Something with an easy title to remember.





Richard Boy reloading some 44 Special before bed time.

Some crazy sombitch sent Young Daniel a Ka Bar.....

Docking and castrating.

Docking?

Mr. Jim is raising the hope for our future.

Launching pumpkins at the free pumpkin day.

Young Daniel showing off the feather that he found.....

Removing the tails.

Damn right!


Great pics Jim.

Made tortillas, fajitas and rice, tortillas and fajitas were good, tried a different recipe for mex rice just because and it was chitty... oh well...

Kent

Nice pics Jim.

Didn't know folks did that with sheep. Keep up the cool pics man.

You folks inoculating there too? Something in the cooler?

Kids need knives. Scouts used to have a "Totin' Chip" that one got after learning a few things about knives and axes and such. Your boy would probably be shunned or something in a city.

Love the wheel weight cabinet!

That's a nice looking tortilla!

It's unique... they all are...

Kent

Some of our new guard dog puppies.

Young Daniel cant hit the flying ones...so we set them in a holder for him.

I sure wouldn't want to get punched by Mr Jim.

Couple YouTube vids I’ve seen of guys cooking whole lamb or cutting them into pieces, I’m surprised the fat at the base of a lamb’s tail.

Do yours grow fat like that? They use it in slices just like lard for cooking.

Great pic big Jim...
Doing some shotgunning here too

That's a beautiful K31. My brother is still waiting for me to die so he can get mine.

....and I'm done!

Cool pics everyone.

Oh, geeze...thats a good one Kent.

Well done Jim!

Nice assortment of family and farm pictures..

Much obliged Remsen..but look a little closer.

Earlier today.

Thanks for sharing Jim.

Thanks for the cool pics! I was way bored!

Cool shots Jim. The kids parked on the ramp, eyeballing the water is killer.

Dog is lookin' like ............."Squirrel!"

Sam, badger hole in the first pic?

Second pic..............for sure y'all do need a woodstove in town. Your woman looks cold.

Geno, I think it was a fox?

Biggest burrow I've ever found.

Sandy river bottom.


We have badger and gophers farther away from the the river.


I actually have a badger pic from last week...

Fox would have been my second guess.

You have any prairie dogs that far north of just the ground squirrel/gophers?

Great thread Mr. Conrad, thanks.

Geno, we are just north of the Missouri.

No prairie dogs or rattle snakes.

Kinda weird that you find them a mile or two south but never around here.

Is that a .22?

Yupper, he's worn a track around the tree tryin to keep his eyes on the tree rats.

It is boss.. an anschutz m57 based off the k31. Slick as sheet

Remnants of the food plot last weekend.

Well that is interesting biologically.

Guess there has to be a line somewhere, eh?

We don't have them here, but our big guy, Breeze, used to try to get the introduced fox squirrels when the wife lived in the Sacramento CA area. Would lay with his nose poking open the dog door flap while looking out the door, ready to jump out whenever one came over the fence for a peach or acorn. Wish I could find those pics.

Wonderful! You really live in a nice area! You can be proud of it.

Daniel the dog food bandit. 👍

Haha. Daniel boy needs a bigger hat.. or head.

Nah...kiwi brothel.

I can think of a lot of examples where this procedure should be incorporated.......

Maybe registering Democrats to vote?

Jim, your cup runneth over!

Those kids are getting big! Growing up!

Great pics Jim.

You doing it up right!

A great thread, winning!

UR raising them there kids right Big Jim-----congrats !

I couldn't live any where but the American West myself.....

Be sure to wear safety glasses

some recent pictures in my cell phone out and about hunting/fishing and on the jobsite.

I'll be damned. An actual "good" thread on this forum.

Bravo.

rebar tie gun?

Ha, just my nail pouch, wasn't looking for the gunfighter stance but it did come out like that.

Kent

Home town downtown when I was a punk.


Sunrise on one of my favorite beaches.


Back when men were steel and planes were interesting.

I think Sam and Jim are attempting to bring some quality back to these digressing threads.

The new barn on the way up.

My eldest grandson says "you da man Big Jim, keep raisin em up right!



First bear:

Great thread!

