Fitty's Angling Ramble 7.0

[HairyScandinavian]

That's what I was thinking - why chase it? Underneath it said: Animal control and the Humane Society responded and tranquilized the deer, which suffered a broken leg. Rescuers believe the deer will make full recovery.

Seems both deer and Moose/Elk can swim - on a few occasions we have had Moose - swim from Sweden to the Sjælland Island. 6-10 miles!!

That's a long swim!

The deer's leg looked fine while it was running around, I bet it's leg got broken when they tranquilized it and it fell over. It ran itself out of the surf, why not just leave it be?

[VikingFit]

Yes didn´t think that was possible - but it has been reported a few times that a moose have made it to shore.

And I agree - they should just have let it be. Sometimes all these well meaning people cause more harm to animals than good.

Over here we are having the 2 x a year recurrent problem - due to daylight saving time change this saturday. Many more roadkills!! Deer get use to crossing roads at certain hours ...

[storm1507]

Duck hunting youth weekend on Saturday, forgot the ammo bag so leave the kiddo with 2 shots while I hike back to the truck. Come back and he's got two ducks down and 1 shot left LOL. 1st hunt of the year, dog really knows how to use her nose to find these birds now. I caught a bunch of reds and a 24" Speckled Trout, pretty damn beastly trout and she put up a good fight. I didn't get any pics of the fish until I was almost done cleaning them, not a single pic of the ducks were taken. Feels like I dropped the ball man. :/



It's all aboot the hand-to-mouth habit, get some sunflower seeds. I quit smoking "using" the patch, but when I went to remove it on day 3 and realized that I'd forgotten to put it on that morning I was done, no more patch or smokes for me after that.

No pics. What kind were they? What kind of dog do you have?

[storm1507]

Here is my doe I got w/ my bow the other day. Cut up and in the freezer now. Sorry about the bad pic. I was by myself and just used a timer. I didn't even remember to get my bow for the picture.

[lhprop1]

Over here we are having the 2 x a year recurrent problem - due to daylight saving time change this saturday. Many more roadkills!! Deer get use to crossing roads at certain hours ...

I thought we were the only country stupid enough to partake in the daylight savings time folly. Nice to see our viking brothers are just as foolish.

[HairyScandinavian]

^^ I freaking HATE daylight savings time, dumbest idea ever.

No pics. What kind were they? What kind of dog do you have?

They were both very healthy Gadwall drakes. He took shots at Teal, more Gadwall, a Mottled Duck, and a few Pintail as well. I was a bad daddy, bought him a new gun and threw him out into the field with it without any practice whatsoever.

I did actually get a pic of the dog.

[GREENFEATHER]

Y'all on the eastern seaboard need to watch what you're doing. It's getting real here as we speak. I just got in from a 19 hour shift, gonna get some sleep and get back at it.

[VikingFit]

Here is my doe I got w/ my bow the other day. Cut up and in the freezer now. Sorry about the bad pic. I was by myself and just used a timer. I didn't even remember to get my bow for the picture.

Nice! And with a bow! I did cook a leg of Deer for a dinner party this month. Really love this red meat and so rare that I get it!

I thought we were the only country stupid enough to partake in the daylight savings time folly. Nice to see our viking brothers are just as foolish.

Yes -I really find it a nuissance too!

[Procta]

So who wants to quit working and Marlin fish full time with me?

465-pound blue marlin, reeled in on the second day of the Bisbee's Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament, was worth $2,396,800

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...of+24+million/

[HairyScandinavian]

So who wants to quit working and Marlin fish full time with me?

465-pound blue marlin, reeled in on the second day of the Bisbee's Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament, was worth $2,396,800

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...of+24+million/

1st!

[VikingFit]

So who wants to quit working and Marlin fish full time with me?

Isn´t work for those who can't fish?? I sure love big game fishing! Had some good trips to Guatamala, Panama and the Azores.

Saw the last video where a marlin (Again) jumps into the boat:

[X-ring]

Here is my doe I got w/ my bow the other day. Cut up and in the freezer now. Sorry about the bad pic. I was by myself and just used a timer. I didn't even remember to get my bow for the picture.

Good tastys there...First year in over 20 I missed huntin' season....The plus is soon as I get back home I have 5 years of free huntin' and fishin.

[lhprop1]

Well, I guess I'm not buying any Mepps or Mr Twister products anymore. http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/wat...176185031.html

[Nainoa]

Well I have returned from my 4 day adventure across South Dakota!

Had a really great time... I've been given the new moniker "The Patch Adams of Advertising."


It was a real trip down memory lane for me, having taken so many family vacations out there when I was young... But haven't been back out there in 20 years so it was cool seeing the changes in things while at the same time remembering how they were back in the day.

On the last night out there we took the entire group up to Mount Rushmore for Sunset photos etc... And they opened the park to us as a private party. The restaurant up there put on a HUGE fancy dinner trying to impress. Normally goes for $100 a plate and includes a $50 bottle of wine. (Drank a whole one all by myself)


After dinner I took a moment to wander outside, went out to the end of the observation deck... Standing there alone in the dark of night a quarter mile from the next closest human beings... Just me and the mountain lit up in the darkness... The solitude was staggering.

Then the tour bus almost left me behind.

Note: It's a bad idea to try to dead sprint a quarter mile with a gut full of 5000 calorie Prime Rib dinner and a bottle of wine!



