I love that little CZ....

Particulars on the shooting iron??

Todays Kghunt!

CZ527 221 Fireball American rebarreled to 17 Fireball I believe. Probably the perfect platform for that caliber I think. Pretty little rifle.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Angel Fire NM

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Pictures and video as requested...

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So much awesome in this thread.

You get Eulachon there too? We aren't allowed to catch them but sometimes get them from our native friends. Tasty fried

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Originally Posted by gerrygoat

You get Eulachon there too? We aren't allowed to catch them but sometimes get them from our native friends. Tasty fried

I've dipped for them at a couple different places. The Susitna River gets a run that is unbelievable. A 3-4' wide black line for miles running upriver. You could fill a boat in minutes. I don't care for them that much but I have some Asian friends that dig them. My kids like them cooked on a stick over the fire. I think we are allowed a 5 gallon bucket per person a day. I never need that many though.

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Originally Posted by gerrygoat

You get Eulachon there too? We aren't allowed to catch them but sometimes get them from our native friends. Tasty fried

I've dipped for them at a couple different places. The Susitna River gets a run that is unbelievable. A 3-4' wide black line for miles running upriver. You could fill a boat in minutes. I don't care for them that much but I have some Asian friends that dig them. My kids like them cooked on a stick over the fire. I think we are allowed a 5 gallon bucket per person a day. I never need that many though.

We get them in the Nass and Skeena here but in March, looks like you are a fair bit later in the spring. I wish we were allowed to net our own here

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Those tractors were developed very close to where I live.

First one was built in a barn in the 50's, built by farmers that needed a bigger tractor than what was available.

Steiger family.

Originally Posted by gerrygoat

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Originally Posted by gerrygoat

You get Eulachon there too? We aren't allowed to catch them but sometimes get them from our native friends. Tasty fried

I've dipped for them at a couple different places. The Susitna River gets a run that is unbelievable. A 3-4' wide black line for miles running upriver. You could fill a boat in minutes. I don't care for them that much but I have some Asian friends that dig them. My kids like them cooked on a stick over the fire. I think we are allowed a 5 gallon bucket per person a day. I never need that many though.

We get them in the Nass and Skeena here but in March, looks like you are a fair bit later in the spring. I wish we were allowed to net our own here

They show up in late April/early May usually. It's a good time to fish for halibut from the beach down Cook inlet. Lot's of them caught in the shallows from shore near the south beach of Kasilof.

My 9 year olds first deer!

They were good tractors. We have had three of them over the years.

Only thing I did not like about them were the double reduction Raba rear ends.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Those tractors were developed very close to where I live.

First one was built in a barn in the 50's, built by farmers that needed a bigger tractor than what was available.

Steiger family.

We got one on our place.

In the immortal words of Tom T Hall

Ilike beer, it makes me a jolly good fellow,

I like beer, it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow.

ya!

GWB

Hooligans!

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Originally Posted by SandBilly

OMG!

Wow. The biggest one I ever got was early in the spring getting ready to spawn.

Fantastic pictures from all...Huntsman22, gerrygoat, Ptarmigan, krp etc.!!!!

July 1968

Originally Posted by 700LH

I LOVE this pic!!!! What's the back story on it? Anybody?

Originally Posted by SandBilly

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This kid is king. Just sayin'...

Originally Posted by ltppowell

It's not so bad once you get the fish off the other hook.

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I used to see 3-4 of these every day on weekends when I worked in cottage country in WI.

I hate trebles. One time as I was trying to remove one, the kid (old enough to behave himself, but a puzzy) screamed and jerked away, and in so doing he impaled MY hand on one of the trebles on the back of the plug... so I had to get myself off the hook before I could get HIM off HIS hook. Pizzed me off somethin' fierce. Since then, I cut off every damn hook on a plug before I attempt to remove the damn thing.

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Originally Posted by 700LH

I LOVE this pic!!!! What's the back story on it? Anybody?

Doc, That is Ol' Lady Wallihan. of NW colo. Mean old rip....

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/moffatcounty/old-photos-pg-2

Great pic!

We must be about the same age. I had the same rifle. Too bad they don't sell those anymore.

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

July 1968

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Originally Posted by 700LH

I LOVE this pic!!!! What's the back story on it? Anybody?

Doc, That is Ol' Lady Wallihan. of NW colo. Mean old rip....

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/moffatcounty/old-photos-pg-2

Not only will she shoot ya, but she'll gut ya too!

43 pounds

Buster in his prime.

Nice cat.

Dept. of Ranchland Security...

Thanks. IIRC those were "Johnny Eagle" rifles. Mine came with a matching Colt SAA and a plastic gun rack with "Buffalo Horns" where you could display both guns. There might have been a knife too. The guns shot fake cartridges and made a sound when you "fired" them. Wish I still had mine, but they were not long-lived.

Doing what he loves...

Twenty-two year old's arsenal.

Filming a dove hunt for a TV show.

Damn it was hot!

It wasn't but mid morning and we already sweated our shirts out...

Saddled and ready.

Glad to see the calves gone...

Lots of THIS twice a year.

Desert dove hunting

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Originally Posted by ltppowell

It's not so bad once you get the fish off the other hook.

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I used to see 3-4 of these every day on weekends when I worked in cottage country in WI.

I hate trebles. One time as I was trying to remove one, the kid (old enough to behave himself, but a puzzy) screamed and jerked away, and in so doing he impaled MY hand on one of the trebles on the back of the plug... so I had to get myself off the hook before I could get HIM off HIS hook. Pizzed me off somethin' fierce. Since then, I cut off every damn hook on a plug before I attempt to remove the damn thing.

I hear ya doc.

Try taking a barbed treble out of a @king spooky ass German Shepherd's mouth at 2am, woke from a dead sleep with horrible freak the hell out animal noises... only to find your wife's newly acquired beast has gotten into the fishing equipment out in the garage.

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Just like you said, I cut all hooks that were not already impaled into flesh before I began working.

He had 2 of 3 hooks on a treble in his upper lip from the inside, the 3rd was exposed to the inside of his mouth and he was trying really hard to snag his tongue on that one.

That large dog lip flesh is very tough and rubbery, anyone that's fleshed the hide off the skull on a coyote, wolf or bear can kind of get the picture.

I cut the 2 penetrated hook ends free from the treble center stem. Then I had what looked like 2 body piercing rings. They had to be pushed through and pulled from the outside of his face, but the sharp curve at the cut ends of the hook where hard to draw through the 1/4" thick rubbery, slobbery flesh attached to huge teeth.

I got it, the dog is fine, but to this day he will not come to me. Won't let me pet him, won't let me give him a doggy treat, he's terrified of me.

So I say, that old tale of the grateful lion with the thorn in the paw... (Androcles and the Lion)

TOTAL BULLSHIT!!

I favor a Buckskin. They are the best hosses.

Gunning coyotes from a chopper.

If you think you are a good shot, using an AR15 shooting a coyote dodging through brush from a chopper will humble you..

In that particular area we flew 3 times and killed over 120 coyotes.

Nice buck!

West Texas mountain ranch country, west of Van Horn. Following pics were taken on the far side of the high peak in the middle background...

Waitin' for a mule deer to show up just before sunrise...

Deer showed up. Cull buck...

Wildlife Specialist days...

Probably someone's dream job. Not quite my idea of one though...

Youngest daughter and SIL with her first deer, a doe she shot on my lease last Christmas...

Shooting lesson...circa 1956.....

Gotta love a girl that gets her hands bloody!

Good times, Doc!

Great Pics, men.

Cow hunt from a few years ago. No, that is not Brad Pitt in th pic:
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Originally Posted by SockPuppet

Great Pics, men.

Cow hunt from a few years ago. No, that is not Brad Pitt in th pic:
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C'mon... Don't be modest!

Best eating right there!

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

C'mon... Don't be modest!

Best eating right there!

Yes sir, she was. There had been plenty of rain that year so the elk had been eating well. Very nice layer of fat on that one.

Originally Posted by aalf

See!?

I knew I wanted to bear hunting with you!

My favorite cutthroat fishin' lake in Alberta...

Me an' The Redhead at Lake Louise...

My dad and son with Brit The Mighty Pheasant Dog on a pheasant hunt back in the early 90's...

Bleudreaux, Ed-too-many-letters, CHLInstructor, and STXHunter at a fishin' party a couple years back...

Seems like I saw an old Browning "humpback" a few pix back

My dad was not a hunter. Don't remember him ever owning a rifle. I did go with him once to buy a shotgun. IIRC it was 1958. He bought a Browning "Sweet Sixteen". I would have been 7 at the time. I think he first let me shoot it when I was around 11 years old. Grew up shooting that shotgun.

A Menefee and a Browning, both "Sweet Sixteens"

He passed in 2009 at 86 yrs old.

I'm still shooting that Browning.

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by aalf

Is that "Bear land" or "bear country" or something like that out by black hills SD?

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Gotta love a girl that gets her hands bloody!

Good times, Doc!

Indeed, Barry!

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by aalf

Is that "Bear land" or "bear country" or something like that out by black hills SD?

Please tell me those are smallish black round hay bales...

Great stuff!!!!

Originally Posted by DocRocket

I LOVE this pic!!!! What's the back story on it? Anybody?

Was sent to me by a friend with this caption underneath.

"Standing over one of her many trophy mule
deer, subsistence-and-sport huntress “Gusty” Wallihan appears every
inch the frontier matron with her dressy
bonnet,
Prairie-pattern cartridge belt,
floral-embroidered gauntlets, hunting knife, and Remington-Hepburn
rifle.
1895"

Originally Posted by DocRocket

West Texas mountain ranch country, west of Van Horn. Following pics were taken on the far side of the high peak in the middle background...

Waitin' for a mule deer to show up just before sunrise...

Deer showed up. Cull buck...

You idjit. Everybody knows ther aint no mountains in Texas.

Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

Handsome devil.

Oops. Fergot.

Originally Posted by pal

Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

Handsome devil.

Holy Smokes, dem Bases.!

Originally Posted by geedubya

Yowsir!
GWB

Yozzer indeed !

Bookers Rare, uncut & unfiltered. Gots ta watch that 129 proof stuff !

Ladies league, sure nuff I hear exclamations from the tee box, a whiz goes by and golf ball hits my nephew. I'm laughing and he asks if I threw a ball at him. I pointed to the ladies and asked how hard it could hurt, hit by a lady, he started laughing, ladies hightailed it. Sometimes I miss working full-time in construction and the shenanigans.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Great Pics Don !

Mountains in Tejas,

whoda' thunkit!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Ptar',

Don't know what these are ? I see you addressed this already. Thank you.

In Australia, they would be snub nosed garfish !

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Good eating, but boney ! Better live bait !!

Chunky

Winchester

I hate to break it to you Texas boys but them ain't "mountains"...
Nice country though but far from mountainous....

Closest friend visiting while on leave from the Navy.

If you squint, you can see some mountains.

About 25 miles away.

Last year.

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

I hate to break it to you Texas boys but them ain't "mountains"...
Nice country though but far from mountainous....

Out in West Texas, the Guadalupe mountains have a peak of 8,751 feet. Pretty good sized mountains.

Geologically they are just the southern leg of the Rockies.

Good times in MT.......

Oh I just love...

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Originally Posted by kroo88

Looks like some high water on Tustumena. Smasher bull in that second pic!

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Oh I just love...

..Ringworm on your tongue apparently.

Originally Posted by FishinHank

Wow. The biggest one I ever got was early in the spring getting ready to spawn.

That's a beauty! Amazing the color differences depending on the water they live in.

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

I hate to break it to you Texas boys but them ain't "mountains"...
Nice country though but far from mountainous....

Out in West Texas, the Guadalupe mountains have a peak of 8,751 feet. Pretty good sized mountains.

Geologically they are just the southern leg of the Rockies.

I'm sure that's true but GeeDub was trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill....

Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

DAMN! Let's hear the backstory on that one?!

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Originally Posted by aalf

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Is that "Bear land" or "bear country" or something like that out by black hills SD?

Please tell me those are smallish black round hay bales..

As much as I wanted to pawn this pic off as my "secret" bear hot spot, it is Bear Country USA in S.D.

We got there one day just as the truck came in to feed the bear.

Words just can't describe a stampede of 300+ bear.....

Originally Posted by 4winds

Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

DAMN! Let's hear the backstory on that one?!

That is a beast. He's not even giving it the Roland Martin treatment and it still looks fake.

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Ptar',

Don't know what these are ? I see you addressed this already. Thank you.

In Australia, they would be snub nosed garfish !

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Good eating, but boney ! Better live bait !!

They run thick enough at times to fill a 5-gallon bucket with a single dip of the net...

Asians really love them and I know folks with separate freezers just for hooligan!

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Oh I just love...

..Ringworm on your tongue apparently.

Frozen OJ & a straight razor can fix anything !

Bass pro run.....

That, right there is trouble.

The good kind !

Originally Posted by Ackleyfan

You look an awful lot like Matt Walsh.

Dave

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

Originally Posted by kroo88

Looks like some high water on Tustumena. Smasher bull in that second pic!

Just after 2012 monsoon. Skosh under 70".

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Winchester

Those ankle warmers just ain't right on that poor dog. Glad to see you let Winchester have a beer to help ease the shame of it all! 😀

Originally Posted by Razz

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Winchester

Those ankle warmers just ain't right on that poor dog. Glad to see you let Winchester have a beer to help ease the shame of it all! 😀

My wife tried to turn him gay for Christmas, but he wasn't having any part of it.

A friend of my brother-in-law was out on the Chesapeake Bay and saw this guy swimming, so he thought he would save it. Not sure what happened when they got to shore.

Perch fishing, circa 1920, Presque Isle Bay, Erie, Pa.

Last pic of my grandfather, 1969. This is the last coon he ever caught, after a lifetime of trapping. His " white buffalo". He is my age, in this pic. Strange feeling.

I didn't shoot this. Don't know who did.

