Not So Pro 3

[JugHead27]

Dallas would roll the coffee up in tree bark and light the thing off his tractor exhaust. He'd find a way.

It’s doable lol. I’ve lit a smoke off a ATV exhaust way out in the woods. Just gotta rev it up to get the pipe cooking ..

 

[JugHead27]

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

Nice vanity plate..

 

[Dream]

I grew up hunting quail. wild quail.
We hunted the same coveys for 15 years , take a few and move on.
Farmers then took out fence rows and left no borders fallow.
Then night hunters for deer and trespassers got some farms closed to everyone.

I still take about 10 quail a year to eat.
Many years ago i bought a 20 gauge Parker side by side. Walked down to the field edge to find the afternoon covey and got lucky.
First shots with the gun got me a double, 2 shots 2 birds.
My wife had never eaten wild quail. She was a chef in a high end resterant had pen raised quail on the menu.
After she tasted the wild quail next to some pen raised she was ready to fight for my wild bird.
You can't do better than nature.

We never hunted pen raised birds either.
My grandfather knew everyone for miles around, and noone minded him hunting their land. We always took care to leave it as good or better than we found it.
Fixed a lot of gates, fence, and helped with a lot of cattle.
Now everybody is afraid to let people on their property because some trash it and others would sue if they got hurt.
Times have definitely changed in my lifetime, and not for the better.

 

[Dream]

So what bird is quicker out of the flush?? Our Ruffed Grouse are very quick and surprising.

Never hunted Grouse, but accidentally stepping into a covert of Bobwhite quail will make you chit yourself!
Theyre everywhere and then nowhere within a second. Explosive.

 

[full chizel]

Never hunted Grouse, but accidentally stepping into a covert of Bobwhite quail will make you chit yourself!
Theyre everywhere and then nowhere within a second. Explosive.

Ruffed Grouse also called Partridge here fly up in your face too and you get 1 shot maybe and its gone

 

[timg]

We never hunted pen raised birds either.
My grandfather knew everyone for miles around, and noone minded him hunting their land. We always took care to leave it as good or better than we found it.
Fixed a lot of gates, fence, and helped with a lot of cattle.
Now everybody is afraid to let people on their property because some trash it and others would sue if they got hurt.
Times have definitely changed in my lifetime, and not for the better.

Ruffed Grouse fly up in your face too and you get 1 shot maybe and its gone

Affirmative John Henry LOL

 

[Dream]

Ruffed Grouse fly up in your face too and you get 1 shot maybe and its gone

Quail go all directions when flushed or spooked. They will also run on the ground sometimes, so a second dog trained to go in at a right angle helped.

Fast as hell til they set wings and start sailing, which they dont usually do til their about out of range.
Theyre also dodging trees, bushes, vines, etc while moving at approximately mach 7.5.
My grandad was good enough he could sometimes get 2 when we flushed them.
Dad wasnt too bad either.
It was all I could do to get one every once in a great while.
Hard for me to get on target fast enough.

 

[timg]

Sure miss them days of hunting with a pointer or flushing dog. I mean a real good dog and pheasant hunting. Like you said Brent times have changed. Farm raised pheasant just ain't the same. Those birds can run on the ground too!

 

[dall]

damn slackers

 

[Dream]

Sure miss them days of hunting with a pointer or flushing dog. I mean a real good dog and pheasant hunting. Like you said Brent times have changed. Farm raised pheasant just ain't the same. Those birds can run on the ground too!

Used to be a balance Tim.
Take some and give some back.
When the farms went away here the hunting/fishing followed.
The two went hand in hand.
It was a form of "sustainable existence".
People dont think or care about what they lose by gaining places to house more people these days.

 

[hoskvarna]

Evening boys
Deer season started early

No damage to truck with my big bumper
That’s #10 hit with the truck and bumper with no damage


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

Evening boys
Deer season started early

No damage to truck with my big bumper
That’s #10 hit with the truck and bumper with no damage


Sent from Hoskey Hills

Well that Bambi failed to comprehend what the DODGE on the front of your truck really meant huh Big Mark.

 

[hoskvarna]

Well that Bambi failed to comprehend what the DODGE on the front of your truck really meant huh Big Mark.

Yes sir
Lol


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[full chizel]

Back straps and eggs for breakfast sounds damn good.

 

[dall]

Damn slackers

 

[Lnk]

Yes sir
Lol


Sent from Hoskey Hills

Started filling the freezer in August! How you doing for rain Mark? Any better? We are in a little mini drought, rains all around us, just not on us. We are still ok, but rain is going to be needed here soon.

 

[Lnk]

Oh, and good morning all. Friday is here, have to take a recertification exam today so staying home. Boss didn't want me to, but it expires Sunday, and he needs me to have it on Monday. Why they don't think ahead is beyond me. I have been on him about it for 2 months.

 

[dall]

Oh, and good morning all. Friday is here, have to take a recertification exam today so staying home. Boss didn't want me to, but it expires Sunday, and he needs me to have it on Monday. Why they don't think ahead is beyond me. I have been on him about it for 2 months.

they expect you to do that *s-word on your own time
id tell him to suck a big one
but he probably already does

 

[Lnk]

they expect you to do that *s-word on your own time
id tell him to suck a big one
but he probably already does

They actually don't expect that. We as everyone, are short staffed and spread thin. They know they need me to have the cert, more than I need the cert. It is just that they hope there will be a better time than the present to get it done. Now they have to have me miss a Friday, because they have no choice. They gambled and lost, happens every time. I have been busy doing projects and upgrades every work day for the last 4 months, and doing break fixes too. We cannot keep up. I also don't want to work more than I am, I told them that when I came out of retirement to help them get this branch running.

At least we have hired a couple of green younger people to try to add to our numbers, but it takes a while to get them up to speed, then it takes years to get them really good. Assuming they stay.

What I would like to know, is where is everyone? Every place I see has a help wanted sign! Every place! There can't be so many jobs that we don't have enough people to fill them. How are people getting by if they are not working? Who is supporting them? Our taxes and money printer going brrrrrrr? I have always done well for myself and family, and this is a great time to be starting a career, if you have any drive. Sorry for the long rant, I am just confused by this current situation.

If responding, please keep politics out of it.

Larry