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Well at 66, I need what I got left. grin

Jerry

Vintage Tail Cam

Ingwe,your thread has been hi-jacked.

Dohhh!

Yup,and this time it was not me doing the hi-jacking.

Here's your eye test then,is this a deplorable shot of a beaver?

Well,,,,,,

It was bound to happen.

Yup,this one is a record,8 pages on topic before being hi-jacked on the 9th page.

Well. It was a good cause!!!

A "beau geste" so to speak.

Yup,whatever that means.

Being a cheap hunter I wear my old uniform pants. They are like a knife I did not like. I beat the heck out of that thing and it just kept working. I do not like the ACU pattern but the pants were there and easy to clamber around in. I couldn't yet afford a new cool pack (I love new cool things almost as much as old cool things) so I used my good ol' LCE. It is fun to dress up and play but not as fun as really being out there. A light rain makes me think (dream) I can still handle the elements, plus if it is not windy the field has a beautiful soft sound. I like being alone in the woods. I tug on a strap and make minor adjustments, inventory my pockets , pull out the compass and shoot azimuths to recognizable objects (just in case I might have to get out of the stand and look for stuff, like the new flashlight I dropped on the way in) and dream of the old days. Good times!

But if I bought a laser rangefinder I'd better well hit something!

Well 'poobs' himself hit the OFF ramp.

Sorry Ing' but it's not my fault.


Jerry

Vintage is good too.


Jerry

Holy Moooooly ! !

Yep, by Job, that's a beaver, sure nuff.

Jerry

Good eyes.

Yeah...that was a tail camera.

Jerry

Thats deplorable.

A hunting show featuring a 60-year old guy wearing a Woolrich coat and a Stormy Kromer, carrying a Savage lever gun or a peep-sighted Pre-64 Winchester Anymodel would get my attention. But until then...

What I'm really waiting for is someone to come out with specially sized belt sheaths for holding different brands of candy bars. Perhaps, too, a bandolier of Milky Ways, maybe a bladder that dispenses Hershey's Syrup. A show dedicated to the field use of such items would get my nod of approval.

How many miles have I trudged, how many hours spent staring batshit crazy at the same trees, how many years in the cold rain and snow have dulled my senses- all the time lugging crap that I never used, when all I really could have used was another goddam candy bar?

I wouldn't carry all that shyt deer huntin if you paid me. Rifle {often still iron sighted} cartridges, knife, drag rope, bottle of water, good to go.