duck season opens next weekend

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

That looks like a good time, but I think hunting would be much cooler if animals were equipped with intelligence and weapons.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

[Cueball]

That looks like a good time, but I think hunting would be much cooler if animals were equipped with intelligence and weapons.

It's not as skewed as you think. Most hunters are equipped with just a weapon.

[Smackie Chan]

Some friends have a duck camp near Cut Off, La.

I've been to a friend's camp in Cut Off and done some fishing down there. Nice area. Hope it wasn't hit too hard by the BP spill.

aligator sauce piquant

One of my friend's family raises gators in Cut Off. Dude can cook up some mean alligator sauce piquant.

[Smackie Chan]

One of my friend's family raises gators in Cut Off. Dude can cook up some mean alligator sauce piquant.

Evidently an episode of Dirty Jobs was filmed at one of the gator farms in the area, was it your friend's?

Nope, but someone he knows.

[Atomic Punk]

Just showing up for breakfast would be cool over there. PET's are cool... even if some shots are blurry.

[Diego in Seattle]

That was nice of you to invite SS.

Rack the PET.

[mvscal]

That looks like a good time, but I think hunting would be much cooler if animals were equipped with intelligence and weapons.

The best way to hunt would be to hang out around the cabin and eat, put on a pot of beans, take a nap and then smoke joints and drink beers up here:



...while everybody else runs around and brings back more things to eat.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I can get down with that.

[Go Coogs']

Nice PET, Jsc.

I'm going on my first deer hunt next month in Junction, TX. The last time I fired a rifle was a rimfire .22 when I was thirteen years old.

This is a new experience for me. I'm borrowing a .308 centerfire for the hunt and start practicing with it tomorrow. Right now, I'm reading everything I can about the Rut and the the anatomy of a deer and the best place to shoot them. Should be fun.

[The Seer]

I thought JSC was a lefty. Aren't lefties supposed to be sucking the duck's cocks instead of killing the poor soft cuddly things? What about the catastrophic affect a duck killing will have on climate change? A dead duck won't shit, no duck shit reduces natural fertilization of plant life that creates the air we breathe...

Consider yourself reported to PETA, EPA, Al Gore, etc. etc....

[mvscal]

The best way to hunt would be to hang out around the cabin and eat, put on a pot of beans, take a nap and then smoke joints and drink beers up here:

...while everybody else runs around and brings back more things to eat.

Spoken like a true welfare queen

Or the camp cook. You kill it, I'll grill it.

[LTS TRN 2]

You'd grill a roadkill possum if Rusp limpdick lisped that such an act would help keep his horded wealth secure. Who are you kidding?

[H4ever]

Another rack on the PET Chip.

That's one hell of a fine looking duck camp you have there and the eats looked awesome

Shit - now I'm missing South Dakota pretty freaking bad

First things first....Rack the PET jsc! Now..speaking of South Dakota... my maternal grandparents had a large farm up near Winner, South Dakota. They sold out in the late 50's but held on to enough land that I've inherited 80 acres of prime hunting ground. Add in all the land around it that my siblings own plus the countless acres of land that friends of the family possess and we're talking about 5 sections of some of the finest pheasant, wild turkey, grouse and white tail hunting around.

blessed, I tell ya!

[Go Coogs']

Scott,

The hunt is in a stand on a fenced in lease. Bucks range around 130-150 class. Yeah, they're that big. I pretty much just point and shoot.

I fired the .308 I am using for the hunt. They were store bought cartridges and considering that, my grouping was about 2" apart (150 yards) on my first four rounds. I let the gun sit, then shot it another four times. My grouping was tighter at about an inch and a half. The guys I were with had reloads for their 300 mag rifles. One of 'em said he can make some reloads for me and go out to the range one more time before my trip. He pretty much guaranteed I'd have no separation with the reloads, but he also said being an inch to 2" apart was going to drop the deer anyways.

Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked about this trip. I never thought I would do something like this, but I've always told myself I'd be open to trying new things. We'll see how it plays out.

[Trampis]

Another rack on the PET Chip.

That's one hell of a fine looking duck camp you have there and the eats looked awesome

Shit - now I'm missing South Dakota pretty freaking bad

First things first....Rack the PET jsc! Now..speaking of South Dakota... my maternal grandparents had a large farm up near Winner, South Dakota. They sold out in the late 50's but held on to enough land that I've inherited 80 acres of prime hunting ground. Add in all the land around it that my siblings own plus the countless acres of land that friends of the family possess and we're talking about 5 sections of some of the finest pheasant, wild turkey, grouse and white tail hunting around.

blessed, I tell ya!

