Outdoorsman Thread

[Quick Steel]

A nicely observed variety of animals Scott.

Eustace, looks like you have the makings of a tasty meal there.

[Eustace]

Eustace, looks like you have the makings of a tasty meal there.

We threw a sea basses on the grill, it's great, but the horse mackerels are not very tasty and I released them.

[TripleF]

Thankfully the boys didn't get stung....I was flailing my arms and yelling...GET IN THE CAR!! GET IN THE CAR!!
I was scared!

[Quick Steel]

Scott, I don't know if you will consider this a worthwhile idea but.....you might carry some baking soda with you in the car when doing missions. A little baking soda plus a few drops of water on a fingertip makes a simple paste to be applied on any wasp or bee stings. Stops the pain instantly as the poison is immediately alkalized by the soda.

[TripleF]

Scott, I don't know if you will consider this a worthwhile idea but.....you might carry some baking soda with you in the car when doing missions. A little baking soda plus a few drops of water on a fingertip makes a simple paste to be applied on any wasp or bee stings. Stops the pain instantly as the poison is immediately alkalized by the soda.

Will do. Thanks Garry!!

[Dinadan]

Nice Mackerel, Eustace.

Scott - I hate wasps! Nine stings is a lot. Maybe twice in my life I have had that many, from yellow jackets. I developed a very fast reaction speed when I felt or spotted the first yellow jacket. One man I worked with said he had never seen anyone move as fast as I did when we stirred up yellow jackets. A few weeks ago I happened to shake a small cedar tree in my back yard. Wasps came flying out, but fortunately I was not stung. The little cedar did not seem like a good place for a nest, anymore than a palmetto, but I guess the wasps felt differently.

[treefarmer]

Just a comment on the wasp and the palmettos and cabbage palms (Sabal palm). The fronds will provide a perfectly dry place for a wasp nest, we always were careful around the palm and palmetto fronds that hung down. The early settlers used the fronds as roofing material just as the natives who were here before them.
Concerning the bites or stings, Miss Joy said here grandfather would put a wad of chewing tobacco on their bites when she was a little girl! He's the same one that dipped them a drink of water from the creek with his old Stetson when they got thirsty in the woods. He must have been a good baby sitter, she and her sisters are still alive!
Treefarmer

[doglegg]

Eustace, you did good.
Scott like your animal pics and hate the wasp. Glad the boys escaped. I've had uncles who when I was a boy put a big chew of tobacco on my stings. I don't remember that they helped.

[Old Hunter]

Eustace, those look a lot like Bluefish.

Scott, good mission, those wasp stings are tough! Between the chewing tobacco and the baking soda the home remedies are all covered. Of course my Dad always said a jigger of bourbon was good for whatever ails you (dog bites, bee stings, colds, etc.) Have to wait until you get home for that remedy! OH

[garddogg56]

Nice pic boys I just got back from camp in the western mountains of Maine . Sure going to hate work tomorrow did a lot of time exploring on these two 4x4's

[Doc B]

Nice pic boys I just got back from camp in the western mountains of Maine . Sure going to hate work tomorrow did a lot of time exploring on these two 4x4's

We need to see some pictures...from the exploring!

[treefarmer]

Wonder who is being nosy?

Treefarmer

[doglegg]

They don't miss anything Philip.

[big monk]

A few from lately ______________caught a couple of raccoons this week-in and some of the bucks, are starting to put on some mass** I am really enjoying the cameras this summer -- have a great day,my friends__Monk

[doglegg]

Enjoy your pics big monk.

[Dinadan]

Treefarmer - it took me a moment to spot the nosy critter! Cool photo!

Monk - I like the deer, raccoon, squirrel and dove photos. My favorite animal? The Eyes!

[doglegg]

Mel, the eyes have it.

[TripleF]

Treefarmer - it took me a moment to spot the nosy critter! Cool photo!

Monk - I like the deer, raccoon, squirrel and dove photos. My favorite animal? The Eyes!

That's got to be BIGFOOT in the back....it just has to be!!

[dlr110]

This was on my son's property a couple of days ago.

[treefarmer]

Those fellers don't appear to be real old. When do they start shedding the velvet there in Texas? Pictures like this make me feel young again.
Treefarmer

[dlr110]

Those fellers don't appear to be real old. When do they start shedding the velvet there in Texas? Pictures like this make me feel young again.
Treefarmer

I don't know I not a hunter. My son is and when he bought his land out in Northern Wise County the first thing he did on the back of his property is set up a feeder and a camera. The house is built now and from his back porch he can see down there with a scope, but he also has a blind set up much closer.

[Old Hunter]

Loving all the pre-season, velvet photos gents! OH

[Quick Steel]

I agree with Scott that Dinadin captured either Bigfoot or Charlie [Sasquatch].

[muskratt]

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Here's a nice little haul. Great taste.

[bighomer]

It ain't the great outdoors just my back yard. Momma coon came by with 5 little ones, then mister or mrs.polecat came to check things out. Poor photos but it was almost dark