Outdoorsman Thread

[Old Hunter]

One more walk behind the dogs, through the broomsedge and pines, in pursuit of Bobwhite yesterday. Hunted with two longtime bird hunting buddies- it was mighty warm but it was another day out amongst em - makes it a good day. OH

[garddogg56]

You bet,that looks like a good day OH

[TripleF]

Great stuff Bruce! Thanks for sharing!

[#goldpan]

Treefarmer, Oldhunter thanks for posting those pics I have not been hunting in over forty years... takes me back... Scott I ain't forgot about that pitch knot you sent. I took a tumble while out hiking around the mine-tailings. Tweaked my back and a knee Anyway I was bored with resting and finally got around to cutting into that pitch knot . Man oh Man what a wonderful smell that came out of it! Made my day bro! I'll bag a slice or two for ya and include an Oak knot slice from here for comparison. That is one tough knot to cut! My band saw bogged cutting into it. Well worth it I'd say. I'll get some slices in the mail this weekend. In the mean time here is pic of the main pieces that I plan on making knife handles out of. Thanks Scott!

The knot that you sent is the one the right The other is oak.

[Dinadan]

OH - that looks like a fun outing! The broomsedge and pines look a lot like the woods I grew up in back in the last century. Back then the woods were burned every year or two and maintained that open ecosystem as in your photo. These days the woods in my area are not normally burned and the underbrush is too thick for quail.

Today was very windy and cool but I decided to take my kayak out to a river that I have not visited for a few years. The water was about two feet higher than ideal, which means the volume of water was about four times as much as ideal with correspondingly strong current. I got a work out for sure, but it was very nostalgic to walk on the sandbars of this river where I camped for the very first time back in about 1959 with my dad.

[Colonel26]

Bruce, Mel, those are great pictures and fantastic pictures.

[TripleF]

Randy......Awesome bro. Sorry you fell and hurt yourself.
The first thing I do when I find pitch knot/fatwood is smell it. I too love the smell! I've taught my grandsons to be like blood hounds, they too love the smell!


Great stuff Mel!

[Old Hunter]

Lighter wood - that is a great smell! Mel, one of the top draws the outdoors has on me is the nostalgia of it - it surely does connect us to our roots. Thanks for sharing. Bruce

[CheckSix]

Man! I'm enjoying reading all the outdoors posts fellas!

[TripleF]

Temps forecasted to be in the low 80's starting on Monday....so I figured I better take advantage of the 74 temp today.

Cut wood, made a fire and had soup in a can. Very tasty!

[Dinadan]

Temps forecasted to be in the low 80's starting on Monday....so I figured I better take advantage of the 74 temp today.
!

I felt the same way last night. I made a little fire in my chiminea and cooked some beef and mushroom shish kebab over the flames. Very old school, like in Homer.

[RobesonsRme.com]

That river reminds me of the Perdido.

I think tannin (?sp) and the sandy bottoms cause the color of what we call "black water" down here.

Charlie Noyes

[FRJ]

Mel, I have a kayak similar to yours.
Haven't used mine lately.

[Dinadan]

That river reminds me of the Perdido.

I think tannin (?sp) and the sandy bottoms cause the color of what we call "black water" down here.

Charlie Noyes

Charlie - I am "down here" also. The Escatawpa River runs partly through Mobile County, Alabama, and partly through Mississippi. I was in the Mississippi part this time. I think you are right about the tannin giving the water the color- I call it tea colored. The Escatawpa River was the first river I ever boated on, swam in, camped on and fished on. Because it was the first it is the river that I always compared other rivers to in my mind. Not too many have ever measured up!

Escatawpa River in Mississippi

Mel, I have a kayak similar to yours.
Haven't used mine lately.

Joe - I see that yours is even the same brand, Heritage. Looks top of the line! I have two kayaks, one twelve footer and one ten footer. I prefer the smaller one because it only weighs forty pounds. I love paddling, maybe because I grew up doing it. If they had only made kayaks like ours back then! When my dad and I first fished that river we used a home made boat and Dad gave me some tough love experience with a paddle, boat, and fast flowing river. Compared to those early boats, my kayaks are like a dream come true, and sometimes I do indeed dream about rivers and canoes and kayaks.

[FRJ]

Thank, Mel.
Mine is very comfortable, but it needs to be smaller.

[TripleF]

While at oldest grandsons baseball game yesterday I snapped a couple pics (now that my awareness and respect for birds is on a higher alert....thanks Garry & Phil) of an Osprey nest. In all 3 pics you can see one in flight.....

[jmh58]

Nice Osprey pics Scott!!! KOOL!!! John

[Dinadan]

Good osprey photos, Scott. Look like a beautiful day for a gaime.

[Quick Steel]

Good shots Scott. How far are you from the coast or some other substantial body of water?

[TripleF]

Good shots Scott. How far are you from the coast or some other substantial body of water?

Well, dang close actually.....probably 5 miles. If you have my address you can google map it.
The location of these birds was close to a mile from the Gulf of Mexico, as I am about 5 miles from the same body of water.

[TripleF]

Caught this little bucket mouth yesterday with the younger grandson!

[jmh58]

NICE LMB there Scott.. That smile says it all!!! KOOL!!! John

[garddogg56]

man now these boys are sporting..nice Bass

[Colonel26]

Very cool bass there Scott. Did a lesson in fish cleaning follow shortly thereafter?

[TripleF]

Very cool bass there Scott. Did a lesson in fish cleaning follow shortly thereafter?

No sir.....mostly catch and release here, unless I tag a Crappie!!!