Keep it going!

My Pop back a few years ago:

Concert on the porch.

Grand daughter serving:

Digging:

Reward for hard work:

Passing the torch...

Awesome stuff fellas !









Family & fun is all that is important to us !!

& dogs !

Nice pics all!!!

Jim, you painted the schitter!!!!

The Mighty Mississippi looking south.

I've done that.

Very cool NVhntr.... an adult playground.... fuug that lions back... gives me the willies looking at it. Been closed for years now...

when I was a sprocket head.....early 90's

used to ride Moab Slickrock.....

oh yea...mountain bike

Brother Fubar, that looks very familiar. White Rim Trail?

Probably the toughest mountain biking trip I've ever been on, and I wasn't shy about sharing my feelings about the climbs (I actually liked climbing those trails, I just always flip off the camera).

this pic although was same era...

Central Utah Manti Range

what a stud...........

Antlers....

remember a trip we took to Crested Butte

7 days.....

Rented condo at 9200'

rode mtn bikes up from there........

I'd fuggin' die at that today.....

ah........

Utah.........

Good eye brother Remsen, yes White Rim, from the top with tourist unfortunatly.
This pic was a few miles East below Dead horse point, looking towards white Rim, a long ways from the tourist..

Tikka, did I see you heading North on I-15 around Lima , Mt. a couple weeks ago?

That area is probably one of the most spiritual places in the US for me. Simply awe inspiring views at every turn.

I went up to 10,200’ today, but I was afoot. I love gettin’ high. Literally.

I’ve got a lot of this USA to see yet. Been in Alaska and to the end of the Keys but never run out of country. Beautiful
There is lots of good country kids left in America. You just hear about the losers. Edk

Awesome pics. Great thread

The mutts

Good looking pups!

4 Wheeling Florida

this pic......

14 yrs later....

had to put this ole girl down....

Marley....Sept 28 '21...buried her...right next door to Jack....

jeez they leave an empty spot.......

Badass

Nope.......I'll be in a Toyota LC.....woops I mean Lexus LX

near here..........

pics now & then

4 Hoofin' Montana

Coffee time.

I can't decide if JeffA or Lapua6547 is the most interesting man on the campfire..... hmmmm

I'm a bore, I just get around

Great stuff! Keepum coming.

yep

boring southern Utah

Looks like another Utah road screaming for me to take the RV down, It's got high clearance, it's almost 12ft tall.

this trail

prob not the best idea

flash floods beat it up purty bad this summer

pic..before storms

my dad and brother

chumming dink smallies for the osprey...

This thread reminds me how much Tennessee sux

just move to Utah.........

on 2nd thought............

too many peeps moving here...........

can you spot my cooler with Bud Lite on ice ?

My boys,,, back during simpler times

Standing still in time --- wish they could talk

I hear ya......

A couple of different versions of sunset on the prairies. The first is a very long lonely road, the 2nd was a view from our campsite and the 3rd was from a back roads tour - caught the sunset with a large flock of migrating song birds.

What was that used for? Looks like some type of lift.

Podunk sunrise

drill rig of some sort........maybe

Wow, congrats to Bella!!

Al Capone passing through ?

[quote=krp]

That's fantastic!

memorial for some unlucky kid....

think he fell off a ledge.......

September snow

yep

this old Dodge still makes my nipples hard

Badazz Ed.... very cool

A sample of bird pictures from our camping trip.

Growing up there was an abandoned citrus grove truck like that, not the equipment behind, but a cab like that and a flatbed, weeds growing around it, right on the corner of the grove and the maze field. We played in it, used it as a fort... good memories.

Kent

three generations

Been playing find-em with my furry partner. He has really come into his own this year.

Toller? Handsome pup with a good nose apparently.

What happens in Winifred, stays in Winifred. Nice pics.

Bird dog

Devil birds....

Yes -- Male Toller, great nose and great drive on bird hunting. When we got Finn I had chosen to stay on upland to try and keep my fitness level of up. He certainly has helped in retirement. This picture is at a pheasant festival -- he found 17 of 18 released for his 1/2 day.

