tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24031413792769564012024-03-13T19:26:24.029-07:00The Rednecks Fly Fishing and Hunting ChroniclesOur adventures outdoors for folks that enjoy just being outsideZakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-49734693932205271352022-12-18T13:31:00.002-08:002022-12-19T10:21:44.299-08:00The wow factor!<p style="text-align: center;"> I had the opportunity to do something that has been a bucket list item for... ever?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I booked a buffalo hunt with Prairie Ridge Buffalo Ranch. Here is their website:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.prairieridgebuffalo.com/">https://www.prairieridgebuffalo.com/</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I was able to keep in touch with Shawn since I booked this in FEB (i think) and have passed his name and contact info to everyone that has asked about Buffalo hunting.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Alright so let's get the details out of the way before I start dropping pictures. I had the idea in my head that I would show up, hop out of my truck, be pointed at a buffalo, and told to shoot. Man oh man was I wrong BIG TIME!. First off we had to find this guy, and being out in the prairies you would think it would be easy.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjDxButnwqmAtNFbZ0DYfCrLeYbwKwdzHqGiUUQZnqQYegnCD2eOIRvf3nm4561_G17HfJo-yIlKGys1SCm60GpDfMT3O1XKQUbvN3SNoJt1CiFJPeoX8cuTGeonO3gtL3ICkVgxhHx9X0UeZmvxVR0qcygTsksNwZBQ3JLCm52BNe2bjKoSGnFNusQ/s603/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%202.08.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="603" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjDxButnwqmAtNFbZ0DYfCrLeYbwKwdzHqGiUUQZnqQYegnCD2eOIRvf3nm4561_G17HfJo-yIlKGys1SCm60GpDfMT3O1XKQUbvN3SNoJt1CiFJPeoX8cuTGeonO3gtL3ICkVgxhHx9X0UeZmvxVR0qcygTsksNwZBQ3JLCm52BNe2bjKoSGnFNusQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-18%20at%202.08.14%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once we were able to find this guy, we had to get close. Fun fact here! Are you aware a Buffalo can run close to 40 mph!? Well sure as shit I was not! I have never seen an animal that big, run that fast. OH!! another thing!!! A Buffalo can prance like a Deer. I really wish I had the hind sight to video it, but for as big as a Buffalo is, it is graceful as hell! It prance's like a damn Deer, wild!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnR30tU1u6lwIC5TMcqF8qJYqwDB5wrO8vES0UnygHeQdMh6IIvKY5-RGQV-7OpuHtNKexKkixhWh4kCs6HR2yPd4lA9cYEjsN2TfMa5paAuhCbVA5APHZB7amCT4T_rIkYiRnR4DOpsrMxtVkZaLJqjwa6Em9ZgNa20FH2p2i-redkkp0kF844PUPbg/s4032/IMG_1804.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnR30tU1u6lwIC5TMcqF8qJYqwDB5wrO8vES0UnygHeQdMh6IIvKY5-RGQV-7OpuHtNKexKkixhWh4kCs6HR2yPd4lA9cYEjsN2TfMa5paAuhCbVA5APHZB7amCT4T_rIkYiRnR4DOpsrMxtVkZaLJqjwa6Em9ZgNa20FH2p2i-redkkp0kF844PUPbg/s320/IMG_1804.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once we were able to get close I was able to take a shot. My hell are these critters TOUGH! First shot was a lung shot around 50 or so yards and this animal did not move an inch! Moved around for a second shot and believe I hit it near the heart, and finally a twitch, but still not dead. Moved again and took a third shot which I believe was another lung shot and FINALLY a twitch. We waited a few minutes and decided to walk towards this beast and it tried to run, but stumbled and I knew the deed was done. He finally fell over and was about to be done for good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrg20NPzS17-eI1aGf3KgMOX2gyuDR74w6K8usBV8MlFfXQ7hyJnYIQWKnSLUCqgQjLZaPVmzdOojUmWp8UVDYcyZA683xWJYRVCwc8B3XFEJgT7LBwIwrtajznHnEcYY32wp9vc8hxr_VnI0QLoaCOd9O-sUkk-5iLnUO5qsAsSctirIINEGYHPbGA/s4032/IMG_1805.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrg20NPzS17-eI1aGf3KgMOX2gyuDR74w6K8usBV8MlFfXQ7hyJnYIQWKnSLUCqgQjLZaPVmzdOojUmWp8UVDYcyZA683xWJYRVCwc8B3XFEJgT7LBwIwrtajznHnEcYY32wp9vc8hxr_VnI0QLoaCOd9O-sUkk-5iLnUO5qsAsSctirIINEGYHPbGA/s320/IMG_1805.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Initially I thought to myself, "man this is a small bull," but once we got it up and in position I saw the size and second guessed whether or not I shot one too big.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mk02O3bwQk9gPXlpS39ypEIXGJDAy37o69lcU7-2v6ynJS7LT-tyDfCl52fEsMK9H0k295XQuO_F-TmW_3evW-Ydq6s5H1gqU1o50N4qxnIPnhrejFVl5lFDaC6TtUo1kY0UA0v03twMRtow60LfuQpY2lXJfjLWYFyaNG-ml77smGl8Cc-hcHuLAA/s4032/IMG_1806.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mk02O3bwQk9gPXlpS39ypEIXGJDAy37o69lcU7-2v6ynJS7LT-tyDfCl52fEsMK9H0k295XQuO_F-TmW_3evW-Ydq6s5H1gqU1o50N4qxnIPnhrejFVl5lFDaC6TtUo1kY0UA0v03twMRtow60LfuQpY2lXJfjLWYFyaNG-ml77smGl8Cc-hcHuLAA/s320/IMG_1806.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLImh8uY5CzM-rUxJFVz4VhJeGbBNl2TS7in7ZkC7dfv0CcyFZoH_jgNQ7UtqQUr5TxhKZmeVXHtSNljuhAztnWlpVUVKAB9zBGMCgDYJQ_HKPuieILCLCp4Smi72_fyxgUHB66iT-GJy8v0LFprHaFXFMMpsDO2vWd4UBFmjgT9isEKnS5_oKRgdOQ/s320/IMG_1817.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was fortunate enough to harvest this bull with a good western gun, the old fashioned 45/70</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWk2xfBmHh1m7SfmkPaC0nbvi4VMhSDNcclyCFgFwRs6k4anvfg9jX8ubh66wQOBbJRmVyHPJu0OcTJdL7_DvTnreqlO_ce8K7uW6NvCocL0K7A55Inmjnt4V3K9vOvmUIxw1XTEP7P1ovLWVg2pyPwbW9xK8gw2fdp6RpcbYlfGhvuVt4XIwbAC3sg/s4032/IMG_1818.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWk2xfBmHh1m7SfmkPaC0nbvi4VMhSDNcclyCFgFwRs6k4anvfg9jX8ubh66wQOBbJRmVyHPJu0OcTJdL7_DvTnreqlO_ce8K7uW6NvCocL0K7A55Inmjnt4V3K9vOvmUIxw1XTEP7P1ovLWVg2pyPwbW9xK8gw2fdp6RpcbYlfGhvuVt4XIwbAC3sg/s320/IMG_1818.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank goodness Shawn was able to bring a tractor out because skinning this thing on the ground would have been a nightmare</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6N4DHjkkQKBw-IRgdhuYYBZtBs1Ws-dcXQvlmHhTeXCRAnM7pkN_GJkXdisGlYq63pL1HuJZLAg--pWNrrk5xmLJ5yC7TDvTHvAqhP4Jhdd-L1Nc3hN4eoC-OtNBjmL20a80S53C3V99JanSM2_10QWwHJW6nYYKSkLyUF2fQfApIicQN_o7yjvTLQ/s4032/IMG_1820%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After all of that was done I was able to get the carcass to my butcher. He came out at 596.92 pounds hanging. I am thinking between 425 and 450 pounds of finished meat. I was also able to get the head to my taxidermist. Shawn was also generous enough to allow me to keep the dead heads I found to have a friend of mine paint them up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtVQK57JmPEkIBRW4Nxgb3c2JuNlQevFvkoY40aFmKwmrWbP8MXAwEMBKfUAWec9kbGBbQCw3b6tk1Pvu2quNmm4YXRyBeY1nzXeSResVwE9jpCts9o0Z7V6lxaP_zllA6hP24WyoaQqoDa9ehpNTXxKvFw6tH8v5f6S0u2bMf9jGYjZ9jI1uy9-otw/s4032/69300559170__D47A35E4-6E39-4DC6-BF24-5464D56385F7%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtVQK57JmPEkIBRW4Nxgb3c2JuNlQevFvkoY40aFmKwmrWbP8MXAwEMBKfUAWec9kbGBbQCw3b6tk1Pvu2quNmm4YXRyBeY1nzXeSResVwE9jpCts9o0Z7V6lxaP_zllA6hP24WyoaQqoDa9ehpNTXxKvFw6tH8v5f6S0u2bMf9jGYjZ9jI1uy9-otw/s320/69300559170__D47A35E4-6E39-4DC6-BF24-5464D56385F7%202.