I always like these threads, beats all the doom and gloom and fighting going on-
Wife got an email confirmation that her pic "Missouri Muleskinner" of our 19 month old on ole_270's (also known as papa's) mule is a finalist in a Missouri Department of Agriculture photo contest. We get free tickets to the state fair and an invite to the awards ceremony. Not sure how many finalists there are, but the email said over 700 entries were whittled down to the finalists.
I always like these threads, beats all the doom and gloom and fighting going on-
Wife got an email confirmation that her pic "Missouri Muleskinner" of our 19 month old on ole_270's (also known as papa's) mule is a finalist in a Missouri Department of Agriculture photo contest. We get free tickets to the state fair and an invite to the awards ceremony. Not sure how many finalists there are, but the email said over 700 entries were whittled down to the finalists.
Young male Mountain Goat at about 12,000 ft elevation in Chicago Basin, Colorado, He was on top of a big rock when I snuck up on him. He tried to stomp on my fingers when I reached up.
Young male Mountain Goat at about 12,000 ft elevation in Chicago Basin, Colorado, He was on top of a big rock when I snuck up on him. He tried to stomp on my fingers when I reached up.
Young male Mountain Goat at about 12,000 ft elevation in Chicago Basin, Colorado, He was on top of a big rock when I snuck up on him. He tried to stomp on my fingers when I reached up.
Cheesy; Thank you for initiating the wonderful viewing and thanks as well to those who've participated with their contributions.
I really enjoyed your starter picture by the way, it was very cool indeed.
In no particular order then.
A traffic holdup on my way to work this spring.
Our eldest salutes the sunset off of South Kehei.
Why Canucks end up watching the sunset off of Kehei....
Eldest with her celebratory project rifle that we picked up when our beloved long gun registry was axed. With me only being allowed to watch, she stripped the entire action down and put in a bunch of internal parts as well as bolting on the outer stuff too.
Our male cat, who goes a little off when we clean out the sink with bleach.
Spruce grouse chick at youngest daughter's boot toes. For whatever reason they were a month later than normal last fall.
My good wife going down what we're told is the highest zipline in Canada - on our eldest's 16th birthday last year. And she wonders where the girls get their love of adventure from. [img:center]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/PLZL6.jpg[/img]
That's it for me for now Cheesy. Thanks again for the thread and thanks to any who've taken the time to both post photos and look in.
Burbot 24 lbs 12 oz...1976...Lake Louise...George R. Howard
I didn't weigh the one in the pic, but doubt it is over 15 lbs. There was a little problem getting it through a 7" spoon auger hole. I'd like to know what the SR measured for length. I bet it wasn't more then a few inches longer, but a lota lota fatter.
Burbot 24 lbs 12 oz...1976...Lake Louise...George R. Howard
I didn't weigh the one in the pic, but doubt it is over 15 lbs. There was a little problem getting it through a 7" spoon auger hole. I'd like to know what the SR measured for length. I bet it wasn't more then a few inches longer, but a lota lota fatter.
I've heard of people calling them poor mans lobster. I've never eaten them but I hear they are deelish. Lake Louise? how be damn.
Burbot 24 lbs 12 oz...1976...Lake Louise...George R. Howard
I didn't weigh the one in the pic, but doubt it is over 15 lbs. There was a little problem getting it through a 7" spoon auger hole. I'd like to know what the SR measured for length. I bet it wasn't more then a few inches longer, but a lota lota fatter.
I've heard of people calling them poor mans lobster. I've never eaten them but I hear they are deelish. Lake Louise? how be damn.
We catch a lot of them on LOW in northern MN in the winter.
Yes the back meat is very good, cod texture, steam or fast boil, dip in salted butter.
The first two pictures are of the Na'Pali Coast from our catamaran tour. The third is Waimea Canyon. The next two (North shore/Princeville) are from our helicopter tour of the island. And the last is from the beach area where we stayed in Poipu (South shore).
A few of those were. I kind of lost count between 90 and Desert Storm and when I retired in 07 how many HARMS I shot. think that was Kosovo so was flying out of Aviano.
It seems like I've developed "hang a pic" fever, somebody stop me before I post again.....
Porkypine; Well sir, it will not be me who is stopping you from sharing your photos - of that you can be certain.
Thank you for sharing your photos with us, I really enjoyed them.
Although I'm loathe to single out anyone's photos here, those that know me even a wee bit will know I've got a bad weakness for mulie bucks, so a special thank you for sharing those photos.