It's a grainy old photo but still one of my favorites. My daughter and I fishing. Circa 1993

Food !!

Is good, Right ?

A few random wildlife photos.

Wild pig back strap.

Hot Italian Deer Sausage.

A few more.

A few more still.

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A couple of turkeys.

7mmMato

Colorado Bob

Me, Roof, 7mmMato

ingwe. A little blurry after a few drinks.

I used to catch salter brookies out of here as a kid.

Originally Posted by deflave

Originally Posted by Ackleyfan

You look an awful lot like Matt Walsh.

Dave

Is he your favorite actor.........

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

That, right there is trouble.

The good kind !

Great personality but he can be a handful........

Originally Posted by Ackleyfan

Bass pro run.....

This is really a terrific photo. Caption too, Ackley.

He could be the 8th Dwarf, "Rednecky", or "Deplorable Dwarf"

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Oh I just love...

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You have a very different definition of eating puzzy than I do.

Another Novi. Camping Aug 2016 hotter then hell waiting for shooting stars, near MT Adams Washington .
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A tarsier, Bohol Island Philippines 2008.
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Smoke em' if ya' got em'!

ya!

GWB

Cigars always look soooo good to me, til I light one!!! Enjoy.. Wish I could..

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Oh I just love...

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...a mouth full of pussy.

Originally Posted by WillARights

Originally Posted by Ackleyfan

Bass pro run.....

This is really a terrific photo. Caption too, Ackley.

He could be the 8th Dwarf, "Rednecky", or "Deplorable Dwarf"

When we left the store I had just bought him that BP beanie and had put it on him all perfect with the BP logo in the front got him all fastened in and as I was getting in the truck I looked back and he had readjusted it and had this big grin on his face...I laugh everytime I look at that pic!

Originally Posted by geedubya

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GW, who made that knife? It's a beauty.

Just spent about 10-15 minutes catching up on this uberness.

Great thread.

Yeah, me too Sam.

Dayom. Northern Dave owes me a piece of your beef.

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by geedubya

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GW, who made that knife? It's a beauty.

That is one of Rick Menefee's creations.

Mammoth Ivory, W2 steel w/hamon. It's marked "Proto". Rick is not a "heater n' beater" and IIRC it is the first knife he made with a hamon!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by Ackleyfan

Originally Posted by WillARights

Originally Posted by Ackleyfan

Bass pro run.....

This is really a terrific photo. Caption too, Ackley.

He could be the 8th Dwarf, "Rednecky", or "Deplorable Dwarf"

When we left the store I had just bought him that BP beanie and had put it on him all perfect with the BP logo in the front got him all fastened in and as I was getting in the truck I looked back and he had readjusted it and had this big grin on his face...I laugh everytime I look at that pic!

Yes, Laffin here too.

Already creating chaos, ill pray he doesnt cause you too much later on.

My youngest daughter did this. Cracks me the hell up. I think I should be getting royalties from Apple...😂

Great pictures guys and a great thread.

Here is one more.

Ricky Bob is not a "heater n' beater". I stand to be corrected, but to my knowledge this is the first, if not the only Damascus steel knife Rick has made.

I call it my "Monkey Puzzle" Menefee!

ya!

GWB

Mucho rando.

(not my horse or dog)

Dad was dying, but was adamant about visiting,.... They flew up, I met em' in their hotel in Calgary, and they toughed out a not so bad trip down to the main ranch HQ, and than had a ball on the 10 mile 4 x 4 slog remaining to get to my line camp. Wet year, so our feet were wet fording. I'd gotten the old shack all squared away for em', and set up a tent camp for myself,....Dad's "special diet" pretty much went out the window over the week they were there, Moose, Elk, and Venison, REAL whipped cream and such.

The fun just beginning...

Lotta' grass that year, it really put a shine on the stock, and Mom and Dad LOVED the evening thunderstorms
Mom, Chili, and a somewhat sizeable Newf

It had been a lot of years since Dad and I visited, it was good to see him

good place for peace and quiet, the shooting bench a good place for coffee and snacks, you can see the 100 yard target down range.

daily duties and chores went forward, ...just visible in behind here, my old hot rod M-37

nice Apaloosa I got off the Morley Reserve

458 yds....

A southpaw,..Dad was always a pretty fair hand with a rifle or pistol, wish I'd taken a picture of that target

Muy randini.

Yup, 1982 was a good year, but the heavy rains saw me late moving the salt licks,...and directly there was salt enough out, I had to haul a jag of bluestone to seed the mud around em'. That was a close run thing,...it worked, and we only treated 5-6 for footrot.

Sam.......Fort Peck huh?

Killin me

great stuff guys.

Makes this flatland southern boy green with envy!

ya!

GWB

Which species of Salmonoid is that? Beauty, for releasing or eating?

Dad

With my daughter, still at the same property where we keep the pony cart and horses.

Christmas dinner this year.

Originally Posted by kroo88

Sam.......Fort Peck huh?

Killin me

'Summer' pasture.

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Yup, 1982 was a good year, but the heavy rains saw me late moving the salt licks,...and directly there was salt enough out, I had to haul a jag of bluestone to seed the mud around em'. That was a close run thing,...it worked, and we only treated 5-6 for footrot.

Timber Creek country! I don't know it from those years, but from '72-'74 or so... fished the creek a fair bit in the late 80's again. Great country.

I scratch my head how we never crossed paths all those years, Greg. Perhaps we did, and just didn't know it. If not in the Hills, at least in the Exshaw Legion!!!

Sammo, 'summer' is a relative term up there. Ditto for Alberta.

Doc, never take a nice day for granted, especially if you're stuck out on a damn horse all day...grin

Perfect weather last fall for roundup.

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fished the creek a fair bit in the late 80's again. Great country.

Along with alla' our other shennanigans, we were trapping suckers like there was no tomorrow,trying to hold em' down,...dunno' how that played out, but have a feeling that the GREAT fishing in Willow Creek and its tribs had pretty much playing out, as did the fantastic moose hunting.
Glad I saw her, before she went.

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Which species of Salmonoid is that? Beauty, for releasing or eating?

King/Chinook. I eat 'em.

Love it up there....

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Originally Posted by kroo88

Sam.......Fort Peck huh?

Killin me

'Summer' pasture.

Ugh! The country you could see on a horse there.

No fences

Originally Posted by kroo88

I wouldn't even care if I was hunting or not. I would be just as content to ride around and look that place over. Beautiful..

the strapping young feller is my maternal great grandpap.

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paternal great grandpap.

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One tired dog!
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Originally Posted by kroo88

No fences

Wow, now that is fricken sweet!

Heck, I even got married to the Rodeo Queen this one time.....

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That didn't last......

Great pics, Don.

even had a couple pups......

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They played some ball.

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Some of my forebears. Pioneered Southern Utah and Nevada.

Building the bridges and tunnels in Zion Park

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Originally Posted by kroo88

No fences

Wow, now that is fricken sweet!

You can't see them in this shot, but there are 28 different black bears in that alpine beyond me eating blueberries.

my boys.

Good looking family Hunts. Your a lucky man.

This is the best thread in a good while here on the Fire.

love those old pics. maybe KRP will kick in....

Originally Posted by aalf

i can see Fred there!

Dad's folks. Man, I miss them.

My dad. He'll be 77 in June and still running circles around people half his age.

My great grandfather looking for Pancho Villa just prior to shipping off to WW1.

Great grandfather (on right) at his fish market.

Great grandfather and grandfather at the market 1940s

Grandfather in the USAAF flew "The Hump" as a radioman in C-47s

Loved radios so much he was a life long ham operator

Great great grandfather was a sea captain and known for his legendary strength

Some time in the late 1800s

Dang Don, you looked sharp in that tux.

Who knew?

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Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

My youngest daughter did this. Cracks me the hell up. I think I should be getting royalties from Apple...😂

Ha Ha hope you can get something out of them.

Originally Posted by kroo88

Love this picture.

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Lotta' grass that year, it really put a shine on the stock, and Mom and Dad LOVED the evening thunderstorms
Mom, Chili, and a somewhat sizeable Newf

It had been a lot of years since Dad and I visited, it was good to see him

good place for peace and quiet, the shooting bench a good place for coffee and snacks, you can see the 100 yard target down range.

That's a huge dog, I thought it was a cow at first lol.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

love those old pics. maybe KRP will kick in....

Really, really enjoying your pictures and the other guys also, some great history.

Kent

Maternal GGF was a well known Arizona hunter besides owning a hotel on Gurley and Whiskey row in Prescott, turn of the century.

Hunting camp around 1900...

The buddy club, circa 1968...

Originally Posted by RJL53

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Oh I just love...

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You have a very different definition of eating puzzy than I do.

I'm doing it wrong?

Originally Posted by huntsman22

That didn't last......

Sorry to hear that didn't work out, Don... but I gotta say that in my experience, barrel racers ain't the most dependable gals.

One of 'em taught me a little song that she said was the barrel-racin' gals' universal love song. It goes to the tune of the "Bonanza" theme, and it goes like this:

Get it up
Get it in
Get me off
Don't mess my hair-do

Anyways. Just sayin'.

Originally Posted by DocRocket

One of 'em taught me a little song that she said was the barrel-racin' gals' universal love song. It goes to the tune of the "Bonanza" theme, and it goes like this:

Get it up
Get it in
Get me off
Don't mess my hair-do

Anyways. Just sayin'.

Experience is a hard won asset.

I've got that merit badge as well...

Yours truly back in my skinny days with my son, a dead pheasant, and Brit The Mighty Pheasant Dog. Brit trailed that bird for a good mile through tall grass and Milo before it finally flushed. Right beside the truck, in the parking lot, after I'd broke open my SXS and pocketed the shells. Fumbled one shell into the chamber, closed the gun as I brought it up, and killed the bastidge. One of the most satisfying hunts I can remember.

Dead fish...

Dead animals with awesome stud-muffin hunter...

YoungestRocket with her first pheasants & sundry dogs...

YoungestRocket again, with her first Chinook, taken on a fly in the Kewanee River.

Riley loved hunting, more'n any dog I ever had. And he hated posing for pictures. Damn, I miss that dog.

Down town Prescott 1905

One more of Riley The Mighty Pheasant Dog, at an outdoor bodega in Fredericksburg, back when I was still sportin' the Mighty Stache...

And another...

And of course...

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by DocRocket

One of 'em taught me a little song that she said was the barrel-racin' gals' universal love song. It goes to the tune of the "Bonanza" theme, and it goes like this:

Get it up
Get it in
Get me off
Don't mess my hair-do

Anyways. Just sayin'.

Experience is a hard won asset.

I've got that merit badge as well...

ROFLMAO!

I knew you'd appreciate that one, Bar...

Blue eyed coyote.

One that got away...

(Season was closed.)

One that didn't.

Pard looking for prairie chickens

Originally Posted by DocRocket

YoungestRocket again, with her first Chinook, taken on a fly in the Kewanee River.

Her face says it all, "why are we stringing this mud marlin up again??" Haha!

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by DocRocket

One of 'em taught me a little song that she said was the barrel-racin' gals' universal love song. It goes to the tune of the "Bonanza" theme, and it goes like this:

Get it up
Get it in
Get me off
Don't mess my hair-do

Anyways. Just sayin'.

Experience is a hard won asset.

I've got that merit badge as well...

Good grief !

.....me too

Doc, that old pic shows you used to be handsome. What happened?

KRP, did any of those hound men ever hunt with Ben Lilly that you know of?

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Good grief !

.....me too

Maybe we are all three "peter in laws"??

Knowing the rodeo girls, there's a good chance of that...

Doc;
Top of the morning to you sir, I hope the weather's better in your part of the world than it is up here in the cold, cold, cold.

Anyway sir, I'm really enjoying the thread and wanted to say a general thanks to all as well as good morning to you.

Been doing this for more than two decades now for my rancher friend.
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Not sure how that one got so small - anyway we now shave the hair first and apply a topical Aloe Vera gel afterward - which seems to help heal up quicker and make the day a tad better for them.
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I've always had a keen interest in hunting and firearms.
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Little later
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And later still
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To be continued I guess.

Dwayne

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by northern_dave

Oh I just love...
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...a mouth full of pussy.

Oh, I expected Long Dong Duck to enjoy eating "cat" !

Dave, not so much.

ROR !

Those are GREAT Dwayne!

Part Again;
So somehow we've gone from here
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Then here

To the avatar shot of my all time best hunting day ever
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Best mulie for youngest
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Best mulie for eldest
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To here - she got married a week or two after this photo - where did the time go is what I'd be curious to know....
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Anyway thanks for looking all and thanks for the thread participants again.

All the best to you all this year - stay warm.

Dwayne

My first deer kill this year.

Originally Posted by BC30cal

To be continued I guess.

Dwayne

Good morning Dwayne! This pic is priceless! Clearly your young self was a tad mistrustful that the yodel-dog was actually, truly demised...

edited to add... I love the pics of your kids, Dwayne. Watching them grow up seems to take so long, until it's done, and then you wonder where the time went!

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

That, sir, is a HOSS!!!

Shot with an acceptable choice of rifle, too, I noticed just now... what caliber?

Originally Posted by kroo88

That dog needs to work on his sledding skills.........

Great photo's Dwayne, I really like the look on your face in the picture with the coyote.

Rib eye in the sky.

My grandfather, was a Lieutenant (pronounced LEFTenant) in the Machine Gun Corps in the Great War:

Here he is, seated, with his brother Percy. Both men survived the war, in a regiment that suffered 80%+ casualties. My grandfather was wounded twice.

I have my grandfather's collection of medals, which is currently in the shop getting framed. Here's a pic of his service revolver, which resides in my gunsafe and takes an occasional trip to the range...

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Good grief !

.....me too

Maybe we are all three "peter in laws"??

Knowing the rodeo girls, there's a good chance of that...

Yeah. Them gals phugk around like men used to...

Cara Cara.

He's eating the coyote I shot the day before.

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Shot with an acceptable choice of rifle, too, I noticed just now... what caliber?