I can't wait until the baby is old enough to take on vacations... Rushmore was my first real vacation and the wife and I have agreed it will be hers... In like 6 years.


Got back at 1:30 last night... Still not really in my right mind...

[VikingFit]

Sounds like you had really great time man! I am however very thrilled to read you counted calories and will run a 1/2 marathon or 3 to balance out -)

And I was thinking I am getting old when I read - memory lane - trust me you are not old(er) until you discover your first WHITE chest hair and quickl trim it before it spread like wildfires!!

[HairyScandinavian]

Quit whining nainoa, I get back at like 1:30 am pretty much every Sunday night during Oct, Nov, Dec, and Jan.

Nice to see you had a good time. Now you've got some posting to do to pick the traffic back up in this forum, get to work!

[Nainoa]

Sounds like you had really great time man! I am however very thrilled to read you counted calories and will run a 1/2 marathon or 3 to balance out -)

And I was thinking I am getting old when I read - memory lane - trust me you are not old(er) until you discover your first WHITE chest hair and quickl trim it before it spread like wildfires!!

Yeah when you go on these tours like this every stop you make they try to impress you so that you'll come back and more importantly recommend them to other people. Well the best way to impress is to roll out your biggest and best meal options.

So every stop all three meals a day it was everyone trying to give me for free the best food on their menu served by their hottest waitress in a low cut dress, before I ride back in their deluxe shuttle to my free executive suite.

I mean I drove out there in a 1012 Dodge Charger... Basically a 4 day vacation, Guided across all of the hotest tourism attractions, fed the best food, wined and dined served top shelf booze, sleeping in a 1200 square foot suite with my own friggin' living room!

All I had to do was keep people entertained with witty banter, do some problem solving and MC a tradeshow.

Total cost to me for 4+ days of this... $42


Although maybe I shouldn't have drank the $50 bottle of wine like a friggin' hobo the last night!

[Nainoa]

Quit whining nainoa, I get back at like 1:30 am pretty much every Sunday night during Oct, Nov, Dec, and Jan.

Nice to see you had a good time. Now you've got some posting to do to pick the traffic back up in this forum, get to work!

LOL... Yeah I'm almost never awake past midnight!

What sucked was the 13 hours on the road to get back... And then I still had another 45 minute drive home from the main office.

But today all I'm really doing is fielding e-mails and otherwise it's just a day off.

[Hartski]

Must be rough, Nainia. All I have to do every day is build avionics and communications equipment to make sure planes fly safely............

[GREENFEATHER]

Must be rough, Nainia. All I have to do every day is build avionics and communications equipment to make sure planes fly safely............

You make stuff to keep them in the sky, I make things to knock them out of the sky.

[lhprop1]

Must be rough, Nainia. All I have to do every day is build avionics and communications equipment to make sure planes fly safely............

You make stuff to keep them in the sky, I make things to knock them out of the sky.

If that ain't a perfect example of yin and yang, I don't know what is.

[HairyScandinavian]

Where's Noa, he still hung over from the drive or what?

[storm1507]

I did not get to fish on this trip due to the high wind. Fish were caught until the day we were there and then again last night. LOL

You make stuff to keep them in the sky, I make things to knock them out of the sky.

I hope you made it through the storm without any big issues. We ended up with about 8" of snow and lost power for a day....glad I was at the cabin instead.

[storm1507]

^^ I freaking HATE daylight savings time, dumbest idea ever.



They were both very healthy Gadwall drakes. He took shots at Teal, more Gadwall, a Mottled Duck, and a few Pintail as well. I was a bad daddy, bought him a new gun and threw him out into the field with it without any practice whatsoever.

I did actually get a pic of the dog.

Good that you have your picture priorities straight. I sure miss Misty, my lab.

I too hate the time change coming up.

Nice! And with a bow! I did cook a leg of Deer for a dinner party this month. Really love this red meat and so rare that I get it!



Yes -I really find it a nuissance too!

Thanks. Wild game/fish is my primary protein source.

Good tastys there...First year in over 20 I missed huntin' season....The plus is soon as I get back home I have 5 years of free huntin' and fishin.

I hate that you will miss the season. Free??? as in you get 5 yrs free for your service or 5 years of freed up time? Thanks BTW.

[Procta]

[jimmybimmy]

I lol'd.

[Nainoa]

Where's Noa, he still hung over from the drive or what?

Yesterday for a "Day off" ended up being way busier than I thought. But I put two deals in the works... Both have some strong energy and if they close will pay all my bills for the Month of April!

That and I think I'm starting to get sick...

This is what happens when you let a bunch of old people breathe on you, then drive non stop for 13 hours from 69 degrees, warm and dry to 34 degrees wet and cold.

[Nainoa]

I too hate the time change coming up.

Pfft... I love this time change coming up... I get an extra hour of sleep during deer hunting and the sun actually comes up at a somewhat reasonable hour, so I'm not starting my work day in 1-2 hours of predawn blackness.

It's the spring one where you lose an hour of sleep that really screws me up.

In the Northern Climes and the agricultural areas the time change is a lot more important than in the south or in the city.

[HairyScandinavian]

I love driving to work in the dark!

[Nainoa]

I love driving to work in the dark!

Boy that drive home in the dark late tuesday night SUCKED...

I was crazy tired to the point where the lines on the road were a little hazy... And the whole time I was thinking "It'll be just my luck that I'll drive 13 hours across 2 states and then hit a friggin' deer in the middle of the night on an abandoned country road like 5 miles from my house!"