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tcbbVF0L_C6kUEsPGQAbf0dHIz61ALQbMlDsfYJfskOb1Mb989ZmNAQsFE0uOz97SdvVPoBq2Aih3srJ_x7QdqmhHZ1NoWHy1s9tOClfZrfQsEkib8E92O_QjJzFkH10F3rUJ7T-FgmjjC--lgWUPJLxdIvqynpmXQjowwIDk4MGmUjIXeR5d3LTRw/s4032/IMG_1832.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tcbbVF0L_C6kUEsPGQAbf0dHIz61ALQbMlDsfYJfskOb1Mb989ZmNAQsFE0uOz97SdvVPoBq2Aih3srJ_x7QdqmhHZ1NoWHy1s9tOClfZrfQsEkib8E92O_QjJzFkH10F3rUJ7T-FgmjjC--lgWUPJLxdIvqynpmXQjowwIDk4MGmUjIXeR5d3LTRw/s320/IMG_1832.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want the chance to harvest a great animal, and put meat in the freezer, call these guys! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-70010206878893638612022-12-18T12:58:00.001-08:002022-12-19T10:22:10.250-08:00Last few hunts and fishing<p style="text-align: center;"> Last few months have been.... busy. Started off with deer. Went to do some fishing, an elk hunt, another deer hunt, and ended with something unique.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Started out with taking some buddies of mine fishing. We had a blast. I have never had such a great meal in my life (thanks Juan) and although the river was basically a cow pasture with weeds some fish were caught!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzFWNOSwYXZs6mZ6mfaXpxaJpjW5PHgze7SKQjKSYTDxgKpOvT3RQBmvjoVO8G58CR6rdTUSYQyoe6ViNQCe8fBNeRumKGz131ERDUKsifYJH_PQb4NpBLWqe5n57Eh-5CLuTn4azp4Ih7RP6Msmqz_h-9iH7Rb6HSQPCkbbR6cBgRgfBvoRi_aSsAw/s4032/IMG_1013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzFWNOSwYXZs6mZ6mfaXpxaJpjW5PHgze7SKQjKSYTDxgKpOvT3RQBmvjoVO8G58CR6rdTUSYQyoe6ViNQCe8fBNeRumKGz131ERDUKsifYJH_PQb4NpBLWqe5n57Eh-5CLuTn4azp4Ih7RP6Msmqz_h-9iH7Rb6HSQPCkbbR6cBgRgfBvoRi_aSsAw/s320/IMG_1013.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took that beast Elk hunting, though I did not hunt I was there to help. Our group was able to get a few shots off this year, but no one was able to close the deal. But that's how hunting is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiHSAVIv-J37FsWDdCxCXROFjWhxT6_6Yyl4d-9M7HAQrZ_AJ6U60s7WgrNjrdKFMF_0v86pKQ2idXgJBdepMfPZ6t4p0LEOaLvvUy_78B5Z3LLmeFmsBOyGwSG5jd9r-WTz8Q1jB6fLwkNstSoF8puhQBse0BnrGd78zUTGNggO386KvgFFPWoAmjg/s4032/IMG_1407.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiHSAVIv-J37FsWDdCxCXROFjWhxT6_6Yyl4d-9M7HAQrZ_AJ6U60s7WgrNjrdKFMF_0v86pKQ2idXgJBdepMfPZ6t4p0LEOaLvvUy_78B5Z3LLmeFmsBOyGwSG5jd9r-WTz8Q1jB6fLwkNstSoF8puhQBse0BnrGd78zUTGNggO386KvgFFPWoAmjg/s320/IMG_1407.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_dhpoZIP5iyIDmSe9APF6vGZMofC3EmhGlBPiij4fvQBFoJGn5zCDwvJePAwtX9fjqfEjmJ-cj7LiHObLlNggtOGibapKFac6RTbaMfsiiJywNZcgVnw_kpKOEdMDQAUhznsLfLqt3bUuRcJup3aef7r1e3Ejv1amaUKonrAsjWdD6pGIy-gTBKcvw/s4032/IMG_1415.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_dhpoZIP5iyIDmSe9APF6vGZMofC3EmhGlBPiij4fvQBFoJGn5zCDwvJePAwtX9fjqfEjmJ-cj7LiHObLlNggtOGibapKFac6RTbaMfsiiJywNZcgVnw_kpKOEdMDQAUhznsLfLqt3bUuRcJup3aef7r1e3Ejv1amaUKonrAsjWdD6pGIy-gTBKcvw/s320/IMG_1415.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRR_ycUHcvUzbH-F0sZaimeY_eqYRql3sGVR3VGA0_gDzs5jxbgYxupGhLRDsxC-6MdgU0xKRrffDDTL-QQKddKT2SwDsk_N1pboU2nBBr0ljJjz6QHqUEuCaDj6ZPa1VgEimbjWU77_o1pwDvf_IMwiGcKGzTJrwedeb5CriKUVISgZsyKrZis82hMw/s4032/IMG_1416.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRR_ycUHcvUzbH-F0sZaimeY_eqYRql3sGVR3VGA0_gDzs5jxbgYxupGhLRDsxC-6MdgU0xKRrffDDTL-QQKddKT2SwDsk_N1pboU2nBBr0ljJjz6QHqUEuCaDj6ZPa1VgEimbjWU77_o1pwDvf_IMwiGcKGzTJrwedeb5CriKUVISgZsyKrZis82hMw/s320/IMG_1416.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next on the list was a couple more Deer hunts. I had a buddy come up that just got into hunting and he was able to down his first big game animal. You can't really call Deer hunting up here "hunting" since it is basically walking down the driveway and killing a deer, but I am glad for that because it is a some what controlled environment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYfP-flI6qfQR-D89fFzHmS-yTC216kacJZmkYXXT_vWA6ADNAuzsjbNdXQlWm3kos1UtoUEmc1wPAaCTzUrbp9Dh-nXM3Vf27DfAenO7UMbegEdjIR0FLHzR8C3G1GmsZ_8ED-YeC8f62dJijSiJ_cpjC_15-KeXv-8lkgiIFzplXRCq6eUOfdebwQ/s4032/IMG_1467.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYfP-flI6qfQR-D89fFzHmS-yTC216kacJZmkYXXT_vWA6ADNAuzsjbNdXQlWm3kos1UtoUEmc1wPAaCTzUrbp9Dh-nXM3Vf27DfAenO7UMbegEdjIR0FLHzR8C3G1GmsZ_8ED-YeC8f62dJijSiJ_cpjC_15-KeXv-8lkgiIFzplXRCq6eUOfdebwQ/s320/IMG_1467.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right before he was able to kill that Doe we saw a handsome man.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUYSOyjLyb4xBxVhJ9xQK-0oWd5taV1g8jgnZNsgyjUDzeUDgZZ-j8JKAj7Vx-wDz5aN94afwRzw6o8RVZxvz-DjWMXuO-1wCcZqz6Qlpk5yXEQmdIO_9YaegZSu4cV2dhCY0T45PKSuGmz-OIikvgHD4I2SOsjWuS-Y8AFi46EYLZ4ILrQrAd7BtzQ/s4032/IMG_1463.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUYSOyjLyb4xBxVhJ9xQK-0oWd5taV1g8jgnZNsgyjUDzeUDgZZ-j8JKAj7Vx-wDz5aN94afwRzw6o8RVZxvz-DjWMXuO-1wCcZqz6Qlpk5yXEQmdIO_9YaegZSu4cV2dhCY0T45PKSuGmz-OIikvgHD4I2SOsjWuS-Y8AFi46EYLZ4ILrQrAd7BtzQ/s320/IMG_1463.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sucks I couldn't shoot him because I had already filled my buck tag with this little fella, but I really don't care because I got meat, which is what I was after due to what was happening later in the season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhw-DQ1cJUR7oGd-JDvnMkYE21R5jhYsnlIOo5yApANrwkMURP-zEr-TvaOTKaADN91wbu7udlspRb8f6BN6J0kyp_jEOb8wWJR4l4ZTkszmJmlELKm9TzB-V8-zti-nKyavvbg3dUuMhaU5M9rezE5LGycLfcU9b5SgonKo66UAuDiuwWo6NqfL3A7A/s4032/IMG_1317.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhw-DQ1cJUR7oGd-JDvnMkYE21R5jhYsnlIOo5yApANrwkMURP-zEr-TvaOTKaADN91wbu7udlspRb8f6BN6J0kyp_jEOb8wWJR4l4ZTkszmJmlELKm9TzB-V8-zti-nKyavvbg3dUuMhaU5M9rezE5LGycLfcU9b5SgonKo66UAuDiuwWo6NqfL3A7A/s320/IMG_1317.