Thank you, Sir!

Doc, that's a real minty 99DL in .243 Winchester.

Killed many good bucks with it, and my last bull elk with it.

Sadly, a few short years ago, I was having heart trouble, and convinced I wasn't long for this world. I gave that rifle to my brother... Then had my heart procedure and ended up not dying.

At least it's still in the family and used as well as appreciated.

I hate it when this happens.

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Doc, that old pic shows you used to be handsome. What happened?

KRP, did any of those hound men ever hunt with Ben Lilly that you know of?

Mornin' jag,....do you have a copy of this book ?

Originally Posted by DocRocket

My grandfather, was a Lieutenant (pronounced LEFTenant) in the Machine Gun Corps in the Great War:

Here he is, seated, with his brother Percy. Both men survived the war, in a regiment that suffered 80%+ casualties. My grandfather was wounded twice.

I have my grandfather's collection of medals, which is currently in the shop getting framed. Here's a pic of his service revolver, which resides in my gunsafe and takes an occasional trip to the range...

Doc;
Thanks for the reply sir.

The fact that you've got the medals and his service revolver is beyond cool.

Like I said to Don who has the under sheriff's revolver, those type of tangible links to our past - especially as gun folk - are priceless.

Thanks again and have a good one Doc.

Dwayne

I tell folks I have a "hog lease" not a deer lease!

I do luv perforatin' hoglets.

ya!

GWB

Though I have been know to tag a white-tail from time to time!

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

My first deer kill this year.

There's one did not fall in its tracks.

Even tap an exotic now n' then

ya!

GWB

SC, were those pics taken in Texas?

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Doc, that old pic shows you used to be handsome. What happened?

KRP, did any of those hound men ever hunt with Ben Lilly that you know of?

Mornin' jag,....do you have a copy of this book ?

I have read it but dont own a copy, Cross. That is nice.

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Doc, that old pic shows you used to be handsome. What happened?

Two ex wifes.

And GFY.

Originally Posted by BC30cal

Doc;
Thanks for the reply sir.

The fact that you've got the medals and his service revolver is beyond cool.

Like I said to Don who has the under sheriff's revolver, those type of tangible links to our past - especially as gun folk - are priceless.

Thanks again and have a good one Doc.

Dwayne

There's quite a story behind my acquisition of his revolver. Short version is that my dad gave it to me about 20 years ago, at which time it was a rusted hulk. His ex-wife had left it on top of the water softener wrapped in a wet rag... she "hates guns".

I took it to a gunsmith I knew well, a retired USMC armorer, who tore it down and discovered the rust was all on the external surface. Last time it was cleaned, in the early 60's (shortly after the last time it was shot), the owner (Dad), who was/is a graduate engineer and should know better, swabbed the bore and cylinders with 30 weight oil, which is what he happened to have right there at the time. Which basically dried and formed a hard caramelized rust-proof coating on the bore and cylinders, as well as most of the action parts (he drizzled oil down the hammer, he seems to recall...).

Sometimes the doofus thing is the best thing. Just sayin'...

Anyways, my gunsmith buddy, Mike, picked up the ol' Webley and started crooning to it, "You ol' pig, you!" and proceeded to work. He stripped it down, bead-blasted all the parts, then hot blued it. Then decided that didn't look right, so he stripped it down again, bead blasted it back to the white again, and parkerized it. Which he decided "looked right" to him.

Took him the better part of 3 weeks. Then refused to let me pay more than the cost of the Brownell's Parkerizing Kit, because of the gun's provenance.

I loaded up some handloads using cut-down 45 Colt brass and a Lee .452 RNFP bullet, which shoots pretty decently.

Originally Posted by geedubya

Though I have been know to tag a white-tail from time to time!

UH, George... I hate to have ta point it out to ya...

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

My first deer kill this year.

There's one did not fall in its tracks.

No she did not. She actually went back in the direction she came from, except she did it the acrobatic way through the air.

Originally Posted by jaguartx

SC, were those pics taken in Texas?

Yes, last year.

Remington Feb. 2, 2002 - July 5, 2010

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Doc, that old pic shows you used to be handsome. What happened?

KRP, did any of those hound men ever hunt with Ben Lilly that you know of?

Mornin' jag,....do you have a copy of this book ?

Very cool.

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Doc, that old pic shows you used to be handsome. What happened?

KRP, did any of those hound men ever hunt with Ben Lilly that you know of?

Mornin' jag,....do you have a copy of this book ?

Very cool.

Ken Howell gifted me that book,...I had Lilly's .35 WCF here, torn down for a thorough cleaning and service at the time, IIRC.
I'll have to check, I think it's pictured in the book.

Ben Lilly was NUTS.

edited to add, ....that gun was lettered and accompanied by a crapload of docs,....the fella' that acquired it, and brought it here provided the train for the re-make of "the Lone Ranger"
what I'm getting at is Lilly didn't drop it off himself.

GTC

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

My first deer kill this year.

That's some expensive ammo you're using!

I have a copy of that book around here somewheres. I bought it used on Amazon. If you believe half the stuff that Lilly claims he did in that book, he was a freakin' Superman.

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Remington Feb. 2, 2002 - July 5, 2010

He's one good looking Lab.

A stones throw from Canada.......

Originally Posted by DocRocket

[quote=geedubya]Though I have been know to tag a white-tail from time to time!

UH, George... I hate to have ta point it out to ya... [/quote

Tell me, tell me!

ya!

GWB

A cracked bumper on a pickup? What has this world turned into?

Maggie, 7/31/2001 to 4/4/2012

She loved helping with the hogs...

Her favorite, hunting with me in the flooded rice fields of N. Cal...

Her first Ross Goose...

Her last ever duck hunt...

sac, beautiful pal.. What breed, she looks abit like my golden...

Am I recognizing the eye cup on that Marlin's Lyman sight ?

GTC

Waiting to cross the Salmon to hunt chuckar
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My grandfather (on the right) receiving 13 months pay after not seeing the paymaster while fighting in Burma as part of Merril's Mauraders.

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Am I recognizing the eye cup on that Marlin's Lyman sight ?

GTC

close, but no the eye cup went on a Stevens 44 .25-20 - which still need development work on the rifle. The rifle pictured is a Winchester 1907, in .351SL, and the sight came on it.

Hopefully I can hire some people and get loose to visit AZ & give you a couple more projects

Bring em' on !

Williamsport, PA:

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Not Williamsport, PA:

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DocRocket,
I had a liver and white springer myself. Chance was his name and the best pheasant dog I ever owned. He was death on ducks also. There was never any water to cold for him to take a swim in. Thanks for the memories.

Originally Posted by northern_dave

all clear, lets fish!

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Sat dish on the fish shanty? Deluxe!

Originally Posted by ironbender

Originally Posted by northern_dave

all clear, lets fish!

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Sat dish on the fish shanty? Deluxe!

oh you betcha.

our new shack has a self aiming dome dish.

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less set up time, more bobber watching and beer drinking time.

Originally Posted by aalf

Hard part is convincing the bear to get on the gurney.....

Just a day in the life....

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by 1Longbow

DocRocket,
I had a liver and white springer myself. Chance was his name and the best pheasant dog I ever owned. He was death on ducks also. There was never any water to cold for him to take a swim in. Thanks for the memories.

My first gun dog was a Springer....neither one of us knew what we were doing but we sure had fun learning...

Circa 1970

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Originally Posted by FyrepowrX

That public or private water?
Nice stringer..
You've got way to many nice guns..

ya!

GWB

G, the Carhartt beanie on your straw hat is awesome!

Roger, magnificent beard. You're a beautiful man.

I've always wondered how all these custom knife makers stay in business.

Dave

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My first gun dog was a Springer....neither one of us knew what we were doing but we sure had fun learning...

There's an OCEAN of very good dog related quips and quotes out there.
This one here belongs amongst em'

GTC

Found this one at a jobsite this spring!

happy guy!

he don't know it, but payback was a bitch

ya!

GWB

Didn't see him before or during gun and muzzleloader seasons, but caught him afterwards.

Will be looking for his sheds.

Not the best pic but I think he would work!

looks like a good one!

ya!

GWB

You guys are doing a great job of not being kghunty. Let's keep up the good work.

Warm day...

During Texas Axis hunt
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With Finn. Miss her every day.
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7x57Steve

LTPowells mastery

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Roger, The picture of the storm cloud is awesome! Was that taken with a phone or a real camera? Either way fantastic photo.

cousins husband killed this one this season, think i was measured at 198 before drying.
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Originally Posted by AcesNeights

Roger, The picture of the storm cloud is awesome! Was that taken with a phone or a real camera? Either way fantastic photo.

I phone

Originally Posted by SamOlson

G, the Carhartt beanie on your straw hat is awesome!

Roger, magnificent beard. You're a beautiful man.

lol shaved when i started the new job, figured they were going to tell me to anyways. show up for the first well and everyone has a beard. growing it back now.

Originally Posted by stxhunter

Originally Posted by SamOlson

G, the Carhartt beanie on your straw hat is awesome!

Roger, magnificent beard. You're a beautiful man.

lol shaved when i started the new job, figured they were going to tell me to anyways. show up for the first well and everyone has a beard. growing it back now.

X2 on GW's cold weather package!!!

STX, How many times did you get to fish with Jerry Garcia?

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and you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't always pick your friends nose!

ya!

4 things one needs to know to be a plumber

payday is Friday
crap runs downhill
hot is on the left
don't chew your fingernails

ask me how I know!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by Ackleyfan

A stones throw from Canada.......

Id like to kno what that one dressed out at. I you are big, thats a horse.

Originally Posted by geedubya

and you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't always pick your friends nose!

ya!

4 things one needs to know to be a plumber

payday is Friday
crap runs downhill
hot is on the left
don't chew your fingernails

ask me how I know!

ya!

GWB

#5- Don't lick your lips!

Originally Posted by 10gaugemag

back at ya!

Down to tha' bone!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by ironbender

Originally Posted by aalf

Hard part is convincing the bear to get on the gurney.....

That'll learn him from wrassling with ropes and bungee cords........

Originally Posted by stxhunter

Roger, that deer takes my breath away. Was it the one you saw last year.
I need you to send me a pic of those clouds over the gulf.

Great pics. Tell camo hi!

Originally Posted by roundoak

Didn't see him before or during gun and muzzleloader seasons, but caught him afterwards.
Will be looking for his sheds.

Yowzer!!!

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Originally Posted by stxhunter

Roger, that deer takes my breath away. Was it the one you saw last year.
I need you to send me a pic of those clouds over the gulf.

Great pics. Tell camo hi!

no my cousins husband killed that one down in the valley right before Xmas.

Originally Posted by roundoak

Didn't see him before or during gun and muzzleloader seasons, but caught him afterwards.

Will be looking for his sheds.

That is an awesome picture! I'd stick that in a frame.

Crappie fishin

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Doc, that old pic shows you used to be handsome. What happened?

KRP, did any of those hound men ever hunt with Ben Lilly that you know of?

Mornin' jag,....do you have a copy of this book ?

Don't know, I'm sure they heard of each other as they were about the same age. My GGF died from a horse wreck out hunting lion in Smith Canyon west of skull valley, 1915. Lilly was in eastern Az and hadn't been there to long at that time.

My paternal family was in the country Lilly was in, Clifton, Safford, Silver City. They probably knew him but were rancher/farmer/miners.

My GGF Joe Archambeau and his partner Joe Drew were very proficient dog men. They were famous here and When Teddy Roosevelt was president, he asked them to hunt with him on Judge Wheelers ranch in California.

I'm lucky in that I've found many newspaper articles about my GGF and Drew, some pictures in Prescott's museum.

Here's just one excerpt of a typical article.

Joe Drew...

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Originally Posted by Ackleyfan

A stones throw from Canada.......

Id like to kno what that one dressed out at. I you are big, thats a horse.

Never weighed it but it was a big body buck!

had this one on camera 2 years ago with a chunk missing out of his back; i assumed he had expired after he didnt show last year....now he's been coming to one particular feeder every few days, always at night...never a daytime photo.

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Very nice.

From the Amon Carter Museum/Ft. Worth, I took these about 2.5 years ago:

I spotted this big tom when pre-season scouting about 15 years ago:

I shouldn't post this, but it is just too damn funny not to.

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Mer-MAN!

Originally Posted by cwh2

I shouldn't post this, but it is just too damn funny not to.

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Mer-MAN!

That SOB is nuts..

find the almost a dog.

who else can say that at one time they had 3 kids under 2?

who put this schit on my feet?

the dog isn't any bigger the little person in the pink pajamas is....the dog is almost 8 years old now.they are still buddies.

Originally Posted by geedubya

and you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't always pick your friends nose!

ya!

4 things one needs to know to be a plumber

payday is Friday
crap runs downhill
hot is on the left
don't chew your fingernails

ask me how I know!

ya!

GWB

The plumbers that worked for me had a different version.....

"You only need to know three things to be a plumber....
1) Chit runs downhill...
2) Payday's on friday...
3) The boss is an azzhole..."

baking cookies....

Originally Posted by hillestadj

Just a day in the life....

What beer is that?

I love the GB spirit BTW.

fugk you

Originally Posted by Ptarmigan

My great grandfather looking for Pancho Villa just prior to shipping off to WW1.

Great grandfather (on right) at his fish market.

Great grandfather and grandfather at the market 1940s

Grandfather in the USAAF flew "The Hump" as a radioman in C-47s

Loved radios so much he was a life long ham operator

Thanks for sharing those photos Ptarmigan, they tell quite a story.

Originally Posted by kroo88

THAT is why we go in on the trail. I have no interest in swimming horses around deadfall.

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Originally Posted by geedubya

and you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't always pick your friends nose!

ya!

4 things one needs to know to be a plumber

payday is Friday
crap runs downhill
hot is on the left
don't chew your fingernails

ask me how I know!

ya!

GWB

The plumbers that worked for me had a different version.....

