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1.) Wild Bob - 08/28/2014
:grin::grin::grin::grin:
Anyone else on here going to chase these little bombers soon? Can't wait; I love spending a late summer/early autumn evening camped out along a field hunting doves...mild weather, pleasant conversation and company, and a bit of shooting...nothing signifies 'autumn is here' more than that for me! :tu:
Anyone else on here going to chase these little bombers soon? Can't wait; I love spending a late summer/early autumn evening camped out along a field hunting doves...mild weather, pleasant conversation and company, and a bit of shooting...nothing signifies 'autumn is here' more than that for me! :tu:
2.) Forkie McRut - 08/28/2014
Dubs open on 9/1 in MD. Weather supposed to be 90. Not sure if I'll bring the dog or not in that heat. Been a cool summer, but dub opener last couple of years has been hot.
Problem we have this year is no fields on any of my farms are being cut for silage. Relegated to hunting a cow pasture close to an area where the birds congregate.
Problem we have this year is no fields on any of my farms are being cut for silage. Relegated to hunting a cow pasture close to an area where the birds congregate.
3.) Swamp Fox - 08/28/2014
I haven't done much dove hunting since all the farmers' daughters got married.
A lot of corn being cut right now, though. It should be a good opener.
A lot of corn being cut right now, though. It should be a good opener.
4.) luv2bowhunt - 08/28/2014
Nah. That's time I can spend doing something useful like deer scouting or watching the Orioles make the playoffs. I sure hope they don't blow this.:re:
5.) toxophilite - 08/29/2014
they don't allow dove hunting in new York so I just enjoy watching them come in to my birdfeeder :re:
6.) Forkie McRut - 08/29/2014
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;23782]..... watching the Orioles make the playoffs. I sure hope they don't blow this.:re:[/QUOTE]
The pitching has been excellent over the last month or so. Only thing that concerns me is their mounting injuries to their better players and the hitting slumps of Cruz and Davis.
Hunt dubs from 3-6:30 and make it home in time for the 7:05pm game start
The pitching has been excellent over the last month or so. Only thing that concerns me is their mounting injuries to their better players and the hitting slumps of Cruz and Davis.
Hunt dubs from 3-6:30 and make it home in time for the 7:05pm game start
7.) NEBigAl - 08/29/2014
Won't be dove hunting near as much since deer season opens the same day this year!
8.) Wild Bob - 09/02/2014
Well, opening day went as so many opening days go; it didn't quite live up to my hopes, but it wasn't a total flop either. We have had quite a bit of flooding here lately... so that not only affected where we hunted, but how, since the fields I planed on hunting were not harvested yet. So after much driving around, back tracking, and avoiding closed/flooded roads, and then actually getting out into a spot that looked like it might be promising - we only got a few shots. We didn't come home empty handed though; at least we had two birds to show for our efforts, just before we got rained out :( ! The kids had fun, and that's what it was all about in my opinion anyway.
9.) Swamp Fox - 09/02/2014
I like to think of it as leaving more for next time...:wink
Nice pics! Glad you had fun.
Nice pics! Glad you had fun.
10.) Deerminator - 09/03/2014
ILLEAGLE HERE IN ny but there's alot of them around
11.) Swamp Fox - 09/03/2014
[COLOR="#FF0000"][SIZE=3][B]HERE'S YOUR SIGN[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]
Source: NYS DEC website.
12.) Wild Bob - 09/03/2014
Those statistics don't surprise me. I was born and raised in upstate NY and my family members were avid crow hunters, as that was about all you could hunt early in the season back then before grouse and pheasant opened later in the fall. (Yes, back in the day, we actually had some pheasants in the Hudson Valley region!! ...but it's been many years since huntable populations have been there according to my family members still there.)