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, and I must stress, it's not hunting up here. Dad came up to knock down his Deer of the year and it only took a quick phone call to do so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFF2nSHjOGi_M0K3PwqOTp9NtKog9Mfz8byDhePMFrp4kmPzNrDlT6RBnLGpwfHSWtNf2bMs6rzGVPFhPiC9HosSuVLBdCxV6KWbdSY_W-DWxHagFP65ifQVZ13EL0_QOuh1vn_p6VOJLHYCjVNleuN02DWcwo85GRL1MNLzF9pzadUNByHQMHPE4q3w/s4032/IMG_1364.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFF2nSHjOGi_M0K3PwqOTp9NtKog9Mfz8byDhePMFrp4kmPzNrDlT6RBnLGpwfHSWtNf2bMs6rzGVPFhPiC9HosSuVLBdCxV6KWbdSY_W-DWxHagFP65ifQVZ13EL0_QOuh1vn_p6VOJLHYCjVNleuN02DWcwo85GRL1MNLzF9pzadUNByHQMHPE4q3w/s320/IMG_1364.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, one of our awesome neighbors that allows us access nailed a beauty buck. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUQVH32IAm1W-jig47YB7dPlqLjtbS2FOLU0JdNZ3duYYJuPWWLUVwf3bBFQQws7-jFC3RiW4gBwLO7vd_BoP9eW9dHk-i7U-3-y7BF_BFSFpWRZ5hsiMT7PN0ylDJuJdk5XjDUsO6sAfruNbYdKZSo2YBy2JMVRfPAj3hzi9aBssa67uKrT5r8QWiw/s320/IMG_1505.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next post is something unique</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-27546719213363366402022-12-18T12:25:00.002-08:002022-12-18T12:25:48.407-08:00It's not goodbye, it's see you again<p style="text-align: center;"> I am going to keep this one very short. I said goodbye to my best friend at 1345 on 8 NOV 2022. Moose had a great life. He ran, swam, hunted, and lived well. He had gotten to the point where he could barely walk. It was his time to move on. I will admit, I was not ready to let him go, but keeping him around only made every day even more painful than the last. I was with him until the end, and I have him here with me right now as tears are in my eyes while I type this out. I have been for-going posting this for some time because i knew it would hurt but writing things out seems to help. I miss him dearly and I feel like I have lost part of myself, but this is not good bye. This is, I will see you again. I know he is upstairs playing on the shore of the lake waiting for me. 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I was able to get a jump on it by getting a small doe, I have been out of deer meat for some time now so this thing was great to get.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JLPBe7J0ASdre_VzjyoXZ_M-3cWo8YQudPWOWBFADrpvenaIRC5vZbO-yeQKvIMadiHEVg_x3vVZXDA_CDSuD-w2dz5cs-6IYYKVI4waJyGKKyfjfjvSQXyZH4flnO47zG0RD2ZaCi8Vl03NRBUYitoIBJoE4X3zSj5zzKEP15VodlqBMqY-zwjomA/s1024/Resized_Resized_20220920_193356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JLPBe7J0ASdre_VzjyoXZ_M-3cWo8YQudPWOWBFADrpvenaIRC5vZbO-yeQKvIMadiHEVg_x3vVZXDA_CDSuD-w2dz5cs-6IYYKVI4waJyGKKyfjfjvSQXyZH4flnO47zG0RD2ZaCi8Vl03NRBUYitoIBJoE4X3zSj5zzKEP15VodlqBMqY-zwjomA/s320/Resized_Resized_20220920_193356.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was able to run the river for a couple of days with some friends as well. They said they had a blast and the boat did great!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIiNHf8orkUXkMAKCQo_94XDNt507_Pe3NcagR3EnQBQvSarUoTKy3uxoNe7wIwLK923HWpv3pnDl3vIf_GzH9Kihyis4bQuYOcarQajDXBB1YIBJBrlyM8aIVFjrEx6QBcBrZzWVgXaVsADTRLFWAKBLWbfXsOpdZMdAJRIYMGnYkI8zmwLZj0hqHQ/s4032/68624755220__00B6BBDA-C17C-46E5-BD7F-E9706F48C25A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIiNHf8orkUXkMAKCQo_94XDNt507_Pe3NcagR3EnQBQvSarUoTKy3uxoNe7wIwLK923HWpv3pnDl3vIf_GzH9Kihyis4bQuYOcarQajDXBB1YIBJBrlyM8aIVFjrEx6QBcBrZzWVgXaVsADTRLFWAKBLWbfXsOpdZMdAJRIYMGnYkI8zmwLZj0hqHQ/s320/68624755220__00B6BBDA-C17C-46E5-BD7F-E9706F48C25A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To finish this off, I went Antelope hunting as well. I froze to death!! I was in no way prepared for the temp drop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3Q3wJPOP_oTI0YneNkLxUHov3nfL2sQzrLml0qKG1z8-jYGU2DVBpaWkD3ioGso7neEtLC5QIG40GFVCW-O7llu_T-dqPYLWeANeuPiUDqwFEsHddIRKPsJmZynfRqjJrYwctxiqnOlYwH8aFk_R4g3FM1k1Be4C5Qzi6jm4ZSb2y2wQFFgPkOtXAA/s4032/IMG_1068.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3Q3wJPOP_oTI0YneNkLxUHov3nfL2sQzrLml0qKG1z8-jYGU2DVBpaWkD3ioGso7neEtLC5QIG40GFVCW-O7llu_T-dqPYLWeANeuPiUDqwFEsHddIRKPsJmZynfRqjJrYwctxiqnOlYwH8aFk_R4g3FM1k1Be4C5Qzi6jm4ZSb2y2wQFFgPkOtXAA/s320/IMG_1068.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That temp drop got me very impatient, so I shot the first legal buck I saw. No more then 4 minutes after I shot this little guy a brute buck walked by. Oh well, I am happy with the little guy. Got 50 something pounds off of him and to the butcher. That number came as a surprise because i did not think I could get that much off of the little fella!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38Ij2OE9sX1IDXYghtvUdLcVprY_Y8AqcdXSrbNZrhJ6TUdyvpf-XiB5GMI7gNIcQGpRX487jaZMtcUKiLsdkDVEbBOM_QZXEZOCRlYf52iuHXpeLo4iCLQYU0x38WtM5NqxMLeLyn2glXdcnckVYK-KxCiADFrfPETK8obA1-RLfYf8pduWKpADcJg/s4032/IMG_1069.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38Ij2OE9sX1IDXYghtvUdLcVprY_Y8AqcdXSrbNZrhJ6TUdyvpf-XiB5GMI7gNIcQGpRX487jaZMtcUKiLsdkDVEbBOM_QZXEZOCRlYf52iuHXpeLo4iCLQYU0x38WtM5NqxMLeLyn2glXdcnckVYK-KxCiADFrfPETK8obA1-RLfYf8pduWKpADcJg/s320/IMG_1069.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ended the week by checking out a new area I might Elk hunt next year</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoKh4UX6krDhwja0PywOoZ_axsG4Kff581Gny5X-xADHODyvMpPdn15rsqxiCgK4f1Z-Qsy-CceYoctO7GbUyG2fqIHctItq4NsLbyxdi-ghxyn_SnBb8be-bFnrOWCOkwMPlacXlVMrvtuyRqTz7iEvyJLkbttq52VamdEjz8Jf5bKkslH8qDZyjxw/s4032/IMG_1076.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoKh4UX6krDhwja0PywOoZ_axsG4Kff581Gny5X-xADHODyvMpPdn15rsqxiCgK4f1Z-Qsy-CceYoctO7GbUyG2fqIHctItq4NsLbyxdi-ghxyn_SnBb8be-bFnrOWCOkwMPlacXlVMrvtuyRqTz7iEvyJLkbttq52VamdEjz8Jf5bKkslH8qDZyjxw/s320/IMG_1076.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speaking of Elk, I will be out this coming weekend for my Sand Dunes Elk hunt. Not too terribly keen on getting one since I have something lined up in the middle of December that would fill the freezer for a year. More to come on that later.