"You only need to know three things to be a plumber....
1) Chit runs downhill...
2) Payday's on friday...
3) The boss is an azzhole..."

Another thing we say when running the snake or jetter is don't talk too much!

Originally Posted by 222Rem

Originally Posted by hillestadj

Just a day in the life....

What beer is that?

I love the GB spirit BTW.

Grain Belt - one of the only worthwhile things to come out of Minnesota

ya!

GWB [/quote]

Whats the bottom knife in this pic and where can I get one...

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

My first deer kill this year.

That's some expensive ammo you're using!

$4000.00 worth.

Originally Posted by 10gaugemag

What the hell is that thing?

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Originally Posted by 10gaugemag

What the hell is that thing?

Paddlefish. They are actually reintroducing them to Lake Erie. Ancient, cartilaginous, filter feeder. Usually, they are snagged. I think you can smoke them and eat them. Not sure if the roe is good for caviar, or not.

Originally Posted by stxhunter

Roger, I forgot you made rods. How much for a 12' or 13' surf rod? Is it one piece or two?

Originally Posted by FyrepowrX

had this one on camera 2 years ago with a chunk missing out of his back; i assumed he had expired after he didnt show last year....now he's been coming to one particular feeder every few days, always at night...never a daytime photo.

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It seems a though he learned his lesson not to show up during day light.

My son.

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Originally Posted by stxhunter

Roger, I forgot you made rods. How much for a 12' or 13' surf rod? Is it one piece or two?

the components run any where from 200-300 depending on the blank, guides and reel seat. those fuji three foot guides haven't been made in yrs, it took me a while to find them on the net and they weren't cheap. i've never really built one for someone else, they can be bought at Roys bait and tackle here custom made. they can run anywhere from the 300s to over 500 depending on the wrap, some are a lot more complicated and time consuming. they're one piece since their over 9 ft their expensive to send ups usps etc.

Originally Posted by WyoCoyoteHunter

sac, beautiful pal.. What breed, she looks abit like my golden...

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

My current Toller...

Originally Posted by roundoak

Didn't see him before or during gun and muzzleloader seasons, but caught him afterwards.

Will be looking for his sheds.

Damn!

Originally Posted by benchman

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

Originally Posted by 10gaugemag

What the hell is that thing?

Paddlefish. They are actually reintroducing them to Lake Erie. Ancient, cartilaginous, filter feeder. Usually, they are snagged. I think you can smoke them and eat them. Not sure if the roe is good for caviar, or not.

Yes, the roe makes fantastic caviar. The Russian Mob poaches them out of the lakes along the OK/AR line and sells it as Beluga Sturgeon Caviar.

I've eaten paddlefish caviar twice and both times absolutely loved it.

Ed

SAC…is that a Husqvarna with the warthog… details S.V.P.

This thread is amazing! A lot of great pictures and wonderful memories shared here!
Love the pictures from the turn of the century!

Great photos all.. The old time ones were especially fun..

Originally Posted by gonehuntin

From the Amon Carter Museum/Ft. Worth, I took these about 2.5 years ago:

I love the Amon Carter! Any lover of western art who comes to DFW should make a point of going there to see the amazing collection.

BTW, I bought a paint-on-canvas reproduction of the above painting after I saw it "live" at the Amon Carter a few years ago. I know that some Chinese artist in a sweatshop in Beijing was probably forced by poverty to paint it for pennies, but I love it anyway and hardly ever feel guilty for buying it.

Originally Posted by hillestadj

Originally Posted by 222Rem

Originally Posted by hillestadj

Just a day in the life....

What beer is that?

I love the GB spirit BTW.

Grain Belt - one of the only worthwhile things to come out of Minnesota

Uh, Grain Belt is okay and all, but you're forgetting Minnysoda's Number One product... nordic blondes with bodacious tata's...

How 'bout some pickup truck photos?

Here's our friend Eyeball sittin' in the back of his pickup with his latest GSP and a mess of blue quail...

And here's one of YoungestRocket sighting in what is now her rifle out of the bed of my pickup in 2015...

... and another one of Tiny sittin' the bed of the same pickup with a coupla late December bucks from last season...

Did someone say birds....

Originally Posted by stxhunter

[/quote]the components run any where from 200-300 depending on the blank, guides and reel seat. those fuji three foot guides haven't been made in yrs, it took me a while to find them on the net and they weren't cheap. i've never really built one for someone else, they can be bought at Roys bait and tackle here custom made. they can run anywhere from the 300s to over 500 depending on the wrap, some are a lot more complicated and time consuming. they're one piece since their over 9 ft their expensive to send ups usps etc.

Thanks, I was just wondering. I'll stick with my $150.00 models that I get from the local tackle shop or Cabella's. They get pretty beat up throwing them in and out of the truck.

My fishing hole.

Originally Posted by benchman

Paddlefish. They are actually reintroducing them to Lake Erie. Ancient, cartilaginous, filter feeder. Usually, they are snagged. I think you can smoke them and eat them. Not sure if the roe is good for caviar, or not.

Heck yes it's good for caviar, [b][color:#3333FF]read this...[/color][/b]

Wouldn't surprise me at all if some folks are getting rich on the side off this project.

caught one last spring while we were catfishing ; was a pretty fun fight on a smaller rod...

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had read they are very long-lived fish...

A buddy of mine's side yard in the city.

Great fing thread

Jeepin' Moab

Lady

Abby

Smoke

My first attempt at a hair cut.

Not bad for only having kitchen shears. Not good either.

Not the biggest buck, but he had a cool rack so I shot him with my muzzleloader.

My Dad's last Salmon fishing trip. Catching Silvers off of Seal Rocks, out of Seward, AK.

Ed

The last thing you want to find in your sink when you first get up in the morning!

Ed

Cute little thing!

Jeepin' Nevada/Cali

Snares Work..........

ask me how I know!

ya!

GWB

Not many know about snaring hogs...

I'd use it more here, but there's more deer than hogs wanting in them.

had boar bend 3/4 rebar that was sticking out of the ground 4 inches, bent it almost 90 degree and broke 3/16th stainless cable.

they make deer stops for them.

Originally Posted by stxhunter

had boar bend 3/4 rebar that was sticking out of the ground 4 inches, bent it almost 90 degree and broke 3/16th stainless cable.

they make deer stops for them.

The breaking strength on 3/16" SS cable is around 3700lbs. How do you figure a hog wound up exerting that much pressure on the snare? Rolling around and twisting the cable up in a knot? I'd like to know, I've seen similar things happen with large beaver caught in snares that should have held the beaver and more. Trapped animals sometimes seem to do the impossible.

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Not many know about snaring hogs...

I'd use it more here, but there's more deer than hogs wanting in them.

It's Kind like setting out trot lines for catfish.

The hogs mainly move just before dark thirty and at night. I usually set out 8 to a dozen snares. I put them at holes in the fences where they travel to the spin cast feeders and loop them around a good sized juniper.

We'll hunt in the morning, come in and have breakfast then go run the snares.

Its a rush to ride up to a big ol' boar on the atv.

many times you'll catch them around the chest, hindquarters or hind leg. By time you get there they will be pissed. We'll ride up with either a shotgun or pistol drawn. A 150-200 lb. boar, charging, hitting the end of a 1/8" cable and sunfishing with all four legs in the air will definitely get your blood up!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by SockPuppet

Looks like a bull snake.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Looks like a bull snake.

Yep, a nice healthy one. He was crossing the road when I went out shooting one day last summer.

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by benchman

Paddlefish. They are actually reintroducing them to Lake Erie. Ancient, cartilaginous, filter feeder. Usually, they are snagged. I think you can smoke them and eat them. Not sure if the roe is good for caviar, or not.

Heck yes it's good for caviar, [b][color:#3333FF]read this...[/color][/b]

Wouldn't surprise me at all if some folks are getting rich on the side off this project.

Get caught selling it and it's your azz!!

We snag them here on the Osage River. Fun day when you can snag 6-8 fish that run from 50-70#

Pretty good eating if cleaned right!

More tail gate pix....

Headed home from fishingetting.

What sort of striped dog is the Field Grade?

Originally Posted by aalf

Originally Posted by ironbender

Originally Posted by aalf

Hard part is convincing the bear to get on the gurney.....

That'll learn him from wrassling with ropes and bungee cords........

My then-15 yo daughter's bear. She insisted on doing it all herself, from tying to dragging.

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Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by stxhunter

had boar bend 3/4 rebar that was sticking out of the ground 4 inches, bent it almost 90 degree and broke 3/16th stainless cable.

they make deer stops for them.

The breaking strength on 3/16" SS cable is around 3700lbs. How do you figure a hog wound up exerting that much pressure on the snare? Rolling around and twisting the cable up in a knot? I'd like to know, I've seen similar things happen with large beaver caught in snares that should have held the beaver and more. Trapped animals sometimes seem to do the impossible.

have no idea, i'm pretty sure it was one of two black boars i'd seen crossing there, both were easily over 400# and always traveled together. it tore up everything in a circle around where the snare was set, some small mesquite
trees as well

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

What sort of striped dog is the Field Grade?

Mountain Cur

Trees Cats and sleeps on the foot of the bed....get one...

Trees Coon too despite my protests...

I have been thinking hard about a dog like that.

Could they be used as a coyote dog? Not running them down but for decoys?

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

More tail gate pix....

Okay...

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

What sort of striped dog is the Field Grade?

Mountain Cur

Trees Cats

My kind of hound!

Mt McKinley (aka Denali)
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Who don't like cornbread?
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This was fun.
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For our Canadian friends.
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Selfie.

Dragonflies are flat out COOL.
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Ha! I love corn bread.

This weather has been good for a few things..

The Dually on a P dog trip just outside of Sturgis SD, "Old Grey (250,000 miles and still going) on the Ocean Southampton NY

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

More tail gate pix....

Okay...

Sam;
It would appear that a few of us - at least the geographically western sort of folks - do tailgate photos quite often....

Firewood run on the mountain behind the house. Dodge tailgate
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Same mountain 15 years ago - Ford tailgate
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Much younger me - Toyota tailgate
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Little older me - Ford tailgate
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Older still - Dodge tailgate
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End with the Toyota that took us all over three provinces for a decade.

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Thanks for keeping this up folks and all the best to you in your area Sam.

Dwayne

Nice Dwayne...

I have at least one tailgate picture...

Kent;
That sir, is a dandy bull!

I've been chasing that goal for quite a few seasons and have yet to accomplish it.

All the best to you all sir.

Dwayne

Originally Posted by BC30cal

Kent;
That sir, is a dandy bull!

I've been chasing that goal for quite a few seasons and have yet to accomplish it.

All the best to you all sir.

Dwayne

And to you and yorn...

Kent

Tailgate

Grandson

from today, was able to scratch out our limits on a cloudy windy day... need fish for the Tonto event in a month, couple more trips and I'll have enough. Big ones will start showing up in a couple weeks. Nothing like having a whole lake to yourself.

ya!

GWB

I didn't have a tailgate on the '72 Pinto......

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Don;
Good evening to you sir, hopefully the week's treated you well and you're keeping warm enough as of late.

So inquiring minds want to know what kind of paws/claws that is hanging from the rear view mirror sir?

Thanks in advance and all the best to you.

Dwayne

Originally Posted by huntsman22

I didn't have a tailgate on the '72 Pinto......

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Nice blow dryer....

I seen that, too Dwayne. I had a pair of dice hanging from mine back in the day.

Originally Posted by huntsman22

I didn't have a tailgate on the '72 Pinto......

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sometimes I do

sometimes I don't

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by 78CJ

Did someone say birds....

What's the story on that Parker?

Originally Posted by BC30cal

Don;
Good evening to you sir, hopefully the week's treated you well and you're keeping warm enough as of late.

So inquiring minds want to know what kind of paws/claws that is hanging from the rear view mirror sir?

Thanks in advance and all the best to you.

Dwayne

Texas blue quails feets, of course.

2013 Archery

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

I have been thinking hard about a dog like that.

Could they be used as a coyote dog? Not running them down but for decoys?

Absolutely.....a friend over in WY has a younger sister to my dog that he trained up for decoying....he spent Sept here hunting Wolves so I talked him into doing some Coyote hunting the last day he was here....
I'd never hunted with a decoy dog but holly crap....what a thrilling way to hunt....

Here's a pic of both dogs....first time they'd met but they acted like they were raised together...

Here's the parents....unfortunately the owner doesn't do this breeding any more but if you're interested PM me and I'll point you you to a great Cur Breeder over in NW Nevada....

Field, beautiful dogs... A friend offered me a mountain cur years ago.. Beautiful pup.. I messed up.. Give'em a treat and a pet from us.

Any Philadelphia Flyers fans?

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Originally Posted by BC30cal

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

More tail gate pix....

Okay...

Sam;
It would appear that a few of us - at least the geographically western sort of folks - do tailgate photos quite often....

Firewood run on the mountain behind the house. Dodge tailgate
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Same mountain 15 years ago - Ford tailgate
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Much younger me - Toyota tailgate
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Little older me - Ford tailgate
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Older still - Dodge tailgate
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End with the Toyota that took us all over three provinces for a decade.

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Thanks for keeping this up folks and all the best to you in your area Sam.

Dwayne

Some awfully fine animals there, Dwayne!!

You guys are not only capable outdoorsmen but there's some seriously talented photographers here. This has been a very refreshing break from politics.

Originally Posted by AcesNeights

You guys are not only capable outdoorsmen but there's some seriously talented photographers here. This has been a very refreshing break from politics.

+1 on that!

ya!

GWB

Gotta hear the story on that Martini shotgun GW.

Originally Posted by bubbajay

who else can say that at one time they had 3 kids under 2?

My wife is the middle kid of 3... no twins... and the oldest was under 2 when the youngest was born.

G, rare sight for these parts.

This picture cracks me up. That critter knows exactly what he's doing posing for a selfie with my daughter.

Killin' turtles.

