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Posted by Terry Hunter (Member # 58) on April 13, 2003, 10:55 AM:
Now that predator season is over what do we do until fall?I have limited out on turkeys.Yesterday I limited out on crappie.Today I gained several thousand acres to hunt on this fall.Only so much reloading and target practice can I endure.
Posted by Purple220 (Member # 173) on April 13, 2003, 11:16 AM:
I'm getting geared up for Prarie Dogs. Leave the 4th for a week of shooting. Blast On !!!!!!!! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on April 13, 2003, 11:47 AM:
Crows...
Jeff 
Posted by catskin (Member # 51) on April 13, 2003, 11:58 AM:
When the last deer disappears into the morning mist,
When the last elk vanishes from the hills,
When the last buffalo falls on the plains,
I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Tribe
So we've started hunting sage rats. Big hunt weekend after next in Crane Oregon where we will kill 10 to 20 thousand or so between the 10 of us if the weathers nice.
Posted by brad h (Member # 57) on April 13, 2003, 12:28 PM:
More than enough prairie dogs to keep me and my two Swifts busy this summer.
Brad
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 13, 2003, 12:41 PM:
Strictly as a last resort, you could tackle a few "honeydews."
No? Okay. Get out the catalogs and start ordering stuff.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Frank (Member # 6) on April 13, 2003, 02:26 PM:
Catskin
Let modify your following statements....
When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills,
When the last buffalo falls on the plains,
I will hunt muslims for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
Posted by Terry Hunter (Member # 58) on April 13, 2003, 02:51 PM:
Frank our government is offering a reward for a few muslims in Iraq.We could put togather a hunting trip.
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on April 13, 2003, 03:45 PM:
It's getting to be the time of year when I really start using a lot of powder and lead. Rock chucks, prairie dogs, jack rabbits, ground squirrels etc...
Went out yesterday and got my first 5 chucks of the year.
- DAA
Posted by Bryan J (Member # 106) on April 13, 2003, 04:32 PM:
I need to get out after some rock chucks before it is time to start irrigating, if there is any water in the canal this summer. I think my Rugers are feeling neglected.
Posted by catskin (Member # 51) on April 13, 2003, 05:53 PM:
Bryan,
We turn on the canal water April 14th, you better get moving. We should be delivering about 70% for the season here.
Posted by Bryan J (Member # 106) on April 13, 2003, 07:32 PM:
The water should start flowing the first week in May. The resivour is 3 feet lower this year than last year at this time. We suspect we will be cut back by at least 25% before the end of the growing season. Sure could have used some of Maineiac’s snow this winter. I am grateful for what we do have though.
Posted by onecoyote (Member # 129) on April 14, 2003, 12:30 PM:
Fall and winter is hunting season, spring and summer is fishing season. In between I rest if I can find the time. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on April 14, 2003, 02:38 PM:
Well since the hides are worth the same in January, As they are in July here. My season never ends. Just takes the edge off on those 98 deg. 98% humidity days.
Plus blood loss gets mighty high when they flood the rice fiels, And the skeeters blanket you.
Posted by WhiteMtnCur (Member # 5) on April 14, 2003, 03:27 PM:
This time of year I spend a lot of time behind glass watching coyotes. As boring as it sounds, I find it rather enjoyable.
Also do my fair share of prairie dog and jackrabbit shooting. Head out on Wednesday for my first trip of the year pursuing rock chucks and jack rabbits.
I also do a lot of preseason scouting during the spring and summer, getting prepped for the fall/winter season.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on April 14, 2003, 03:41 PM:
Well, before I met Rich Higgins, summer was that intolerable period of time before opening day and the last time out. Nowadays, I'll be out as often as I am during the winter, except I'll have the camcorder in my hand instead of a rifle. Maybe.
Posted by Lonny (Member # 19) on April 14, 2003, 03:46 PM:
For the next couple of months ground squirrels and spring black bear hunting will keep me occupied. I also like to take a day or two and hike the hills looking for shed antlers.
Like WhiteMtnCur, I also really enjoy spending time behind bino's and a spotting scope watching animals during the spring and summer.
Posted by Maineiac (Member # 21) on April 15, 2003, 04:55 AM:
If you boys ever wanta come up a get some of these way up north yotes. To us closeing day is every saturday at midnight and opening day is sunday a midnight.
By the way we still have a few feet of snow on the ground. Tonight is going to be 9 todays high is 20.
Posted by pup (Member # 90) on April 15, 2003, 06:31 AM:
900 sq ft of add-on, enclosing 300 more. Is that a honey do or what?
later pup
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on April 15, 2003, 11:58 AM:
This is one of the more interesting times of the year for anyone who enjoys observing coyote behavior. The pregnant bitches are denned and whelpng through the rest of April and May in Az. Pups will begin emerging from the dens about May 15. Wonderful opportunities for cameras. Adults and pups will come to variety of calls for a variety of reasons and if set up fairly close to a den will remain close for long periods of time. You have to stay far enough away from the den so the mom doesn't feel it is threatened or she will move the pups, no sense in causing that much disturbance. For those that are worried about educating the coyotes to the call and ruining their chances in the fall, don't. As long as I appeal to their curiosity and territorial instincts without frightening them they keep coming back time after time. In fact some of them seem to kinda enjoy fussing with me or watching others in their group do it.