Lastly a blanket thanks again to all who've taken the time to share a bit of their "life through the lens" with us here. These are some of my personal favorite threads.
All the best to you all this weekend.
Regards, Dwayne
PS; In the spirit of the thread and recent bird theme - a really marginal photo of our neighborhood osprey sitting on a big Doug fir at the top of our driveway. He or she has resisted my best efforts for a better shot, though we see it weekly there or on a power pole across the road.
Last month had a hurt doe coming every day to bed down, open wound on her breastbone, possibly a fence post. There's a four foot area between the cabin and retaining wall she felt safe. This is from the dining table window.
I think I've been there! I floated the Kenai a couple of times and my buddy showed me a place he called eagle alley. A bend to the right a a small fork to the left. Maybe?
Fortunately I haven't been in a position where I've needed one -- at least yet. GBU-12s are more my speed.
Very nice. Nothing says "America is paying attention" like a 500 lb bomb landing on a bad guys head.
Happy to have done the job of protecting you strike guys and the Lakenheath Eagle guys were very appreciative one night after a particularly sporty evening in Kosovo playing with some SA-6 sites who thought they could ambush us pushing into a target.
We decided they needed more attention that the fragged target and 4 HARMS and some iron bombs made sure they didn't get a second chance to pull that [bleep] again.
Most of my time was off the boat with an airwing and not getting a chance to have a beer with other blue air folks we protected so having a Guinness afterwards with you boys in blue was nice.
Not as many and not a very good picture...in the yard (notice the electrical line/cable coming to the house) about 25 yards from the house. He was eyeing my cats for a few days.
Gawd, but the common loon is a beautiful bird! I need to get a high-resolution of this photo from you, Dave!
Doc, most of what i posted there were pam's photos. Including this loon shot. She snapped that with her canon DSLR/24-105 L series lens. Freehand from a canoe in the NE area of Minnesota's BWCA June 2011.
PM me you email and I'll send you a file so you can print or do what ever.
She won grand champion at our county fair with that photo last summer, probably her best capture to date.
Dang, this thread has really had some great pics, From Kamo Gari's outstanding sense of line and composition, (the snail in the sand photo is amazing) to Northern Dave's missus great stuff and a bunch of others that are really fine.
This thread got me looking at some of my stuff I hadn't looked at for years and I found a few more to inflict on you..
I think I've been there! I floated the Kenai a couple of times and my buddy showed me a place he called eagle alley. A bend to the right a a small fork to the left. Maybe?
Bob
This one is actually within sight of the road into town.
Although I'm loathe to single out anyone's photos here, those that know me even a wee bit will know I've got a bad weakness for mulie bucks, so a special thank you for sharing those photos.
Porkypine; Again I'll say thanks for your participation here sir, I like your photos very much.
That is not to say that my cyber friends Dave and Leighton have not amazed me yet again - and others as well. It's a great thread overall folks.
Well here's a seldom seen critter even in our part of the world - a pika.
Helmken Falls up near Clearwater, BC.
One of my personal favorite hunting photos of our eldest.
And another personal favorite of mine with our youngest. The facial expressions kinda tell the story for me I guess.
These trees are in a favored hunting spot. If you can blow it up some, you can make out my rifle and Nice frame leaning against the left tree.
As mentioned in an earlier post, our girls can be thrill seekers some days. This is them at Whistler Bungee a couple summers ago.
That's it for now again for me folks. Have a good weekend all.
Regards, Dwayne
All sentiments mirrored here, friend Dwayne. I love your family hunting shots especially. You're a lucky man in so many ways. But then there are quite a few lucky buggers amongst us here.
Glad to have you aboard, PP. Your input is welcome, and appreciated from me. Some awesome stuff. Don't be shy, now. I have a sneaking hunch that you, and some others are just getting warmed up. Salmonella, Ingwe, Northern Dave, mudhen, 458 Lott, and many more of you guys are blowing me away. Thanks to all posting up.
Great photo's sir on the last photo you posted, when the Salmon are in the river in the fall the Skagit herein Washington looks just like that with the eagles in the trees.
We decided they needed more attention that the fragged target and 4 HARMS and some iron bombs made sure they didn't get a second chance to pull that [bleep] again.
That's the way! Turning Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses into Destruction is spelled DEAD.
Honor would be mine. Used to go into Mountain Home a lot from Whidbey after running your range. I understand Scrubby's BBQ is gone now Used to be out the front gate, had great brisket run by an old EB-57/BUFF EWO who would get up on stage with his guitar and sing the old USAF songs from VN.