Ed

Originally Posted by stxhunter

had boar bend 3/4 rebar that was sticking out of the ground 4 inches, bent it almost 90 degree and broke 3/16th stainless cable.

they make deer stops for them.

Roger, I had one break 1/8 cable last year and it didnt twist it. Only saw one set of deep tracks... appeared as if the hog reached the end of the cable, dug in hard, and the cable pulled into. New cable...

1/8" galvanized 1x19 2100 lb tensile strength

Prince William Sound

Ed

Originally Posted by SamOlson

G, rare sight for these parts.

Great pic Sam.....either you have some skills or you're dam lucky...
I'm betting it's the former....

Originally Posted by hillestadj

Originally Posted by 222Rem

Originally Posted by hillestadj

Just a day in the life....

What beer is that?

I love the GB spirit BTW.

Grain Belt - one of the only worthwhile things to come out of Minnesota

Thanks! I'd never heard of it, but if I ever see a live Packers home game, I'll be sure to buy some.

Originally Posted by CoalCracker

Any Philadelphia Flyers fans?

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That's cool!

Caribou unit 13

Daughters caribou she got the next day

1st attempt at sheep hunting

Trying to do it JOC style lol

Winter moose hunt unit 20a it was a bit cold

My wife's fish.

Last years elk with a buddy's final hunt. I scored, he should have at 72.

My daughters 1st moose

Oh man the cone of shame and a broke foot

My wife's 1st moose

Great pics

How about hood shots...

350+ bull hitch hiking...

13 y.o. niece getting her first taste of 4 wheeling...

Keep those windows rolled up, a lapfull isn't pleasant...

Grandkids knives when they get old enough.

Damn women are bossy when fishing...

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Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by 78CJ

Did someone say birds....

What's the story on that Parker?

Winchester Reproduction in 20 Gauge, had a tremendous amount of Cast Off when I got it and being a lefty I was really bummed. Almost sent it down the road until I found out about a guy in MA. that is a master at bending stocks. It is one of my favorites now.

My Great Uncle Fred Ralph Jr., with a Lake Erie Lake Sturgeon. Sometime around 1940.

Originally Posted by SamOlson

G, rare sight for these parts.

Here's what that looks like in the snow.

A few years back with my Toller's

A couple from Kodiak

Has anybody PM'ed Safariman about this thread? Surely he has some great pics to share. Maybe another ass-shot bear or his wife lounging in her bikini.

Tail gate pictures.

I'm sitting on the beach one day. A 16 year old kid comes driving up in Mommy's new Jeep. He's got a car load of chicks. Too lazy to take the air out of his tires, so he's running the schit out of it and getting stuck along the way. He parks next to me and smoke starts coming out from under the hood. I start digging for my fire extinguisher. I tell him to pop the hood. He says he doesn't know how. So I tell my son to get it. He reaches in and pops the hood and runs around front to open it. Right then, flames shoot out of the engine compartment. He jumps back and says, "I'm out!". That's when I abandoned ship and moved my truck.

An hour later, you wouldn't have known anything happened.

My brother and I about 7 years ago. I'm the pretty one on the right. This is the first pic that made me think I was one of the old guys! 190 pounds, with a 700 bench, in this pic. 174 and about 500 now...

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

Has anybody PM'ed Safariman about this thread? Surely he has some great pics to share. Maybe another ass-shot bear or his wife lounging in her bikini.

Ass shot bear maybe, but my eyes are best served by not seeing his wife in the bikini again. K9

Originally Posted by 78CJ

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by 78CJ

Did someone say birds....

What's the story on that Parker?

Winchester Reproduction in 20 Gauge, had a tremendous amount of Cast Off when I got it and being a lefty I was really bummed. Almost sent it down the road until I found out about a guy in MA. that is a master at bending stocks. It is one of my favorites now.

Beauty shotgun! Were they done by Miroku?

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

I'm sitting on the beach one day. A 16 year old kid comes driving up in Mommy's new Jeep. He's got a car load of chicks. Too lazy to take the air out of his tires, so he's running the schit out of it and getting stuck along the way. He parks next to me and smoke starts coming out from under the hood. I start digging for my fire extinguisher. I tell him to pop the hood. He says he doesn't know how. So I tell my son to get it. He reaches in and pops the hood and runs around front to open it. Right then, flames shoot out of the engine compartment. He jumps back and says, "I'm out!". That's when I abandoned ship and moved my truck.

An hour later, you wouldn't have known anything happened.

Hah! Gotta love Jeep/Dodge!

Shot this boar last night.

Nice cutters!

Originally Posted by MadMooner

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

I'm sitting on the beach one day. A 16 year old kid comes driving up in Mommy's new Jeep. He's got a car load of chicks. Too lazy to take the air out of his tires, so he's running the schit out of it and getting stuck along the way. He parks next to me and smoke starts coming out from under the hood. I start digging for my fire extinguisher. I tell him to pop the hood. He says he doesn't know how. So I tell my son to get it. He reaches in and pops the hood and runs around front to open it. Right then, flames shoot out of the engine compartment. He jumps back and says, "I'm out!". That's when I abandoned ship and moved my truck.

An hour later, you wouldn't have known anything happened.

Hah! Gotta love Jeep/Dodge!

These are two of my 2005 Freightliners (Daimler Chrysler products) in 2013. It happened in the middle of night. They think the boom truck had an electrical problem and got the ball rolling.

The boom truck looked just like this one. The flatbed was only one number from it on the VIN.

FL Sunset:

Old Side by Side 28 gauge:

LadySlipper:

The Hunting Shack:

This has been an excellent thread - the variety and flavor of these photos - which show a lot of history, memories and personalities. I feel fortunate to have lived in the beautiful US Southwest, but was born/raised in the industrial east on the Delaware River. Quite a contrast to the wonderful western US.

The OP started with a photo of where he worked as a kid. As a kid, I worked in a Sun Oil refinery and a Scott Paper manufacturing plant, as pictured below.
Sunoco Refinery 1950s

Scott Paper Factory

But got some learning done, married a fabulous girl, raised a bunch of daughters, and eventually got to where we live.

This makes a winter afternoon fly by.. Deflave, an excellent idea.. Thanks..

Hard at work, 1978. 2nd from the right, front row.

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Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Shot this boar last night.

Nice cutters!

That's a goodun, alright!

Originally Posted by Oldman03

Originally Posted by rockinbbar

Shot this boar last night.

Nice cutters!

That's a goodun, alright!

with the air rifle.

Originally Posted by stxhunter

with the air rifle.

Yessir.

.357 Benjamin Bulldog. About 80-85 yards.

Hit him behind the ear with 145gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip.

Originally Posted by krp

Damn women are bossy when fishing...

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precious little 'uns!
and a rip-roarin' bronc pulling the wagon!

Grandfathers grave. Never met him as he was hit by a drunk driver in Duluth the night before his B-Day.

My hometown:

Originally Posted by stxhunter

with the air rifle.

He's pretty salty with that bb gun...

Originally Posted by 7mmMato

Chris Ledoux was a big influence on me back in my bucking horse days.

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by stxhunter

with the air rifle.

He's pretty salty with that bb gun...

i've shot it, its a accurate son of a bitch.

Fantastic thread guys,,,,

GreatWapiti;
Good afternoon sir, I trust all is well in your world.

Since you started a coastal, lighthouse sorta theme - the oldest lighthouse on our BC coast.
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Smuggler's Cove up near Half Moon Bay
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Cannon Beach OR - I believe it is anyway.
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Sunset off south Kehei Maui - eldest saluting the sunset with a happy dance that we're out of the Canuck winter.
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Howe Sound from the top of the tram at Squamish.
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Great thread again all - thanks much for making the cold weekend pass more pleasantly.

Dwayne

How about an inland lighthouse from Texas! The bluebonnets are just a bonus!!
Also a few wildflower photos from last spring.

Sanibel:

ya!

GWB

My buddy Rick with an Idaho spot and stalk bear from a couple years ago.

A few from back before I became a fat retired guy...😂

Geedubya, at first glance that last picture appeared to violate the title of this thread! I've never hunted hogs or butchered them, do you keep the nuts for frying?

Lousy picture, but good eats (cioppino).

Originally Posted by DHN

Geedubya, at first glance that last picture appeared to violate the title of this thread! I've never hunted hogs or butchered them, do you keep the nuts for frying?

nah'

I just cut em' loose and throw em over my left shoulder for good luck!

ya!

GWB

Two that didn't make it.
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Yes, it's West Texas.
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Heather got her buck.
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Gee, you certain have some awesome knives and rifles..

Nice buck!!

I want to know where to get one of those 'big ol hats'

Kent

Originally Posted by WyoCoyoteHunter

Gee, you certain have some awesome knives and rifles..

Nice buck!!

ya!

mebbe' if I'd quit

buying them dang rifles n' knives

I could afford to hunt sumpin' other than them blamed hoglets

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by krp

I want to know where to get one of those 'big ol hats'

Kent

Here ya go!

Sunbody Hats

http://www.sunbody.com/index.cfm/product/429/6-inch-brim-low-crown-gus-hat-guat-std-palm.cfm

be sure and get your's with the stampede loop. Comes in handy if you're haulin azz down the trail on a horse or ATV, and it flies off your noggin. The loop is adjustable under your chin and you won't have to go back and pick it up!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by GreatWaputi

My buddy Rick with an Idaho spot and stalk bear from a couple years ago.

Good looking bear, spring bear hunting is one of the nicest hunts anywhere.

Originally Posted by HughW

Great picture, hunting moose in the snow is lots of fun

Originally Posted by geedubya

Originally Posted by krp

I want to know where to get one of those 'big ol hats'

Kent

Here ya go!

Sunbody Hats

http://www.sunbody.com/index.cfm/product/429/6-inch-brim-low-crown-gus-hat-guat-std-palm.cfm

be sure and get your's with the stampede loop. Comes in handy if you're haulin azz down the trail on a horse or ATV, and it flies off your noggin. The loop is adjustable under your chin and you won't have to go back and pick it up!

ya!

GWB

Cool! thanks.

Kent

My first fish on a fly (5wt rod)--24" rainbow.

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On a 26" carp.

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Nice pics Steve!

Originally Posted by 78CJ

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by 78CJ

Did someone say birds....

What's the story on that Parker?

Winchester Reproduction in 20 Gauge, had a tremendous amount of Cast Off when I got it and being a lefty I was really bummed. Almost sent it down the road until I found out about a guy in MA. that is a master at bending stocks. It is one of my favorites now.

She's a beaut.

Originally Posted by deflave

EDC?

Originally Posted by 358Norma_fan

No offense, but that one ol boy looks like he's trying to convince the bear to suck his dick.

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

Originally Posted by deflave

EDC?

I don't know what that means.

Dave

Everyday carry. Usually a gun and a pocketknife or the like.

After months of saving paper route money, my first purchase...Remington Nylon 66...first woodchuck in 1969... fast forward 41 years later...still use it today however can't quite see the iron sites the way I used to

Proof that money spent on guns is a great investment!

Bolt action 410, don't still have that but my 22 was a old model 15 stevens I still have, I remember my dad buying it and another at a swap meet for 5 bucks each.

Killed hundreds of rabbits, brother and I would take turns driving the tractor through the orange groves, leaning on the fender and shooting running rabbits from a bouncy tire... and seldom missing.

I feel sorry for kids now days and what they miss.

Kent

My granddaughter shooting that same M15... I said she could make her own target, put a dot and a circle...

No, I want a zombie...

A zombie? where do you see those?

On TV, I want to shoot a zombie.

Ok, draw one...

Kent

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

Everyday carry. Usually a gun and a pocketknife or the like.

Oh. You were making a funny. I get it now.

LMAO.

And truth be told those guns in the pic are rarely very far away from me.

Bad ass, EQ.

First time shooting.

And yes, it just occurred to me they they were not wearing safety glasses.

Fail on my part. I was not taught that way, and never think about it.

Next time.

Oh, by the way, the wife's spare yoga mat makes a fine shooting mat.

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

And yes, it just occurred to me they they were not wearing safety glasses.

Fail on my part. I was not taught that way, and never think about it.

Next time.

That's okay... I think the other guy noticed this was a Kghunt Free Zone, and left the room.

Only time I would make my kids wear the safety glasses is if we were shooting metal targets, or another place where direct ricochets were an actual risk.

Neither one of my dogs can pass any kind of pipe without further investigation...

Az. Cypress, grown here from seed

The little guy in the foreground's now over 4'

Shelter belt / erosion / more shade for the Quail control a bornin'

A minute or two ago

Right you are rocknbbar...here is another example...One of my earlier handgun purchases

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An old friend, Ike. Died a couple days after picture was taken at 27 years. Best cow horse I ever owned.

Originally Posted by EQFD193

Right you are rocknbbar...here is another example...One of my earlier handgun purchases

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Being the sport that I am, I'm prepared to offer you your money back, should you chose to sell that Python...

1948 8N Ford with a Wagner loader.

From a life-time ago, before I went broke the first time!

Lost most of my old pix in two different floods.

Happened to find these a while back in an old sales folder I carried when I went to see folks...............

top picture was taken so long ago I still had hair on my head aka "what hasn' turned gray, turned loose". Must have been cutting a piece of 24" or so pipe for a job!

Did steel fab, custom bolting assemblies and could thread and bend 4140 round bar to 4" diameter. Worked with lathes, saws, OBI presses, benders grinders, screw machines. Did it for over 10 years and managed to escape with all my limbs, fingers and toes still attached.

Sent anchor bolts and bolting assemblies all over the world.

those were the days!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by mack5511

Grandfathers grave. Never met him as he was hit by a drunk driver in Duluth the night before his B-Day.

My hometown:

That last one looks like my grandads deer gun, octogon barrel marlin 25-20 which i have, Mack.

Originally Posted by lynntelk

Two that didn't make it.
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Yes, it's West Texas.
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Heather got her buck.
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Iraan-Bakersfield area, Lynn?

