Outdoorsman Thread

[FRJ]

Either way, it's a Char. Light spots/dark background.
I would say they are square tail Brookies. On the fly.
Commonly known as Eastern Brook Trout.
And it looks like you used a midge to entice them.

[zp4ja]

The antelope flag story reminds me of a time years ago when I rode along with one of my wife's uncles to roost some turkeys.
Imagine pre Mickey Mouse central Florida, flat pine woods, an occasional high sand scrub and a lot of cypress swamps. We rode to the woods in his 1942 Willys MB Jeep, back then it was only 20 some years old. Unk would park and listen for the turkeys to fly up in their roost trees before dark, then next day they would know where to set up for the turkey hunt at daylight.
Sitting or leaning, very quietly, on the jeep, we noticed some deer feeding along the side of a cypress swamp several hundred yards north of our spot. Unk said, "Watch this." He took his white handkerchief and waved it back and forth, the deer noticed the flag and they then started to slowly come our way. He slowly wave his flag a couple more times. They got close enough had it been deer season, you could have taken a reasonable shot with a rifle. I've often though about this but never tried it. The wind had to have been perfect, we were in the shade, the jeep was dark green and it wasn't deer season .
This was the same trip, he showed me about pulling the dip stick and letting a drop of motor oil get on the joint of my pocket knife. Seems like he was carrying a yellow handled Case that afternoon around 50 years ago.
Treefarmer

Interesting stuff Treefarmer. Never thought of the dipstick trick you mentioned. Very cool and basic idea fix.
Interesting about the white flag handkerchief drawing in the deer. After some research today, the theory at least as far as Antelope are concerned is that like the decoy, it brief 18" X 18" white flag wave may appear like a white "rump patch" so they come running to check it out.
I saw many internet hits regarding this in addition to the buck or doe decoy effectiveness.
I found another real interesting one on this following Cabelas link. Use a camo net to act like a "moving bush". My son and I discussed this yesterday before I read this that we may set up a camo net blind over the RZR (and us) if we are waiting in lieu of stalking or if no real cover available from a good vantage point or area with no good cover. We did not think about mimicking a bush however. Never heard of it before.

Here is the link...

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Advanced ... 533073.uts

Regards, Jerry

[zp4ja]

Either way, it's a Char. Light spots/dark background.
I would say they are square tail Brookies. On the fly.
Commonly known as Eastern Brook Trout.
And it looks like you used a midge to entice them.

Interesting Joe. Thanks for the reply. Looking at google, it appears that several fish fall into the Char category.
What the heck do I know though. Nice fish either way.
Thanks for the info.

Regards, Jerry

[Dinadan]

Good stuff here gut my supper tonite

Nice fish and photo! I bet it was a good supper. Tonight I fried some red drum and croaker. Not so elegant in appearance as that fine trout of yours, but very tasty fare.

[garddogg56]

Stock Eastern brook trout taken on a beadhead nyph

[zp4ja]

Some guzzler pics. They maybe on GPS but a bitch to find and get to. As I said, some of this gear to build these is helicoptered in. Pretty basix but effective design. I like simple and practical design. Think of a very large rain gutter draining via pipe into 55 gallon drums as that is basically what it is on a larger scale.

Jerry

[treefarmer]

Hey Jerry, interesting stuff, those guzzlers.
Just checked out wildlife guzzlers after seeing the pictures you posted. Most folks wouldn't think water would be an issue in Florida but there are some pretty dry places and any source of water is naturally utilized by the resident wildlife. On the small lease I've been on for over 20 years, we have some very dry sandy, clay based land, a few drains that have wet weather springs and of course farm ponds on adjacent farms provide the water for the deer. Some times we have a standing water but it doesn't last too long.
Digging a small "water hole" with the loader on the down hill side of a clay based food plot ought to be a game magnet. The scarcity of water on the "Hill", as we call the lease, might just have a bright side. Enhance the hunting in a big way by providing the planted food plot plus a place to drink, all in view of a treestand . We have plenty of cover as this property is planted in pines and plenty of natural browse under the pines and small food plots. So if water adjacent to the "dining room" and "bedroom" was provided, ol' Bambi might not have to travel so far to get a drink .
Thanks for makin' my ol' wheels turn a little bit!
Treefarmer

[zp4ja]

Hey Jerry, interesting stuff, those guzzlers.
Just checked out wildlife guzzlers after seeing the pictures you posted. Most folks wouldn't think water would be an issue in Florida but there are some pretty dry places and any source of water is naturally utilized by the resident wildlife. On the small lease I've been on for over 20 years, we have some very dry sandy, clay based land, a few drains that have wet weather springs and of course farm ponds on adjacent farms provide the water for the deer. Some times we have a standing water but it doesn't last too long.
Digging a small "water hole" with the loader on the down hill side of a clay based food plot ought to be a game magnet. The scarcity of water on the "Hill", as we call the lease, might just have a bright side. Enhance the hunting in a big way by providing the planted food plot plus a place to drink, all in view of a treestand . We have plenty of cover as this property is planted in pines and plenty of natural browse under the pines and small food plots. So if water adjacent to the "dining room" and "bedroom" was provided, ol' Bambi might not have to travel so far to get a drink .
Thanks for makin' my ol' wheels turn a little bit!
Treefarmer

Thanks for posting Treefarmer! There are some natural springs, massive rain puddles, small streams around here but as the season comes close, they dry up pretty quick. Lots of rain the 2 weeks before last but now it is dry and in the 90s. Distance between a needed drink can be miles with no natural terrain funnels to water. Like you there is other water available elsewhere but there are only 1700 of these guzzlers in this large state and some are only designed to let the appropriate targeted size critters drink. Gives one an opportunity where I am to see what is in the area besides scouting and spotting at the very least since baiting or game feeders are not allowed to the best of my knowledge.
I would be real interested to see if you dig a hole on the "hill" and what the outcome is. Please post the "dig" and results if you will. Good Hunting my friend!
Regards, Jerry

[orvet]

I was cleaning up some junk in my shop to make more room.
I found 2 plastic boxes of fish hooks an old fellow had given me back in the 80s.