Ahh, Montana....where men are men and sheep are nervous!!😁

I would like to compliment you on your cock..... but that would be sooo gay..... nice ditch chickens....

CA coast.




capture screen

greenshot

Fresh seafood

Hahaha!

He likes it.

Good to see the old S.S. Point Reyes shipwreck is still there.

Ship has been there 100 years doing just fine until some dumbass instagram photographer accidentally lit it on fire and burnt out the entire stern.

Got pics of my kids packed away somewhere playing on that boat over 20 years ago. I remember visiting it as a kid in the 70's.

Hey City good to hear you were a frequent visitor...it's one of my all time favorite places

Did you hit the old Johnson's oyster farm as well?

I miss it


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All that's left now is this poor old fool

Gotta raise em right, eh Jim?

upload a photo

I remember when that fight was going on to save Drakes Bay Oysters. You can thank the Koch Brothers for litigating away that 80 year old Oyster farm.

Yes been there to get oysters when our family vacationed at Dillion Beach every year from the 70's thru the early 2000's

Fats you know what’s up.. this was taken right at the entrance just after they had been shut down

Pt Reyes elk

Love it.

All about Hog Island now.

Nice!

My neighborhood 100 years ago.

Fuggin toads

Pt Reyes tailgate snacks

Otherwise known as a North Coast Charcuterie.

And how does it look now?

I like that picture, too. It reminds me of the pics shown on https://www.shorpy.com/


https://www.shorpy.com/node/26146?size=_original#caption

I'm not a pilot but sometimes I get to ride along. This was a weekend trip from Houston, Texas to Chanute, Kansas back in November 2008. A friend (who was the pilot) and I went to visit the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute, Kansas.

https://safarimuseum.com/



Our ride: Piper Seminole PA-44-180 at the Martin Johnson Airport in Chanute, Kansas.










That's the Red River which is the border between Texas and Oklahoma. We were headed south returning to Houston.






Piper Seminole | Piper Aircraft, Inc.
https://www.piper.com/model/seminole/

This is not my video and it's not the same plane but it does show a Piper Seminole:



Cheers! Bob F.

Road trip

wallpaper dark wolf

That's proper City

I recall when pitchers of Sierra could be had for $1/pint...$2.99/ pitcher....and they were consumed on the regular



Been to Hog Island a few times...the location is small and tough to get reservations, but the oysters are top notch.



Ahi is also good

My youngest, Daniel Boy, will pick up a 410 shell he just ejected and sniff it.


He closes his eyes and smiles every time he does it.


Boys got it bad.

410's are a hoot. Here's a couple of odd ones...

Remington 11/48


T/C

Man it would be nice to have those two Lockheed Venturas!

Tollers are the best!

Tell Daniel Federal smell the best..

Tell him that's the smell of Freedom!

Looking down on sightseers

Times a comin!
Same stand 2 weeks apart, MZ then rifle

That appears juicy and delicious

See if I can't get me double without breaking any glass!

An all time fav:

Raised right.

ya!


GWB

Funny. Guy on elk hunt on tv other day on the Apache res had a hawk feather in his cap.

Now that is one happy dog! Good girl.

These Toller dogs are interesting as hell!

Some day's SUCK !! Rio7

Damn!!
I'm in a tight spot now!!

Is that a Va buck? Very nice

Man that’s absolutely beautiful

Creed?

Some days suck worse than others....

Zigged when he should've zagged.

And one LONG tail feather on that cock she's hugging!

No kidding! I started reading about them and had no idea that a dog could actually decoy ducks in. Crazy!

https://dogdiscoveries.com/curiosity/nova-scotia-duck-tolling-retriever


https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/10-reasons-to-get-a-toller/

Nice rides at the catfish bar and grill.

Mountain moto therapy. Enjoying my favorite hobby-August 16'.

My office view from 43,000 ft. Grand Turk island down below.

Iowa Sunset.

Middle son of three. Off Galveston beach.

some locals.....

always fun to get a good pic of these guys

Starting the preliminary design for our final mountain house.

"General Concept" ONLY...



Final plans will be MUCH CLEANER.

I am a maker of things... Building gives me joy.