Posted by Jay Nistetter (Member # 140) on April 15, 2003, 01:55 PM:
Time to do a little carping and maybe take some dramamine before sorting thru some of the Higgins video footage to erase the shakey parts.
Will still sneak out to mess with coyotes. Season never ends.
Need to come up with a new decoy concept. Some of you have seen all the old ones. I have a great idea for one...just need somebody like a Higgins to try it on. LOLOLOL
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on April 15, 2003, 04:31 PM:
I said that Tyler's your huckleberry and he said no way, so I guess I'm up for it. Can't be any worse than the pink tutu and the yellow duckie in the bath tub at the dump?
Posted by Seldom Ever (Member # 185) on April 27, 2003, 01:59 PM:
When does your coyote season end,ours is open year round with no limits of any kind ?
I always thought it was kinda odd,seeing as how up until a few years ago we didn't have any coyotes in West By God....
Posted by onecoyote (Member # 129) on April 27, 2003, 02:23 PM:
Seldom Ever, is that how many times you see a coyote in By God West Virginia? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
You picked a famous nic Seldom. We had a old prospector fella out west that was called (Seldom Seen Slim). He would come to town once or twice a year, never had any money, ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
just "GOLD". ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
If he was in the saloon and you were there too, all you had to do was pay attention to his stories ( I hear he had some)and you'd never have to buy a beer. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
He died in 1967, nobody ever found where he got his gold from. Just thought I'd relate the story, ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Good Hunting
Posted by Scratch (Member # 191) on April 30, 2003, 06:36 PM:
Scout more spots to hunt yotes, working on loads for my 22/250, woodchucks and of course honey do list. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 30, 2003, 07:32 PM:
Welcome to the New Huntmasters, Scratch. Glad to have you on board.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by purdygood (Member # 186) on May 07, 2003, 03:19 PM:
My wife gives me 7 months to hunt Sept-March.And the other 5 months I have to get the honey do's done.But I get to slip away once in a while and go to the range,hunt pd's,and fish.
Posted by Seldom Ever (Member # 185) on May 07, 2003, 03:43 PM:
One coyote,how I got that name is a short story.I first learned to hunt anything by duck hunting for 15-20 years with a scroungy old coot who knows a lot about hunting,but also knows no limits and very few seasons.At least he has never been concerned with opening day on his own land.I tolerated it because he was my friend,I was green and very young,and although I knew better,I also wanted to learn how to hunt.
I always hunted with my granddad's old model 12 16 gauge,which I inherited.It took me several years to learn how to kill those ducks when they were doing about 70 miles an hour up and down the river! Anyhow,one day after we'd been hunting several years,I started talking about how the old timers used to name there guns.I told him I had decided to name mine "Never Ever" because I never seemed to miss with it anymore .He replied that I should name it "Seldom Ever" because I seldom ever hit anything with it! We had a real good laugh about that, and I always remembered that conversation.So,when I had to think of a user name for PM,it just came to mind. That old guy is still the same way,he doesn't get around as good, but just last week he killed more Gobblers than he was supposed to,2 within 5 minutes of each other.I used to think he was a gamehog,but nowadays I think he just can't help himself.Hunting with him last week reminded me of one of the reasons I quit hunting with him after all that time.He had some reasons too,I reckon.
Speaking of coyotes, I have seen more coyotes in the woods on accident than any of my hunting buddies,saw one just last week.Most of my hunting buddies have never seen one.I have seen so many,I'm starting to think it's an omen,and I am ordained by the hunting spirits to hunt them,kinda like one of them Indian spiritual guide things LOL ! The first one I ever saw is looking down on me as I type,she is perched on the top shelf of my bookcase.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 07, 2003, 03:43 PM:
Welcome to the New Huntmasters, purdygood. Glad to have you on board....I've seen the screen name before, just don't remember where?
Good hunting. LB
edit, I'm with you on the honey-do's. As a last resort.
PS (SE) I think they made a movie about just that? Or was it a cupboard?
[ May 07, 2003, 03:52 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by Seldom Ever (Member # 185) on May 07, 2003, 04:46 PM:
you lost me on that one Leonard,I must be gettin'old ............?
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 07, 2003, 05:40 PM:
Don't worry, it wasn't important. You kind of lost me with the indian stuff?
Posted by Seldom Ever (Member # 185) on May 07, 2003, 05:47 PM:
Many of the Indian tribes believed each Indian brave had a spirit guide from the animal world that guided them on there journey through life,for some it was a bear,etc.The coyote was revered by most Indian tribes because they are such a clever animal,many Indians believed the coyote was there spirit guide....
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 07, 2003, 06:06 PM:
Sounds like hocus pocus stuff? Me, I breathe into the nostrils of my Zuni mountain lion fetish, which is generally hanging from the gearshift in a buckskin pouch.....Can't hurt?
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Seldom Ever (Member # 185) on May 07, 2003, 06:11 PM:
Zuni nostrils are bad medicine,from what I've read...they are snot something you want to burger around with
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