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Safe travels Ranger.

Tomorrows the pack day out Sun. A.M. Of course we're forecast-ed for snow nothing new there.

I might just sit in the sun with Colo Bob like a reptile.
Bring your shades boys I've got tragically white legs.

My bar buddy Ken always says-Drive fast and take chances.

See you guys Wednesday.

Yeah I usually bring tools & cleaning supplies, so it should not be difficult.

Could bring a borescope and a chronograph, for that matter

WTF Tuesday can't come fast enough

Quite a swing in weather you are having. A light rain here so far though a bit heavier is expected later today. More tomorrow and Tuesday then dry and partly cloudy for the week.

18*F here this morning.

Pat, Can you bring a trigger gauge?

Pat can you bring me a large box of $20's

2 large boxes, Pat.

Dan...windy as all get out here the last two days.

Yea, what's with the wind this year? Woke up to snow cover yesterday, but it was all gone by lunch time. Thursday it was 75*, now it's 34*. I'm ready for TX.

I have one.

As Ed said raining in Crystal City right now. When it stops, it will stop for the rest of the week. We will be OK, maybe.

55 degrees right now, but don't get used to it. Mid 70's to 80's high each day after rain quits.

Yea, I just looked at the radar. Once again, a months worth of rain right before we go. Unfortunately, the ground down there doesn't absorb the water. Hopefully it'll dry up before we get there.

But then again, a muddy day hunting is better than a sunny day at work.

For the newer hunters in the group. Rain doesn't stop anything except some roads are not driveable, so that stops using those blinds. We want to use them if we can.
We all can handle the rain for sure. We just got tired of walking in mud, with a lb. stuck to your boots. We tracked mud into each room and building, so that and not having use of all the blinds was what the rain did to us. This year looks, at this time, like the rain is now, going to stop soon and then it's just clouds and sun shine. Roads should dry out except in spots. Long term heavy rains is what we had last year, this year is just what is happening right now. We are going to have a good time.

Stonecutters son Joey is a young one, he wants to win the cup full of money. Put you good eyes on guys.

Great thanks!

Very true
You are going to have to teach me use of my camera. Have most of it down. Can turn it on, have it set on auto, know how to focus and zoom. Know how to get the little pic screen turned on.
That's about it, 1,000 more buttons to learn.

I'm still trying to figure out how to use all of the gadgets on my camera. And my camera isn't half of what you have. You'll have fun with it. There's a ton of wildlife. I have trouble with low light situations. The shutter speed slows way down and end up with blurry pics. There's a setting for that but haven't been able to figure it out yet.

Ok, so I grabbed the book (instructions) that I don't want to read.
You are correct, that part will be fun also. I just always enjoyed you and GW pics.

And Houston Pat pic of the bird.

Going to see what I can come up with.

Nikon cameras I should be able to figure out most of the controls on them. Think you have a D7200? I've nearly pulled the trigger on one of them, myself.

Nikon has a new zoom lens, 200-500mm, that is moderate in cost, at $1300, and is getting rave reviews on its optical quality. You used to have to spend $3k to $8k to get the same quality of telephoto. I'll probably get one, at some point. Probably a new camera body, too.

And yeah the green jays are colorful birds. I'll probably bring my current long lens, in case any of them, or other interesting critters show up.

Sorry, she took all my $20's