I would love to hunt some quail but in our drought conditions I will not. I saw more birds this year than in the last couple but not enough for me to go after them.

Where I used to see several large coveys, I’ve seen two with 4-10 birds. Better though than the one or two birds I was seeing for a couple of years. So maybe some rain this spring and let them multiply.

So I’ll be occasionally trying to call some coyotes and trying to convert some pigs from nocturnal to diurnal.

Good luck to me eh:?

Problem there is the hogs retreat into the river bottom at daytime and roam at night to feed and the river bottom is out of bounds to me. Otherwise I would love to oozing around in the salt cedar jungle spot and stalking.

Maybe I need to get a hog squealer and give it a try.

Rabbits? The drought has taken it’s toll on them too so those that would have been so unfortunate for me to hit with an arrow are also free to reproduce.

Like said, lots to do and around here we hope it rains/snows.

I hope to hunt some hogs with the recurve. I’d like to get into some ducks, but the swamp has filled with so much water, it is hard to pin point where they are flying in and out. It’s also more difficult to get to them. Late winter and into early spring is one of my favorite times for bass fishing.

I hope to get to do some of these things between catching up on neglected projects around the house. 🙁

Now that hunting seasons are over it’s time for the archery tournaments to begin. Our club’s indoor spot league starts tonight, and the IBO Indoor 3D World Championship is this weekend. After that are local shoots, state, sectional, and national target championships and some 3Ds here and there. Once the ground unthaws I have a few habitat projects planned on our WI property, including transplanting a few hundred more white pines and tweaking a few food plots.

tailfeather wrote:

I plan to hunt… some hog hunting with the longbow…

Need help?

R2 wrote: …Problem there is the hogs retreat into the river bottom at daytime and roam at night to feed and the river bottom is out of bounds to me…

Why is it out of bounds?

J.Wesbrock wrote: Now that hunting seasons are over it’s time for the archery tournaments to begin. Our club’s indoor spot league starts tonight, and the IBO Indoor 3D World Championship is this weekend…

Good Luck! If I was there, I’d cheer for you. But with all that caterwauling you might miss 😯

No hogs here.

Planning to get the girls out on the snowshoes, so I can watch them fall down. But we need snow for that, no snow, just cold for now.

Be nice if I could figure out what I did wrong, and do something about it. I was thinking about it in church the other day, and remembered how Mom would jam her elbow into me every time I moved. Thinking I might still be having a problem sitting still.

Steve Graf wrote: [quote=R2]…Problem there is the hogs retreat into the river bottom at daytime and roam at night to feed and the river bottom is out of bounds to me…

Why is it out of bounds?

Likely off R2s lease, being he lives in TX!

Me? Well, having just had hernia outpatient surgery today, no lifting for many weeks, (6), my goal is to finally get all the stuff I’ve not yet unpacked put somewhere organized! Without lifting of course! 🙄

When I’m back in fighting form, I want to rent a sod cutter, cut the blasted Bermuda grass off, burn it, then Roundup the ground and till it in…then let it lay fallow a couple months, till again and get a garden in finally I have a place

Next, I got one of those Horse Stall Mats and want to sink 2 4×4’s upright, mount the mat to a cross 4×4 and get help to hoist it on top and lag it fast for my archery backstop!

Then start “working the bale” at my height since with moving I neither shot nor hunted this whole fall… so I’m going to have to start over and re-develop my form/back tension, etc.

Somewhere in there I want to learn some good spots to go fly fishing… and some turkey hunting. Got one invite to Middle TN to do turkey and bow fishing…hot diggity! Now to get healed up and out there!

Doc Nock wrote: Me? Well, having just had hernia outpatient surgery today, no lifting for many weeks, (6), my goal is to finally get all the stuff I’ve not yet unpacked put somewhere organized! Without lifting of course! 🙄

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. 😀

Still one more hunt left! And then when I get back, I’ll squeeze in one more chukar hunt before that season ends on Jan 31st.

Snowshoe hares are still open into March, so I will get out in search of those.

And then before you know it, turkeys open in April!

Hope you have a smooth and speedy recovery, Doc!

Thanks, Robin

Thanks, Bruce.

Really jonzin to get some bow time in sooner than later… and able to do stuff again… but this too shall pass!

Once Spring is sprung, I be a busy boy!:D

Truth is I just fiddle with my gear a little bit this time of year. A fair amount of my work puts me in the field on a daily basis. I honestly have no interest in going outdoors voluntarily this time of year. I’ve had enough fresh air by the end of the week. It’s kind of a year round dilemma of the best kind:D

Steve Graf wrote: [quote=R2]…Problem there is the hogs retreat into the river bottom at daytime and roam at night to feed and the river bottom is out of bounds to me…

Why is it out of bounds?

It belongs to one who will not let anyone hunt. Hogs are tearing the hell out of the place too. :evil::evil:

Good old Texas Wildlife folks just shrug their shoulders and tell them hunting would help a bunch. 🙂

Doc’ll get better soon. He’ll get tired of me gettin on his tail about goofin off. 😀

Like I told ya Doc, DON’T SNEEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doc, get better quick! There’s too much fun to have to be sitting around trying not to laugh. All the best dwc

dwcphoto wrote: Doc, get better quick! There’s too much fun to have to be sitting around trying not to laugh. All the best dwc

He ain’t feeling to humorous this morning:D:D But OK, kinda.

[quote=Doc Nock]Thanks, Robin

Thanks, Bruce.

Really jonzin to get some bow time in sooner than later… and able to do stuff again… but this too shall pass!

Once Spring is sprung, I be a busy boy!:D[/quote

Doc

Been there–take it easy but not to much–keep moving-that is the best medicine.

Oh yeah don’t use roundup on your weeds–bad stuff. Pm me and will give you an Eco friendly alternative. Remember that orange stuff we used on the jungles over there:evil:

Webmother wrote: [quote=Doc Nock]Me? Well, having just had hernia outpatient surgery today, no lifting for many weeks, (6), my goal is to finally get all the stuff I’ve not yet unpacked put somewhere organized! Without lifting of course! 🙄

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. 😀

x2, get well soon Doc.

colmike wrote: …Oh yeah don’t use roundup on your weeds–bad stuff. Pm me and will give you an Eco friendly alternative. Remember that orange stuff we used on the jungles over there:evil:

Glad you said something about that… Nasty stuff made by a company that specializes in nasty stuff.

Which one Steve……Round-Up or Ranch Hand….:shock:

I can now save on flashlights from Mikes “ORANGE Solution”

We all glow in the dark:twisted:

[quote=Iron Bull]Which one Steve……Round-Up or Ranch Hand….:shock:…

If there’s a joke here, it went over my head 😳

I was referring to Round-Up and the company that produced it, Monsanto. Back in the day, Monsanto also produced PCB’s and told the world there was nothing wrong with it. They seem to be inordinately attracted to yucky stuff.