Originally Posted by geedubya

Originally Posted by DHN

Geedubya, at first glance that last picture appeared to violate the title of this thread! I've never hunted hogs or butchered them, do you keep the nuts for frying?

nah'

I just cut em' loose and throw em over my left shoulder for good luck!

ya!

GWB

That last pic of the knives
second knife
Tell about that one, like to find one just like it. Love that drop point.

Who ever asked about GWB's hat, lots for sale in Tx at westernware stores.

I don't need to post any pics. as I have seen 3 that I took and was posted by others.

Originally Posted by gerrygoat

Probably not the same one, but that bridge looks very familiar!!

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Originally Posted by jaguartx

Originally Posted by lynntelk

Two that didn't make it.
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Yes, it's West Texas.
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Heather got her buck.
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Iraan-Bakersfield area, Lynn?

First one was South Texas.
Second one was west of Toyah.
Last one was around Bakersfield.

Gonhuntin, Was that picture from the bridge of the bear taken on POW?

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

Originally Posted by 358Norma_fan

No offense, but that one ol boy looks like he's trying to convince the bear to suck his dick.

That would be tough, because I don't think she has one.
That couple had balls of steel. Stood there like statues while the bear wandered around them and then sat down and enjoyed the sun for a few.

Myself, I like old knives and somewhat different, yet user friendly.

Kent

Originally Posted by krp

Myself, I like old knives and somewhat different, yet user friendly.

Kent

10/4

I find that I can take apart/make quick work out of just about anything I need with this kit!

ya!

GWB

This is a pic of my youngest daughter holding my dads hand as he was dying.

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Originally Posted by AcesNeights

Gonhuntin, Was that picture from the bridge of the bear taken on POW?

No, but it is in Alaska. Can't remember the name of the island but I do know it is uninhabited....bridge was built for logging.

Awesome work!!!!

Originally Posted by Wtxj

That last pic of the knives
second knife
Tell about that one, like to find one just like it. Love that drop point.

If those are the two, TK Steingass an ABA Master Smith made that set. IIRC the steel is 154CPM and the scales are presentation desert Ironwood.

He is an active maker and posts knives for sale quite often on BladeForums. That is where I found this set. He can also be contacted by e-mail via his website.

I have been fortunate enough to acquire several of his knives.

My first, which I took in trade, and piqued my interest in his knives.

This Alaskan Clay Skinner, which he said was first "Clay Skinner" he made.

and this set of RW Lovesless "lamb" repros!

he is currently making a "Blue Bayou" which can be seen on his website. He told me he has a "killer" set of died giraffe bone scales that will work well with the blue tempered blade.

ya!

GWB

Four years here!!

Originally Posted by geedubya

Originally Posted by Wtxj

That last pic of the knives
second knife
Tell about that one, like to find one just like it. Love that drop point.

If those are the two, TK Steingass an ABA Master Smith made that set. IIRC the steel is 154CPM and the scales are presentation desert Ironwood.

He is an active maker and posts knives for sale quite often on BladeForums. That is where I found this set. He can also be contacted by e-mail via his website.

I have been fortunate enough to acquire several of his knives.

My first, which I took in trade, and piqued my interest in his knives.

This Alaskan Clay Skinner, which he said was first "Clay Skinner" he made.

and this set of RW Lovesless "lamb" repros!

he is currently making a "Blue Bayou" which can be seen on his website. He told me he has a "killer" set of died giraffe bone scales that will work well with the blue tempered blade.

ya!

GWB

Have his site bookmarked.
Thanks

Originally Posted by vacrt2002

Four years here!!

You shooting at the dorms?

Nice pics, I enjoy them

...surely no ghunts on this field...

West side of Little Round top in background assaulted by Confederate American Forces.

Plum run stream and the Valley of Death are at the base of the hill coming toward you, to this monument on Houcks Ridge next to the Devils Den.

Originally Posted by GonHuntin

Originally Posted by gerrygoat

Probably not the same one, but that bridge looks very familiar!!

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We are just inland from the southern tip of the Alaskan panhandle, it looks like they build bridges the same way over the border

Been a while since this one has had a vehicle across.

Same hunt different valley..............

Originally Posted by antlers

This is a pic of my youngest daughter holding my dads hand as he was dying.

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Wow. Powerful.

Originally Posted by ironbender

Originally Posted by antlers

This is a pic of my youngest daughter holding my dads hand as he was dying.

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Wow. Powerful.

One of the toughest things to do as well.

Posted most of these previously at times.

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Kid's first grouse taken with a tiny MP camera
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Same kid but a little older
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Older yet

Family at the Joisey shore New years Eve
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Originally Posted by MadMooner

Originally Posted by 78CJ

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by 78CJ

Did someone say birds....

What's the story on that Parker?

Winchester Reproduction in 20 Gauge, had a tremendous amount of Cast Off when I got it and being a lefty I was really bummed. Almost sent it down the road until I found out about a guy in MA. that is a master at bending stocks. It is one of my favorites now.

Beauty shotgun! Were they done by Miroku?

No, it was an independent plant from what I understand that gave up the ghost when they landed an automotive contract.

Someone say 20 below hood shots?

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Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Oh, by the way, the wife's spare yoga mat makes a fine shooting mat.

I had something smartassed to say, but I'm keeping it to myself.

I really like doubles, this one we dubbed "Curly"

I'd call her Wavy, but she's a beaut by any name. Nice cast off too.

Originally Posted by LeroyBeans

I'd call her Wavy, but she's a beaut by any name. Nice cast off too.

Actually, you can't see the cheek piece, these were built for left eye dominant, right handed shooters....

Dad's public land Michigan Elk

My then 11 month old son on a dove hunt.

Me and the boy with a decent bucket mouth we caught on a PopR while I was holding him and working the plug.

Driving Great Grandad's Ford Workmaster.

19lb gobbler with a 10" beard we went and gathered up for Thanksgiving one evening. We didn't shoot the dinosaur but he had to come with us on the hunt.

Originally Posted by 78CJ

I really like doubles, this one we dubbed "Curly"

That's some cast...

Driving the loader at Dad's work

Momma with her first channel cat

Bait!

Hunting ditch parrots in SD is no place for sissies when it's 3deg out.

And blowing sleet.

Frosty whiskers in the bird fields of the frozen north.

Double automaticed some cocks, yes 7 1/2s work as do 2s, 4s, 5s, and 6s.

Bundled up hunting a Christmas tree at the farm.

Found one!

Originally Posted by TheKid

Driving the loader at Dad's work

Momma with her first channel cat

Bait!

Hunting ditch parrots in SD is no place for sissies when it's 3deg out.

And blowing sleet.

Gave up on AK ?? That's too bad you will be missed

Snuck a shot of my dad while we were welding end plates on some beams at work. Lots of iron in a 60' chunk of 12"x 54# a foot beam.

Root, fill, and cap

Unlucky coyote caught a 120 Sierra from my 7TCU.

Originally Posted by 79S

Originally Posted by TheKid

Driving the loader at Dad's work

Momma with her first channel cat

Bait!

Hunting ditch parrots in SD is no place for sissies when it's 3deg out.

And blowing sleet.

Gave up on AK ?? That's too bad you will be missed

10 years was enough for me and 20 was plenty for the wife. We had lots of good times and great adventures but decided it was time to get to somewhere a little cheaper to live and a little closer to family. Left lots of great friends that we miss but we'll be back to visit.

Kid

Back in Oklahoma??

Going to be doing any gunsmithing??

Yep back in SWOK
Working in a metal fab shop building mining equipment right now
Kinda waiting on the whole ITAR mess to level out to see about gunsmithing a little part time. I needed a break from it anyway.

Originally Posted by TheKid

Originally Posted by 79S

Originally Posted by TheKid

Driving the loader at Dad's work

Momma with her first channel cat

Bait!

Hunting ditch parrots in SD is no place for sissies when it's 3deg out.

And blowing sleet.

Gave up on AK ?? That's too bad you will be missed

10 years was enough for me and 20 was plenty for the wife. We had lots of good times and great adventures but decided it was time to get to somewhere a little cheaper to live and a little closer to family. Left lots of great friends that we miss but we'll be back to visit.

I hear you I told my wife when I get me a big brown bear then we can leave.. cause god knows I will never be able to afford to hunt one as a non resident.. Then we will probably call Idaho home..

.22-250 & young coyote..

Kid, it looks like that youngster is getting a fine upbringing. Good job!

Thanks. He is our first and due to reasons beyond our control he'll probably be our only child. He is the happiest, easiest, and most fun kid in the world. He's always happy, eats anything, and learns stuff like I can't believe. Great plus to moving is that he gets to grow up within a mile of my folks, my Dad's brothers, my grandparents, and two aunts. Farm is 4mi east of town and the ranch is 9 miles west so he'll have room to roam too.

I don't know how I got by all those years without him now.

This is it!

You can't get any more pfukh you into one picture!

This is it!

Originally Posted by jimy

This is it!

Killer picture. Who is it? Viet Nam?

That be Dan...

Dan came to AZ and had to stay in my trailer with Darby and ScottF, I slept outside on those straw bales... I don't think he ever recovered.

Kent

Oldies

New rifle at 1200

Decent view

IIRC this was either late August or early September. When I left camp, it was around 6:30 PM. It was 106 degrees F, when I rode out, so I dressed accordingly. I made my first set and called in 3 greys in about 10 minutes. Shot 3 and one dropped in the middle of prickly pear cactus and catclaw. No thanks. I grabbed these two. I'm surprised they didn't wind me as I don't think I'd bathed in 3 or 4 days and prolly smelled like carrion.

Maybe they just didn't notice me in my "old white guy" cammo.

ya!

GWB

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Friends Grandfather

Originally Posted by krp

Dan came to AZ and had to stay in my trailer with Darby and ScottF, I slept outside on those straw bales... I don't think he ever recovered.

Kent

Nope, I surely haven't. Not that there was a lot to recover.

Originally Posted by geedubya

IIRC this was either late August or early September. When I left camp, it was around 6:30 PM. It was 106 degrees F, when I rode out, so I dressed accordingly. I made my first set and called in 3 greys in about 10 minutes. Shot 3 and one dropped in the middle of prickly pear cactus and catclaw. No thanks. I grabbed these two. I'm surprised they didn't wind me as I don't think I'd bathed in 3 or 4 days and prolly smelled like carrion.

Maybe they just didn't notice me in my "old white guy" cammo.

ya!

GWB

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I'm thinking it was the OD Crocs.

Originally Posted by deflave

You stealing pictures off of people's photobucket accts again??

Yep.

Originally Posted by deflave

Your sisters hot.

Almost died here.

Twice.

But didn't.

You're welcome.

Carbon footprint...

Kent

Brother came over to see my first archery buck, middle 80s.

Kent

Kid's granddad from New Zealand visiting last spring.

Originally Posted by kingston

Your sisters hot.

She's also a kghunt.

Old one. I'm the handsome little maf'q in the red flannel. The GSP named "brownie" lived long enough that I killed my first rooster over him.

Best DICK rifle known to man, BDL in 17 Rem

Jake

Grandpa on the right, my mom in the middle . Bear Lake ID

Originally Posted by deflave

Almost died here.

Twice.

But didn't.

You're welcome.

Is that your route you use to smuggle cigarettes into Canada??

Originally Posted by 79S

Originally Posted by deflave

Almost died here.

Twice.

But didn't.

You're welcome.

Is that your route you use to smuggle cigarettes into Canada??

...little blue pills into MT.

Can SOMEBODY that isn't not-sober please take me at least a little seriously???

Originally Posted by deflave

Can SOMEBODY that isn't not-sober please take me at least a little seriously???

Gunwizard used to take you serious ....

Dad and shad, Umpqua river

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Boy and bull. Boy was one, bull was 3 1/2.

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Two bulls on a meat pole, Odell lake.

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Boy's first buck.

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Guests on the deck.

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P

Poor dumb bastard packed out most of my elk while I cut it up

Back when I thought I was a pheasant farmer

Bunch of drunks

Boy with dinner.

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Twin 4x4 bulls, opening day, Mt. Washington Wilderness area

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Boy with a nice black rockfish.

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Tagged out on bulls.

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Dad with beeg feeesh

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P

Originally Posted by Stricks

SAC…is that a Husqvarna with the warthog… details S.V.P.

It is. Was my grandfathers (mothers dad), he gave it to my dad, who gave it to me.

Karnis did some work on the stock...If I have to get rid of every rifle but one, it is the one that stays.

Originally Posted by NVhntr

Jeepin' Moab

Never done Moab, but hoping to get the Green Machine done for it....

Me and the new bride a week ago Saturday in the middle of a snow storm at our home after 6 happy, painless, fun years together....Definitely better the second time around

!!!

Originally Posted by EQFD193

Me and the new bride a week ago Saturday in the middle of a snow storm at our home after 6 happy, painless, fun years together....Definitely better the second time around

!!!

Congratulations!

Beautiful woman! I wish you and her the best.

Thanks rockinbbar !!

Originally Posted by EQFD193

Me and the new bride a week ago Saturday in the middle of a snow storm at our home after 6 happy, painless, fun years together....Definitely better the second time around

!!!

WOW she's lucky

she's lovely ladie congrats

This is my daughter's cat. She will absolutely not tolerate kghunty behavior of any kind:
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Hole in one!!

Par 3

153 Yds

8 Iron

Lodestone Golf Club - MD

1950s popcorn maker.

Kent

Camp breakfast. Of course the eggs were cooked in the grease after removing the sausage.

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I had "Good Old DW" sit down on the beach next to me and the wife one day.

What is that in the second picture?

Originally Posted by SockPuppet

What is that in the second picture?

I'd like to say it is the gutpile from a huge Roosevelt bull elk but reality is that is unknown fresh intestines washed up on the beach at Lincoln City, OR. I'd guess whale but don't know what gutted it. That is a ball cap for size reference.

In my old age it seems that I shoot much more with a camera than a rifle..............

ya!

GWB

Some of the locals

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by sactoller

Originally Posted by NVhntr

Jeepin' Moab

Never done Moab, but hoping to get the Green Machine done for it....