I got on line & searched the company and found that like knife companies the brand name got passed around over the years.
It seems the heyday for Edgar Sealey & Sons for fish hooks was about 1930 to 1950.
I can't remember if this guy told me if he got them before WWII or after. He did serve in WWII.

I will post some pics & maybe someone knows what I have and if they are worth anything.

View of top of box with contents inside-

View of the paper liner of the box-

Plastic lid to the box- The city at the bottom of the id Ridditch England. Other info I found was the hooks were made at the Brockhill Works. It sort of reminded me of the Sheffield knife companies, like the Rockingham Works of Geo. Wostenholm & Son in the 1800s.

View of the hooks themselves - Note they are square-ish. I am wondering if they are forged hooks?
Some of the info I found online mentioned the company made forged fish hooks at least at some point in their history.

If anyone knows about these or about forged fish hooks, I would love to know more.
Thanks!

[carrmillus]

....seen a lot of fish hooks in my time , dale, but I've never seen that brand!!...neat find!!!..... ....

[zp4ja]

Great stuff Dale. No idea on any info but I sure do love my vintage hunting and fishing stuff. Thanks for sharing. If decide to part with them, please let me know.

Had the game camera out for a week and just went and got it this morning after a trip to the range. If I ever need a good spot to kill crows or coyotes, this is the place. No game cam pics of Antelope yet although we have seem many first hand. I was hoping to get a good pic of the awesome buck we spotted but as the say, like a big fish or game animal, they get big because they learn and are not stupid.

I set it up at a guzzler which you can’t see due to the desert weeds. The coyotes appeared to be very curious about the game camera, as I got many close up pics, night and days of ears and intelligible faces as they were that close.

I have to say, the camera goes to 10 megapixels and I have it set to 4 megapixels to save SD card space and it takes great pics.

First pics are of game camera. Look at the night pic of the coyote as he has a bug eye look like Wile E. Coyote. Never done or looked at photo shop myself and this is straight from game cam. His eyes look all bugged out. I really like that pic as it look done up but it is not. Just the angle and flash or whatever. Unless there is really a crazy bug eyed coyote running around. Would allow him to see well in the dark I suppose. I thought the crow pic was cool also.

The badger I ran across on the way home and they are cell camera pics. Looked to be mid age animal. He was pretty unhappy with my presence as I saw him driving and stopped. These badgers have some pretty severe claws to dig and gnarly teeth like a fanged rabid dog. I think “Bad” is the first three letters of their name for a reason. Although I was armed, he wasn't bothering me but that was in the Jeep. When I got out of the jeep that is the crappy pic where he is bottom frame standing up. He didn't like that too much. He did not run and stood his ground. They can't run too fast but they are aggressive and been known to make coyotes suffer and even have stood ground to bears. Seen several before. As in most states, many animals do not have a season nor is a hunting permit required. This is the case for badgers in NV but he was not bothering me and the one time I did not take my AR-15, just the 9 mm which would have worked if I really wanted. I just enjoyed seeing him although the feeling was not reciprocal.

Jerry

[treefarmer]

Great pictures, Jerry!
Are you puttin' peanut butter on the camera to get them coyotes to come in so close?
I guess water in a dry place is a big advantage. You ought to have all knids of pictures by the time the season starts. Keep postin' 'em!
Treefarmer

[jerryd6818]

Nine bucks for two boxes on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=oc ... d&_sacat=0

[orvet]

Nine bucks for two boxes on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=oc ... d&_sacat=0

I saw those Jerry and there are more for sale on Amazon, but none of them have the square sides to them like the ones I have do, they are all round like wire hooks.
That was one of the things that made me think these may have been forged fishhooks.

Checking fishing forums and UK sales sites I see they also made (or had made fro them) fly rods, fly reels and spinning reels. Looks like good stuff for the era when they were made.

From UK Preloved website: http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/ ... filiateWin
Neat Flocast reel!

[singin46]

This morning near my own driveway. This old owl was in close to the same position last when we got home from the groc. I believe he's been attacked by a bunch of crows on the property. they've been making quite a commotion here lately.

[jerryd6818]

This morning near my own driveway. This old owl was in close to the same position last when we got home from the groc. I believe he's been attacked by a bunch of crows on the property. they've been making quite a commotion here lately.

Welcome home (AAPK).

[singin46]

LOL, its very strange, there is certainly something wrong with this animal and crows are not happy about him being there either!

[jerryd6818]

Crows are the loud mouthed bullies of the bird world.

[singin46]

Yes they are! I called the wildlife agency and they said that these type of raptor Owls will be so focused on thier prey that they will sometimes run into a big limb or tree and it will daze and confuse them. She said it'll sometimes take them two full days on the ground before they gain their senses back and then they'll fly away. Never heard that before but she is the expert I guess.

[jerryd6818]

Isn't that interesting.

[singin46]

There's a dazed and confused owl in my yard!

[carrmillus]

......maybe he's been reading the news headlines?????................... .......................

[singin46]

Well the TN wildlife authority arrived a little while a go, the owl is dead. Not sure what he died of, all we know is that he is dead.

[jerryd6818]

That's too bad. I think they're just an awesome bird.

[Dinadan]

Those were great photos, Singin. A pity the owl died. I rarely see any kind of owl, even though there are four or more species in my area (depending on time of year).