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Season starts tomorrow! Wil try not to get poked in the eye.

I hope you don't too, it's one of the most painful injuries you can get.

But I'd rather be poked in the eye with a stick than have a dog that wears a coat.......

I’d much rather have a dog with a coat

A coat might be OK, but Jeff's dog has a matching purse.

well in that case, give the stick in the eye

In your rush to insouciance I think you missed the part where it's a pure safety precaution. We don't want him to be mistaken for an albino wolf and, hence, shot.

Jumped a group of cows today but that's it. Buddy Paul coulda killed a biiiig bull. Spike tags. Oy.

sounds like typical elk hunting- see a big bull and you have a cow tag, have a cow tag and all you see are bulls!

4 miles on the trails w/ 2-3" of fresh snow for Tiny E and I

That pooch has a greater chance of being flown off in the talons of a Seychelles Kestrel, than being mistaken for an albino Wolf.

You should really introduce him to Walt's people. "Fluffy the midget albino Wolf", and how he is almost eaten by the Alpha Male, outcast from the pack, and lives a lonely life of only wanting to be a pack Dog. Then miraculously saves the pack from global freezing by raiding peoples homes of Purina, and dragging 50lbs bags thru a blizzard to get the pack thru till spring.

Ending: He yips at the moon, as the rest of the pack kills the Alpha because he failed to be a leader.

Big Money....

I was thinking the dog might be mistaken for a puffball and hauled off by mushroom hunters.

Possible, however a bit of a stretch. The backpack forum has traditionally kept it real, so I’m sticking with the Kestrel.

4 miles w/ a couple of decent climbs with my wife and Tiny E- snow is slowly disappearing, but supposedly another storm rolling in Friday/Saturday

Well, see, hazards abound for the uncoated poodle. Better safe than sorry.

Bumped another small group of elk but still nothing approaching success.

4 miles on what are now muddy trails with Tiny E; the mud won't last as they are talking more snow and a couple of nights into the single digits!

had time, so hit the gym this afternoon

deadlifts 5/5/5 @ 80% 1RM
overhead press 5/5/5 @ 80% 1RM
lunges 3x30 yds
chinups 3x13
core

got a nice hike in with my wife, grandkids and Tiny E this morning, about 4 miles up Mt Sentinel

Home... no elk but lots of exercise! Strained an Achilles getting cute crossing a creek so my last day hunting was pretty limited. At least in my case, a strained Achilles isn't a "walk it off" injury, it just gets worse.

If we had bull tags there'd be two 6x6's hanging. Like I say, you want to see a big bull broadside in Ukiah unit? Hunt a spike tag.

Next year is veddy veddy eeenteresting, as I'll have enough points saved for a GOOD tag. Current frontrunner is Hells Canyon. I'm gonna start stretching aggressively though; I've been getting too dang many minor strains and sprains this last year. I seem to have hit an "age wall" of sorts.

My word, The pooch is an 'Albino Wolf',

How high can one get...................

Tiny E therefore must be a Black bear, or Alpha male wolf?

Tiny E is mostly wolverine, but believe he has a little pine marten in him too

Chloe is mostly Smurf, but has some Teddy Bear and love-skunk mixed in.

We figure, nobody shoots Smurfs or Teddy Bears, and wtf is a "love skunk" anyway, so she's safe out there sans coat.

Cut down 2 more medium oaks, bucked and moved them, hauled the brush, and then 2 hours moving dirt w/shovel and barrow.