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-19939233752842367232022-08-18T12:47:00.006-07:002022-08-18T16:13:14.264-07:00It's been a long time<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wow! It’s been some time since I have added anything on here. There have been some major life changes going on since the last post back in 2019. As everyone knows there have been some major world changes as well! COVID threw everyone for a loop and changed so many plans there really is no way to keep up with all of them. Between the last post and this post, I have been hunting and fishing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> <span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I have been able to kill a few Deer including this cute little fella<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDVMiWPGL2bxcFnPzqhIFJlJ2gVLT3s9zCbHNtLc8WaP8aj0dAKV4YqM56ofq4aTyxEpERXoKLeSK5LiTJgoMq8BvLYGx1l4zBGW7gkYHujy4OVN7ZM3NpyE9bPXykFwhZSGSKMu1yTtS2B48wb7GLDmpAYH3oFFQr2yvIA2E9-pPEODaI_wKH16RnA/s4032/IMG_8219.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDVMiWPGL2bxcFnPzqhIFJlJ2gVLT3s9zCbHNtLc8WaP8aj0dAKV4YqM56ofq4aTyxEpERXoKLeSK5LiTJgoMq8BvLYGx1l4zBGW7gkYHujy4OVN7ZM3NpyE9bPXykFwhZSGSKMu1yTtS2B48wb7GLDmpAYH3oFFQr2yvIA2E9-pPEODaI_wKH16RnA/s320/IMG_8219.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I have also been elk hunting and got this little stud out near the Sand Dunes<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSYEouWE3EAkK7ytox8hzAz51hqT1H-7SVh9la9gYcazRi9s7d6eBB65E1x0nChdKXNHgf4noQ1fV2FJIlhz-iG0QzNmH4ivwpCAOKJdTkbfRi8mZsldb68kdeWIUUbdrvbibvgDVJVlXyuB2dUMgtWpoTuB0-DDmZG78iUb-DzFm5FJKCiheLmOZ1w/s4032/IMG_8071.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSYEouWE3EAkK7ytox8hzAz51hqT1H-7SVh9la9gYcazRi9s7d6eBB65E1x0nChdKXNHgf4noQ1fV2FJIlhz-iG0QzNmH4ivwpCAOKJdTkbfRi8mZsldb68kdeWIUUbdrvbibvgDVJVlXyuB2dUMgtWpoTuB0-DDmZG78iUb-DzFm5FJKCiheLmOZ1w/s320/IMG_8071.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I mistakenly passed on this guy, the picture does not do it justice, he was TINY!</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcIXzVtOULPI7WYPzsd-m9gkVjnvAdgHcI6ApzyPVn2bEeyUAHbV0FG-Ltn5JrhQknG7srAZpFmGKwF9_KjyyxE2niH3K3pHTJ7foeAyueSWLEdm92dLt1x51GpKyie9zZfVtPLkGHvCxJ8GR5jfULsGczQOaiEwGbPgpyT7TP6-hWMrOyCDFqlXHSQ/s1645/IMG_7552.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcIXzVtOULPI7WYPzsd-m9gkVjnvAdgHcI6ApzyPVn2bEeyUAHbV0FG-Ltn5JrhQknG7srAZpFmGKwF9_KjyyxE2niH3K3pHTJ7foeAyueSWLEdm92dLt1x51GpKyie9zZfVtPLkGHvCxJ8GR5jfULsGczQOaiEwGbPgpyT7TP6-hWMrOyCDFqlXHSQ/s320/IMG_7552.jpeg" width="242" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span> <span> <span> </span></span> </span></span>I have also been fishing a lot more recently, including a couple of CO trips<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJudoAZtAZHaPyYcAb5FMQLaEefxQgzRiPKOiSA-tCTr0WhUuvjCy3Y3mnTzOW8K0EBYCV9WK5CilG_AvF65Trqi6ICqJxbzl7JLSKCiGCf89J4P3Y451a6zqDPPZ_1k3zg-i_n8pZllfpW893N6OXI9-babpbcVjfh6jyqsg9NHXI-ffSKawHntFMA/s4032/IMG_9418.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJudoAZtAZHaPyYcAb5FMQLaEefxQgzRiPKOiSA-tCTr0WhUuvjCy3Y3mnTzOW8K0EBYCV9WK5CilG_AvF65Trqi6ICqJxbzl7JLSKCiGCf89J4P3Y451a6zqDPPZ_1k3zg-i_n8pZllfpW893N6OXI9-babpbcVjfh6jyqsg9NHXI-ffSKawHntFMA/s320/IMG_9418.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But this Wyoming hog takes the cake</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-Nso2WIh_DylaIibxpMrdRj0Xd4Xe4nGuynMQES6_SWee_m-XYkJXI__VO1EBoHhYzOUjc8y7cjyeWyenpvL9XsW8B8tirWcp6mL8BERw5ly8FPy2mKoF5_RdHNVCfleF0dD7pF4Qwmn1wni3xiK2-YdaSVRM00jMC_eO9SYoRHid9GxbBHoKOUJbw/s583/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-18%20at%201.34.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-Nso2WIh_DylaIibxpMrdRj0Xd4Xe4nGuynMQES6_SWee_m-XYkJXI__VO1EBoHhYzOUjc8y7cjyeWyenpvL9XsW8B8tirWcp6mL8BERw5ly8FPy2mKoF5_RdHNVCfleF0dD7pF4Qwmn1wni3xiK2-YdaSVRM00jMC_eO9SYoRHid9GxbBHoKOUJbw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-18%20at%201.34.39%20PM.png" width="274" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span> <span> </span></span><span> </span>I even made a quick trip down to Lake Powell</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5CpbPAk_93tMF-XdPSScSl8Bhe7DEJD4Taa4TX6_9IcgXwOOGPcjl2VJHMw5x8VkHHLmBzKU8dYsatWpyBpNLhKW1bNMjXfiBHxeGqXj3RRfyXcMGaSfgJH5pE46rCrkiu3kk-5-jtdTev8VAZZJL6ULOh4mn5EbFpNXLWbmn1pQnR2OYcMg8jicJA/s2560/Resized_20220503_104506.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5CpbPAk_93tMF-XdPSScSl8Bhe7DEJD4Taa4TX6_9IcgXwOOGPcjl2VJHMw5x8VkHHLmBzKU8dYsatWpyBpNLhKW1bNMjXfiBHxeGqXj3RRfyXcMGaSfgJH5pE46rCrkiu3kk-5-jtdTev8VAZZJL6ULOh4mn5EbFpNXLWbmn1pQnR2OYcMg8jicJA/s320/Resized_20220503_104506.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I have gone up to Wyoming multiple times and even got Juice in on the action for a day</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH4vMz0TjXtvr-vVdpgTzgPZwFQ1BaOAU4rdyI9MW2QdBcuW3kF1QnT_i6A7Ej8IuV0rAlpQ2SScp-Ek4Ysz_Avq76MTTsmNlm_OJEFWaxCnXs6U_iq2G5VwYvk_83TwyjA5xGBXERWl0QLsRn2jicqX1QW34Hh2dvoyhBp5Gqk5O4Pm-YFaN2pH3WQ/s4032/IMG_0228.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH4vMz0TjXtvr-vVdpgTzgPZwFQ1BaOAU4rdyI9MW2QdBcuW3kF1QnT_i6A7Ej8IuV0rAlpQ2SScp-Ek4Ysz_Avq76MTTsmNlm_OJEFWaxCnXs6U_iq2G5VwYvk_83TwyjA5xGBXERWl0QLsRn2jicqX1QW34Hh2dvoyhBp5Gqk5O4Pm-YFaN2pH3WQ/s320/IMG_0228.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Some more fishing pics are coming and hunting is right around the corner too. I have the </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">opportunity</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> this year to hunt for something I never thought I would, you'll have to see come December. Stay tuned!</span></span></span></p>Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-21545647041625171762019-10-25T20:00:00.002-07:002019-10-30T14:20:09.986-07:00Ducks, Deer, and a Poacher <div style="text-align: center;">
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This might be a little drawn out. I am going to try my best to keep it simple with a few words, and lots of pictures. I make no promises. After killing my elk we hustled home to relax. Those that know me, know that I can not relax. I went up to South Park to hit the duck season opener. I was not disappointed, but at the same time, I was. I fired about a box of ammo at the air but I did happen to score just a few small Teal</div>
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I said I was a little disappointed. It was not the fact that I missed almost everything that flew in front of me, including a slow-moving goose, it was in the fact that one of the Game Wardens was hot on the heels of a poacher. A buck antelope was poached from the road and the Game Warden gave it to me. He DID catch the poacher and threw down the hammer on him, which I am glad about. I got the goat quartered and then de-boned and gave the meat to some folks up near Spinney Reservoir</div>
