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Posted by Lonny (Member # 19) on December 23, 2015, 09:27 AM:
Merry Christmas to all and hoping winter is going well for you.
After a non-existent winter last year and dry as heck summer, we are getting plenty of snow this winter. To the point that it's going to make getting around difficult.
A week ago a guy could drive and walk just about anywhere, but the last few storms have piled the snow up especially at higher elevations.
Can't get to this spot anymore.
[ December 23, 2015, 09:28 AM: Message edited by: Lonny ]
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on December 23, 2015, 10:36 AM:
Merry Christmas!
Posted by booger (Member # 3602) on December 23, 2015, 10:59 AM:
Merry Christmas to you as well from Kansas, Lonny!
We are supposed to get what you are getting now around Saturday afternoon all the way into Monday!
Heading out Saturday morning to catch those coyotes wanting to fill their bellies ahead of the storm!
Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on December 24, 2015, 08:05 AM:
It's winter? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
There'll be no prime fur, here, this year. It's currently 69 degrees and headed for the mid 70's. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
I've kind of regrouped on my 100 fox season, taking a page from DAA... I'm hoping to get 12 good pictures, instead.
Photography, makes the game harder. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Krusty
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on December 24, 2015, 08:20 AM:
It's warmer in Maryland in Dec. than it is in Arizona ????
That's just wrong !!!!!
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Posted by TRnCO (Member # 690) on December 24, 2015, 08:24 AM:
Merry Christmas all.
We've had snow on the ground here since the first blizzard dumped 16" back in November. Thankfully each snow almost gets melted away before more fresh stuff shows up keeping it from piling too high. I've reached the age that walking in anything deeper than 2" just sucks.
Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on December 24, 2015, 10:21 AM:
Merry Christmas, dudes!!!
It's like 70 sumthin' here...yuck!
Send some snow this way, this warm weather is bullshit!!!
Enjoy, be safe & best wishes...
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on December 24, 2015, 11:50 AM:
Merry Christmas All!
Snow has been piling up around here too. Drifts have me locked out of all my best country for the duration. Probably won't even get out and try but maybe a couple more times before I call it quits for the year.
- DAA
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 24, 2015, 05:15 PM:
It's been on the chilly side until recently.
We have had somewhat more rain this year than normal, which is good, and helps with my watering program, but maybe too late, since my lawn looks dead? Jerry Brown is such an asshole!
Been hearing some chatter about a "solstice" so there's that.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Lonny (Member # 19) on December 24, 2015, 08:34 PM:
Rain and snow in the west and warm in the east? Sure sounds like this El Nino thing is for real.
But wow, 70's in late December for Knockem and Krusty. That is just wrong...
A little snow I like simply for seeing coyotes, but most of the time there is either too much or it's noisy or you break through with every other step.
Overall we are still a couple inches behind on moisture despite the wet December.
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on December 25, 2015, 06:44 AM:
Merry Christmas everyone!
It's warm here too and we have 6-7" of rain headed for us Saturday thru Monday. Wish it was snow and just west of us it might be but this is Oklahoma, it'll be below freezing before long, maybe today.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on December 25, 2015, 07:02 AM:
Christmas sucks. Can't weait 'til it's over. Only 365 more days until I have to endure this bullshit all over again.
Anyway, it's been relatively warm here, too. Made calling comfortable but very unproductive. Nothing is hungry enough. The few I've killed in the past two weeks already look like crap. No luster to them. Lots of mange. Locked down, no reason to be moving. Just sit on their asses grabbing every rodent that isn't hibernating as it walks by. Last night, wespent 35 minutes calling one of our best honey holes right up to sunset. Nothing. Closed the stand with a group yip howl on the UOne and waited for about 5 minutes until coyotes lit up within a half-mile of us in three different directions. Bastards!.
Cage trapping has been "meh", four days and nothing - not even a skunk or coon. Doing exactly how Mercer recommends. Even had a crippled, one-legged Rio Grande jake roosting by one cage for two days because he apparently thought it was the safest place in the world for him. That's F'd up.
I hate Christmas.
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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 25, 2015, 07:09 AM:
Sun's up and it's 41 degrees here in Upland, "The City of Gracious Living". Yes, that's the official title. Not a cloud in the sky.
Merry Christmas!
I was reading last night that wishing a Merry Christmas is enough to piss some people off. Must be talking about Godless Liberals? The one's that elected our first Muslim President....