Anyway, when I moved to the South and lived there for many years, I became a devout dove hunter. And I'm grateful for that experience as I honestly believe dove hunting is one of the best ways to introduce kids to bird hunting. It's fast paced, but laid back and just plain fun shot gunning and kids eat it up! But its also a cultural thing too, as dove hunting in the South is HUGE, and in most other northern areas people treat it some what indifferently. That is the case here in Montana; most of the guys I run into that are dove hunting here come from places like Missouri, KY, NC, (yes swampy, we even have some here from there!) and TN and VA. But that's OK with me...the less guys pursuing birds...the more there area for me! :) :tu:
Anyway, when I moved to the South and lived there for many years, I became a devout dove hunter. And I'm grateful for that experience as I honestly believe dove hunting is one of the best ways to introduce kids to bird hunting. It's fast paced, but laid back and just plain fun shot gunning and kids eat it up! But its also a cultural thing too, as dove hunting in the South is HUGE, and in most other northern areas people treat it some what indifferently. That is the case here in Montana; most of the guys I run into that are dove hunting here come from places like Missouri, KY, NC, (yes swampy, we even have some here from there!) and TN and VA. But that's OK with me...the less guys pursuing birds...the more there area for me! :) :tu:
13.) Swamp Fox - 09/03/2014
The explanatory article that went along with that chart stated that only about 11% of NY hunters had ever hunted doves (elsewhere, since I gather dove hunting has never been legal in NY in the modern era, so to speak).
A classic case of "They don't know what they're missing."
I used to enjoy going on at least a few hunts each year, especially the opener. I could usually find a good "social" to go along with it, and a few afternoons mid-week on your own when the fish are still lethargic ain't all bad, either. But I am not a good wingshot, and I took up bowhunting in my late 20's, so those two things kinda put the kibosh on dove hunting for me. Plus I kinda orbited out of the dove hunting universe of friends and acquaintances, and some farms got sold for taxes or subdivisions, so...
But every once in a while I think about getting an eye patch and hauling the old trap-thrower out of storage...:cool:
A classic case of "They don't know what they're missing."
I used to enjoy going on at least a few hunts each year, especially the opener. I could usually find a good "social" to go along with it, and a few afternoons mid-week on your own when the fish are still lethargic ain't all bad, either. But I am not a good wingshot, and I took up bowhunting in my late 20's, so those two things kinda put the kibosh on dove hunting for me. Plus I kinda orbited out of the dove hunting universe of friends and acquaintances, and some farms got sold for taxes or subdivisions, so...
But every once in a while I think about getting an eye patch and hauling the old trap-thrower out of storage...:cool:
14.) luv2bowhunt - 09/03/2014
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;24052]But every once in a while I think about getting an eye patch and hauling the old trap-thrower out of storage...:cool:[/QUOTE]
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure both of those are in the back of the Bronco somewhere.:wink
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure both of those are in the back of the Bronco somewhere.:wink
15.) Swamp Fox - 09/03/2014
LOL...
16.) bluecat - 09/03/2014
Swampy take a picture of the inside of your Bronco for us. I have an image in my head and I want to see how close I am.
17.) bluecat - 09/03/2014
18.) Swamp Fox - 09/03/2014
More organized than that...But I do get full use out of the dashboard. And the transmission hump, passenger area, visors, etc.
:grin:
I'll post when I make the next trip and have all my gear in it...Some of it's down at Camp Swampy right now.
:grin:
I'll post when I make the next trip and have all my gear in it...Some of it's down at Camp Swampy right now.
19.) luv2bowhunt - 09/03/2014
Of course this was before he had the Bronco.
20.) Swamp Fox - 09/03/2014
Heh, heh...
Ventilator took a pic of an old Suburban in Colo. we saw coming back from a deer hunt in Neb. a few years ago. My guess is the guy was headed out on an elk hunt. That was a classic. If memory serves it had a curtain or some type of divider behind the driver/passenger compartment. No telling what was back there, because most of what you'd need looked like it was up front, LOL. I'll see if it's on my other laptop.