Do it!
The scenery alone is worth it.
The rock crawling is gravy.

Hang'em high.

Back yard Whitetail

Wolf dropped a dollar

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Back yard Whitetail

How did you teach him to lay on the table so calmly?

Originally Posted by kingston

Originally Posted by stxhunter

Originally Posted by SamOlson

G, the Carhartt beanie on your straw hat is awesome!

Roger, magnificent beard. You're a beautiful man.

lol shaved when i started the new job, figured they were going to tell me to anyways. show up for the first well and everyone has a beard. growing it back now.

X2 on GW's cold weather package!!!

STX, How many times did you get to fish with Jerry Garcia?

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lol my hair was short there use to be down to my waist till i was 45.

Originally Posted by SockPuppet

Camp breakfast. Of course the eggs were cooked in the grease after removing the sausage.

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All right, cowboy fries.

Originally Posted by FieldGrade

Nice pair of hooters

my mom a yr and ad half before she died and my grandson....

Great thread.. Excellent idea Deflave!!

My oldest son married this boy's mom when he was 11. Fast forward six months..............

He had never hunted before. We took him to the range several times before his first hunt.

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My grandson Jacob on his 12th birthday with his first deer. He used my Kimber Montana in 260 Rem, and nailed this doe at 120 yds.

He turned 20 on Jan 3rd.

I had Todd Thayn of Thayn Custom Knives make knives for my two sons, son-in-law and Jacob for their Christmas Present.

Here he is last Saturday with his buck

Once again he was using a 6.5mm cartridge. This time it was a Ruger American Rifle chambered for the 6.5 Creedmoore.

Not too shabby of a belated birthday present.

My son told me that they had to hit the knife with a steel a couple times, but skinned six deer with it!

ya!

GWB

devil and my youngest son, he's 20 now

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my mother and i, a week before she passed.

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http://vid26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/MVI_3285_zpsc676d365.mp4

http://vid26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/MVI_3279_zpsa4bb39f0.mp4

http://vid26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/MVI_1693.mp4

The vids were awesome!

From the BTE archives.

Full circle.

'84

'87

'89

'01

'04

'06

'10

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'13

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kids last college game

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My first deer(s), there are no pictures or racks, the oldtimers just threw the heads to the dogs and let them drag'm off, I remember some narly headed kaibab racks they didn't give a hoot about... Anyway my first buck was my biggest muley... he was good eats and chitted out fine.

First pictured buck, spined him and he screamed like a woman.

second biggest buck

last buck

Originally Posted by HughW

A few years back with my Toller's

They are hell on wheels on pheasants!

My first Toller loved the ditch chickens as much as ducking!

Originally Posted by huntsman22

I'd like to get that ol' snag drunk and listen to it talk about 200-300 years ago.

Cool pic

Don has gnarly wood.

She need a cleanse.

Ran a good after 'dat.

A John Deere rifle?!

Nice!

Originally Posted by SamOlson

A John Deere rifle?!

Nice!

Lovin' it...

Dave

Originally Posted by deflave

She need a cleanse.
Ran a good after 'dat.

Mike Cock's flickr account has some nice firearms..

I should go take a picture of the Edsel.

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by huntsman22

huntsman;
Top of the morning to you Don, I trust this finds you well and warm sir.

I wanted to say thanks for sharing some of your photos with us, I always enjoy them and along with so many others here it's making a grand thread.

Anyway we've got a sink dwelling model too - who knew it was a trans border ailment in felines?
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Non sink model - this is the one who works for a living around our place.
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Pagan fire worship goin' on
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Kids bungee jumping
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Family on a jet boat tour up the Green River out of Pemberton.
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I see that's all the bandwidth one post will absorb. We'll check in later on - but all the best to you this week.

Dwayne

From a couple of my tree stands.

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

From a couple of my tree stands.

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back at ya!

and what I shot a few minutes later..........

+/- 270 yds. later..............

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by HughW

Ok...that's bad ass.

Originally Posted by BOWHUNR

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the 2 photos that showed as links !

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

From a couple of my tree stands.

some from our stands....

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LOL!

Originally Posted by FyrepowrX

[quote=StoneCutter]From a couple of my tree stands.

Same stand, earlier fall;

Bow Stand views;

more from the stand

moon coming up in the PM

moon going down in the AM

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by Rogue

Appreciate your service sir!

Chris also!

Best to youse guys!

ya!

GWB

The U.S. Soldier in the front of that picture died three months later.

A true warrior.

View from my cockpit in OIF I.

John

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Dug the hell out of having you guys around.

Somewhere just N of Raton, NM.

Friend of mine - about a week after he was rear-ended on his bike:

Hondo, as an Alaskan would say, I wouldn't want to be a thang!

These are nasty.

100 yards, there are 4 in the top group.

NEF slug gun!

AKA, the spot remover!

Hill Country Wind Chimes

ya!

GWB

Geedubya, how high are some of those "stands"?

They look like towers to me.

Originally Posted by antlers

I really like this pic. Beautiful!

twofish

Thanks. I was headed down the South Kaibab at 5 o'clock in the morning by moonlight.

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The Bleeding Table, the mysterious dude, and a Knight & Hale turkey call???

Great pic Gee.

Originally Posted by antlers

Wondering how many ancestors of the past took refuge from the sun under that rock over the last few millenia?

Fishing the Ural River.

Boating the Chobe River.

Buzzing around in Hwange.

Originally Posted by sactoller

Originally Posted by HughW

A few years back with my Toller's

They are hell on wheels on pheasants!

My first Toller loved the ditch chickens as much as ducking!

Agreed the two older Tollers seem to like upland a bit more than a duck shoot --- by the level of excitement when the shotgun comes out and they get loaded in the truck.

Escorts getting gas (to be fair, the VF-41 Tomcat has a TARPS pod so we were escorting them too on photo recon.

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Wet 1 low level route western Saudia Arabia

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Me at about 12 in a replica of the Ben Epps pusher.

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For the dog lovers

Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad

Geedubya, how high are some of those "stands"?

They look like towers to me.

Typically 15' to 17' eye height

GWB

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Reminds me of a pup I had!

Reminds me of tears running down my cheeks. Ouch!

Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444

Originally Posted by antlers

Wondering how many ancestors of the past took refuge from the sun under that rock over the last few millenia?

I wonder the same kinda stuff when I'm there.

Speaking of food...........

In Tejas, the following is a sure-fire way to secure funds for buying firearms. Just find an intersection and get with the program

Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert after crossing into the United States , wandering aimlessly and starving. They are about to just lie down and wait for death, when all of a sudden Luis says.........
"Hey Pepe, do you smell what I smell. Ees bacon, I theenk."

"Si, Luis, eet sure smells like bacon.
"
With renewed hope they struggle up the next sand dune, & there, in the distance, is a tree loaded with bacon.

There's raw bacon, there's fried bacon, back bacon, double smoked bacon ... Every imaginable kind of cured pork.

"Pepe, Pepe, we ees saved. Ees a bacon tree."

"Luis, maybe ees a meerage? We ees in the desert don't forget."

"Pepe, since when deed you ever hear of a meerage that smell like bacon...ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree."

And with that, Luis staggers towards the tree. He gets to within 5 metres, Pepe crawling close behind, when suddenly a machine gun opens up, and Luis drops like a wet sock. Mortally wounded, he warns Pepe with his dying breath,

"Pepe... Go back man, you was right, ees not a bacon tree!"

"Luis, Luis MI amigo... What ees it? "

"Pepe.. Ees not a bacon tree. Ees

Ees

Ees

Ees

Ees a ham bush...."

JAPPFT,

GWB

My honey holes in the hills of Virginny...

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Great stuff guys!

This is so much more enjoyable than doing what I should be doing!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by Alamosa

Love this pic.

Originally Posted by tzone

Originally Posted by HughW

Ok...that's bad ass.

Thats one for the wall, the photo for sure! WOuld love to have a copy of that.

Hey, when do we see some pics of the new pupperoo ?

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Originally Posted by Alamosa

Love this pic.

One of the best EVER !

Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Originally Posted by DocRocket

Originally Posted by Alamosa

Love this pic.

One of the best EVER !

Thanks. I don't think the day will come when I don't miss that dog.

I did not realize the BHO Presidential Library was being built in Texas. It appears to be a two room deal. I went to the club and realized it was finished. I did not get to take the tour.

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Someone put this on a buddy of mines dumpster in DC no less.

Somewhere in New Mexico

ya!

GWB

She lived around my house for a couple of years. You didn't see her much with the rest of the herd. She got hit by a car one winter when we had a lot of snow cover. She was too camouflaged I guess.

Great stuff... Nice to see the game and other parts of the country.. Also our dogs.. Just enjoyable!!!

Awesome thread. Can't compete but wth, gotta keep it going
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Originally Posted by crossfireoops

Hey, when do we see some pics of the new pupperoo ?

She's 6 months now. Skinny and lanky.
She still loves apples.

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Add to the variety

Crappy pis but this a little Sow Witt owl (about the size of a beer can) that set up house keeping right above one of my trap sites last winter...A cool little critter and not people shy in the least...every day he's be there to greet me and break up the boredom of checking empty traps....

Whooo whooo.

Hooty hooo.

Somewhere in New England!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by HughW

Add to the variety

Fantastic picture!

2013 Hat trick. One with a Bow, one with a muzzle loader, one with a shotgun. I found the walnut slice in my father's shop.

Very cool!

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Didn't know speed goats had a flathead tribe.

Keep those beaver shots coming!!!

RS

DD, that looks like Blue Run--

Heck of a pike there

Originally Posted by DigitalDan

Didn't know speed goats had a flathead tribe.

That's a helicopter buck...

Kent

Certainly a different buck!!

Coues Country

A few more of my pup.

Soggy day pheasant.
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Some late season duck chasing.
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Love that Pepper!

Awesome pics Gari! ... and everyone.

Ruger SRH .480 30mm Ultra Dot.

KG: Great pics

Leighton - great pictures, as always; good to hear from you.

Hauling insulation in my boat.

Hey KG - wonderful photos - lovely creatures therein. Good to see your post.

Originally it was a 396, but not sure what it is now. Probably still a 396.

Bump.

Go on holidays for a week & minimal new action !

NEED more REZ BUCK stuff !

Nice Sacremento Mts Lincoln NF Hawken 50 cal muley taken in SE NM. Freakin Flourescent surveyers tape on pine.

That was my second 30+ inch muley. Over the years i have passed on many 26-29 inch 4x5 muleys wanting them to be bigger next year. This was too big at nearly 33 to let walk. [img:center]http://

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Originally Posted by SamOlson

love it

Originally Posted by huntsman22

Looks just like Sam's! Red heeler?

Originally Posted by geedubya

Great stuff guys!

This is so much more enjoyable than doing what I should be doing!

ya!

GWB

GW
Love that rifle. Details on it?
Thanks

Love that rifle. Details on it?
Thanks

My boss landed 4 big ones that day with Bill of Commadores guide service

My sweetheart at Lake Tahoe.

My tall, lanky blue heeler.
She is a Turella, only a couple of generations removed from Turella kennels in Australia.
Most other Turella's I've seen are of typical proportions though.
Looks to me like a recessive dingo gene surfaced.

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Originally Posted by SamOlson

I love that one Sam.

My son and Jules, my third perfect bird dog, which I raised and trained from a puppy and died a few years ago.

Then, Jules and DaI with a big west Texas muley. See, i do kill deer with a 22-250. I had to see an emergency to see Sat am and canceled my deer hunt as i couldnt get there until noon.Left the 270 at home and went quail and coyote hunting instead. 34 in neck iirc.

Originally Posted by jaguartx

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I don't blame you.............especially when he's standing in your carport.

Ha. My bud Robert was hunting with me that day. He took a pic with his cell phoneof me and didnt hit save or something. Old motorola phone.m

Jules was always shy and nervous when i pointed a camera or iphone at her.

My son and his buddy Josh with the deer i put Josh on. He was one of 3 buds of my son who i taught to shoot, hunt, fish, drive a car or truck, and a boat. Ones dad was too sorry, ones dad was a dr and too busy, ones dad was a self absorbed [bleep].

I guess they were feeling sad over the deer they cleaned, skinned and sawed the head off of at deer camp.

Blue Indigos were released in the south Texas oilfields to reduce the rattler population. Rattlers are attracted to the smell of oil or gas or at times the heat given off by oil field steel. Here's a pic of one doing its job on a 4.5 foot rattler.

Originally Posted by hunter4623

Originally Posted by geedubya

Great stuff guys!

This is so much more enjoyable than doing what I should be doing!

ya!

GWB

GW
Love that rifle. Details on it?
Thanks

Love that rifle. Details on it?
Thanks

thought that was Ray Wylie Hubbard for a second

I thought this thread was for Kghunt free stuff....

A buddy of mine a few years ago. Chesapeake Bay.

Fun project. 40 years ago my Dad (a lifelong model airplane guy) had friends who were the importers of these engines from England. Dad ended up with one this last year from a model airplane swap. The new radials are much lighter and more powerful so he gave to me.

This is the exhaust collector ring. It was painted black and a whole lot of JB Weld (so it's not just for redneck gunsmithing!

) Paint stripper and some dremel and file and sandpaper looking better.

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And the engine. I plan to build a nice stand and put it in my office. Maybe pull one of the valve covers off so you can see the valves move when you spin the prop.

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Beautiful engine.

So, I'll try to upload some picks of the excellent zipline tour we did in Puerto Vallarta.

Off the ship & loaded into a 30 person zodiac for the 25 minute blast across the ocean.

Loaded into 2 Mercedes Unimog (ex army) trucks for 20 minute drive up to base camp. Geared up, rode donkeys to top of mountain & start of ziplining course.

Fuggin excellent day !! Tequila, home cooked corn chips & salsa while trying to sell photo packages !

Photo [bleep] is [bleep] !

Try again later !

Deb's behind me somewhere !

