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Defeat
Elk hunting this morning - miles walked and none seen but sign they were there just hours earlier. 5 ponds checked this afternoon for flying the angry chicken on the ducks -- a couple of them more than a mile walk - gear up, hike in, hike out, load up, go to next -- with only a single duck seen that blew the moment it saw me. Threw pigeons for her.
Exhausted. Worse things to be doing, but que exhausted.
Do it all again tomorrow! (But replace the elk hunting with running the dogs on mountain grouse in the morning.)
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Worse things to be doing...….Yes. Defeat would be NOT to be hunting.
It will make you savor the victory even more.
May you have dreams of conquering your enemy and taking their women! Wait... wrong thread...
I got my deer this year. With my new truck.
Haha. Yeah, I’ve been debating just hitting one. I run the gauntlet that is 89 every day so it’s not a matter of if but when whether I want to or not. Preferably a deer, not an elk as that may sting a bit.
There are some does in my yard so I’ll prob just shoot a couple of them, but I’d prefer a freezer full of elk.
I was due I guess. I run all over this state and it's my first deer hit ever. Unfortunately on a new vehicle with only 5000 miles.
All this new safety technology on the newer cars is expensive to repair from a minor collision. Simple deer hit on the front ended up being a $20k repair bill.
Stupid deer.
Good lord. When I switched over to the Rubicon my insurance dropped $400 a year. I can see why.
My insurance only went up $100 when I bought the new truck in August. So not too bad I thought.
Sometime you lose and other times you win.
Victory.
Muzzleloader?
Indeed. Muzzleloader on public land during general rifle. I like to make thing difficult. Haha
Either that is your child or you are, in fact, 14 years old.
Either way, nice catch!
Nice
Sausages?
Heero is the D ick Clark of Fly Fishing.
A hawken too. Nice job!
Wait, bmmike is Heero???
There's rumor to that effect. We'll have to wait for fishing season and a photo of him in those Hawaiian print shorts.
Crooow:This music would work better with women in bikinis shaking all over the place. I guess that's true of any music really.
I thought this was known. Sorry Mike if I blew your cover.
BTW I was wearing Hawaiian print shorts on the Snake with Sherb and Shawn. When you think about it the print is as good as camouflage.
Wow, a ball gun in rifle season - you are a stud.
As Gart just rightly pointed out, I am indeed a Heero.
The bands getting back!
Where are you living now? I remember fishing for shad with you on Deer Creek when you lived near Baltimore. It was a meeting of several Old Board members.
Near Livingston, MT, George.
I never knew Heero, just learned about him after I joined.
All you need to know is that he is just a simple pawn in this game of life.
We had this guy running around in our woods. I guess he wanted to keep warm.
Strong neck muscles on that one.
Would you take the shot? Imagine being off, hitting the tank, then exploding his head. Could be easy but messy hunt.
An out take from Kingsman?
It wouldn't explode. That's a movie myth. If the deer was smoking a cigarette, it may ignite the propane, making a jet of flame shoot out the tank until empty. Still wouldn't explode.
But with no ignition source, it'll just blow the propane out.