Yes you are. Nice being able to get out into some open places to clear your mind and wack some birds/deer/varmints.

Rack JSC. I hope someone in camp is a doctor because a couple of those dudes look ready to either have aheart attack or drown or something.

[mvscal]

Here ya go, lil fella.

[Dinsdale]

In a little while, I'm probably going to go hunting for the occasionally-elusive chinook salmon.

This time, maybe I'll try and not be a greenhorn, and actually check my knots and whatnot while ultralight fishing for hogs. Maybe then I won't immediately break off a huge beast... like last week.

[BSmack]

Or the camp cook. You kill it, I'll grill it.

so the camp bitch in other words? Dude, I'd never expected to hear mr. Gun wanted to play wife

You do realize this is the 21st century? So what if he wants to cook?

[Derron]

In a little while, I'm probably going to go hunting for the occasionally-elusive chinook salmon.

This time, maybe I'll try and not be a greenhorn, and actually check my knots and whatnot while ultralight fishing for hogs. Maybe then I won't immediately break off a huge beast... like last week.

Be on the Wilson about 12:30 - 1 pm today after Veterans Day thing. Starting about Jordan Creek working down. White Ford F 350 with white canopy.

[Derron]

Scott,

I fired the .308 I am using for the hunt. They were store bought cartridges and considering that, my grouping was about 2" apart (150 yards) on my first four rounds. I let the gun sit, then shot it another four times. My grouping was tighter at about an inch and a half. The guys I were with had reloads for their 300 mag rifles. One of 'em said he can make some reloads for me and go out to the range one more time before my trip. He pretty much guaranteed I'd have no separation with the reloads, but he also said being an inch to 2" apart was going to drop the deer anyways.

Damn dude.....inch and a half at 150 yards is pretty good. Save your shoulder and ammo money. And the dude says the reloads will tighten that group up ??

[Dinsdale]

Debating whether to hit the tidewater (maybe at the Handicap Hole on the Tilly), or stick to the Upper Wilson.

About a week or so ago, the tidewater was about dead, and all the kids had headed way upstream.

I'm suprised the water isn't higher after so much rain yesterday, but the gauge is still under 6ft, so should be good. Although after the first round of rains a couple of weeks ago, there was some bigazz slide on one of the tribs, and everything below about Jones Creek was pretty chocolatey... but that's probably washed out by now.

There's probably nooks all the way up to the deadline, I'm thinking.

Last time out, they were packed in at Jones Creek pretty good. One pod was some pretty damn big'uns, too. The Wils gets some huge freaking nooks. Same goes for the Poor White Trask, but it's not nearly as cool to fish from the bank -- getting caught in the crossfirefrom a gunfight over who was casting where about 20 years ago still has soured me on the Trask... that was some crazy shit -- saturday morning, crowded as all get-out... and some yokels decided a few feet of water was worth exchanging bullets over. You never seen a couple of motherfuckers get up the bank and to the truck so fast, which was made easier when other bystanders drew down and laid some nice cover fire. Fuggin Trask rednecks. Snag another fish in the tail, Billybob.


Mouth of Jordan is usually good -- seems like I catch reinvigorated summers when I go nookin' there, but I'm OK with that.

Heard rumor that there's already winters in the lower river, but I'll treat it as rumors until I verify them myself.

[Derron]

We have similar fishing models for the Wilson. I start up high using gear just a scratch heavy for winters, but a bit light for the fall nooks. I start at Jordan Creek and work down, maybe a bit faster today since it is mid week..but probably no lower than Donaldson's today, if that far. I like to fish better than drive, and the Wilson is the closest good river.

The ones at Jones Creek must have been that early push that just fucking shoots up the River, and if you can't find them in a 2 day frame, your not going to. Those other reports are what I have been reading at I Fish, but about 75% of the fishing threads are complete bullshit anyway. And the reports of winters down load need to be confirmed as well :) :) :)

The old gun fight at the Trask. Heard about that one...friend of my bro in law was there..Interesting thread on I Fish about carrying while fishing.... :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: It is more like who doesn't ?

[Dinsdale]

The ones at Jones Creek must have been that early push that just fucking shoots up the River, and if you can't find them in a 2 day frame, your not going to.

Pretty much -- but if you do find them, they're good biters.

