Outdoorsman Thread

[TripleF]

Ditto!!!

[Tony_Wood]

Beautiful pics Roofsc. Lovely place.

One last chance to hunt this morning before season closes. My son and I hit some flooded timber before his school day started.
Got dive bombed by woodies. Had a great time!!

[TripleF]

Beautiful pics Roofsc. Lovely place.

One last chance to hunt this morning before season closes. My son and I hit some flooded timber before his school day started.
Got dive bombed by woodies. Had a great time!!

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EPIC bird Tony!! Congrats! Enjoy!

[EWMailman]

Walked out the door to this sight this morning. While not overly fond of snow, I must admit that it does offer some beautiful scenes to enjoy.

[Steve Warden]

Walked out the door to this sight this morning. While not overly fond of snow, I must admit that it does offer some beautiful scenes to enjoy.

Beautiful!

[Mumbleypeg]

Saw this Roadrunner hunting in the orchard this morning. Sorry it’s picture’s aren’t better but when I tried to get closer he (or she ) skeedaddled! We have had at least one pair around here every year for as long as I remember.

Ken

[TripleF]

Spent most of the day outdoors at the park...

[doglegg]

Turkey and potato's ? Cool shelter as well.

[treefarmer]

Ken, We don't have any of them birds in Florida but that one reminds me of the one on TV that the coyote used to chase many, many moons ago.
Scott, great pictures!
It's amazing how tame critters become when they have to live close to civilization.
Treefarmer

[TripleF]

Turkey and potato's ? Cool shelter as well.

good one Floyd!! I wish!!

[Old Hunter]

Roadrunners and turkeys - lots of interesting birds this week. Good stuff. OH

[Tony_Wood]

Here’s a few birds for this week.
My son and I hit the daylight flight just right. Sky carp and speckled bellies.

[jmh58]

Good shooting Tony.. But time spent with your son is priceless!! NICE!!!
John

[jmh58]

Heading out this eve on our rescheduled Owl Prowl.. Clouding up and 60 now but calling for rain later.. Hope it holds off and the Owls (Saw Whets) cooperate..
John

[Old Hunter]

Had a little warm up this week, yesterday afternoon it hit 64° with SW winds under 10 mph - figured I better give it a go. Not a bite on fresh shrimp, but it felt mighty good to fish on the shore for a couple of hours. OH

[bestgear]

but it felt mighty good to fish on the shore for a couple of hours

[TripleF]

Had a little warm up this week, yesterday afternoon it hit 64° with SW winds under 10 mph - figured I better give it a go. Not a bite on fresh shrimp, but it felt mighty good to fish on the shore for a couple of hours. OH

Epic photo Bruce! Love it!!

[doglegg]

That is a great photo. And on the positive side, what you don't catch you don't have to clean.

[RobesonsRme.com]

I'm geographically confused by the surf fishing photo. I have a near life long habit of orienting myself to true North, even when looking at photos, as long as they contain something with which to do that. The setting sun off the East Coast of Viet Nam in the John Wayne movie, The Green Berets, was laughable in its amateurish ignorance of geography and caused me to become dizzy.

I assume you live in North Carolina, as stated beneath your avatar.

You stated "afternoon" warm-up prompted the fishing endeavor.

So, I assume the sun is going down in the photo.

How are you situated on the coast of North Carolina so that the setting sun appears to be South East of your position?

I fully realize that the coast of North Carolina does not run in a straight North-South line, but that photo requires a drastic deviation from that.

Charlie Noyes

[bestgear]

How are you situated on the coast of North Carolina so that the setting sun appears to be South East of your position?

I'm sure Bruce will weigh-in Charlie but I can see multiple areas on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina (see picture below) where you could be fishing with the setting sun appearing to be on your right.

[Old Hunter]

Charlie, Bestgear has it right. I was fishing at Atlantic Beach on Bogue Banks. That island faces due south, the eastern end (where I was - see the red dots on the attached vintage postcard) is anchored by historic Fort Macon, which guards Beaufort Inlet, the western end if the island is Bogue Inlet, where the town of Emerald Isle is located and where the sun was setting in my photo. OH

[Old Hunter]

Thanks for the compliments gents - I hope to finish up my pack of fresh bait shrimp this evening. OH

[treefarmer]

That is a great picture, Bruce.
Treefarmer

[Dinadan]

I agree that is a great photo, OH. Thanks for the geographic info. For what it is worth, my wife and I have not had much luck the last couple of outings either. The weather in my area has been just wretched for fishing for the past couple of months. Last time we went I told my wife that I was getting tired of saying that we had a nice time even if the fish were not biting!

[Old Hunter]

Thanks Phil. Mel, the last cold snap really shut down the bite here; I guess most fish moved offshore to their winter holes. I was catching Specks right regularly until two weeks ago, then the cold snap and it was over. Not a bite today either, only fished an hour and got tired of it. I'll be glad when March arrives, then we'll get into the good fishing weather. OH