(plus those two people I know that voted for him)
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on December 25, 2015, 08:38 AM:
Well in THAT case... MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Krusty
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on December 25, 2015, 10:11 AM:
The Puritans didn't like Merry Christmas either. Think it was an actual crime to celebrate Christmas when they ran things? Not positive about that though.
I'm as godless as it gets and can't imagine being troubled by it.
- DAA
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 25, 2015, 11:00 AM:
I am guessing, Dave.
Like someone once said: There are no atheists on their deathbed.
And, when it's your turn to throw off this mortal coil; "The Outfit" will eulogize you most sincerely as a treasured son.
And, (lol) you won't be able to do a thing about it. Oh, the irony.
Hey, it can't hurt? You know, just incase.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on December 25, 2015, 11:55 AM:
Rain yesterday....bright and sunny today.
Merry Christmas.
Mark
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on December 25, 2015, 06:21 PM:
A lite dusting of snow last night 3 below this morning with a high of 24.and a nice clear sunny day.
Hope everyone had a nice Christmas.
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on December 26, 2015, 02:45 AM:
I like the jacket / camo pattern.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 26, 2015, 07:50 AM:
I suspect he is more interested in showing us his "cool" suppressor than his mismatched camo.
I don't mean it, really. The devil made me do it. I'm going to find out how much it would cost to have 20 barrels threaded for suppressors? There's a guy in Colorado that won't hunt with me unless I do.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Grizz (Member # 4626) on December 26, 2015, 08:35 AM:
Hey Leonard, are you still a member of San Gabriel?
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on December 26, 2015, 03:23 PM:
A late Merry Christmas my Amigo's !!
As far was weather goes we've had above average precipitation so far this fall and winter. Finally rolled out of bed about 9:00 this morning to a clear crisp 8 above. Snow on the ground looks normal for a change !!
Peace my friends..
Posted by Lonny (Member # 19) on December 26, 2015, 06:17 PM:
I suspect he is more interested in showing us his "cool" suppressor than his mismatched camo.
I don't mean it, really. The devil made me do it. I'm going to find out how much it would cost to have 20 barrels threaded for suppressors? There's a guy in Colorado that won't hunt with me unless I do.
Good hunting. El Bee
Ha Ha! You are a wise one Leonard and you sniffed me right out!
Hey though, you really didn't expect me to unscrew the dang suppressor just for a pic and possibly lose the damn thing in the snow now did ya? ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Seriously, misplacing the thing has crossed my mind...
The snow camo top is pushing 20 years old and was the cheapest snow camo Cabela's had back then. I don't wear it much and it offers nothing in the way of warmth.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 27, 2015, 01:47 PM:
I'm tha same way on camo. Much of it is old and well broke in. Mismatch never bothered me in the slightest.
It's interesting the pages devoted to camo patterns in cabelas and bass proshops. I dont need it and furthermore, I could probably dress 4/6 guys with stuff I could pull out of my camo bag.
What disgusts me is the number of camo gear that seriously shouldn't be camoed at all. Have a camo flashlite or knife fall out of your pocket and now finding it is that much more difficult.
You realize, when i started, you had a hard time finding camo clothing, anywhere, not even military surplus was in camo patterns. I think we have gone a little overboard.
Good hunting. El bee
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on December 27, 2015, 03:16 PM:
All for a buck, LB. I look at the opportunities I deliberately and intentionally passed up to make myself rich, if'n I'd been willing to abandon my wife and family, by pimping myself out to the corporate types. Without going too far overboard and showing my hand too much, I'm with all of you in that I just can't watch an outdoor show on TV or even read most other guys' stuff because much of what they say is misguided, if not patently false and indefensible anymore.
For instance, you speak of mismatched camo. I did a piece years ago promoting this very concept - ON PURPOSE! I figure of all your camo sucks, then wear mismatched tops and bottoms. If a coyotes does see you, maybe he sees just the top or bottom half and isn't able to put together the entire picture of a human form. Especially key when dealing with light snow. Snow bottoms and regular camo tops.
When we started blowing shit up in the Middle East, Uncle Sam outfitted all his men and women in ACU's. Neighbors in the Army gave me several sets of the good shit they're given. Too light colored. I died them to a darker, more muted tan. Wear them exclusively now because they are the best pattern available, comfortable as hell, lots of well-placed pockets, and because they are built to take major abuse. Funny thing is that about four years ago, the DoD started offering ACU's in almost the exact same color of tan that I've been using for years. Trendsetter?
