Outdoorsman Thread

[tjmurphy]

I always enjoy your pictures, Scott.

[TripleF]

Thanks Tom.....Moss.

And btw the only person allowed to have a wireless device is me.

[TripleF]

Was very lucky to capture this photo of Sandhill Cranes with landing gear down!!

[Quick Steel]

Great shot Scott. The expanded view is spectacular. And these cranes are in your neighborhood?

[TripleF]

Great shot Scott. The expanded view is spectacular. And these cranes are in your neighborhood?

Not my neighborhood, my daughters and sister in-laws, I live on the other side of the tracks.

[philco]

I like that photo Scott.

[jmh58]

KOOL pic there Scott!!! NICE!!! John

[treefarmer]

That is a great photo, Scott!
When I was a boy growing up in central Florida we didn't see Sandhill Cranes like we do today. I remember the old timers called them "Whoopin' Cranes". Some of us kids listened in school enough to know that the actual Whooping Crane was almost extinct back then. Some times you would hear them calling in the morning when we were out in the woods. It's a sound you wont forget. At times you could see them feeding in a pasture that was grown up in weeds and bushes. Some times we would have to do a double take on the cranes as they were feeding in a grown up pasture. With their heads down, their backs look almost like a deer feeding in the bushes. It is amazing how "domesticated" they have become over the years.
Treefarmer

[TripleF]

Thanks fellas!

[#goldpan]

Sandhill Cranes are very cool birds guys. You are fortunate to see them up close. Out here I see them all of time it seems, but they are always flying over head making that unique Sandhill Crane sound Nice pic Scott!

[Tsar Bomba]

It almost doesn't belong in an "outdoorsman thread" considering the photos were taken inside city limits, but in some of our well-shaded areas here we have peacocks. This is one that decided to take a lazy walk in front of my car as I was winding through the surface streets on the way to a park one sunny afternoon...

[RobesonsRme.com]

In 1976, Sarah and I had the opportunity to spend a weekend with some older cousins who owned an Antebellum home and farm in Georgia.

They had peacocks, which I had actually never seen or been around in my life.

The birds roosted in four gigantic live oaks that surrounded the house.

They had no air conditioning, but the house had very tall, almost floor to ceiling windows, most of which were open.

About two o'clock in the morning, I was awakened and startled by what I thought was a woman repeatedly yelling very loudly, HAAALP!, HAAALP!, HAAALP!.

I wasn't far enough removed from my time in Viet Nam that that didn't bring me out of bed and in search of a weapon of any kind.

Sarah knew it was a peacock.

I still get kidded about that.

Charlie Noyes

[Old Folder]

Ostrich and Emu farm located just outside Solvang Ca. We were lucky to get there just at feeding time.
My wife loves animals of all types and sizes.
I call her Ms. Dr. Dolittle.

[Old Folder]

I shot Ms. Dolittle Video from my iPhone. Video quality and audio is lost in transfer. Sorry.
https://youtu.be/0Rk9stJ-uww

[TripleF]

Cool stufff Dan!!

Rainy, rainy day today....started out under a pavilion, then the other father decided to go find some fatwood after I explained how it looks and feels....

Then, the fatwood fellows showed up and extracted this fatwood root from the ground....all in, dirt flying!!

[garddogg56]

Your the best Scott them kids will NEVER forget

[Quick Steel]

Scott, I gotta believe that when those kids tell their school buddies about their adventures there is going to be a whole lot of envy going on.

[Old Folder]

Cool stufff Dan!!

Rainy, rainy day today....started out under a pavilion, then the other father decided to go find some fatwood after I explained how it looks and feels....

Then, the fatwood fellows showed up and extracted this fatwood root from the ground....all in, dirt flying!!

Thank you Scott;
You sure give those kids some great life long memories and skills.

[TripleF]

Thanks fellas!! Much appreciated!

[zp4ja]

Great pics Tony, Dan and Scott. Thanks for sharing.

Desert ride yesterday on the RZR with pucker factor included. Top of Water Canyon in the Sonoma Mountains (attached pics).
Down the mountain for some open desert putting and alternating 50 mph runs.

Jerry

[jmh58]

Nice pics jerry!!! Some beautiful scenery yinz got there!!! John

[treefarmer]

Nevada Jerry, that is some beautiful country! I'd for sure have to ride on something, all that up and down makes me tired just lookin' at the pictures. Growing up in and living in Florida, flat land is all I know and now that I'm old, traversing that kind of terrain on foot is out of the question. I have trouble when we visit family in north Georgia.
What are your hunting prospects for the coming season? You've always had some great hunting tales.
Treefarmer

[CheckSix]

Can't be Nevada! There's water in the 1st picture.

Beautiful photos of scenery!

[zp4ja]

Can't be Nevada! There's water in the 1st picture.

Beautiful photos of scenery!

Yes Sir. We have water running in dry beds that I have not seen flowing in my 21 year tenure here. I mean mad amounts of water not trickles. Water Canyon where we were by name should have at least some water but way more than usual this time of year.

Thank much John! I love Nevada!

Nevada Jerry, that is some beautiful country! I'd for sure have to ride on something, all that up and down makes me tired just lookin' at the pictures. Growing up in and living in Florida, flat land is all I know and now that I'm old, traversing that kind of terrain on foot is out of the question. I have trouble when we visit family in north Georgia.
What are your hunting prospects for the coming season? You've always had some great hunting tales.
Treefarmer

Thanks Treefarmer!

Some major pucker factor included to that ride. Road was washed out due to all the aforementioned precipitation. Had to turn back on a road that would have hung u up.

As to hunting prospects. The usual Waterfowl and Upland. Coyote and other Furbearers in trapping season that can also be taken by firearm. I don't trap currently. Some require a trapping license, others don't dependent on species and season or no restriction at all.

That said, it is either feast or famine in the big game lottery draw here. Bonus points multipliers, buy bonus points but choose not to draw for more chances next year, party hunts where one member draws and all draws, area/zone preference of pick order and lottery, etc. Don't report on whether you harvest, scouted even hunted by a certain date after season ends and you are ineligible for one year, etc. Like doing your taxes by yourself literally but for good reason I trust fully.

I drew this year big game wise...

Antelope horns shorter than eras regardless of sex in Zone 31 "Kings River Valley" 08SEPT2017 to 24SEPT2017. Any legal weapon.

Mule Deer Buck Area 4. Zones -043 thru 046 Late. 21OCT2017 to 05NOV2017, any legal weapon. That among other tags is a zone hundreds of square miles Big bucks likely this year based on massive precipitation. HUGE area. Stretches about 80 miles or more down the interstate as I recall and not shallow in depth/width either.

Cow Elk tag. Area 7/ zone 72 thru 74, any legal weapon. That area and zone is HUGE. Late tag but long season from 21NOV2017 thru 31JAN2018. Long season but with prospect of massive snow, late hunt and the Cow Elk laughing at you while looking two miles away in deep snow up a mountain, difficult hunt. Getting in early is best but that depends on your hunting buddies availability and my schedule. Chose not to hunt last year as I had a tag and capable vehicle/supplies but too dangerous in several feet of snow by yourself even if you hit a huge cow or not. Then what?

Hope for some good harvest. Time, effort and circumstance will tell my friend. Thanks for commenting and asking.

Regards, Jerry

[jlw257]

Saw this group at the edge of our yard. I could watch them all day.