[garydavis]

in reply to: "The Good Hunt" update #34343

What Jody says goes for me too!

Best,

Gary Davis

[garydavis]

in reply to: Patience furthers #29886

She looks yummy. Congratulations!

Gary

[garydavis]

in reply to: The anser to all our problems! #26837

Uh, where do I send my check Colonel? Sounds like a dandy.

I don’t think it’s just the trinkets and stuff. It’s the way the marketeers are so successful that makes my head spin. Look at Hornady’s “Zombie” campaign. Is it really OK to shoot at human shapes that bleed? In my mind this is very wrong on so many levels… Has it “Bled”(way bad pun) over to the archery world too?

Gary

[garydavis]

in reply to: What's Your Camp? #26817

I haven’t done it yet,but my plan is to take my dome tent over to the next island west of here and set it up on a bench a ways up from the beach. Might be fewer mosquitoes up there. Then I can pretty much hunt most of the island as it is public land except for a few private areas. It’s a tough hunt as the Salal is over head high. There are a lot of nice Doug Fir and Cedar that would be perfect for a tree stand. Quite a few of them climb like ladders. The nice thing is very few hunters go over there as there is no ferry. I don’t think there are any coyotes over there either and that means lots of little Blacktails!

Gary

[garydavis]

in reply to: Ethics #26550

I really like your take on this issue Col. Mike. My wife says one of my traits is that I don’t hesitate to admit when I’m wrong. I may have picked that habit up from my own tour with the Green Machine.

I was right behind R2 as I enlisted in 66 also. As a 17 year old, I was pretty green (oops, pun not intended) and boot camp was scary and confusing, so, I don’t think I got very philosophical until later. I’ve tried to fashion the ethics I adhere to as simply as I could and I’ve found that avoidance of situations that will test my ethical standard is a lot easier than trying to figure out the right thing to do in a sticky situation.

I worked in San Francisco for a while, below Mission St. and there was a ground floor open window a co-worker sat next to. She often copied down what she heard the street people say outside. One fellow said “My ex-wife and her new boyfriend beat me up and stole all my money…man, I’ve got to start hangin’ out with more positive people”.

I’d like to think I’m following his advice by participating here on this forum…well…except maybe for that Petersen fella.(GRIN)

It would have been great to serve under you Col.Mike!

Cheers,

Gary

[garydavis]

in reply to: Unit 76 Colorado Elk Hunt #23373

Magnifico!! Congratulations. Pics were awesomely beautiful.

Thanks,

Gary

[garydavis]

in reply to: Ethics #23363

I did a three year tour in the service and they may have been the most irresponsible, insane, and dangerous years of my life. I don’t know if it was a sense of ethics, luck or just plain fear of the consequences that got me straightened out long enough to become the man I am. I don’t recall an “ethics” course, but then, I wasn’t ever at an academy. I do know that most of the things I’ve read here and in some of the books I’ve been reading indicate a “right” mindedness and sound as true as I’d like my arrows to fly. That is why I’ve become rather preoccupied with this site. Most of y’all know stuff I want to know. Not just about taking game but following the code or path you follow that is more than just common sense. It just seems like the right way to go about filling my freezer(if that ever happens). That is, if I can ever get these danged arrows to fly where I want them to.

There is also a wicked sense of humor that don’t hurt anybodies feelings here that is a comfort too. I’d add one of them smiley faces if I could figure that out.

Thanks,

Gary

[garydavis]

in reply to: Camo, Thermals, Depends… #22136

Truly valuable wisdom shared here. A little hard to believe that ads for Depends aren’t included the hunting shows or that the Depends folks haven’t come up with an ozonator model in real tree. Great story!

Gary

[garydavis]

in reply to: new guy #21776

Thank you all for your gracious welcome. I’ll just fumble around here until I figure out how to navigate around the forums.

Thanks again,

Gary

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