Never made me a fan of advertisers, I'm sure, when my photo support was in some unidentifiable redneck pattern rather than theirs. Didn't care. That wasn't my point.
I've always laughed at the litany of shit you can buy in camo, and for the same reasons as you. If it's in my pocket and it's important, I usually give it a wrapping of blaze orange tape in case it falls out. Knives, pocket lights, I even put a strip of orange tape across the backside of my caller so we know exactly where it is from behind it. Orange stripes around the legs of my shooting sticks, clear at the bottom where they are hidden in the grass most of the time. Same with the screw-in spike on the bottom of my MOJO decoy as well as the battery compartment door for it, both of which like to fall off. Every time you go to stick it in the ground, the door falls off and it's gone. On the third door since I bought that thing. Problem solved. Tired of replacing shit I lose.
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on December 28, 2015, 02:09 PM:
I put reflective tape on the back of my caller. It helps me locate it when on stand at night, and more importantly when I am trying to find the damn thing after a stand when calling at night.
I also think mismatched camo can work well in certain situations. If you look at the bottom of the trees on Lonny's background, you can see they are darker and will blend with his dark camo pants. The pattern on his snow camo jacket matches the trees nicely. Well thought out..
This is coming from a guy from NJ though. Anybody have camo that matches cement and asphalt?
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Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on December 29, 2015, 04:31 AM:
Nick, does that reflective tape catch your eye when scanning in the dark? I know when calling at night, every little reflection from the light makes me look twice!
My CS has a little green LED on the back to denote the power is on. That's usually enough visual to find it in the dark. If not, or I killed something out front of it, I just hit preset "0" on the remote & follow the vole squeeks to the prize...
PS, haven't lost my EDC in two years, a new record!
Camo on EDC items like knives & flashlights makes no sense!
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on December 30, 2015, 12:10 PM:
Mr. Nick...where in NJ do you go hunting? Im just curious because it seems like finding places to hunt there would be difficult ? Maybe not?
Mark
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Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on December 30, 2015, 03:33 PM:
Fred, not sure what you mean by catch my eye with the reflective tape? I can see it when I am using a headlamp. Sometimes I go without a light though. It doesn't bother me, if that's what you mean?
Unfortunately, the little green light on my FP scorpion tends to get obscured by leaves or snow.
Mark, I hunt various places in NJ. I hunt on public land (NJ Wildlife Management land), other state lands, and some private property. You are correct though, it is getting harder and harder to hunt in NJ. I have already lost some prime hunting properties.
Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on December 31, 2015, 04:43 AM:
At night, I tend to pan the light back & forth quickly trying to catch the 'eye shine' of a critter. If something reflects back in the beam, it automatically catches my attention.
Heck, when its snowing, sometimes the light will grab a snowflake just right and it reflects back like an little eyeball! Or, deer show up and I have to catalog their position in my brain & ignore them while looking for the 'right' eyes...
Solo, walk-in calling, at night, on the ground with only a flashlight poses enough challenges. I've kinda gravitated toward making it as "idiot proof" as possible. Seein' as how most humans tend to be bumblin' idiots in the dark (I know I am!), when I pondered the reflective tape on the caller idea, the notion that it might actually be a distraction popped into my head...
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 01, 2016, 09:26 AM:
I know exactly what you mean, Fred.
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on January 01, 2016, 11:33 AM:
I hear you Fred. I have a strip of tape on the caller, so it looks less like an eye.
Though quite frankly, when I am looking for my caller in the dark I am more concerned with a bear I may have inadvertently called in sneaking up behind me. I would rather deal with the reflection issue rather than have to fumble around looking for my caller in the dark in bear country. I have already had one bruin circle around behind me at night. It gets your blood pumping for sure!
Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on January 04, 2016, 06:12 AM:
Dang!
When do them suckers den up to hibernate?
Had my homenugget Ronnie fly in from OK this weekend, and we got a coyote called in & killed Saturday afternoon, just before dark. I think I was more excited than he was!?!?!
We made 5-6 other good proven stands, hoping for a couple more, but nothing came of it. Tried at night sparingly, and not a peep? Wind was not good for my night stuff, so we just hung out & relaxed by the fire. I'd rather make fewer stands with the conditions ideal, than wreck shit just for the sake of trying. Otherwise, we'd been hard at it after dark...
Was definitely interesting to get an 'outsiders' take on the NE version of calling reality. Sure felt good to see one respond & get whacked!!!
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on January 04, 2016, 07:38 PM:
They don't den up soon enough for me!
Glad you got to call and kill something Northeastern style..
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