|
Post by GlennD on Apr 26, 2016 12:03:58 GMT -5
We all know that! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using proboards
|
|
|
Post by fleroo on Apr 26, 2016 12:20:09 GMT -5
Oh. Didn't think I mentioned it........ that many times.
|
|
|
Post by davet on Apr 26, 2016 14:30:47 GMT -5
I shot two groundhogs the last time I was out. I'm going to name them and claim them on my next tax return as DEPENDENTS
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 14:37:30 GMT -5
Sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting wine... I voted. Trump got two from me and the wife, and three delegates that are committed to Trump. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using proboards Likewise here, Glenn. We also voted for the three delegate candidates who are committed to Trump, for all the good it will do.
|
|
|
Post by redarrow on Apr 26, 2016 16:19:38 GMT -5
I did the same. I asked a couple folks about the delegate candidates and neither were even aware they'd be voting for them. One of them said he didn't even know there'd be anyone except the presidential candidates on the ballot(he's-"cruz all the way" type guy) These guys talk politics nearly every time I see them and I'm surprised at least the one knew so little.
The delegates I voted for they said they favored Trump, but would vote for the choice made by the voters in our district.
If Trump has a large plurality of the votes and is not nominated, I hope he goes independent and the old guard of the republican party is run out of office.
|
|
|
Post by GlennD on Apr 27, 2016 4:45:34 GMT -5
What's with all the transgender strife? Come on people. How in the heck has anybody known since lipstick was invented what gender any person is? No doubt in my mind I have been in the men's room with women before. And no doubt a lot of "girly" men have spent time in the Ladies room. Did anybody know what gender they were without peeking under the stall? Without having a Gender Check Station at the entrance to every public restroom we will just continue the way it has always been. No need to put labels on doors to public facilities to appease a few more liberal lunatics.. Just go pee. If some creep accosts you in the restroom, shoot em.
|
|
|
Post by fleroo on May 4, 2016 10:55:18 GMT -5
I rarely walk in or out of the woods in the dark. A. I'm deathly afraid of snakes, and B. Truth be told, the woods kind of scare me in the dark. My heart starts palpitating when I hear sticks crack in the dark. I feel like something has got it's sights on me.
|
|
|
Post by davet on May 4, 2016 11:01:28 GMT -5
Yeah.....Laws on "Use the bathroom your birth certificate says" are about as effective as "If your a bad guy you can't carry a firearm" law works. But.....let's not focus on the drug flow of illegal drugs where the majority of shootings are about. Why would we want to do that?
|
|
|
Post by Dutch on May 4, 2016 14:50:47 GMT -5
I rarely walk in or out of the woods in the dark. A. I'm deathly afraid of snakes, and B. Truth be told, the woods kind of scare me in the dark. My heart starts palpitating when I hear sticks crack in the dark. I feel like something has got it's sights on me. My brother isn't afraid of anything outdoors. Heck, he has hunted rattlesnakes since we were kids. Not afraid of the woods in the dark. Has no qualms being close to bears. Saturday morning, while set up for turkeys, he has "something" screaming close by, and still has no clue what it was. He said it was the first time he was scared in the woods.
|
|
|
Post by GlennD on May 4, 2016 19:52:16 GMT -5
I have told this story before, but based on the last couple posts, worth repeating. A friend and I were headed back to hunting locations in the morning dark. Very dark night. All at once he starts yelling and jumping around and beating himself on the chest, head, and shoulders. What the heck? He was in panic mode. Seems he walked into a spider web and took the little penlight he had and looked at his chest where he saw a big old woods spider. He freaked out. We laughed about that for many years..
|
|
|
Post by bawanajim on May 5, 2016 9:29:27 GMT -5
The geese that nested on my pond hatched yesterday, I couldn't count the little ones as they stayed in a bunch, and on my way up the hill my dog flushed a woodcock, beautiful little birds that are becoming rare in these parts.
|
|
|
Post by dougell on May 5, 2016 10:20:21 GMT -5
I've never been scared in the woods but spiders do creep me out.Years ago,I sat down in the pre-dawn to set up on a gobbler.As I was sitting there in the dark,I could here leaves russling all around me.I just assumed it was a mouse and really didn't pay any attention.When it got light,there were several big insects crawling around and russling the leaves.They looked like spiders with grasshopper legs.I'd never seen them before and haven't seen them since.I didn't freak out but I did find a new tree to sit against.