I usually start around Jones, and do drivebyes down to usually around Mills -- I'm not too into paying to fish on a river with miles and miles of bank access. Once the rains start, if there's fish at Donaldson's or Sollie, they're usually at Mills too.

Those other reports are what I have been reading at I Fish, but about 75% of the fishing threads are complete bullshit anyway.

They should rename that site IFishThereforeILie.net. It seems to be an online community dedicated to the local fishing folks for the purpose of lying like hell to keep people off their favorite river... between rounds of thumping the bible. They asked me for a bunch of personal info when I treid to register... screw that.

The old gun fight at the Trask. Heard about that one...friend of my bro in law was there..Interesting thread on I Fish about carrying while fishing.... :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: It is more like who doesn't ?

I wanna say it was October 1992... maybe.

If I'm by myself -- I usually pack. If I'm hitting a bunch of hike-in spots and climbing the steep bank a bunch -- generally not. I try to keep the weight down for hiking -- although the Walther is pretty decent as far as weight goes... the .45, not so much. It's been a lot of years since I last used a .32 to dispatch a fish, rather than a rock. Not sure how the Fish and Feathers guys would feel about seeing a GSW to a hog's head.


Speaking of fishing -- where the fuck is my buddy? Fucker ain't here yet, and his phone goes straight to voicemail. Was supposed to be an early outing. Now, maybe we'll chase them up from the tidewater.


I think I'll go with something as little stronger than 6# this time. 6-8# seems to hook a whole bunch more fish... and result in a lot more long-line catch-and-release action.

[BSmack]

He doesn't wanna hunt - but wants to hang out and be the cook

Again I say "So fucking what?"

[mvscal]

He doesn't wanna hunt - but wants to hang out and be the cook

Again I say "So fucking what?"

It's OK. To each his own. Some dudes like to run around in the woods and kill meat. Other dudes like to drink beer, cook and eat meat, while still other dudes enjoy long, lingering showers at the gym to gaze at meat while they form vivid, instantly recalled memories of other dudes' "hugeness."


So while JSC is running (or hobbling) around:



I'll be hanging out with her:



While KCScott gets in a "huge" workout:

[Derron]

I usually start around Jones, and do drivebyes down to usually around Mills -- I'm not too into paying to fish on a river with miles and miles of bank access. Once the rains start, if there's fish at Donaldson's or Sollie, they're usually at Mills too.

Hit Jordan and a couple of other spots and then spent the time at Mills. Only was about 2 other guys there..a couple of fucking Koreans that landed a chrome hen about 25#. Corkie with some yarn and some lousy looking eggs...horsed that bitch right in..but he had 24 # test on. Only thing that came out of the hole while we were there for about 2 hours.

They should rename that site IFishThereforeILie.net. It seems to be an online community dedicated to the local fishing folks for the purpose of lying like hell to keep people off their favorite river... between rounds of thumping the bible. They asked me for a bunch of personal info when I treid to register... screw that.

I been lurking on there, seldom post...some dude lectured me about shooting crows (in season) as a non game bird....oh yeah..the fucking crows that destroyed 2 pheasant nests in my meadow? Right..get right on that one..going to decoy them black bastards in and shoot them this week

If I'm by myself -- I usually pack. If I'm hitting a bunch of hike-in spots and climbing the steep bank a bunch -- generally not. I try to keep the weight down for hiking -- although the Walther is pretty decent as far as weight goes... the .45, not so much.

Usually keep my Tarus 380 in the front wader pocket. Bought a nice Tarus Millineum 40 at the gun show this last week end, but a bit heavy to carry every day, and with waders on. Interesting as I get older I pass on those fucking guard rail jumps to hike down to the river. Did one at MP 12 that was a hike enough...Mills is pretty good for that, but can get too many people in there real fast.

I think I'll go with something as little stronger than 6# this time. 6-8# seems to hook a whole bunch more fish... and result in a lot more long-line catch-and-release action.

What ?. A sporting line selection?..those cock bites on I Fish always say you light line dudes fuck up the holes, having to fight and work the fish and all that, instead of just cranking them in under 2 minutes on that 35 to 40 pound test stuff. I run 24 on the reel and 12 on the leader and just seem to do fine.

[Dinsdale]

Remember the glory days of SC3?

Back In The Day...

It's OK. To each his own. Some dudes like to run around in the woods and kill meat. Other dudes like to drink beer, cook and eat meat, while still other dudes enjoy long, lingering showers at the gym to gaze at meat while they form vivid, instantly recalled memories of other dudes' "hugeness."

We used to call that a "beatdown."