Outdoorsman Thread

[Steve Warden]

That is a great one, and hey, who is gonna argue with him about his menu or resting spot?

One would be crazy to even try and approach him.
A look at his antlers tells you he's ready for the rut.
They get reeeeeaaaal feisty 'round that time.

[garddogg56]

Great pic

[royal0014]

That moose needs a squirrel buddy to curl up
in them antlers and nap with him .....

[TripleF]

Thank you for the pictures - I really enjoy this thread.

As a Connecticut/NY resident relocated to Florida for the past 20 years I miss the cold and snow until I remember the unique pains I would get from shoveling snow. And how much I missed the sun when March hit.

Thanks again!

You and Scott can commiserate.

[Paladin]

That moose needs a squirrel buddy to curl up
in them antlers and nap with him .....

Good one, Royal! Rocky and Bullwinkle! Brings back some memories.

Ray

[Quick Steel]

On the other hand, the fine photo brought back a bad memory to me. I was watching a video on, I believe, Banff Canada. Right in the town center, a man came out of a store carrying a bag of groceries and walked directly into an elk which proceeded to stomp him to death.

[doglegg]

Thanks for all the comments. We were fortunate to watch him. And we always give them a wide bearth as the can be cantankerous. But they sure are fun to watch. And majestic as well.

[dlr110]

The morning sunrise today from my son's house in Greenwood, TX.

[doglegg]

Great photo David.

[Steve Warden]

Beautiful shot, Dave!

[Quick Steel]

Ditto all the above.

[Old Folder]

Gorgeous country and picture Dave

[RobesonsRme.com]

Great photo except for all that government mind control spraying going on.

I guess Texans need it more than others,



Charlie

[Waukonda]

Great photo except for all that government mind control spraying going on.

I guess Texans need it more than others,



Charlie

A few years back, while on vacation in and around Taos, I met an old hippie who introduced me to that theory.....any believers out there?

[dlr110]

Great photo except for all that government mind control spraying going on.

I guess Texans need it more than others,



Charlie

I don't understand what your referring to from the picture.

[garddogg56]

As you know I love the Maine woods. While hunting in a new area yesterday on Peaked mt I walked on top of an old farmers wall that was 4" wide and around 3' tall for about a half mile along the way I saw 8 cellar holes from the early 1800's research tells me it was an old town built around Gris mills in the area. There also was two cemeteries with one head stone of a 22yo man that died in the civil war. Here's a pic of the farmers wall I walked on ,I'll bet I could drive my ATV on it.

[Waukonda]

I don't understand what your referring to from the picture.
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David, first off, let me apologize for ignoring your o.p. in my post, that truly is a beautiful picture of the countryside at sunset.
What Charlie is referring to are the chemtrails in the sky. Conspiracy theorists claim they contain chemicals, courtesy of the Federal govt, to control our thinking etc. Google it.

[Waukonda]

As you know I love the Maine woods. While hunting in a new area yesterday on Peaked mt I walked on top of an old farmers wall that was 4" wide and around 3' tall for about a half mile along the way I saw 8 cellar holes from the early 1800's research tells me it was an old town built around Gris mills in the area. There also was two cemeteries with one head stone of a 22yo man that died in the civil war. Here's a pic of the farmers wall I walked on ,I'll bet I could drive my ATV on it.

Great post, garddog. I love running across things like that in the woods and would be interested in seeing more pics if you have them. Of course, where I live, I find ruins or grave markers from the late 1800's rather than early.

[doglegg]

As you know I love the Maine woods. While hunting in a new area yesterday on Peaked mt I walked on top of an old farmers wall that was 4" wide and around 3' tall for about a half mile along the way I saw 8 cellar holes from the early 1800's research tells me it was an old town built around Gris mills in the area. There also was two cemeteries with one head stone of a 22yo man that died in the civil war. Here's a pic of the farmers wall I walked on ,I'll bet I could drive my ATV on it.