|
|
|
Post by bawanajim on May 5, 2016 10:28:03 GMT -5
I heard that the game commission stocked those bugs, did you see the little tracking collars on them?
|
|
|
Post by 3212 on May 5, 2016 11:40:00 GMT -5
When I worked in a machine shop we had a "Lady" machinist who did'nt like to walk all the way to the lady's room.She went to the closest restroom which was the men's.Happened all the time.
|
|
|
Post by davet on May 5, 2016 12:40:53 GMT -5
That was likely the start of the gender\bathroom debate. Right there!! History in the making.
|
|
|
Post by 3212 on May 5, 2016 15:15:54 GMT -5
Yeah,you would be standing there using the facility and she would walk by and go into a booth.No Problem.
|
|
|
Post by bawanajim on May 6, 2016 5:58:06 GMT -5
Yeah,you would be standing there using the facility and she would walk by and go into a booth.No Problem. Isn't it amazing how common sense works just fine until the gooberman has to get involved?
|
|
|
Post by GlennD on May 6, 2016 6:36:21 GMT -5
I remember back in the 60's at Fran O'Birans bar in Washington D.C. (Duh Capitol) the women went in the men's room all the time. The men's room was much bigger, had about four stalls, and the ladies room only had one stall. There was always a line at the ladies room. Nobody cared, except for the guys that would make smart arse comments and cat calls.
|
|
|
Post by davet on May 6, 2016 7:22:55 GMT -5
You know....I now know that not only has my wife been "hanging" with me for quite some time (over 40 years...of which 37 we were married) but now I know she not only listenes to my turkey call practice's.....but she has them ingrained....and she has a "way" of repeating some clucks that she has not shared with me. How do I know this? Well....she has been telling me about this flock of birds she has to "slow down" for almost every morning on her way to work. This is on a back road, all posted of course, but this morning she stopped to take a few pictures with her phone. She opened her car door while the birds were in front of her, and when they began to move to her left (as she says they always do) one gobbler was still on the road. So....she tells me she just begins to "cluck" like she hears me do on my call.....and as you can see on the second picture......wha-La!! (I called her on her cell phone right after she sent me the pictures....and just so you know....she sent me the pic's while stopped. She is smart enough to not attempt to text nor send anything on her cell phone while driving.) Maybe I need to bring her with me on my next "Turkey outing"??
|
|
|
Post by 3212 on May 6, 2016 10:06:18 GMT -5
I have permission to hunt some private land for turkeys.Due to commitments and distance I may be able to do an afternoon hunt when it opens later this season.Any ideas on how to approach an afternoon gobbler?
|
|
|
Post by davet on May 6, 2016 10:20:27 GMT -5
Well, I would keep it simple. I don't use decoy's in area's that are hunted a lot. I believe birds become very wise to decoy's. So I will set up in an area that has it's openings, yet still has brush around to "hide" in if I were a bird. Then I would yelp, give a few clucks to begin. let 15 or 20 minutes pass and do it again. On the 3rd try I would let the clucks get a bit louder. 4th....clucks and yelps are loud.
|
|
|
Post by 3212 on May 6, 2016 10:40:40 GMT -5
I've never used decoys.I've taken 5 hens in the fall.3 with a rifle and 2 with a 26 inch modified choke 12 GA. model 12.I've had one experience with a spring gobbler on this property.He came to my calls and hung up at 30 yards behind a bush.I was using the above shotgun and did'nt think I could get enough pellets through the bush to kill him.So, we talked for a awhile and he fanned and strutted back there until he got bored and left the way he came in.Never offered a shot.I assume he was waiting for the hen to come to him.
|
|
|
Post by davet on May 6, 2016 10:55:53 GMT -5
Yeah.....when you get them coming in to you, you have to shut up. They know where you are when they are 100 yards away from you and approaching. When they hang up....they are within sight distance.....but they can't see the hen. So, they get very suspicious of "why is she not where I hear her?" So...they won't come in any closer. Once I hear the gobble at about 50 or 60 yards I quit calling, put my shotgun on a shooting stick so it's up and ready...and I don't have to move....and I just wait. He will keep (usually...not always) coming in, maybe circle, but he will "hunt" for her. Stay ready....you should get a chance at an open shot.
|
|
|
Post by 3212 on May 6, 2016 11:59:24 GMT -5
Thanks.
|
|
|
Post by fleroo on May 9, 2016 6:59:41 GMT -5
I thought you guys that hunt them religiously, call them "smart birds" ? confused-smiley-013
|
|