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Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on November 08, 2009, 01:44 PM:
Leonard eating from his favorite tv tray
One nice Ram
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 08, 2009, 04:58 PM:
That was indeed, a fine gathering. Hopefully, everyone made it back home safely.
Posted by Kelly Jackson (Member # 977) on November 08, 2009, 05:49 PM:
just made it home. It was good to see everyone again.
Thx again Paul for toting me around.
Kelly
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on November 08, 2009, 09:30 PM:
Cool!
So, hopefully someone will start a "pics from the campout" thread for the riff raff that did nt attend?(me)
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 09, 2009, 11:20 AM:
Yes, a fine time was had by all. Of course, some people got a shower, Randy Shaw and Kelly Jackson. How can you trust a man that can't go a week without bathing?
That photo of me eating from an LSU tray. A nice souvenir, to be sure, and Ragin cajn himself served his gumbo and boudin, (is that right) on the tray, however, it is the height of hypocrisy, knowing what I now know, that LSU lost that very afternoon while USC won.
Now something to remember. As we all know, that classic photo of "R Shaw" last year, and now he will forever be known as AR Shaw, holding that machine gun.
Well, now I know the scam, and don't ever fall for it. One guy takes a seat next to you with an AR and hands it to you, asking; "check the trigger". Repeat, do not fall for this because he has a shameless (and sneaky) accomplice with a camera off to the side. I will pay $100 if he will destroy the negative.
Well, it was all in good fun, the weather was pleasant, the suroundings were classic southern Arizona. Clint, Randy Reeves and Okhunter killed an even dozen gray fox on Friday, which is quite a feat, judging by my experience, which is; you call a lot more of them at night than in the daytime, yet I have never seen a dozen at night, anywhere. Randy got his first AZ double on coyotes, perhaps Fred, (Dusty Hunter) did the best job on coyotes, seven one day? There were plenty animals killed, I don't think anybody was shut out?
Of course, everybody missed SMOKE DANCER. Goes without saying. And, there were a few people that got lost somewhere, like Steve Craig and Higgins? We made friends with the local rancher, Cody, who was a frequent participant in the serious discussions we had, solving the problems of mankind and praising our new and glorious leader of the new world order...no CAPS, thank you!
Let's see some pics. Unbelieveably, I did not take a single photo, what's with that? Shameful!
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 09, 2009, 11:33 AM:
Leonard; Not to worry. I'm the shameless, sneakey one with the camera.......... and WebTV. The photo of you sitting in a puddle of your own drool while holding that machine gun came out quite nice but I don't have the 'puter gizmos to post pictures.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 09, 2009, 11:52 AM:
Well, you're forgiven for bringing me those jumper cables. However, it was to no avail as I had to buy a battery when I stopped for lunch, and it wouldn't start! But, that combined with the damned flat, miles from nowhere, made for a wonderful road trip.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by RagnCajn (Member # 879) on November 09, 2009, 12:14 PM:
Once again Leonard it was a great week. To a man, fine folks all.
Yeah, I listened on Sirius Radio as my LSU tigers got beat by the number 3 team in the nation. I wasn't able to find the Game where USC beat the women's league team from Tempe by 5 points, but congrats on the win.
BTW, I allmost forgot the highlight where I did get a longtailed cat while there. I didn't get a picture, maybe someone that did can post it.
Thanks for a good time everyone.
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on November 09, 2009, 04:45 PM:
Sorry we missed it this year. Death in the family.
Posted by rainshadow1 (Member # 899) on November 09, 2009, 05:05 PM:
Thanks for the Arizona Longtail story, Randy! Sounds like a great time!
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on November 09, 2009, 05:22 PM:
A picture of Tim when he was told of the avg. temp in Wyoming.
Randys longtail
Posted by Kelly Jackson (Member # 977) on November 10, 2009, 07:12 AM:
KOKO - email me the pics. You got to admit, that was a nice trigger.
Kelly
PS - LB the lady I sat next to on the plane really was glad that I had taken a shower. Thx Dan.
On a side note all the folks I ran into at the airport were very pro hunting this trip. It was good to see.
edit to add a couple of pics of the Ram that Paul and I ran across.
[ November 10, 2009, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Kelly Jackson ]
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 10, 2009, 08:21 AM:
Kelly; WebTV. I can't even do those goofy smile faces let alone put photos in my email. A real computer is on my list of things to get.
Posted by Patterson (Member # 3304) on November 10, 2009, 08:25 AM:
Sounds like a awesome time with a LOT of BS'in im sure. Keep the stories and photos coming!