A couple fishing pics for the thread - Brown up on Penn's Creek PA
Picture of me taken by a bud fishing on the Rapid River in Maine right below the upper dam. Brook Trout and Landlocked Salmon.
The dam on Pretty Boy Reservoir here in Maryland. It dams the Gunpowder river that is managed well for catch and release trout. Water temp last week, 61 degrees, air temp 98.
Dave; Thanks for the border obelisk marker shot, it brings back a few good memories for me.
Hopefully this finds you and yours doing well - including the 75 mile away member?
Hopefully it's OK that I quickly share that memory with you all here.
Years ago my late father in law was out hunting with me - well he'd love to ride along but wasn't packing.
Anyway we were on the sage and antelope brush covered mountains west of the border towns of Osoyoos, BC and Oroville, WA and were poking along some old cow feeding 4x4 trail when I got out to glass for a bit.
As I was glassing the fence line that we were um - quite a bit south of by that point.....I saw one of the obelisk markers - on the fence line....that we were quite a bit south of!!
Even back then in those pre 9-11 days the US Border Patrol would be out a fair bit and were known to be less than charitable with BC hunters who'd crossed "a fair bit south of the medicine line".
Without further adieu then, we chucked the binos back on the seat of the old Toyota 4x4 I drove back then and beat a hasty retreat back to the north.
We figured out on the way back into BC that when we crossed an open cattle guard along a 4 strand barbed wire fence that the fence which we'd taken as just another grazing lease drift fence was in fact the medicine line.
This is a small valley north of that spot, but for our purposes this morning, the country looks similar enough that we can get the idea of where the crime took place.
There, I feel better for having come clean to unknowingly been illegally hunting in WA after all these years.
All the best to you and your fine family Dave. Thanks for the photos and thanks to the rest who have shared in this wonderful thread.
Darn, sure do miss Utah Lefty and his Photos that he used to post on threads like these. We are truly at a loss by his absence as he was and is talented Photographer.
Vairboy, I live in Area 21 in Colorado most of the year.. Area 21 is a trophy mule deer area. It usually takes about 12 or 13 years to draw a mulie here. So it's pretty easy picking,for pictures.. Directly to the north is Area 10 and that's trophy elk territory.
Now, that is one interesting shot (my neck has a crook in it now, too; thanks for that ).
Hmm. Black bear, exit wound on right? Maybe high shoulder, bad wheel? I'm pretty sure it ain't a squirrel, but then we city-raised boys ain't exactly Daniel Boones...
He came into my calling from behind me. I caught the movement too late, and as we were out on the high desert I misjudged the range and nailed him low in the front shoulder.
I figured he was 175-200 ish. He was closer to 250 yards out. I ended up tracking him for miles.
He went down hill for a bit. Then the blood trail got thin,down to little specks every once in a while. He was three legging it, but making better time than I was.
Eventually,after a couple of good tracks up some high basins, I figured I had tracked long enough, wasting half a morning's hunt trying to finish him off. I just hate to see even a song dog suffer though.
okok I've lurked here for years but don't post very often... I used to post occasionally on the Crackerbarrel before it went TU. I've just been poking through my Photobucket album and reposting stuff that I put up on another smaller site I hang around on. Wheelchair Bandit posts there too. And several others check this site like I do.
He came into my calling from behind me. I caught the movement too late, and as we were out on the high desert I misjudged the range and nailed him low in the front shoulder.
I figured he was 175-200 ish. He was closer to 250 yards out. I ended up tracking him for miles.
He went down hill for a bit. Then the blood trail got thin,down to little specks every once in a while. He was three legging it, but making better time than I was.
Eventually,after a couple of good tracks up some high basins, I figured I had tracked long enough, wasting half a morning's hunt trying to finish him off. I just hate to see even a song dog suffer though.
Coyote, bear, lion, whatever, hey, I was close...
The first jack I ever put lead to was in SE AZ. Hit him at 40 yards the first time, and off he went. I was surprised when he didn't keel over, based on local cottontail and hare experience. Long story short, I ended up shooting that poor litte gummer 3 more times, with each time having him scamper off into the desert. The last time he ran down a long draw, where it was getting thick. I was annoyed and astonished that I'd failed to do him in, when I *knew* I didn't miss.
I sat down, hot and frustrated, then thinking maybe that I'd been shooting at more than one. I got up, ready to call it, and shouldered the shotgun. As I turned to walk out of the draw, I heard what sounded like a...like a child's cough. It was close. Very close. I got a little creeped out, thinking there was no way a kid should have been out there.