Cleaning out bird chit.

Cash - that house does not suck

Very interesting build. (treeblind) Is someone involved an architect?

ya!

GWB

Great catch EdM. Good eats!

+1


ya!

GWB

If you are referring to the sturgeon pic I am sure it's catch & release for the big ones. Some places have slot sizes you can keep, but most are catch & release only

Nice! Interesting design.
I mostly designed our log home but nothing too elaborate. Currently under construction with foundation, floor and walls up.

Awesome looking foundation Tank...

We had this stamped into our porch deck. Gotta keep our bearings.

How about some tiny snapper?

Where did you get the Concrete stamp from?

The stamp was rented from a concrete construction equipment supply place in Ottumwa Iowa. Carrols maybe?
It was a brand new rental they had just gotten in. My wife asked one of the clerks who said they didn’t have one but another guy heard the conversation and told her they had just received one in, so it all worked out.
She had recently seen one in a restaurant we frequent and really wanted it on our west porch.
It’s coming along, slowly sometimes. Currently waiting on some 8x8 beams we need for the second floor loft area.

That looks fantastic... any man that builds with his own hands is welcome at my place anytime.

That’s a tough job with help, let alone by yourself.
Did one alone last year.
Looks like you got it up there.

That’s a very nice pic.

Yeah, it's up, lanes cleared.

I'll be doing this tomorrow

You be careful Scott!

On my driveway.........

Gen Grant's right flank boundary at the battle of Ft. Donelson. My father was raised about 2 miles downstream.

Lick Creek

Area 50
Valley coming off big overgrown cutting spot.
Aint been in here for about 2 weeks
Really silent and still in here this morning.
Bout 10 mins ago was seeing some back and belly lines off in the distance in this pic ( west) moving to the north.
Acorns down all over the place walking with the flashlight bout an hour ago

Been watching and looking around another doe for awhile.

My friend the blow down.
Fugging up alot of my view east along north slope of ridge.
But it is also a funnel N and S of me along its length.

Great thread, very much needed

Sleepy dog

Reposting

Main job yesterday. Limped the old battery along for almost a year.

Had to jump it 2x in the last 3 days, 6 or 7 times in the last year!!

March 2020 pandemic prepping.

Should be done in the next 2 weeks. New tires, wheels are here just need put on once the paint job is done.

Exhaust system keeps being pushed back. Was supposed to be in last week, got an email saying December 20th now.

brine shrimp walmart

petco moss ball

If there is any still left, you are doing it wrong. 😃

Circa 2012:





Now:

Restoring this 100th Anniversary Electra-Glide Classic











Add a low profile seat, new windshield and hi-way pegs and it will be time to ride!

ya!
GWB

I can assure you there is none left

geedubya, back story pls. Your bike?

Just hit the fire break.
Had to shuck some clothing..
Still hunted on way out,pushed 5 or 6 more does.
They didnt run fast or far.
Came across a patch of oaks dropping hard....
Place is getting its acorns tore up.
Rubs and scrapes in the general area.
Bout 300 yds from where I sat this morning
2 ridges and draws south.
Gonna get in their in the morning well before shooting light.

Got about 3/4 mile walk to the truck.
Headed for the House.






Fhuq Joe Biden.
Let's go Brandon..
Honk for Joey...

Beaver needs a new award category. Best hat model, toss up between you and Jag. 😆

Damn, now I see why you aren't seeing any deer!!

Trekkin’ this morning. Did 9.3 miles in this terrain. It didn’t suck.

Are you implying he needs to wear a face mask?

Lol!!!
Probably seen a dozen today .
Nice relaxed does.
Last ones I pushed going out werent bothered alot.
Didnt wanta leave those acorns.

Seen what I needed to see on the way out to set up on another spot in the morning.

👍👍👍👍👍

That's what my fear is with our acorn crop this year. Deer don't have to go far to eat.

LOL!!!

I knew a selfie would bring out the comments😄😄😄😄😄


I do wear a mask.
Deer get smart and recognize a human face.
The eyes........
They see your eyes and white skin face.

Assume your packing a front stuffer?

Savage 220.