That longtail cat is awesome. How rare are those?? I dont think I have ever read or seen one like that. Very neat.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 10, 2009, 09:48 AM:
Yeah, we all marveled at the skill and luck involved in bagging that long tail. When I first looked in the bed of his truck, the critter looked a lot like the one that rooms with me and who stayed behind, holding down the fort. There was even a nasty rumor that it wasn't killed with a bullet? Makes you wonder, donut?
Good hunting. LB
Posted by RagnCajn (Member # 879) on November 10, 2009, 09:58 AM:
Yeah, that was a real trophy. A bowie ocelotapus.
I was driving my 98 Toyota Tundra running on Cooper Tires. The elusive Bowie Longtail Tomcat did not stand a chance with the unique handling ability of this total package. He never saw me in the driver's seat because I was wearing my Natgear camo and had on some Rayban sunglasses. As I felt the impact under the tires, I knew right away he was DRT. The antilock brakes on this Toyota helped me to get stopped and I hit the pavement running in my Rocky boots. As I collected this pride, my mind raced, thinking how could I ever repay all the manufacturers that helped me achieve this prize.
Then it hit me, all I had to do was write a review and detail the experience, thus ensuring my self of a prostaff position from at least one.
I want to thank all those involved, for without their assistance and quality products, I could not accomplished it with such ease.
Posted by RagnCajn (Member # 879) on November 10, 2009, 10:06 AM:
Rich, sorry to hear the news.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 10, 2009, 10:36 AM:
Interesting? My younger sister passed away last night at eight o clock, Pacific. Cancer. If anybody wondered why I was driving up the hill for reception, it was for updates.
Dusty, Elizabeth said to tell you and Mary Ann, "HI". We had lunch at the Cracker barrel next to Cabela's and afterwards, she drove me to Walmart to buy a battery....24F group, in fact. Now, I have 2, since Sears replaced mine when I got home, @ no charge, less than two years old, the GOLD battery. They don't make them like they used to, do they?
The tire store had to order me a replacement 285/70R/17, I am awaiting the call. Road hazzard insurance came in handy, for once. Now, it remains to be seen if Walmart will take back a battery I don't need? Well, if they don't, it got me home, so......
Good hunting. LB
PS, am told Sears is in trouble? Looking at my receipt, I paid $129, two years ago. The Walmart battery was $86. I used to think a decent grade of battery bought reliability....then I looked under the hood at kokopelli's, and was amazed that it was still working! Just goes to show ya, you can't judge a book by it's cover. My dead battery looked brand new!
Posted by Dusty Hunter (Member # 1031) on November 10, 2009, 10:49 AM:
We say Hi back to Elizabeth. Hope she likes living in AZ. When you're back in the Phoenix area, maybe we could all get together for lunch. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Leonard, we're sorry to hear about your sister.
[ November 10, 2009, 10:53 AM: Message edited by: Dusty Hunter ]
Posted by okhunter (Member # 3500) on November 10, 2009, 12:38 PM:
It was nice to meet everyone.I really had a great time.Wanted to say thanks to Clint for hauling us around all week. A big thanks to Leonard and Randy for cooking dinner friday and saturday night. It was nice to finally meet Vic, just wish we had more time to visit.
Leonard sorry to hear about your sister.If you need anything let me know.
Scott
Posted by Kelly Jackson (Member # 977) on November 10, 2009, 12:56 PM:
LB - sorry for your loss.
Posted by RagnCajn (Member # 879) on November 10, 2009, 01:04 PM:
Leonard, wish I had known. Sorry to hear of it. My prayers will be with you and your family.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 10, 2009, 05:26 PM:
Thanks for the condolences, everybody.
Okay, got the tire. That $250 two year old tire was $438 today. The orig. $24 cost for road hazzard policy was $44 this afternoon plus balancing etc. so cost me $63 to mount that free tire.
Then I went to Walmart. It took almost as long as the tire shop because of one little thing. They charged me five bucks core charge and it's $9 in California....just because it's California. Like, unleaded here is still about $2.99 but in a few places south of Tucson, I paid $2.29. Why? Because it's California.
Getting back to the core charge and the difference in the sales tax between CA and AZ and finding a manager to okay my $0.62 profit, which they paid in cash, rather than screwing up a debit and credit transaction that wasn't the same amount on my Mastercard. Sounds easy, in theory, but Walmart has some/ well, nevermind!
It was all quite exhausting, but I have a new tire and a new battery so the adventure continues.