It was the jack, about 15 feet away from me, panting and coughing up blood, alive but barely holding on. As I walked up on him he coughed again, then died. The poor bugger was like swiss cheese. I have no idea how he survived through all that.
OK, enough bedtime stories for now, kids. Sleep tight.
This is my P&Y world record jack... 42 lazered yds, through the vitals, DRT... love the weapons carry on the X1, released the tether and had an arrow in flight less than 5 seconds.
Kent; I trust that this finds you and yours well tonight and that being a grandpa hasn't worn you out too much yet. Thanks for sharing the grand daughter photos by the way sir.
Anyway to the subject at hand, that indeed must be the world record jack!
As I recall them, the ears on our Saskatchewan jacks were perhaps a wee bit shorter than the ones in Mackay's fine photos but somewhere near them I'd have guessed.
Yours on the other hand is in a class of it's own. Perhaps it's almost a sub-species of it's own, you know - like those Sonoran mule deer that JGRaider and Hunt Sonora share with us.
Thanks again for sharing the world record jack with us sir, as a long time jack rabbit shooter/hunter, I for one am suitably impressed.
All the best to you and yours in the upcoming week Kent.
My brother and I were walking down a wash when a jack came out and froze in front of us. I tell my brother to shoot him with his bow... he asks, how far?... I say 40... he shoots and says, too high, while I'm watching the arrow, the jack flips on his back as I say, nope... We walk up and the broadhead had went perfectly in one ear hole and out the other... he still brags about that shot years later.
From one of my trail cams. I shot this deer the next morning. Didn't have a picture before and had no idea this deer was on the farm. I didn't discover this picture until after Thanksgiving when I checked the cam. Not the quality of most on this thread, but a pretty neat picture of him stretching his neck to reach the branch above...
bbassi, let me apologize in advance for messing with one of your pictures, but I just couldn't help myself.
When I saw it I thought that it looked just like many of the early 1900's hunting photos that I'd seen, including the rifles and equipment hanging on the cabin wall.
So I copied it and sepia toned it and fiddled with the focus a tad and this is the result....
If you prefer, I will remove it. Again apologies..
So, how does one go about entering a pic in a reply? I'm new to this stuff. See an icon for "enter an image" on the toolbar above this reply but don't know how that works. Help please?
So, how does one go about entering a pic in a reply? I'm new to this stuff. See an icon for "enter an image" on the toolbar above this reply but don't know how that works. Help please?
Thanks, geno
Get a photobucket account, upload the picture to photobucket then hover your mouse over the picture and a box will pop up. Move your mouse to the box that says IMG code and left click. Then you just right click and paste it to your post.
Any way to do it without a "photobucket" acct? No way to just import a jpg from my pictures folder on the hard drive? I've got enough "accounts' with enough internet places already and would prefer not to have another.
Any way to do it without a "photobucket" acct? No way to just import a jpg from my pictures folder on the hard drive? I've got enough "accounts' with enough internet places already and would prefer not to have another.
Thanks for the info though. Geno
It is not necessary to specifically use Photobucket, but it must be a web-site hosting for the pic. It's just that a lot/most here use PB.
Thank you ironbender. I'll take a look at that post and see if it can work for me. I'm on a work computer and there's certain things allowed, and certain things not.
"It is not necessary to specifically use Photobucket, but it must be a web-site hosting for the pic"
and this accomplishes what compared to directly uploading it from my files? Just asking as I am new to this stuff.
Geno
ps, nice lookin' pooch. I sure miss mine while I'm up here working
There are other hosting sites than PB. By uploading your pic to a web host it gets a URL. I don't know any way to post a pic on the fire directly from your hard drive.
This is a great thread, let's please keep it going. Some more from my archives:
Ziggurat of Ur through the TPOD
Hey Friend,
I thought I would give you a close up of the Ziggurat:
For those who may not know the significance, this is the birthplace of Abraham, from the Bible.
Right next to the Zig (75 yards), is the ruins/dig site where archeologists have uncovered many of the artifacts. I have escorted a few American VIP/archeologists to the site.
Very nice, Mr. Sagebrush. Thanks for the good view. Always thought it was crazy how close it is to the air base. The Zig was one of a handful of archaeological sites I'd try to pick out while cruising around. Samara, Arch of Ctesiphon, and Babylon were others but don't have the pics of them.
Looks like a nice AR that you are toting around there as well.
