1.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2020

I know this is very location-specific, but would you rather fish September through mid-October, or hunt?

If fish, what for?

If hunt, what for?

Show y̶o̶u̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶k̶e̶ your work, but I'm keeping the poll anonymous for you anarchist types ...

(I hope you're wearing a mask while surfing this ....) :re:

2.) DParker - 07/10/2020

Since the only public land hunting opportunity here during Sep. is for dove...and it's still hot pretty much the entire month...I'd probably opt for fishing (catfish, crappie and LM bass) if I had to choose. The fact that we have a relatively long stretch of hunting seasons helps.

3.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2020

"I forgot to vote"


I'm printing up some stickers Americans can wear in November ... :wink



If you're on the East Coast, September seems a good month for travelling hunters ...

Fishing can be tough before the water turns over.


And once you kill/spook your buck off your corn pile, then what?

It can be a long month ...

4.) bluecat - 07/10/2020

It's all good, but given a choice hunting in the evening, fall is my favorite.

5.) bluecat - 07/10/2020

I don't really care what I'm fishing for but I love fishing with a bobber like a small kid.

6.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2020

Around mid-September here I'll switch up from catfish to bass, and from nights to mornings.

It's easier hunting afternoons but more likely to booger things up.

So there's a period where I want to hunt AND fish mornings, and afternoons are just not that attractive.

You have to have the right set-up to hunt mornings though, especially with a bow. Just about as tough as the right place to get out of in the evening, but I think AM sets have the edge.

7.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2020

[QUOTE=bluecat;61372]I don't really care what I'm fishing for but I love fishing with a bobber like a small kid.[/QUOTE]

8.) bluecat - 07/10/2020

Zebco 202, bluegill, sunny day - the only thing missing is a cooler of pop and sandwiches. Yes, I said pop for you easterners.

9.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2020

Whenever one of you people (to borrow a variation on the phrase) says the word "pop" I silently giggle and think of the toy-making scene from [I]Elf[/I].


(Before [I]Elf [/I]was made, I just silently giggled...)

10.) bluecat - 07/11/2020

You really know how to hurt a guy.

+2

11.) crookedeye - 07/11/2020

[QUOTE=bluecat;61372]I don't really care what I'm fishing for but I love fishing with a bobber like a small kid.[/QUOTE]

a slip bobber is the way to go ..set youre depth and cast like a pro. and dont forget the lighted bobber

12.) crookedeye - 07/11/2020

i always liked the times when i kinda wanted to go deep with a regular bobber set up..my bobber was probally set at 10 feet, it would be laying in the weeds behind me..i would cast and my worm would go one way and my bobber another way

13.) crookedeye - 07/11/2020

you gotta be smooth

14.) crookedeye - 07/11/2020

if i had a dime everytime a minnow come flying off my hook

15.) crookedeye - 07/12/2020

i always did like the old fashion bobber way..if you made a perfect cast ..the bobber and worm would fly threw the air on course with the bobber hitting first than the worm in front of it

16.) crookedeye - 07/12/2020

the perfect bobber and worm cast ..is close to a flyfishermans perfect cast

17.) Swamp Fox - 07/12/2020

[QUOTE=crookedeye;61379]a slip bobber is the way to go ..set youre depth and cast like a pro. and dont forget the lighted bobber[/QUOTE]


I see you've been picking up tips from the Mexicans ... Not to mention the Russians ....

Out in front of the rip-rap, it's like Christmas Eve right now ...

18.) Swamp Fox - 07/12/2020

[QUOTE=bluecat;61378]You really know how to hurt a guy.

+2[/QUOTE]



Thank you. But it it is just one of many services I provide.

Call for more information.

19.) Swamp Fox - 07/12/2020

This is how you catch Polacks .... :wink :wave:

20.) Swamp Fox - 07/12/2020

Don't make me play whaling songs ... :tap::wink:grin:

21.) crookedeye - 07/12/2020

i think my next whitetail camp im going to bring my violene

22.) crookedeye - 07/12/2020

getting back to the bobber thing..if youre bobber is in front of the 10 foot line with a worm on the end, and you make a perfect cast one will follow the other in a circular motion.. almost as a ballet. its a beautiful thing

23.) bluecat - 07/13/2020

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;61390]Don't make me play whaling songs ... :tap::wink:grin:[/QUOTE]

Maybe just a clip of Nessie swimming around?

24.) DParker - 07/13/2020

[QUOTE=bluecat;61396]Maybe just a clip of Nessie swimming around?[/QUOTE]

I didn't get any footage, but here's a still image I managed to capture while touring Loch Ness.

25.) Swamp Fox - 07/14/2020

I see you've managed to concealed her identity despite the peer pressure ... Good on ya...