Good hunting. LB
PS
I really need to clean my truck, and those new pinstripes are really BAD!
edit: I'm going to blame AR Shaw for the pinstripes because he wouldn't let me prune obstructing twigs. I mean...he probably would have let me do it but he would have made fun of me for it, and then he thought Geordie was doing the same to his new rig. Well, you have to break it in sometime. I guess? Then, Elizabeth said: "Nancy would scream if she saw all these scratches". I have to admit, she would be right. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
[ November 10, 2009, 05:34 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by Kelly Jackson (Member # 977) on November 10, 2009, 06:44 PM:
I'm still thinking dueling AR's
LB and AR.....Koko you got to get that camera card to somebody.
Posted by Steve Craig (Member # 12) on November 10, 2009, 06:46 PM:
Leonard,
Sorry to hear about your sister. Sisters are special. I have 5.
Sorry I missed the show. Got a call from a paint client on Wednesday evening(was ready to pull out thursday morning). She wanted to meet me on Friday afternoon late, to bid a job. It was about $35,000, so i just couldnt turn her down. Then met with her friend the next day. Turned out to be a good payday for me, so couldnt make the campout. It wasnt from a lack of trying though. Wish I could have been there. sounds like you guys had some fun.
Steve
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on November 10, 2009, 08:51 PM:
I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your sister Leonard.
Condolences,from my family and I...
[ November 10, 2009, 09:02 PM: Message edited by: Dave Allen ]
Posted by CrossJ (Member # 884) on November 10, 2009, 09:04 PM:
First off, I had a great time at the campout this year. Great to see everyone again. I have to say, the trip out there was not quite as enjoyable. The foreshadow to things to come was when RShaw recieved a speeding ticket in Lorenzo(?) Tx. The fact that the citation was a 'speeding' ticket should have been warning to us that bad things awaited. Like Q responded when he heard Randy got a ticket....."for what, holding up traffic?" Anyway, I had a great pic of Randy giving his autograph, but it disappeared along with the camera, two custom rifles, a volquertson 17hmr, and one pair of zeiss binos. I am sure the low life peice of f@#*ing sh!t bastards are putting them to good use ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
. Anyway, spare rifles were retrieved from the tool box, and the trip went on. We still managed to kill some coyotes, and really did have a good time.....may have something to do with the margaritas we seemed to find most every evening.....lol.
Anyway, here are the few pics I had.....can't wait till next year. Thanks to LB and Reeves for the meals.......Maintain
RShaw demonstrating proper 'hole huffing' technique
Rshaw and Patrick demonstrating the practice of pointing your barrel in the direction of the coyotes anticipated approach
Paul Melching
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Sunrise
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Someones tent set up next to the bush everyone used for a latrine. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Plenty of refreshments for all
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on November 10, 2009, 09:18 PM:
Dammit, I drank that coolaid Oh well...
LB my condolences to you sir.
Crossj, I just cant believe people do that crap, geez. Hopefully they shoot themselves.
Posted by Joel Hughes (Member # 384) on November 10, 2009, 09:51 PM:
LOL Camaraderie all around!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 10, 2009, 11:59 PM:
Damn, Geordie! You really let the cat out of the bag on exactly how AR sets up a stand. He's gonna be pissed! I think we have all learned a valuable leason, today.
That's a terrible thing that happened to you guys, but what did Patrick lose? Nothing? Anyway, I always worry, and that event won't make it any easier. The thing is, they won't get 10% of what that stuff is worth and most likely, nobody they try to sell the guns to are going to know what they have. I know a guy that, (for that very reason) didn't engrave any helpful chambering info on the barrel; or, if he did, he wrote it on the underneath side. Not a bad idea. Not perfect, but still, not a bad idea.
I was told, when I had my first 25'06AI stolen, that custom stuff eventually winds up in Mexico. It turned out to be partially true because, (get this) a Combat Commander 45, taken at the same time was returned to me ten years later. It was recovered from a Mexican in National City, CA, which is practically on the border. Of course, none of the rest of the stuff ever turned up, but it's in the data base forever.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by MI VHNTR (Member # 3370) on November 11, 2009, 06:46 AM:
Leonard, sorry to hear about your sister. Rich, my condolences for your loss. MI VHNTR
[ November 11, 2009, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: MI VHNTR ]
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 11, 2009, 07:56 AM:
Condolences to Leonard & Rich.
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on November 11, 2009, 09:16 AM:
I'm sorry for your loss, both of you, Leonard and Rich.