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I kept the antlers but cut them off of the skull. I can not Euro mount something I did not take. What seemed like five months was only 4 days and I was off back to Utah to try my hand at buck mule deer hunting. Before I got to Utah I stopped in Wyoming to pick up my elk. My buddy Jeff does taxidermy as a side gig and I believe he should quit his day job, he is AMAZiNG!! Jeff runs <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wyomingwildthings/">Wyoming Wild Things Taxidermy</a></div>
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You HAVE to check out Jeffs taxidermy business, you can find him on FaceBook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wyomingwildthings/">right here</a></div>
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It looks great in the office and my buck is going to go in between his antlers</div>
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Once I got to Utah, Nathan (my nephew) and my brother in law's Garrett and James said I need to start looking right away for deer, so I followed their advice and started scouting the best I could. For the record, I am as quiet as a drunk elephant in a china shop but, I think I did fairly well</div>
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After being as silent as I could, a few hours later, some deer started to show up</div>
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I had thought I found the odd-ball guy I wanted and watched him for a few days</div>
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Thing is, the season was still a few days away. So, I did what any red-blooded American would do. I went into town with Steve (pop's in-law) and had some In and Out</div>
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Once that settled my fat boy urges I went hunting. I found deer almost everywhere</div>
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The start of the season was cold and full of snow, which is a good thing. I was able to walk upon a couple of smaller deer fighting each other</div>
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That was insane to see. Nathan had spotted a few deer a mile or two away and we snuck over to them. He saw a nice three-pointer and we had crossed two separate draws and a large knoll. Once we had hustled across all of that he lazed it at 177 yards. He told me I would have to take a standing shot and to take my time. I popped up, aimed, and fired. The first shot we know hit the deer because it jumped like it had been hit with a perfect shot. It just stood there for a moment. I took a second shot and it fell down a very steep mountainside. What we think had happened was, since we were so high above it, I hit it in the leg and the bullet ricocheted upwards and glanced off its front shoulder right into its vital area and it died instantly. Once we got down to it we realized it was a dandy little buck for someone who had never shot a buck deer before</div>
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The easiest way to get it down was to...well... drag it down! I was pouring sweat but we got him down</div>
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We got him quartered and packed away and I went to the house to clean clothes and head out to Colorado to meet my dad to try and find some elk. On the way out I found this cute little guy</div>
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I was able to see a total of four elk several miles away across a canyon but we did manage to run into the LARGEST mule deer buck I have ever seen in the wild. He was a tank and stared at us for close to ten minutes. I am a little upset I did not get a picture but oh well, dad saw it.</div>
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I have two more Colorado deer tags to fill and am thinking about an antelope tag but will likely sit antelope out since I have a freezer almost full of meat</div>
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A huge thanks to Nathan, Dad, pop's in-law Steve and Garrett for the opportunities they allowed me to have. Pheasant hunting starts soon!</div>
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My first hunt of 2019 was a big one! Utah bull elk, high up in the mountains on a family piece of land. I was fortunate enough to get a tag from my father in law. Before we even began our drive up we stopped and admired the beauty.</div>
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It's stunning from the bottom to the top</div>
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There is just something about getting up to the top that makes you want to stop and enjoy the views and silence for a few moments</div>
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Even the big guy was enjoying the ride, barking at every little critter he saw, and just running around like a maniac</div>
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So, this was supposed to be a week-long hunt, and I was really looking forward to it, especially when I would look out into the distance </div>
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I took a ton of pictures of all the great view's</div>
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The cabin was in pristine condition and is always a blast just to hang out in</div>
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Just sitting on the couch in the living room and looking outside is enough to relax anyone</div>
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My brother in law, James and nephew, Nathan were my guides. It had been a long number of years since I was last up here and Nathan knows the place like the back of his hand. Once we got settled and everything packed into the cabin Monday afternoon they had me hit the ground running. If you look back on my blog a few years ago James guided me on my first ever elk hunt in central Utah.</div>
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They cow called a decent sized 6 point elk within 19 yards of me. It was incredible to see one that close. That was not the only one. We all called another decent little bull to within 15 feet of us!</div>
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This guy came out of nowhere and he was dead silent</div>
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Like I said before, we got up there Monday afternoon. After we called the first 6 pointer to us, we hiked back up the mountain and heard a bull below us bugling in a draw, and a bull above and behind us</div>
