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Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 24, 2023, 07:52 AM:

Got out yesterday and made a few stands carrying my recurve bow. Missed a trotting away shot at about forty yards (So close!!!) Any time that I get a shot at a called coyote with my bow I consider it a win. Hitting the creature is a bonus.

High point of the day was the nylon ankle gaiters that I was trying out. The areas that I hunt seem to be loaded with Foxtails, Goatheads and some kind of annoying sticky weed. Stuff that gets into and under the bootlaces and ruins the socks. [Frown]

The ankle gaiters worked great !!!! No weeds. Well worth whatever I paid for them on eBay.
Gonna be using these from now on. [Smile]

Posted by Az-Hunter (Member # 17) on September 24, 2023, 09:14 AM:

Echo that annoyance KoKo, those little sticky fuckers are the biggest pain. They stick all over shoe laces, pant legs, any surface that isn't slick smooth.
Haven't been out yet, still to fucking hot for me, but about ready to get out with my new pup one of these cooler mornings, just to call a couple for him to see, not kill.

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 24, 2023, 10:16 AM:

It was pretty cool in the morning so I grabbed a light sweatshirt to wear. Not my best choice. About the time it hit 90* I figured that my tanned torso pretty well matched the desert dirt and made the last couple of stands shirtless.

Nice thing about using the bow; I can call them in and sometimes even get a shot but seldom need to worry about skinning one.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 26, 2023, 09:07 AM:

Jeezus, a couple of Tree hugging anti's couldn't have said it better! No kill?

What the hell's that all about! SOFT! Youse guys are getting soft.

Ankle Gaiters? What the hell is that?

And, looking like a genuine DUDE from Kalifornia, or New Yoke!

Okay, now I got that out of the way, <sheepishly> I've been looking at similar myself, but snake proof. You know how it is when walking through some of this brush and you can't see your feet, or where you will be stepping, late afternoon, after quail, or sage hens. The snakes are after those furry grey ping pong balls with legs.

Did you at least retrieve your arrow?

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 26, 2023, 09:47 AM:

Yup ......... Found the arrow, still straight and a couple of licks with the file & it's back in the #1 spot in the quiver.

Snake-proof gaiters ???? [Eek!]

Kinda seems like something those hikers with 'bear bells' on their packs would wear.

[Razz]

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 26, 2023, 10:37 AM:

WRONG, BINKIE! TOTALLY USEFUL!

edit: I'm proud of you for policing the desert and not leaving those dangerous arrows laying around underfoot to trip unsuspecting LIBERALS out for a late afternoon walk. Your good deed.

On the other hand, if it was a bit dangerous to wander in the desert without getting sliced up by all your lost arrows, maybe they would stay away and quit spooking the critters! Looking at freaking wildflowers fer cripes sake! Gaiters? These morons are wearing shorts and flip flops!

[ September 26, 2023, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]

Posted by TA17Rem (Member # 794) on September 29, 2023, 04:18 PM:

we call them gators but what ever rocks you're boat is fine. One of the campouts I bought a pair of ankle boots with set of removable snake guards or gators. Think Leonard gave me bad time about using them in Mn.. They serve the same purpose here and protect the ankles and shins from sharp stuff and weeds.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 01, 2023, 02:34 PM:

I did! I did!

What you don't understand is that I'm from Minnesota, and I observed a few of my relatives coming to SoCal and looking like Bumpkins.

Wearing fucking Speedos when everybody else was in Board Shorts! Then there were the mud-flaps and a reverse power rake....whatever you call it? Their cars were so dated and talk about standing out in a crowd!

Mullets? WTF? And instead of a "Butch" they go with a "Heinie" Loud corduroy colors instead of Levis or Wranglers, socks with sandals and white socks with a suit. Just zero fashion conscienceness! And, let's face it, they talk a little funny! They wander around Hollywood and just do not belong and I don't care, there's a way to wear a ballcap and a way to look like a nerd.

I was just trying to be helpful, Dude!

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on October 01, 2023, 03:17 PM:

So ............ There's a 'Weirdness Scale' to tell the local Hollyweird creatures from the tourists ????? [Confused]

I am sooooo glad that the Northridge Earthquake ran me out of that state.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 01, 2023, 04:48 PM:

Must we have that self-righteousness every time Southern California is slightly mentioned? Dude, give it a rest!

Here's the thing about natural disasters. They are more or less color blind and culturally biased.

The same earthquake that caused you to move out of the state and I didn't bother to get out of bed! It's like my cousin's husband up in Vancouver, Washington. There had been something that was beat to death on the news and this guy told me, in all sincerity:

"Gee I was going to take the family to see Disneyland and Universal Studios, maybe Venice Beach, etc. etc. BUT WITH ALL THE DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS, I JUST COULDN'T TAKE THE CHANCE!"

Now, statically, the odds that some Dweebe vacationing in Southern California from Vancouver, Washington is liable to be innocently involved in some gang banger shooting is statistically zero.

But, when they lead the six o' clock news with the most sensational story imaginable, be it being struck by a meteor, or tourists gunned down on a Hollywood street corner, take your pick....and I know, some tourist from Tokyo was shot ten years ago. So, do they cancel every flight, just to be safe? Hardly!

Anyway, ko ko, you got out of there just in the nick of time; since that was the last earthquake. [Roll Eyes]

I get it, I get it! You are happy! While I am still pissing and moaning.... and procrastinating. [Roll Eyes]

Peace Bro
Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on October 01, 2023, 09:25 PM:

No doubt .... The odds are greater to be involved in an accident on The 5 driving from Vancouver to the Mouse House than you are (depending on where you go) to be a crime victim in So. Cal.
But ........ Crime is a cause and effect. When there's little or no consequences for preying on disarmed people it's only gonna get worse.

And the quake ?? I lived 6 miles from the epicenter. I was THROWN out of bed at 4:31 in the morning.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 02, 2023, 10:08 AM:

Geeze!

So, you admit some culpability! You aught to be ashamed, 6 miles from the epi! And you thought, it will be fine, no problem! Guess again! [Razz]

Now you have no natural disasters to worry about, so fine!

Truthfully, I had one that launched me out of my recliner one peaceful Sunday morning while I was reading the LA Times cover to cover. (those were the days) It's doubtful that it was noticed 6 miles away? The epicenter was 6 miles straight down right under my chair. It was a 4.something? But, you bet, I felt it like no other, and I've survived all of them. It's not that big a deal.

There was a 3 car on the Golden State....so I'm not going to work tomorrow? It's like that. I was peacefully fishing, not far from Bishop, leaning back against a boulder and there it was, like an electric shock. I said something to my dad and my son who were standing on the shore 10-15 feet away: HEY, DID YOU FEEL THAT? Nope; with a puzzled expression. Proximity is the key. And I had a direct line from the rock to my backbone and those guys standing up didn't feel a thing.

I get it! You were frightened! Why take a chance? But, the good news is, you found your little bit of Paradise called Safford down the end of a dirt road.

All's well that ends well.
Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by TA17Rem (Member # 794) on October 08, 2023, 07:47 AM:

Leonard you was in Minn. almost 100 years ago, things have changed quite a bit and some things have not changed much at all. First off you came from a big city, everyone one there dresses funny and has for a long time and that's how we tell the city folk from country folk. Where I live the only time you see a suite is in church or at the bank. The suite is a dead giveaway of evil people. LOL
I wear blue jeans and don't own a suite or pair of shorts, shorts are for girly boys. Only thing you got right was the white socks, they better for the feet and why I wear em.

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