Outdoorsman Thread

[TPK]

A few pictures from a camera on the lease:WGI_0001.JPGWGI_0356.JPGWGI_2499.JPGWGI_1924.JPG
Treefarmer

Be careful out there Treefarmer! You saw what they did with Skip right?

[Steve Warden]

Nope. Still don't get it.
(TPK's doe/buck joke)

[New_Windsor_NY]

Nature fights back.........

lol! So he got a 1 pointer I guess.

Not worth taking to the taxidermist.

[WillyCamaro]

[TPK]

Nope. Still don't get it.
(TPK's doe/buck joke)

Hi Steve,

Did you see Skip's picture on the page before this one? If still don't get it, sorry. I still think it's funny. May be my strange sence of humor. Oh well.

[cudgee]

Just to give you a look at where we were. That drive from Anchorage to Soldotna is about a 3 hour drive without stops.
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Mate, well done. That looks like fantastic wilderness country, and bet you had a great time.

[Colonel26]

My oldest boy is eat up with the trapping bug. Last night he caught his first coon. He skinned him this afternoon after church all by himself. He used an old Delrin handled Kutmaster muskrat. He’s pretty stoked.

[cudgee]

My oldest boy is eat up with the trapping bug. Last night he caught his first coon. He skinned him this afternoon after church all by himself. He used an old Delrin handled Kutmaster muskrat. He’s pretty stoked.

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Good to see a kid outside enjoying himself and learning new skills. He will be wanting a new knife next.

[jerryd6818]

Cuz, it's so good to see kids that have interests other than cell phones and PlayStation. You & Valerie are doing a great job of raising those boys. Keep up the good work.

[Old Hunter]

Nice Wade! Looks like a nice pelt on that coon too. What do they go for nowadays? OH

[treefarmer]

Great post, Wade! You’re doing a fine job raising your boys. I’m in 100% agreement with the other kind words by our fellow knifes.
Treefarmer

[Old Hunter]

Philip, your deer are getting ready - hard work about to pay off - be freezer time before you know it! Good luck out there. OH

[Colonel26]

Nice Wade! Looks like a nice pelt on that coon too. What do they go for nowadays? OH

Thanks guys. He gets up every morning, takes his 22 and goes to check his traps.

I really have no idea what they’re bringing. I’ve never been a trapper. But somehow he and a buddy of his have been bitten bad by the bug. He learned how to trap, what to bait with, and how to skin them all on his own. He’s even made his own arrangements with a fur buyer to buy his hides. I’m right proud if him doing all of this on his own.
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[jerryd6818]

I really have no idea what they’re bringing. I’ve never been a trapper. But somehow he and a buddy of his have been bitten bad by the bug. He learned how to trap, what to bait with, and how to skin them all on his own. He’s even made his own arrangements with a fur buyer to buy his hides. I’m right proud if him doing all of this on his own.

Just another example of good parenting.

[royal0014]

That is just awesome Wade!
Young man has some good blood and great parenting !

[TripleF]

Nice Wade! Looks like a nice pelt on that coon too. What do they go for nowadays? OH

Thanks guys. He gets up every morning, takes his 22 and goes to check his traps.

I really have no idea what they’re bringing. I’ve never been a trapper. But somehow he and a buddy of his have been bitten bad by the bug. He learned how to trap, what to bait with, and how to skin them all on his own. He’s even made his own arrangements with a fur buyer to buy his hides. I’m right proud if him doing all of this on his own.
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very cool!!!!

[jmh58]

Wade.. That is plain KOOL!! Congrats to your son on his first coon!!! I am sure many more will follow!!! NICE!!
John

[bighomer]

What everybody else said neighbor.

[Colonel26]

Thanks guys. He’s a good boy. I’m blessed with three good ones. I’ll chalk it up more to the grace of God than any of my efforts.

Nice Wade! Looks like a nice pelt on that coon too. What do they go for nowadays? OH

We’ll be rabbit hunting this week and OH you’ll be proud. He hunts with an old standard weight A5 16 gauge.

I have indoctrinated the two oldest into believing there’s no other gauge than 16!

[jerryd6818]

I have indoctrinated the two oldest into believing there’s no other gauge than 16!

Like baby bear's bed, it's just right.

[Mumbleypeg]

Great to see that he’s interested in trapping and the outdoors Wade. My youngest was into trapping also when he was that age. He learned how to deal with skunks the hard way!

Ken

[Colonel26]

Great to see that he’s interested in trapping and the outdoors Wade. My youngest was into trapping also when he was that age. He learned how to deal with skunks the hard way!

Ken

Rofl! I bet that was an interesting lesson. Me and some of the guys at church we’re telling him the other day that those polecats can’t spray him if their back feet aren’t touching the ground. So all he has to do is sneak up on them and grab them by the tail before they spray. For some reason he didn’t think that was a good idea. Lol.

[Waukonda]

Funny, Wade. Great post concerning your son. I am a big A5 fan but don't have a 16 only a couple of older 12s. Do you have one of the newer ones that he will be using?

[Colonel26]

Funny, Wade. Great post concerning your son. I am a big A5 fan but don't have a 16 only a couple of older 12s. Do you have one of the newer ones that he will be using?

His is the only A5 in the house. I had a light 12 a few years back but hit offered a trade I couldn’t refuse and it went down the road. The only other Browning than lives here is a BPS 12 gauge I have.

My flavor of choice is Ithaca 37 shotguns and old Marlin lever actions. There is an off brand Remington or two and a couple of Savages and Stevens but don’t tell anybody. Lol.

[Old Hunter]

Your boy has good taste in shotguns Wade - you should encourage that! Belgian Browning standard 16 gauges are solid shotguns. An old photo of mine. OH