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Nathan had me high tail it down the hill a little and started cow calling. All of a sudden we heard another bull quite a distance away bugle back towards us. Little did we know Brianna and Steve (pop's in-law) were watching this bull for almost an hour work his way around the pond in front of the cabin.</div>
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This bull had been around the property for some time. My other brother in law, Garrett, got him on his game cam last year</div>
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This guy came screaming in and bugling the entire way to us. I first saw him several hundred yards out and kept hitting him with the range finder until Nathan had called him into 119 yards. I took the shot and he dropped. Here is a video of Nathan calling him in and me shooting, but you do not actually see him drop. Listen close enough and you can hear him buggling at us like a pissed off teenager!</div>
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I had told James and Nathan earlier that if I shot something over 300 I would be over the moon. As James was doing his measurements he was asking us what we thought it would come out to. I believe Nathan guessed 320, I guessed 300. James came back and told us and I was blown away... 333 and 1/4 inches!!!!!! </div>
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I can not thank Steve, James, Nathan, and the rest of the family enough. It was something I will never forget and more than likely the largest elk I will ever shoot in my life! I can't wait until next year when I can go up and help someone else from the family take their bull. Next up, Utah Deer hunting!!</div>
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Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-17248650867870385342018-10-27T09:03:00.000-07:002018-10-27T09:03:28.743-07:00A quick update<div style="text-align: center;">
No fishing or hunting until at least March of 2019. I am deployed again but I am not terribly bitter about it. The average temp during the day here from December until Febuary is 84F, so not much to complain about. Once I get back I should be able to close out the conservation goose season and hit the spring spawn. </div>
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After the slow start to the pheasant opener we went back down for the deer opener. We went to a spot we always hunt birds and see deer, and sure enough we were able to find a few white tails. We put in for doe tags simply because we want the meat for the freezer. Next year I might put in for a buck tag just to say I did it. For now a doe is perfectly fine for us. </div>
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Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-61657289392459319412017-10-08T20:26:00.001-07:002017-10-08T21:14:52.611-07:00Home on the Range!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's been a week since I went Elk hunting. I probably should have went fishing, but, Pop's talked me into Antelope hunting. Which I am glad I took the bait because Juice (my brother, thats his nickname) flew out from Vegas to join us.</div>
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I was introduced to this section of the Plains last year during the Pheasant hunt. It's not bad out here. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and you always have to find the good in the bad. I find the uniquiness of the Plains of Colorado pretty awesome.</div>
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We were fortunate enough to have all 3 of us harvest a Speed Goat. It was awesome having Juice out there. He just started to get into hunting and came out to take some notes. He did harvest some doves, but wanted to jot a few things down when it came to Goat hunting.</div>
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Sometimes its pretty impressive how close you can get to these Antelope. Other times they tend to keep their distance.</div>
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Tom (pictured above) and I were able to get our Goats at the beginning of the day. Tom always has a TON of wisdom to pass onto Juice and I and we try to take advantage of it as often as possible. After Tom's help I was able to harvest my first ever Antelope. The shot looks pretty bad, and I will admit, I took 8 shots with my rifle that did not even come close. Turns out the front mount of my scope was severely loose. Tom handed me his rifle and I put this girl down.</div>
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We had so much fun out here that even Molly (Dad's Silver Lab) tried to hide her head under the bed in order to get some sleep.</div>
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I had the opportunity to go Elk hunt in Utah. Now I have hunted Elk before, but I was 17 and thought I knew everything that needed to be known. Well, I was wrong. My first Elk hunt I had was more like my buddy Jeff and I walking around and talking about what was happening in school at the time.</div>
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That all changed this past week. My brother in law invited us up to a piece of his family land in central Utah. The beauty around this place was breath taking. The drive up to this place was a little sureal because looking around I thought to myself that no Elk could live in this place.</div>
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Now, because i scoped my eye when I was younger I have a terribly bad habit of closing my eye when I squeeze the trigger on my 300. This time I did not. I aimed right above the apex of this Elk's shoulder and squeezed the trigger and watched this Elk drop instantly. It was a quick, clean, ethical shot. I was so excited I wanted to sprint straight to this Elk, but James had me wait and see what the other few Elk did. I eventually went out and got to it.</div>
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Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-37854005673847100652017-07-16T17:23:00.001-07:002017-07-16T17:23:43.791-07:00Another Powell Trip!<div style="text-align: center;">
I am going to keep this short, sweet, and to the point, which is fishing! We fished Powell again, my first time in a long number of years since we were living in Germany for a decent number of years. On to the pictures!</div>