There are some major digs within a days drive of your old air base, out in the middle of the desert. They are not exactly easy to get to and you had better know exactly where you are going and understand that "roads" tend to litterally dissapear.
Raiders of the Lost Arc kind of stuff. It is not the most hospitable place on the planet to run into vehicle, water or any other kind of issues.
Sagebrush- Yep, I believe you about the Indy Jones stories. Bet you could tell some good ones. I never spent time on the ground in Iraq, much easier doing circles above it burning dinosaurs. Hopefully, at least, the noise made some bad guys think twice about trying to pull something.
I have spent more time than that in Afghanistan and other hot places around the Gulf. Plenty of adventures to be had there as well, but I'll let the locals have it as soon as possible. Looking forward to getting home. Best of luck to you as well, whether its the next time you are overseas or wherever home is Stateside.
Any way to do it without a "photobucket" acct? No way to just import a jpg from my pictures folder on the hard drive? I've got enough "accounts' with enough internet places already and would prefer not to have another.
Thanks for the info though. Geno
You can directly attach a picture file to a post, hit reply, then click 'file manager', then upload your picture. It must be a jpg, it must be less than 100 kb.
The problem is it won't embed into your post, will just show it as having a file attached, then people have to click on the attachment to get it to open.
The work around this is once you open the attachment, get the web address for it, then go back and edit your post, this time using the 'insert image' function.
Very Rube Goldberg type of maneuvering, a real pain in the butt. Having to resize the images first is enough to keep me from doing it, let alone all the other back and forth necessary. Photobucket is the way to go, about 4 clicks and you're done.
I'm a cheater at this game, apparently. I must confess a certain satisfaction making mulitple holes in bunny ears, though.
BTW, it appears we've both discovered a little known aspect of the little gummers: they will occasionally try to evade predators by loafing on tree branches and cacti, bent in half at the mid-section, feigning sleep. Nice try, but I see them when they blink an eye, or take a breath...
This is my P&Y world record jack... 42 lazered yds, through the vitals, DRT... love the weapons carry on the X1, released the tether and had an arrow in flight less than 5 seconds.
This is a great thread, let's please keep it going. Some more from my archives:
Ziggurat of Ur through the TPOD
Hey Friend,
I thought I would give you a close up of the Ziggurat:
For those who may not know the significance, this is the birthplace of Abraham, from the Bible.
Right next to the Zig (75 yards), is the ruins/dig site where archeologists have uncovered many of the artifacts. I have escorted a few American VIP/archeologists to the site.
Directly in front of the Zig:
Tallil which is now Ali Air Base. Did some time there myself
BTW, it appears we've both discovered a little known aspect of the little gummers: they will occasionally try to evade predators by loafing on tree branches and cacti, bent in half at the mid-section, feigning sleep. Nice try, but I see them when they blink an eye, or take a breath...
Kamo my friend, You have the have the sickness! Hunting the desert Jacks is truly a sickness that gets in to your blood and stays there. Once there, you are afflicted for life.
Speaking of bending in half and or feigning sleep...
I always like these threads, beats all the doom and gloom and fighting going on-
Wife got an email confirmation that her pic "Missouri Muleskinner" of our 19 month old on ole_270's (also known as papa's) mule is a finalist in a Missouri Department of Agriculture photo contest. We get free tickets to the state fair and an invite to the awards ceremony. Not sure how many finalists there are, but the email said over 700 entries were whittled down to the finalists.
Well, just got back from the state fair. The pic that started this off is the first runner up (second place) of the "Faces of the Farm" category. 700+ entries in 4 different categories.
The governor told her he would have picked hers as the grand champion. But he's a democrat and he's running for re-election....
Your wife has the most friendly and beautiful smile ever. It is obvious that she is a woman who loves being outdoors and enjoys life period.
Cheers!
Yessir, I do believe I have been touched by the 'affliction'. Good for me, perhaps, that I can only hope to chase them away from home. We do have snowshoes and cottontails, but there is certainly something mysterious about the jacks compulsion. Fascinating that yours in the last shot have evolved to include an apparent evolutionary twist to the little-known evasion tactic we're discussing: the 'I'm sleeping upside-down' slump defense. Clever little devils they are.
Thanks kindly for the comment on my lady, friend. She's my everything, and then some.
I suspect it's because everything stands out and leaves tracks/clues on those heavy frost mornings, but, a pard and I call those "kill days". I think critters trying to get somewhere dryer is a part of the magic of those days as well. Whatever it is, I'm always encouraged to wake up to a morning like the above during any hunting season.