Kodiak promag .45 been set aside only for 2 week Tn ml season.

Used ta hunt ML everyday on FTCKY.


220 is a better wpn for FTCKY 👍👍👍👍👍

Was just there today...🤫

They don't see my eyebrows though!!!!

Amazing pictures. Thank you all for sharing them.

Cow groceries.

German Shepherds aren't traditional bird dogs, but they sure have fun!

Apple processing day Saturday.

Big ol' pot of sauce:



and a dryer full for huntin' snacks too:

Nice fish!

island


son got married the other day


with the JJ

Whereas the distant neighbors have this clusterfuuck of 2020 bales littering up the place.

Saturday in Iowa, heck, maybe it was SE SD. The grand scale of the corn harvest.

Can you imagine the day a rightfully proud fella brought that new metal monster home?
I saw some historical photos from around 1910 of the Ollie Montana area and a sod busting machine brought out for that purpose. I had no idea such massive steam driven machines even existed for that purpose. It was huge.

Osky

On hill 665 area 50
Best described as a giant starfish like terrian feature when seen on a map with contour .
Got 5 ridges and 4 valleys all convering into saddles to each other 360 around.
Bout 300 yds south of where I sat yesterday then still hunted thru back to truck .
Places where you feet roll from all the acorns on the ground.
Lots of deer sign.

Sit till 11 or 12

Pic depth and detail sucks...

Pssst...
Dont tell anyone homie dont do orange when he is on stand.
And yes I can peg another hunter waaaaay the fugg out their and put my vest on before he has a clue.
BTDT million six times.
Homie wears his orange when still hunting or moving...





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2 does, 3 fawns, 1 forky been in da house.
All been feeding within 50 yds of me this morning at various times.
I guarantee if I been wearing orange which appears dayglow out of place white to them.
I woulda been pegged numerous times from a distance.

Did an 8.75 mile trek this morning in this terrain. It didn’t suck.

1917 vintage

Dinner bell, vintage 1940

1950????

On the back of Bob Brown's Prius.....

Bet that thing is built like a tank.

Somewhere in Sonora, MX

My horn-hunting dog.

Nobody sees your eyebrows Bro!!

Oct 29th - early morning from our goose blind in Northern Alberta --steady streams of snow geese heading south. I only had my pocket camera and tried to get a few flocks with the moon in the background. Pretty cool sights and sounds.




This flock was mid October in an area where we had a couple of really good snow goose hunts. This field was tied up by an outfitter -- sure hope they came back in for the clients like in that picture.

Phone pics from last week.

Should have taken a couple today but my gloves were all soggy. Jumbo snowflakes coming down.

I like that horse.

I'd like to have a horse.

I'm too old now.

Life stinks somedays.

Excellonto gents.

One never knows what one will find hanging on a pasture fence.

We've been here five years next month, and I've been near this part of the fence many times. There's a small gate to the field just 10' or so to the right of where this was hanging. Right nearby is an old rick made of pallets for holding hay I think. I put a couple of juniper saplings I cut down next to the fence there yesterday and glanced over and said "something don't look right there"



I'm guessing someone used it to cut some baler string or such and just hung it there for whatever reason. Scales have disappeared off the handle.

No rust to speak of, as it's stainless with aluminum (?) frame, still opened OK. It's now got some Kroil on it and sitting for a day or so. I'll sharpen it up some and then stick it on the pants I wear around for doing yardwork. I misplaced the El Cheapo, $5 buy a ticket at the NRA banquet gun raffle and get a pocketknife just a couple of weeks ago. I'll take a free replacement, and if I end up hanging it on a fence, no love lost, eh?

You up hunting the high country Fats?

Sunrise yesterday over the fence by the creek



and, it's that time of year for nice sunsets.................which aren't the result of smoke from wildfires:

Sunset over the compost pile:

He's a bad ass, and the wimminz dig him. Just like they do me.





Mining claim I found while trapping last winter from the early 70's. The jar had been through a fire and the paper was singed and too fragile to really get a good look at, so I couldn't get any more specifics.

I bet if them gals get on ride on Mr Pony you get to ride them?

Was this past week with daughter.

