Outdoorsman Thread

[Tony_Wood]

This past Sundays "Woods Wander"... Nice day!!
John

Love the HM series. Much better ergonomics than the standard 3/4.

Nice pics.

Good work Treefarmer. A .243 is a deadly round. My son had the youth model Rossi single shot when he was younger. It was a deer slayer.



Went for a “bird watching” adventure this morning.
We busted ice to set decoys.
The ducks came through so fast in the flooded timber that I barely saw them, much lesss shot one. Up close and personal.

[garddogg56]

Congratulations TF I know all bout them Coydogs the last deer we shot at sunset while we were gutting him out we had a pack of dogs howling at us from the ridge and from down in the bog,kinda eerie.Needless to say that gut pile was gone in the a.m. While we drove out of the wood that nite two of them actually ran across our headlights.

[TripleF]

Great pic Tony!!! Better luck next time.

Been duck hunting twice....LOVED it! Wish I could do it again!

[jmh58]

Thank You TW.. I agree.. Comfortable grip in hand.. KOOL pic too!!
John

[TripleF]

Caught a couple Crappie this morning....this was one that went into the freezer for the next fish fry!!

Finished the day with some cardio rehab!

And saw a 6 pt. buck in the cabin area!

[EWMailman]

TripleF
Looks like a pretty good day to me.

[Old Hunter]

I'll say Scott - real good day! OH

[treefarmer]

Well Scott, looks like you have a fine UH 167 to remove the filets. Mighty fine eatin' there, my friend!
Treefarmer

[jmh58]

Mmmmmmm.. Fresh crappie!!!!
John

[TripleF]

Thanks fellas!!!

Need a few more Crappie to have a fish fry!!

[TripleF]

Can anyone identify this pine? Was dropped by a landscaper/tree company at the park last week.
The sap is soooooooooooooo thick and drooling!

[basser5]

A few recent images from around the lake.

[Dinadan]

Just incredible photos, Tim! Hawks are my favorite birds, so I especially like the Red Tail shots.

Scott - nice crappy! Splitting firewood is good cardio, and I always remember how Thoreau said that firewood warms you twice, once when splitting and once when burning.

[bighomer]

Great photos Basser.

[Quick Steel]

Superb shots Basser!

[jmh58]

Love those HAWK shots!! Super pics Tim!!!
John

[jerryd6818]

Tim, I don't know what you currently do to make a living but I feel fairly confident that if you wanted to, you could make a living photographing wildlife or maybe just nature in general. Excellent.

[Tony_Wood]

Basser,

Those photos are over the top. Excellent skills. Thanks for sharing.

TW

[basser5]

Thanks for the kind words fellas. They are much appreciated!

[Unk]

Beautiful pics, Basser. We didn't see many hawks growing up, but now when I drive across Texas, I see them on every other light pole or fence post. Good to see them making a comeback.

I spent the weekend at the Deer lease. A buddy already had a buck when I got there Friday evening. I hunted out of my blind on Saturday and I got 5 hogs - 3 in the morning hunt and 2 in the evening hunt. I hunted with my Rem 700 in the morning, and my Colt AR in the evening. The first one that morning was this big 250 pounder. I didn't see anything moving on Sunday morning, but another buddy got a hog. Had a great time.

[philco]

Unk do you process the meat from those hogs ?

[jmh58]

Unk.. That is just Bad Azzzz!!! Congrats!!!
John

[Unk]

Hi Phil, for the most part, no. The meat on the large older ones is not fit to eat. It is not like a commercial / domestic hog. The fat content is much lower, and the meat is tough, stringy, and does not taste good.

On the smaller ones (which is most of them), we take the back straps out, and those are decent eating. It costs $90 to $100 in our neck of the woods to have one processed. No one I know is going to spend that for questionable tasting meat. For the most part we are taking them out because their prolific reproduction makes it difficult if not impossible to control the population, and they cause a lot of damage to fields, crops, fencing, other wildlife, etc. The lease I am on is covered up in hogs. With 10 hunters on the lease, we aren't even making a small dent in the population.

Here's a recent article on their exploding population in Texas, and efforts to control them:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/03/hogs-ru ... oblem.html

[Dinadan]

Unk - looks like a great time at the deer lease! Regarding the wild hogs edibility, seems like just about any male animal gets kind of rancid when it gets old. I am pretty sure my sisters and daughter would be quick to point out that it could apply to me also.

[Unk]

Thank you John.

Mel, I think I'm in that same boat.