Originally Posted by jaguartx

Blue Indigos were released in the south Texas oilfields to reduce the rattler population. Rattlers are attracted to the smell of oil or gas or at times the heat given off by oil field steel. Here's a pic of one doing its job on a 4.5 foot rattler.

Well, there is photographic proof of Republican snakes. Good work!

This lil guy joined the calculus collection last night..

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Is that a gold nugget?

I hope thats not a stone.... ugh....

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

So, I'll try to upload some picks of the excellent zipline tour we did in Puerto Vallarta.

Off the ship & loaded into a 30 person zodiac for the 25 minute blast across the ocean.

Loaded into 2 Mercedes Unimog (ex army) trucks for 20 minute drive up to base camp. Geared up, rode donkeys to top of mountain & start of ziplining course.

Fuggin excellent day !! Tequila, home cooked corn chips & salsa while trying to sell photo packages !

That looks a lot like what we do at fire school in July. LOL. Y'all had fun!

Paul, looks like a sweet adventure!

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Paul, looks like a sweet adventure!

Yes. That looks fun as schit.

Travis

Originally Posted by kwg020

Is that a gold nugget?

Fools gold..

Originally Posted by rost495

I hope thats not a stone.... ugh....

Yep, only 9 more to go, if CT scans are to be believed...

Originally Posted by hunter4623

Love that rifle. Details on it?
Thanks

Sir,

sorry for the tardy response.

Haven't visited this thread for a bit.

top: Merkel K3 Jagd Stutzen, 308 Win.

bottom: Merkel K1 Jagd Stutzen, 7mm-08

The rifle and bear is the 7mm-08

and the 308 Win, K3 with a hoglet I perforated.

Not having fondled one before I took delivery on the first one I was wondering if the diminutive size and weight would make them feel like a toy. I made the mistake of getting the fat part of my palm between my thumb and index finger caught when I closed the action. They lock up like a vault. A snapping turtle ain't got nuthin' on these dudes.

They break down and pack easy.

I prefer the Recknagel twist mounts on the K1 to the Blazer style saddle mounts on the K3. However both return to zero every time they are re-mounted

I usually go in heavy,

but broken down, it will go in the tour pack if going in light!

ya!

GWB

Originally Posted by deflave

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Paul, looks like a sweet adventure!

Yes. That looks fun as schit.

Travis

Yes Boyos, it sure was !

& people say you can't have fun on a cruise !!!

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

Originally Posted by deflave

Originally Posted by SamOlson

Paul, looks like a sweet adventure!

Yes. That looks fun as schit.

Travis

Yes Boyos, it sure was !

& people say you can't have fun on a cruise !!!

I did that one time in Jamaica. I'm not a big fan of heights, but it seemed pretty safe. Good time.

A grand morning in dairyland.

This is the 2016/17 deer season in Woodville Mississippi.

BIL killed this 4 point 215 LBS in November - thats not a normal rack for a 200lbs deer in woodville - cull buck we said

I killed this nice 8 point 195lbs on Jan 7th - We had snow, that only happens maybe once every 5 years.

I Killed this 9 point on Jan 28th

BIL killed this 9 point on Jan 29th

and on the last day of the season we both killed a buck.

I killed this 7 point on Jan 31

And BIL killed this 8 point on Jan 31

And the recovery

Nice bucks. You must have a pretty generous bag limit. That's some handy dandy little sleds you have there. So I guess you guys don't gut them in the woods, you take them home and clean them?

Personally, I leave that schit in the woods.

My only good buck this year. The second time I went out.

Hey Stone, that is on our 600 acres. We have a cabin and a cleaning shed. we bring all deer back to the camp and weight them on the hoof. We have a 2 wheel Gut bucket that can hold 2 deers guts. We have a gut dump about 80 yards from the camp, the guts don't stay there long.

The sleds were bought either on Amazon or Northern Tools and we altered the connection to take a 2 inch ball on the back of our bikes. We only use bikes to recover deer. We have a very quiet 4 wheel drive truck we use to drop off and pick up hunters.

Forgot, in Mississippi, our area you are allowed 6 deer per year, max 3 bucks.

Originally Posted by Simoneaud

Hey Stone, that is on our 600 acres. We have a cabin and a cleaning shed. we bring all deer back to the camp and weight them on the hoof. We have a 2 wheel Gut bucket that can hold 2 deers guts. We have a gut dump about 80 yards from the camp, the guts don't stay there long.

The sleds were bought either on Amazon or Northern Tools and we altered the connection to take a 2 inch ball on the back of our bikes. We only use bikes to recover deer. We have a very quiet 4 wheel drive truck we use to drop off and pick up hunters.

It seems like every place is different. I know in Delaware a lot of people do the hang'em and gut'em method.

I like the sleds. Good work.

Originally Posted by Simoneaud

Hey Stone, that is on our 600 acres. We have a cabin and a cleaning shed. we bring all deer back to the camp and weight them on the hoof. We have a 2 wheel Gut bucket that can hold 2 deers guts. We have a gut dump about 80 yards from the camp, the guts don't stay there long.

The sleds were bought either on Amazon or Northern Tools and we altered the connection to take a 2 inch ball on the back of our bikes. We only use bikes to recover deer. We have a very quiet 4 wheel drive truck we use to drop off and pick up hunters.

Are the deers there mannerly enough to jump in the sleds before you choot them? I know the [bleep] here would make you drag them onto the sled after they were dead. [bleep] deers.

About an hour ago on the lawn. Quite often they will be right at the edge of the deck, this one was about 50 ft away.

Had 9 head of elk on there yesterday.

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

Originally Posted by Simoneaud

Hey Stone, that is on our 600 acres. We have a cabin and a cleaning shed. we bring all deer back to the camp and weight them on the hoof. We have a 2 wheel Gut bucket that can hold 2 deers guts. We have a gut dump about 80 yards from the camp, the guts don't stay there long.

The sleds were bought either on Amazon or Northern Tools and we altered the connection to take a 2 inch ball on the back of our bikes. We only use bikes to recover deer. We have a very quiet 4 wheel drive truck we use to drop off and pick up hunters.

Are the deers there mannerly enough to jump in the sleds before you choot them? I know the [bleep] here would make you drag them onto the sled after they were dead. [bleep] deers.

NO! those SOB's we can't get them into the sled on thier own, neither before or after we shoot them! Then when we get to the skinning shed, they just lay there, can't get um to get up and go lay down in the shed!!! LMAO

Drover, that ram is looking a little hippy. Id probably try to put it out of its misery with a little alfalfa.

Originally Posted by Simoneaud

Originally Posted by EthanEdwards

Originally Posted by Simoneaud

Hey Stone, that is on our 600 acres. We have a cabin and a cleaning shed. we bring all deer back to the camp and weight them on the hoof. We have a 2 wheel Gut bucket that can hold 2 deers guts. We have a gut dump about 80 yards from the camp, the guts don't stay there long.

The sleds were bought either on Amazon or Northern Tools and we altered the connection to take a 2 inch ball on the back of our bikes. We only use bikes to recover deer. We have a very quiet 4 wheel drive truck we use to drop off and pick up hunters.

Are the deers there mannerly enough to jump in the sleds before you choot them? I know the [bleep] here would make you drag them onto the sled after they were dead. [bleep] deers.

NO! those SOB's we can't get them into the sled on thier own, neither before or after we shoot them! Then when we get to the skinning shed, they just lay there, can't get um to get up and go lay down in the shed!!! LMAO

Exactly. At first look, those sleds are pretty slick, but they are the result of the damned deer not trotting up and putting their necks in the noose to be gutted. If they'd do that, the expense of the sled wouldn't be necessary. Deer are some sorry mofos when you think about it.

13 feet and 600 pound dinosaur. Stuck him with a manual harpoon and fought him for 2 hours before getting a good shot in the skull. Took 3 shots to stun him. 5 to kill him. They just don't know how to die.

That is a battle!

Originally Posted by xarcher

13 feet and 600 pound dinosaur. Stuck him with a manual harpoon and fought him for 2 hours before getting a good shot in the skull. Took 3 shots to stun him. 5 to kill him. They just don't know how to die.

Hahahaha!

That's awesome!

Dave

Outstanding dinosaur! Do you get to keep the hide & meat?

Ed

Originally Posted by APDDSN0864

Outstanding dinosaur! Do you get to keep the hide & meat?

Ed

Had the hide tanned and the head mounted with jaw open - Sorta like in that one picture with me holding his jaw open. Got about 85 pounds of meat that I mostly gave away. It happened in 2010 and I remember the whole thing like it just happened this morning. Like I said, we fought this joker for 2 hours. In a 16 foot jon boat!

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son and Babe.

Originally Posted by xarcher

13 feet and 600 pound dinosaur. Stuck him with a manual harpoon and fought him for 2 hours before getting a good shot in the skull. Took 3 shots to stun him. 5 to kill him. They just don't know how to die.

You win.

Originally Posted by geedubya

Originally Posted by hunter4623

Love that rifle. Details on it?
Thanks

Sir,

sorry for the tardy response.

Haven't visited this thread for a bit.

top: Merkel K3 Jagd Stutzen, 308 Win.

bottom: Merkel K1 Jagd Stutzen, 7mm-08

The rifle and bear is the 7mm-08

and the 308 Win, K3 with a hoglet I perforated.

Not having fondled one before I took delivery on the first one I was wondering if the diminutive size and weight would make them feel like a toy. I made the mistake of getting the fat part of my palm between my thumb and index finger caught when I closed the action. They lock up like a vault. A snapping turtle ain't got nuthin' on these dudes.

They break down and pack easy.

I prefer the Recknagel twist mounts on the K1 to the Blazer style saddle mounts on the K3. However both return to zero every time they are re-mounted

I usually go in heavy,

but broken down, it will go in the tour pack if going in light!

ya!

GWB

Absolutely beautiful. They're art. Thanks for the response and additional pics. Now I can keep drooling

This guy showed up last week.

A couple months back while looking for elk.

All right MM. Great pics. Is that your son and grandson?

The wee Mooner is my new boy. The soggy fella in the hat is in fact The MadMooner.

Beautiful, sunny, white sand beaches!

The only thing I was able to sneak up on.

Originally Posted by MadMooner

The wee Mooner is my new boy. The soggy fella in the hat is in fact The MadMooner.

Congrats on the wee Mooner.

Looks like a keeper.

Thanks! He seems to be a goodun!

Does that make him a "Mini-Mooner"?

Congratulations to you and your bride!

Ed

Thanks Ed!

Congratulations MM! I was confused. You both have hats on, and knowing babies, you're probably both soggy!

MadMooner, love the posts of beach and baby. You got the best prize of all!

Rainforest, where we hunt Roosevelt elk, blacktail deer, black bears, cougars and bobcats.

Mt Hood Or. above the tree line.
First time skiing on my new knees!

Looking up.

Wyoming pronghorn camp 2015

Nephew & me on Manistee River Trail

My boys & me at Comerica Park where we saw Miggy smack two homers

Manistee River Trail?!?!

I love that trail!!! I've lead several large-group backpacking trips there.

It's much nicer in the winter time i can assure of that!

THanks for the memory jog.

This is where we hunt winter walleye !

Originally Posted by 325Abn

Manistee River Trail?!?!

I love that trail!!! I've lead several large-group backpacking trips there.

It's much nicer in the winter time i can assure of that!

THanks for the memory jog.

My pleasure!

Here are some of the canoe trip my son & I took there last winter:

Saw a TON of bald eagles!!! Amazing!

Doing a trip up there in May of this year gonna fish a bunch.

This is where I used to spend 52 weekends every year !

North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.

Tanzania

Couple more from the old stomping ground;

Fella that owned this passed away last year. It butts up to my property. I hope his two daughters, grandkids or somebody will keep it up. Hope it might come up for sale! He built this as his get away. He actually lived a couple miles down the road. An absolute slice of heaven! No running water (inside) and non electric...

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Sqiggley bark ghost gum;

Typical, native Australian Vegetation;

Nice day for a swim;

the heeler out-retrieved the retrievers today......

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The Donald,

You need snow !

Originally Posted by New_2_99s

The Donald,You need snow !

No kidding....driest winter since I been here.

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The gauntlet...

my way home

My 10 yr old passed his hunter safety program yesterday. He was pretty happy. I gave him a little rough rider for plinking as a gift for completing the course.

good memories 30years ago

Originally Posted by EdM

A NE BC bush meal full dressed with Cheese Whiz and ketchup over moose tenderloin. He was the wrangler... Every meal, Stone sheep tenderloin, mountain goat tenderloin and elk tenderloin were buried.

Anything over moose tenderloin should be a felony...

Originally Posted by StoneCutter

I'm sitting on the beach one day. A 16 year old kid comes driving up in Mommy's new Jeep. He's got a car load of chicks. Too lazy to take the air out of his tires, so he's running the schit out of it and getting stuck along the way. He parks next to me and smoke starts coming out from under the hood. I start digging for my fire extinguisher. I tell him to pop the hood. He says he doesn't know how. So I tell my son to get it. He reaches in and pops the hood and runs around front to open it. Right then, flames shoot out of the engine compartment. He jumps back and says, "I'm out!". That's when I abandoned ship and moved my truck.

An hour later, you wouldn't have known anything happened.

Well at least between the fire firefighters they had enough PPE.. LOL.

Prepare yourselves for the most terrifying post yet on this thread...

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My son, last November, with his driver's license.

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Great pic Don !

Originally Posted by dukxdog

Those decoys don't look like the run-of-the-mill plastic decoys!

Did you carve them? Nice looking from what I can see!

John

Originally Posted by jpb

Those decoys don't look like the run-of-the-mill plastic decoys!

Did you carve them? Nice looking from what I can see!

John

Thanks John! I had a guy in New Jersey carve them for me out of cedar. They are hollow. I put my old dog in the goose so he can still hunt with me every day.

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Nice!

I like the blend of old-school and new-tech: carved wooden decoys with no-tangle plastic lines!

John