My partner Tim's mother passed away day before yesterday too.
Crummy week...
- DAA
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 11, 2009, 11:07 AM:
Guilt trip warning!
Dave, if there is one name I hear repeatedly, it's: When's DAA going to make the campout?
(no bs)
Good hunting. LB
edit: Cal Tayler, too. A very close call. But, maybe your guns are prettier?
[ November 11, 2009, 11:10 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by skoal (Member # 1492) on November 11, 2009, 02:11 PM:
Kool-Aid! I thought that was the mist I sprayed half the county with it........
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 11, 2009, 03:48 PM:
Well, THAT would explain the air quality alert we had the other day. Everybody thought that it was smoke from a fire. Cactus are dying & the Gila Monster rut stopped. We were afaid it was the End-Times. Good to know it was just Kool-Aid!!!!
Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on November 11, 2009, 06:18 PM:
I was super disapointes that I was unable to make it. Was Cal' able to make it afterall? I would love to meet Dave face to face.
I too was sad to hear of your loss Leonard, Rich, and Tim. I have looked forward to this year's campout for a year now but thinkgs just never came together for me to make it. Dag dern it!
I'll be there next year Lord willing. Say whateber happened to NOrm'? Did Tom 22-250 make it yet? Has his home been rebuilt after the fire?
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on November 12, 2009, 07:18 AM:
I appreciate the kind thoughts.
Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on November 12, 2009, 10:55 PM:
My condolences to all. I always hate to hear of people I care about having bad times. However, I havent heard anything but sorry for your loss.
What happened?
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 13, 2009, 12:01 AM:
In the case of my sister, Donna. When she returned to Tacoma between Christmas and New Year, last year, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. At that point, they began the chemo and radiation and 5 months later, the cancer had spread so they ceased the attempt at a cure and concentrated on prolonging life and the prognosis, if that's the right word was "maybe" two years? She didn't even make one year, and yes, she was a smoker. It's still a shock, of course. She was (pretty much) all alone up there, (my brother is in Olympia) and her 3 kids are all thousands of miles away & she had three ex husbands. She didn't have an easy life; may she rest in peace.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on November 13, 2009, 10:33 PM:
Im truely sorry to hear that LB. My sincerest condolences to you and your family.
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on November 14, 2009, 04:36 PM:
LB & RH, Sorry to hear the bad news . our prayers and thought are with yea.
Posted by Pilgrim on Earth (Member # 314) on November 14, 2009, 07:44 PM:
Sorry about your loss, Leonard.
Posted by Randy Roede (Member # 1273) on November 15, 2009, 07:31 AM:
Leonard and Rich sorry to hear of your losses and my sympathy to both of you and your families.
Shaw and Geordie!! LOL!!!!! But sorry to hear about the stolen stuff. You should have went north, to cold up here for that to happen!!! Speed ticket in Texas, that's like getting an indecent exposure in a whore house!! It must be those "SHOW ME" plates!! Or maybe it was TT student trooper???
Posted by CrossJ (Member # 884) on November 15, 2009, 08:07 AM:
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Speed ticket in Texas, that's like getting an indecent exposure in a whore house!!
LOL, Kinda what I was thinking. When the cop asked Randy.."Do you know why I stopped you?"
Randy replied..."cause I was the only one slow enough for you to catch??"
Probably didnt help the cause huh? I think you may be on to something with the TT angle...lol.
Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on November 15, 2009, 09:34 PM:
Randy,
Did you give the cop the lecture we heard last year around the fire as to why you weren't wearing your seat belt?!?! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Posted by Aznative (Member # 506) on November 28, 2009, 08:45 PM:
Leonard and Rich, I'm real sorry about your loses.
While you guys were having the Ronde, I was moving my Quad Trailer and Travel Trailer up to the Az Strip, Unit 12b. I had a real good tag this year and wanted to get a really big muley. I ended up with Bambi on Steriods is all. I tagged a fairly nice 3x3. I went up a week early to scout during the muzzleloader hunt and saw four real nice bucks. On opening morning, I saw a nice buck but passed. It was at least a 4x4, but it was just too early in the season. A friend drove over Friday evening from north LA to join in on the fun for the next four days. I really wanted to get something while he was around. On Monday evening, I pulled a muscle in my right arm putting back a rancher's wire gate. It was on the real tight side. I decided right then I had better plan on shooting anything half way decient while I had some help the next day. I didn't feel my old body was up to pulling in anything big with my ole body. It is hell getting over 55. I'm glad you guys had a good time, and I hope I can join you next year.
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