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So we went hunting today, got skunked, lost a phone, but that isn't what this thread is about, it is about the dumbasses who hunted next to us. Their calling sucked, it sounded as if they had a live mallard and were squeezing it so hard it made noise. They sky busted and what not, but that's not where it gets good. The dumbasses were saved by their inability to shoot straight when a group of 20 curlews flew over, and they opened up. This was at a refuge too, so the idiots probably would have went through the check station, strutting their "prize". One of the stupidest acts I have seen in my whole life.

Oh1 and pheasant hunters ran their mother fucking dog through our spread, and stood about 40 yards from us calling their dog back to them, in turn flaring a flock of ducks.

I thought curlews were extinct

flight control wrote:I thought curlews were extinct

I would think he is talking about a flock of ibis... just a guess.

I have no clue what a curlew is. Is it like a 9-iron?

assateague wrote:I have no clue what a curlew is. Is it like a 9-iron?

I think its when those Canadians slide a big rock on the ice.

GadwallGetter530 wrote:

flight control wrote:I thought curlews were extinct

I would think he is talking about a flock of ibis... just a guess.

We have curlew also. I might have eaten a few, when I was younger.

Had some sky busters next to me opening weekend. It seems like there are very few public land hunters that understand what the range of their shotguns are with steel shot. Very frustrating.

Tiler_J wrote:

GadwallGetter530 wrote:

flight control wrote:I thought curlews were extinct

I would think he is talking about a flock of ibis... just a guess.

We have curlew also. I might have eaten a few, when I was younger.

Yup. He was at the lodge I believe. That joint is loaded with those dang things.

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:I have no clue what a curlew is. Is it like a 9-iron?

I think its when those Canadians slide a big rock on the ice.

No, that's a ham hock, I believe. I'm pretty sure a curlew is the Old English term for an ounce of nails.

assateague wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:I have no clue what a curlew is. Is it like a 9-iron?

I think its when those Canadians slide a big rock on the ice.

No, that's a ham hock, I believe. I'm pretty sure a curlew is the Old English term for an ounce of nails.

That's a pennyweight

Those damn English. So what's a curlew?

assateague wrote:Those damn English. So what's a curlew?

It's what kids have to be home before. Before their curlew.

assateague wrote:Those damn English. So what's a curlew?

The curlew was the shortest of all the shorebirds and was aparently the most delicious. They were shot by the thousands and placed in sacks to be shipped to far off markets. The old time market gunners used to steal each others curlews whenever they had the chance, and this is where the expression of having someone "by the short and curlews" came from. The victim would be left in a tough spot, not being able to provide for their families and what not.

You guys are pissing me off, so I googled it.

flight control wrote:

assateague wrote:Those damn English. So what's a curlew?

The curlew was the shortest of all the shorebirds and was aparently the most delicious. They were shot by the thousands and placed in sacks to be shipped to far off markets. The old time market gunners used to steal each others curlews whenever they had the chance, and this is where the expression of having someone "by the short and curlews" came from. The victim would be left in a tough spot, not being able to provide for their families and what not.

Well played

flight control wrote:

assateague wrote:Those damn English. So what's a curlew?

The curlew was the shortest of all the shorebirds and was aparently the most delicious. They were shot by the thousands and placed in sacks to be shipped to far off markets. The old time market gunners used to steal each others curlews whenever they had the chance, and this is where the expression of having someone "by the short and curlews" came from. The victim would be left in a tough spot, not being able to provide for their families and what not.

I'm calling bullshit. Seems like an Assafact

Tiler_J wrote:

assateague wrote:Those damn English. So what's a curlew?

It's what kids have to be home before. Before their curlew.

Knew I had heard of it. Thanks!

assateague wrote:

Tiler_J wrote:

assateague wrote:Those damn English. So what's a curlew?

It's what kids have to be home before. Before their curlew.

Knew I had heard of it. Thanks!

No problem, that's why I am here. I like to share my knowledge and enlighten other people's dull and boring lives. Any other questions, feel free to ask.

assateague wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:I have no clue what a curlew is. Is it like a 9-iron?

I think its when those Canadians slide a big rock on the ice.

No, that's a ham hock, I believe. I'm pretty sure a curlew is the Old English term for an ounce of nails.

And a Black Duck is a Hen Mallard with shitty credit.

GadwallGetter530 wrote:

assateague wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:I have no clue what a curlew is. Is it like a 9-iron?

I think its when those Canadians slide a big rock on the ice.

No, that's a ham hock, I believe. I'm pretty sure a curlew is the Old English term for an ounce of nails.

And a Black Duck is a Hen Mallard with shitty credit.

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

flight control wrote:I thought curlews were extinct

Tat would be the Eskimo Curlew, I am talking about long billed curlews.

GadwallGetter530 wrote:

Tiler_J wrote:

GadwallGetter530 wrote:

flight control wrote:I thought curlews were extinct

I would think he is talking about a flock of ibis... just a guess.

We have curlew also. I might have eaten a few, when I was younger.

Yup. He was at the lodge I believe. That joint is loaded with those dang things.

Yup, that's where I was.

Bullshit!!!! A curlew is not a thing, it is a point in time.
It is the point in time when all hairlips are required to be off the streets or they will be jailed....that is all.

You are all wrong. The Curlew is a race of bird-like people from the galaxy of Draxix-Major in the Galaga Sector (see below)

Numenius Americanus

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:I have no clue what a curlew is. Is it like a 9-iron?

I think its when those Canadians slide a big rock on the ice.

No, that's a ham hock, I believe. I'm pretty sure a curlew is the Old English term for an ounce of nails.

That's a pennyweight

assateague wrote:Those damn English. So what's a curlew?