6-8k

Just above Arnold and Big Trees.

Tag soup. Saw some monsters hanging though right after that storm.

$0.99 sake night

Playing with the sharks








fish throwing

They should be moving down, if not already, then soon with that snow?

Brown smoothhounds?

What, no sashimi?

We are done. Last day tomorrow though for season. Checking the Bear Valley cam it's mostly melted away.

Monster 4by takin in White Pines about 3k elevation probably a local though.

Larry, Curly and Moe.🤣😂🤣

Correct...and one of the bigger ones for the area.


Lots of 7 gill and a few leopards and rays came up as well.

Today was a dry run to make sure everything was working proper.....and run some old gas through.

Crab season opens up next week. Need to pull the pots out and get em ready to go.

Giter done fellers. Look forward to your upcoming seasons pics.

We think this is the house our parents lived in the first couple years after they married, The nails - what there were - were square - looked hand made.

Bummer, but as long as you had fun with the daughter, that's all that really counts.

Way cool for a fishhead like me. Never saw one "in the round" so to speak, just pickled in fish class. First glance I thought dogfish, then I thought gray smoothhound, then I got out the book!

How big were the 7 gills?

This time the seven gills were not huge...2'-3'

We have caught em much larger before.

Interesting.

As long as it was fun. Hope the boat is all ship shape for crab season. Are they expecting a good one. Are the test ones coming up pretty well filled out?

Sam where did you get those reins at?......size?......bob

After mulling over stuff for the last 3 or 4 weeks.
I took off the Sightron SII 3-9x42 on the .45 Kodiak pro mag.
Put it away for a spare in case one of the other 3 on my centerfires takes a dump....
Was a toss up between a burris FF II 3-9×40 or this Crimson Trace Brushline 3-9×40.
Both priced similar

Burris kinda limited on total MOA versus the Crimson Trace.
Which you might need with a ML...
Burris was a fast focus occular
Crimson trace is a lock ring occular

Never been a fan of fast focus
The occulars are usually can shaped and oversized IMO.
Plus that inner and outer sleeve assembly equals extra parts and screams water and crap gets in the gap...

Burris factory in phillipines cant find much info on em.
Crimson trace factory in phillipines supposedly factories that made nikon and sightron scopes.

Crimson trace turret adjustments firm and positive, well defined..
Burris seemed faint and soft, hard to feel it seemed, too light.


Bought the Crimson Trace.
Head out to slumlords tommorow and zero the wpn.
Gonna play around with blue harvester crush rib sabots and the .40 cal 195 gr barnes bullet combo.

And the same .40 cal 195 gr barnes bullet with the tan sabot I have been using forever.

TC Thunderhawk, unusable for many due to non-removable breech[a dinosaur].
Carbine length, 50 cal
Shoot Knight 260 gr sabots/90 gr FFG
And a Weaver w/see thru's to boot!
And it's my all time fav to shoot!

After dark yesterday.

.

WoW Awesome Pic

That's a volcanic eruption in Iceland.
It's one of the top 100 photos ever taken.

https://theoilyguru.org/2017/12/21/...ble-photographs-ever-taken-no-photoshop/

Bore sighted yesterday on a knot on a tree in backyard thru man cave window about 45 yds away.


Ran down back fired a shot.
Did my barrel cleaning rountine for hunting.

Went out to slumlords this morning.
50 yard sight in
1st shot.
Did cleaning rountine for hunting barrel.
Put adjustments on scope x2 per 50 yrds.

2nd shot on the bull.

Back at house now.
Doing cleaning routine for hunting barrel.
Put 2 up and 2 left on scope.
Run out to slumlords thursday or friday take a 3rd shot at 100 on same tgt.
Take 1 or 2 more after that possibly depending on how close to the bull the 3rd shot is.

CVA Kodiak pro mag .45
29 inch bergara fluted barrel
95 grs 777 2f powder
Harvester crush rib blue sabot with .40 barnes 195gr ml expander
Win 209 primer
Crimson Trace 3-9×40 Brushline .

Have always wanted to try the harvester sabot versus the mmp tan sabot the Barnes come with.
Change of scope was the time to do it.