LOL


I still need tree fiddy, tho ...

26.) Swamp Fox - 07/14/2020

[QUOTE=crookedeye;61392]... one will follow the other in a circular motion.. almost as a ballet. its a beautiful thing[/QUOTE]


I'll take your word for it. :wink

I've never been to the ballet ... LOL

27.) Swamp Fox - 07/15/2020

[QUOTE=crookedeye;61391]i think my next whitetail camp im going to bring my V̶a̶s̶o̶.̶.̶.̶[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]["Jokes In The Hopper:"][/QUOTE]



No, not gonna do it ... Wouldn't be prudent ...

:wink

28.) Swamp Fox - 09/25/2020

bump ...

29.) crookedeye - 09/27/2020

im going next weekend probally fish and dove hunt..i need to shoot somthing with my new shotgun..shot a couple times a couple weeks back but missed..them 1oz steel shot dont want to eject for some reason..i caught at least 30 whitebass. my main goal is to shoot a dove next weekend and grill up a jalopeno bacon wraped dove..

30.) crookedeye - 09/27/2020

probally deer hunt one evening

31.) crookedeye - 09/27/2020

if the doves ant around i might do a little more deer hunting ..suppose to cool off next week..hopefully the walley are biting

32.) Swamp Fox - 09/28/2020

[QUOTE=crookedeye;61962]my main goal is to shoot a dove next weekend and grill up a jalopeno bacon wraped dove..[/QUOTE]


So do you have three boxes of shells that will eject, or will it take more? :wave:

33.) Swamp Fox - 09/28/2020

I catch a lot of deer activity around 10 -11 AM in the early season, just as I want to climb down. Of course, it depends on the type of area you're hunting. It would be transition areas in my case.

Not too much action earlier, but the temps are often nicer in the morning.

34.) Swamp Fox - 09/28/2020

I like when people talk about transition areas ...

It's not that they don't exist around here, but if you're looking for distinct bedding and feeding areas and an area in-between that's neither, good luck --and good luck hunting it.

You're just as likely to bump a buck coming in at mid-day to set up as to blow one out climbing down at dark in a lot of areas that are neither "bedding" nor "feeding" sites. I'd call those transition areas.

So I guess once that happens, you move on and just chuckle at the guys who like to present hunting strategies in neat little boxes.

Perhaps a better term for the Holy Grail would be "travel corridor", a designation you don't hear very often anymore. I can't come up with a good reason why not, except group-think.

35.) bluecat - 09/28/2020

You guys and all your high fa-lutin words ("travel corridor").

36.) Swamp Fox - 09/29/2020

It sounds even better in Spanish ... :-)





or Austrian ...


(10 bonus comedy points to use as you like for whoever picks up on that one ....)

37.) bluecat - 09/29/2020

Carlos: Did you watch the weather forecast last night?

Juan: You know I did.

Carlos: What is it?

Juan: I have no idea.

38.) bluecat - 09/29/2020

Johann: Sehst du das Wetter gestern Abend?

Paul: Bestimmt!

Johann: Worum es geht?

Paul: Ich weiss nicht. [making hour glass motion with hands]

39.) Swamp Fox - 09/30/2020

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;61975]It sounds even better in Spanish ... :-)





or Austrian ...


(10 bonus comedy points to use as you like for whoever picks up on that one ....)[/QUOTE]


The great orator BO charms the crowd with his urbane observations and riveting delivery:

40.) Swamp Fox - 09/30/2020

[QUOTE=bluecat;61977]Carlos: Did you watch the weather forecast last night?

Juan: You know I did.

Carlos: What is it?

Juan: I have no idea.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=bluecat;61978]Johann: Sehst du das Wetter gestern Abend?

Paul: Bestimmt!

Johann: Worum es geht?

Paul: Ich weiss nicht. [making hour glass motion with hands][/QUOTE]



LOL ...


Everyone who was napping through this should take note....
[QUOTE]

That's gold, Jerry! Gold![/QUOTE]

41.) crookedeye - 09/30/2020

what ever happen to stephen abrame from the weather channel.. a few yrs back every time i seen her ..i was like My God! now im like shes alright

42.) Swamp Fox - 10/01/2020

LOL ...

43.) crookedeye - 10/01/2020

when luv 2 starts his hunting season i was thinking to remind him. that incase of a bad hit on a deer he can go to the Drurys site and check out there deercam cast thing.. where they would walk luv 2 and guide him in finding his deer. what will those guys think of next?

44.) Swamp Fox - 10/02/2020

Can you post a link?

When I went looking, this is all I came up with:

[url]https://www.drury.edu/springfield/student-dining-guide[/url]




Though I did find it amusing that they think they have BBQ there ...



:bad::nk: :-)