Great post, garddog. I love running across things like that in the woods and would be interested in seeing more pics if you have them. Of course, where I live, I find ruins or grave markers from the late 1800's rather than early.

Be fun to wander around there a couple of days with a metal detector. Thanks for sharing.

[dlr110]

Any of you live near St. Louis? This is what my oldest son Bryan woke up to this morning in Herculaneum, MO just south of the city.
_

[doglegg]

Your brother and now your son, your family seems to attract snow David. Did you get that MRI scheduled?

[samb1955]

Looks like what I woke up to in Indiana

[garddogg56]

As you know I love the Maine woods. While hunting in a new area yesterday on Peaked mt I walked on top of an old farmers wall that was 4" wide and around 3' tall for about a half mile along the way I saw 8 cellar holes from the early 1800's research tells me it was an old town built around Gris mills in the area. There also was two cemeteries with one head stone of a 22yo man that died in the civil war. Here's a pic of the farmers wall I walked on ,I'll bet I could drive my ATV on it.

Great post, garddog. I love running across things like that in the woods and would be interested in seeing more pics if you have them. Of course, where I live, I find ruins or grave markers from the late 1800's rather than early.

Be fun to wander around there a couple of days with a metal detector. Thanks for sharing.

I wish had a detector,I am going to explore more..Ike thats my only pic,I was amazed as to how far I could walk on the wall.

[Dinadan]

Very interesting post about the Maine woods, Dogg. In my years working for a land survey company I would sometimes find the remains of old communities or industries. Even a couple of canals through a swamp where today nothing else is left of whatever made someone decide to build a canal. It always made me wonder about the folks who lived there and left there. In my area at least one place was so devastated by malaria that the town was abandoned. On the hill where I grew up there were three old homestead sites where the folks just gave up. The ground was not very fertile on that hill ...

Cold looking snow photos, David. It is about seventy degrees here, today.

[Old Folder]

Great photo except for all that government mind control spraying going on.

I guess Texans need it more than others,



Charlie

I don't understand what your referring to from the picture.

Chem-trail conspiracy theories began to circulate after the United States Air Force (USAF) published a 1996 report about weather modification. Following the report, in the late 1990s the USAF was accused of "spraying the U.S. population with mysterious substances" from aircraft "generating unusual contrail patterns." The theories were posted on Internet forums by people including Richard Finke and William Thomas, and were among many conspiracy theories popularized by late-night radio host Art Bell, starting in 1999. As the chem-trail conspiracy theory spread, federal officials were flooded with angry calls and letters.

A multi-agency response attempting to dispel the rumors was published in 2000 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Many chem-trail believers interpreted agency fact sheets as further evidence of the existence of a government cover-up. The EPA refreshed its posting in 2015.

In the early 2000s the USAF released an undated fact sheet that stated the conspiracy theories were a hoax fueled in part by citations to a 1996 strategy paper drafted within their Air University titled Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025. The paper was presented in response to a military directive to outline a future strategic weather modification system for the purpose of maintaining the United States' military dominance in the year 2025, and identified as "fictional representations of future situations/scenarios." The USAF further clarified in 2005 that the paper "does not reflect current military policy, practice, or capability," and that it is "not conducting any weather modification experiments or programs and has no plans to do so in the future." Additionally, the USAF states that the "'Chem-trail" hoax has been investigated and refuted by many established and accredited universities, scientific organizations, and major media publications."

The conspiracy theories are seldom covered by the mainstream media, and when they are, they are usually cast as an example of anti-government paranoia. For example, in 2013, when it was made public that the CIA, NASA, and NOAA intended to provide funds to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct research into methods to counteract global warming with geoengineering, an article in the International Business Times anticipated that "the idea of any government agency looking at ways to control, or manipulate, the weather will be met with scrutiny and fears of a malign conspiracies" and mentioned chem-trail conspiracy theories as an example.

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