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We stayed at a family friends, friends house boat, and it was awesome!</div>
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There were fish to be had all over the lake. No matter where we fished we were able to pick stuff up. I had never targeted, or caught a Stripper on the fly. This trip I decided to give it a go. An hour into day one I scratched that off my list.</div>
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Big fish of the trip went to me this time. Though is was a Golden Bone it still put one hell of a bend in my rod. We had an audience watching us as I tried to land this thing. I pounded the shore for bass and this guy hit like a Large Mouth and took at least 15 minutes to land.</div>
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Finally, the oddest catch of the trip, goes to my dad. He was ponding the bank looking for Crappie and Walleye when he thought he had a weird bump. He reeled in this prize, which he somehow still caught in the mouth</div>
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We finally got back home to the states! I took a quick trip out to Dallas to visit my Mom, pick up my truck and dog, and just hang out and have a good time.</div>
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I got to see Audie Murphy's birthplace. If you don't know who he is, Google him, he is a true American badass!</div>
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It has only been a year since I posted here. I have fished less and less, but we have finally received word that we are leaving Germany and moving to Colorado. I can NOT wait to start fishing all of the time again. I might even consider giving up golf for fishing, since golf is all I have been doing since last year. </div>
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Here is a little piggy I caught out of the Dream Stream a while back that went all of 17 inches long, but huge around the gut!</div>
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This past long weekend I had the chance to head to Mittersill Austria. I am going to try to keep this short and to the point and let the pictures do the talking. We got into the valley around 0830</div>
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We were able to see a sign of the National Park Hohe Tauern</div>
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We stayed at the Hotel Braurup, the service was out of this world, the food was amazing, and the fly shop was top notch, even the views were great</div>
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The Hotel had access to something like 90 miles of various streams and rivers, and multiple lakes. It would take you months upon months to fish all of the access they have. Be sure to visit their website at the <a href="http://www.braurup.at/hotel/en.php">Hotel Braurup</a></div>
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Our season fully opened here in Germany on the 1st, so now pretty much everything is fair game. I took a day off of work today to head down to the river and try to get some fishing in, and I was not disappointed at all. </div>
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I got all geared up and went at it. The rivers here are a mix of rivers like back in the states. The Black forest has everything from free stone streams, to rough and clear chalk streams. </div>
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I sure had some slippery hands today, I could not keep the several fish that I caught in the net. I did manage two, because the game warden was around, and hes a great guy, he showed me quiet a few places so when I caught the rainbow and brown I of course had to keep them. The rainbow and brown I kept to eat went about 16 inches each, nothing stellar but good table fare. </div>
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Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-3974371110924486732014-02-08T07:11:00.000-08:002014-02-08T07:11:07.167-08:00A quick day of fishing in Germany<div style="text-align: center;">
I finally got done with my provisional license and now have my regular German fishing license. It really was not difficult to get, but it was not easy by any stretch of it. Fishing is vastly different here in Europe, and rules and regulations can change in a matter of feet on stretches of river. There is no such thing as public water in Germany, all water and fishing right are owned by someone, you have to find the person and get permission. Also, nothing is free in Germany, everything is pay to play. Land owners can not ease rules, but they can restrict them even more. We fish the Nagold River in Baden-Wurttemberg, and the land Baron states, all legal sized fish caught shall be killed immediately. The minimum size limit for this time of year is 38 centimters or 14.9 inches. Anything smaller must be released. After the written test you have 2 hours to complete a practical test. You have to catch and kill a fish in that time frame. In about 15 minutes I did that two fold</div>
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One of the fish sure had some pretty color to it for a Rainbow</div>
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The next fish was a tank, I will let the picture do the talking, both fish passed the 60 cm mark</div>
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As you can see by the blood I had to kill both fish the second they came out of the water because of German law, that's just the way it is, but these fish will not go to waste, I have plenty of folks at work that are already asking for them to eat. More to come later.</div>
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Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-72319443560297145262014-02-05T21:48:00.001-08:002014-02-05T21:51:27.351-08:00Back in EuropeWe have finally made it back to Europe and are settled in. With the season currently closed here in Germany I have been hard at work trying to get m handicap card so I can play St Andrews, in Scotland. Once the season opens back up, we are making a neat little trip that I will write about later, stay tuned.Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-57748095291505183682013-09-05T16:05:00.003-07:002013-09-05T16:08:10.657-07:00Well, it's still outdoors related<div style="text-align: center;">
