[Ralph]

in reply to: Big storm, acorns on the ground, bears. #59337

That’s outstanding.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Discouragement, not anymore! #35671

firehawk47 wrote: Yeah I laught at myself because I hunt for spending time in the woods, the pleasure to see the sun rise in the trees and the morning mist. When i realise that i couldn’t shoot that doe the best to do I think is laughing. I don’t hunt to kill but harvest (I’ve never harvested a deer or other game but I try). If I don’t shoot me and my family (wife and two young kids) will eat anyway, there is plenty of meat at the super market. So enjoy life, enjoy hunting and all the blessings we receive!

Well said and well put. I could have loosed the arrow or pulled the trigger on several occasions and didn’t for no other reason than I just didn’t wanna………not because things weren’t right or anything, just cause…..??? Words can’t express the feeling for me. Those who know, know…

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #19917

Steve there are pastures and there are pastures.

Some have the ‘lower forty’ and some have somewhat bigger ‘lower forties”. This particular pasture is about two miles square, one major canyon running through it, several “smaller” ones all heading into the Canadian River bottom which is choked with salt cedar (tamarix)..

http://forestry.about.com/od/forestinvasives/p/tamarisk.htm

There were about 75 head of longhorns in the pasture and they were moving them into the river bottom. Longhorns can be very wily critters so 7 cowboys and one “cowlady:roll:” were spread out combing the brush and canyons. Bunch of racket too, whooping and hollering.

I did see two small herds of muley does spooked and hooking it, the whitetails tend to sneak off before trouble gets there.

It is a sight to watch the cowboys working cattle on a ranch.

As far as carrying arrows, I carry a G Fred type quiver made by Vista that I’ve had far longer than I’ve known about G Fred quivers.

Perhaps I carry the one arrow for me in case I’m fixing to get captured by the Comanche!!!

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in reply to: Hunting 2016 #14623

Grumpy wearin diapers? That oughta help one to sit still longer:D Less it’s really cold.. That could be a chilly deal.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #13542

My day started positive!!!!

Then the cowboys showed up:(

After all, my lease is a working cattle ranch and they don’t have any need to let me know when they’re going to move the cows out of a pasture.

Needless to say, my hunt plan was changed about thirty minutes after sunrise, then we broke a 53 year old high temperature record, 93* here in Amarillo, 94 where I was attempting to hunt. Then 30+ mph wind. That’s nothing unusual, the wind, just hunt into whilst sweating all you want.

Wish I’d of known about the cattle drive ahead of time, I could have stayed home. But then, I would’ve missed the sunrise. 😀 Can’t be negative when watching the world come alive..

[Ralph]

in reply to: Ummmm! #8914

That’s “extremely fine old colleague” I’ll have you know followed by “SSLF” Stump Splitting Old ……Fellar. :-))

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #59757

I meant to put that in the 2016 hunting but somehow my aged mind wandered.:D

Aged, not quite antique yet. 🙄

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #59712

David, I can chalk up a miss for me also. I spotted a bedded whitetail buck way down this draw, it looks closer than was,about 300 yards it was

where the kind yellow/green line of brush (plum thicket) is about mid pic and there’s a green spot on the right side behind it, a mesquite tree. He was bedded under the tree.

So here I go and after an hour or so I was on the my side of the plum thicket and he was on his side of the mesquite tree, about 22 yds. I could see antlers, one eye and one ear. Besides his tree bed he was laying with a sage bush in the way also. 🙁

So here we are, him comfy, me about super uncomfy in a half squat hoping he get his a** outta bed.

After an eternity and my legs giving me pure hell, I decided to lob a stone his way to get some action going on. One little marble sized pebble got an ear twitch

, one a bit bigger got him on his feet. Yeah!!! Crap!! Now the tops of my plum thicket are twixt he and me. What do do?? Can’t stand or he’ll be gone before I can do doodly squat. So from my miserable position I pick a hole, drew, released. Dang, that hole wasn’t a whole hole. An itty bitty twig sent my arrow over his back about an inch. Dang, dang.

But OK, stalking that close to a bedded buck in this country is a feat all by itself. A connecting shot woulda been better but that’s the way it happened.

He did stop about 60 yards out to flip me off though and let me take his pic with my phone. You can’t see his antlers much but he had 4 on one side, three on the other and they were kinda funky,

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in reply to: Hunting 2016 #58413

dwcphoto wrote: Steve,

Things change. Skunks were top of the list for Great Horned Owls, now it’s house cats.

Take dat puddy cat!!!!!!!!!

Tweety’s revenge..,.,

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in reply to: Fletching Glue Quandry #37282

pothunter wrote: Ive been tempted to try super glue but shooting woodies thought it would either take off the finish or even a chunk out of the shaft when they need refletching.

Mark.

I tried super glue on a wood shaft just for grins. You are very correct in your concern about removing an old feather to refletch. No buenos for me.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Experience #37247

Speaking of mountain lions, the ranch owner of my lease informed me that a lion is in our area. Said it killed one of his steers the other day.

Glad there’s plenty of steers and deers 🙂 around and hopefully it will leave me be.

I’m old and tough…….steers are young and tender…….and I don’t plan on being easy prey….but steers got horns:roll:

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in reply to: HUNTING BUDDY #37175

Kid!!!!Sometimes I don’t know what to do with’em but I damn sure don’t know what I’d do without’em.

Not every moment of 47 years of kids has been great but every one of those moments I treasure.

Way to go Grumpy………..:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: Experience #42191

Many memories there are to be treasured from being in the field.

More to the hunt than the hunt:)

Good one:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #43636

Kinda like a Texas hunting license, lots to do!!!!!!!!!!!

😀

Hunt well, shoot well!!!!!!!

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #58936

Steve, it wasn’t one troop, it was the local scout district.

You’d be a hard to get along with guy instead of a kind gentle soul like me if you lived around here :D..

Now when it comes to mud………..:evil:. Mud do me like wind do you :wink:.

It was fun shoot, started getting used to my new bow. I’ve a bit more confidence to build but it’ll come.

It was a small local shoot with invitation to us Amarillo area folk. With our 7 trad shooters + their couple we matched the number of wheel bow shooters. So with 30 targets spread out over a looooong way we had no jam ups or run ins.

It’s time to start hunting next weekend so my two hunting bows are now priority #1 and #2.

Shooting 60 spread out targets (2 rounds) and driving a 260 mile round trip I can tell I’m a touch over 40 this evening.:roll:

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