But everyone eventually learns: You're gonna stop making fun of Swampy's Bronco about the third time he pulls something you need out from it....:wink
Ventilator took a pic of an old Suburban in Colo. we saw coming back from a deer hunt in Neb. a few years ago. My guess is the guy was headed out on an elk hunt. That was a classic. If memory serves it had a curtain or some type of divider behind the driver/passenger compartment. No telling what was back there, because most of what you'd need looked like it was up front, LOL. I'll see if it's on my other laptop.
But everyone eventually learns: You're gonna stop making fun of Swampy's Bronco about the third time he pulls something you need out from it....:wink
21.) bluecat - 09/03/2014
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;24052]
But every once in a while I think about getting an eye patch and hauling the old trap-thrower out of storage...:cool:[/QUOTE]
Save the eye patch for the bedroom. Get a puffy shirt and you are in business.
But every once in a while I think about getting an eye patch and hauling the old trap-thrower out of storage...:cool:[/QUOTE]
Save the eye patch for the bedroom. Get a puffy shirt and you are in business.
22.) Wild Bob - 09/03/2014
[COLOR="#FF0000"]PODUNKERS! HI-JACKING PODUNKERS! PODUNKER ALERT****[/COLOR][SIZE=7][/SIZE][FONT=Arial Black][/FONT][B][/B]
:-) LOL!!!! :-)
What's a puffy shirt???
:-) LOL!!!! :-)
What's a puffy shirt???
23.) bluecat - 09/03/2014
A classic!
24.) Swamp Fox - 09/03/2014
[SIZE=4][B]Aahrrr![/B][/SIZE]
"I think people want to look like pirates." LOL
Avast! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up----September 19...I'll see if I can swing in on a chandelier. :wink
[url]http://talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html[/url]
"I think people want to look like pirates." LOL
Avast! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up----September 19...I'll see if I can swing in on a chandelier. :wink
[url]http://talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html[/url]
25.) DParker - 09/04/2014
Why not? That's how Senator Blutarsky got his start.
26.) Wild Bob - 09/04/2014
Thanks for educating me guys, now I know what a ‘puffy shirt is.’ LOL. I went through a 15 year period of time when I watched almost no TV. I can always remember people I worked with talking about how funny Seinfeld was and I was clueless as to what they were talking about…I’m amazed that 14 plus years later, I’m still seeing the show!
27.) Floyd - 09/04/2014
How can a "Wild Bob" not know what a puffy shirt is? Or even a puffy taco.
28.) Wild Bob - 09/04/2014
You forget...I'm a freak.
29.) Floyd - 09/04/2014
[QUOTE=Wild Bob;24213]You forget...I'm a freak.[/QUOTE]
??? Then you'd be a Freaky Bob. Would you not?
??? Then you'd be a Freaky Bob. Would you not?
30.) Wild Bob - 09/04/2014
Not necessarily; you see its kind of like the proof of your liquor…It all depends what proof your freak is; you know, if you run around flying that freak flag high and proud – you might be 120 proof. If one is bit more on the subtle side, and it only creeps out now and then – they might be a mild schnapps at say 30 proof.
31.) Floyd - 09/04/2014
[QUOTE=Wild Bob;24215]Not necessarily; you see its kind of like the proof of your liquor…It all depends what proof your freak is; you know, if you run around flying that freak flag high and proud – you might be 120 proof. If one is bit more on the subtle side, and it only creeps out now and then – they might be a mild schnapps at say 30 proof.[/QUOTE]
Now you're sounding like Swampy; with the explanations, excuses, and the yabutts and what the nots. Just be Wild Bob. Two Swampy(s) is two too many.
Now you're sounding like Swampy; with the explanations, excuses, and the yabutts and what the nots. Just be Wild Bob. Two Swampy(s) is two too many.
32.) Wild Bob - 09/04/2014
Ouch! Why would I want to be like that freak??? LOL. :wink
I've always been me; when Adidas were cool in school, I wore Chuck Taylors. Period.
I've always been me; when Adidas were cool in school, I wore Chuck Taylors. Period.