I have not been fishing for a little bit except two times in Colorado. I fished 11 Mile, Spinney, and the Dream Stream for a total of 7 hours over the span of two days. In that time we were able to bring several fish to hand but only one stood out. Granted it was maybe 18 inches long, but it needs to lay off the stone fly's and eat more trico's</div>
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I have been playing a ton of golf, and I use the word "ton" lightly here, I mean I have been playing 3 to 5 times a week and hitting range balls everyday. I have not been going light on the range either, I am hitting between 300 and 700 balls a day. </div>
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I have also had some AMAZING shots, such as this shot. This was a 301 yard par 4, I took one shot to put the ball literally inches from the hole with my 5 wood.</div>
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When I started playing around the time I came back from Lake Powell (see way below for that trip) in May I was shooting around 115 on 18 holes. Me being me, I could not allow that to fly, and I set a goal to shoot par on any course I play. I have inched closer and closer every game and after alot of reading and watching videos, I am nearly there</div>
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Fall is just around the corner and water fowl season is inching closer as well. Also don't forget about the brown spawn, the kokanee run, and a certain lake we like to visit alot that is far away that is on fire in the fall, stay tuned more to come.</div>
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Zakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119757586684497928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403141379276956401.post-24937111810121894092013-06-19T20:18:00.000-07:002013-06-19T20:18:28.783-07:00Looks like we are outties!It has been a busy few weeks. A few trips into Idaho yielded some nice fish, along with a camping trip in the North Slope of the Uintas with my shop.<br />
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I am just now getting back from another trip that has become a tradition for myself and my buddies Steve and Craig. We have been making this trip, every year, about this time, for several years in a row now. This trip proved to be a little interesting, you will see why below.</div>
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That happens to me, every year. I am usually the first one up there every year as well. This year I made it on a Tuesday morning. Here is something else that happens every year. Every single trip out to this place, on my first cast, I nail a fish, and sure as hell, it happened again. A nice colored bow</div>
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Wednesday my buddy Craig made it up, and it was raining like a mad man. We probably should have paid attention to the rain and thought things through. On Thursday morning, we decided to go float a section of river. On the way down we hit a very muddy patch of road. I made it down, though sliding every where. Craig slid off of the road and almost made what would have likely been a fatal mistake. He stopped his truck with his back left tire, 3 feet off of the ground, and we attached a tow strap from his truck to mine in case his decided to move and roll.</div>
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Saturday I fished until I caught 30 and than decided to call it quits. As usual this place kicked out nice fish, with quiet a few pushing past 24 inches several times. I said before about a reputation. As Steve and Craig were fishing other parts of the lake, several folks asked them how they were doing, and they both replied they were doing well, and the other folks said "The guy in the red boat" has been killing it. They would laugh. This continued as I went into Dutch John for beer and ice, and ran into some folks that asked if I was "The guy in the red boat" which I replied yes and we chatted about fishing for a bit and showed them my rig and how I was fishing it. I just find it comical that happened is all.</div>
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I have a few traditions that I like to try to stay up with as best as possible. I always root for the Bears and Cubs, I always get chicken fried steak when I go to Texas Roadhouse. And, when I can, I always go to Lake Powell every year. I started going in 2009, and than in 2010. I was either deployed, going to a deployment, or just returning from one for the last 3 years. I was finally home this year and made the commitment to go. Usually my brother joins us, but he is currently in Korea taking care of business.</div>
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I made it pretty early to the lake last Friday and waited for my dad to show up. When he did we started fishing right away the night before we got the house boat. The weather was awesome when we started.</div>
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We were able to enjoy the awesome weather while it lasted, which was not for long</div>
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We went from Slick Rock Canyon, all of the way up into Red Canyon and almost every canyon in between, and almost all the nook and crannies on the main channel</div>
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And as usual the fishing was non stop. Since the weather was so great it did happen to push a ton of fish a bit shallower than the previous day, great for me since I did not have to use the full sinking line yet and just stuck to a 6 wt, intermediate line, and clousers. Once again we were able to get into a ton of nice fish, and another mixed bag, on the fly</div>
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He is 114lbs of hard charging lab and nothing can slow him down. He did flush a few small birds and pointed, which was neat to see and he was a little confused because he did not hear a shotgun blast go off, but once he realized we were out to have fun he stopped searching and started having a good time in the little creek on the way up the canyon.</div>
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After about 6 minutes, mission accomplished. I have a trip coming up to some where awesome and needed to exercise my heavy artillery</div>
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We headed up into the mountains bright and early this morning and we were greeted by a stiff breeze, low temps, and tons of grouse</div>
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