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Only if you consider 59" of snow in 48 hours brutal.
(at one point in that stretch they got 39" in 24 hours)

Lol

That sounds horrible! I like a few inches of snow to chase roosters in or make decoys stand out with good hiding in a corn field, but that is overkill. Hunted western Ks a few years ago when they had 40" of snow over a week or so period, was never above freezing for any of it to melt. Birds had tunnels and mazes under the snow in milo and tumbleweed fields, it was crazy.

DeadEye_Dan wrote:This thread is full of great photos-each one has a story.

I agree 100%, every pic I look at I imagine what was behind the scenes, who forgot their shells that day, who almost fell in, who was the guy shitting his waders all morning and stinking out the blind. how many wifs took place and how much trash talking, how many cold shivers of exitement and goosebumps....

I love threads like these. That's the one big drawback of hunting alone- few, if any, pics. Oh well.

this was jr's first successful goose hunt as far as i can remember (not him hunting just along for the ride). jgun was there with his not yet wifey. we were hunting a small corn or sorgum feild that was tucked between two orchards, the geese had been hammering the feild and it was early season so they were coming in small family groups. honestly couldnt ask for a better set up, just sit under a tree eating apples off it until the geese come. i had given jr a lecture on how important it is to hide but more important yet is to be still, if someone says "geese" or "here they come" you gotta freeze, no matter where your at just freeze and stay still...

after the first group of birds came in and jeremy shot all 9 "he's a claimer" jr goes running out to get a goose. there was one goose that still had some life left in him and jr took after him, caught him then started battleing him back. just then more geese come in, Jgun yells geese and there's jr holding the goose up by its neck froze, trying not to move a muscle, he can barely pick up the goose let alone hold it up and the goose is flapping away and beating the living hell out of him. I can't remeber wether or not we shot at that group of geese but I will never forget that look of excitement/fear/anger in jr's little eyes as he tried to not move with that goose in his hands

widh they would have invented digital cameras a little sooner, i'm going to have to dig out some of the early years if i can find them.

assateague wrote:I love threads like these. That's the one big drawback of hunting alone- few, if any, pics. Oh well.

I used to love hunting alone, now not so much, its just a matter of finding the right group of assholes to hunt with.

I only have 2 people I'll be hunting with this year regularly.

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DeadEye_Dan wrote:Only if you consider 59" of snow in 48 hours brutal.
(at one point in that stretch they got 39" in 24 hours)

Lol

what were the temps like dan? from the looks of the snow in the pixs I would guess middle-upper 20's???

Olly wrote:I only have 2 people I'll be hunting with this year regularly.

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Jgun is the numbers guy but I would say that only about 1 out of every 20 guys that has hunted with us asks to come back

But I'll try, anyway.

Elk hunt in New Mexico when the little one was 3. Hard to believe she turned 6 today. I have no idea where the time goes.



Retrieving doves for me in AZ, 2010. Best retriever ever.


Although I usually only kill buffies, still one of my favorite places to hunt





And one recent one, just for posterity:

Hey assa tell the "bug" jehler says happy birthday

Great pics. Oh and Dan you suck!

jehler wrote:Hey assa tell the "bug" jehler says happy birthday

Will do. She laughs at Junior's hair, BTW.

I like seeing the pics with kids, brings back a lot of good memories. This is one of my favorites, a drawing my nephew did of me hunting with my lab Moose, and britt Buck, notice the sweet gun I am using.


My 1st Rio Grande turkey

Jehler that story is priceless, bet you could sell tickets if you had video of that hunt

I nominate this "sticky" material. Very cool thread

assateague wrote:

jehler wrote:Hey assa tell the "bug" jehler says happy birthday

Will do. She laughs at Junior's hair, BTW.

my daughter will randomly ask "wonder if that little girl ever got that knife" every once in a while from the turtle cleaning vid if your wondering the context

jarbo that is a sweet gun

jehler wrote:

assateague wrote:

jehler wrote:Hey assa tell the "bug" jehler says happy birthday

Will do. She laughs at Junior's hair, BTW.

my daughter will randomly ask "wonder if that little girl ever got that knife" every once in a while from the turtle cleaning vid if your wondering the context

A few birds on about the only good push of birds we got last year.


One of my earlier black duck decoys and the first bird I killed over my own block.


Freakin tide and heavy arse boat.

Sunset on the last day of the season 2012.


My fist ringer.


Opening day of last year. Double on the first shot and it was down hill from there.


The wood duck hole. I lvoe this spot. Ive killed all types of puddlers, deer, and turkey from this same place.

Baldpates and fox bait.


DInner for a few needy families.


My sons first goose hunt on Sept. 1


I have a bunch of brant hunting pics but cant find them.

jarbo03 wrote:I like seeing the pics with kids, brings back a lot of good memories. This is one of my favorites, a drawing my nephew did of me hunting with my lab Moose, and britt Buck, notice the sweet gun I am using.

Kaseys pic of me hunting.jpg

Great picture. The gun looks like an 870

He looks pretty damn serious about his hunting!

jehler wrote:this was jr's first successful goose hunt as far as i can remember (not him hunting just along for the ride). jgun was there with his not yet wifey. we were hunting a small corn or sorgum feild that was tucked between two orchards, the geese had been hammering the feild and it was early season so they were coming in small family groups. honestly couldnt ask for a better set up, just sit under a tree eating apples off it until the geese come. i had given jr a lecture on how important it is to hide but more important yet is to be still, if someone says "geese" or "here they come" you gotta freeze, no matter where your at just freeze and stay still...

after the first group of birds came in and jeremy shot all 9 "he's a claimer" jr goes running out to get a goose. there was one goose that still had some life left in him and jr took after him, caught him then started battleing him back. just then more geese come in, Jgun yells geese and there's jr holding the goose up by its neck froze, trying not to move a muscle, he can barely pick up the goose let alone hold it up and the goose is flapping away and beating the living hell out of him. I can't remeber wether or not we shot at that group of geese but I will never forget that look of excitement/fear/anger in jr's little eyes as he tried to not move with that goose in his hands

widh they would have invented digital cameras a little sooner, i'm going to have to dig out some of the early years if i can find them.

what a great story

Assa tell the girl happy birthday from the Redbeard family

that was a goo hunt red, jgun may remeber it better, I can't remeber if the dog was fighting with the bird too or not, sometimes my momery likes to embelish a little...

assateague wrote:He looks pretty damn serious about his hunting!

He was all smiles from 4:30 am until he fell asleep in the truck on the way home. Leave it to me to catch the only sour face he made. My wife says its his mean hunter face meant to intimidate, not a sour face.

Redbeard wrote:Assa tell the girl happy birthday from the Redbeard family

Will do. Have to go pick up the Princess cake this afternoon.

Redbeard wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:I like seeing the pics with kids, brings back a lot of good memories. This is one of my favorites, a drawing my nephew did of me hunting with my lab Moose, and britt Buck, notice the sweet gun I am using.

Kaseys pic of me hunting.jpg

Great picture. The gun looks like an 870

Thinking back, I believe it was an 835. Think he would be embarrassed if I asked him to update it to my O/U?