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An exercise in fixing a farm tank - part I

Jaymz — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:27:04 +0100

One of the spots I get to hunt, a little spot out in central Texas sits in the hills of Erath county. It's a nice spot, good elevation changes, neighbors are nice, landowner is both a good friend and person.

In the middle of the tract is a tank, a standard farm pond like thousands of others across the country. It's a place where ducks gather, cows drink and the occasional opossum hangs out in trees near the bank. It appears to be spring fed, at least, I am told that no one has eve...

My first hunting trip to Canada, my first caribou and not hunting on Sundays.

Crazy Horse — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:49:29 +0100

We were up about 5 a.m. that Saturday morning, ate an exceptional breakfast, then got ready to leave camp.

Unlike deer hunting in Texas or Elk hunting, for caribou and moose, especially considering the areas where these animals are hunted, hunters don't leave camp until it is light enough to shoot, as animals may be encountered fairly close to camp.

My guide and I were assigned to hunt the area northwest of camp that first day.

We ran onto our first group of stags about 3 mi...

My first hunting trip to Canada, Hunting success inrelation to miles walked.

Crazy Horse — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:08:30 +0100

While some Outfitters/Guides in Canada and other parts of the world, use airplanes, horses, ATV's and other methods to get their clients into the areas where the game is, the outfitter I booked with and his guides believed that there was only one way to hunt, and that was by walking many miles and seeing lots of country.

I The outfitter arranged to pick me up at the cabins where Lora and Tina and I were staying on the day we were to go in to camp.

To get back into the camp, ...

My First Hunting trip To Canada, Exploring The Island.

Crazy Horse — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:22:47 +0100

Newfoundland is a remarkable place, it is about 43000 square miles in size, roughly triangular shaped, and at the time we were there had a human population of slightly over 1 million and a moose population of slightly over 125,000.

Any of you that watch much programming on PBS have probably seen a show about the Vikings landing on Newfoundland in 1050 A.D., or approximately 500 years before Columbus made it to the New World.

After stopping by the home of the outfitter I would...

My First Hunting Trip To Canada. Part 4 Trip To The Rock.

Crazy Horse — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:29:35 +0100

After leaving Grey Rapids Lodge in New Brunswick, we worked our way south east toward the province of Nova Scotia.

Saw lots of really interesting and neat scenery, did how ever miss out on stopping of along the Bay of Fundy, it is most famous for having some of the highest, if not the highest tidal surges in the world, but as with Niagra Falls, we just did not have the extra time.

We arrived late in the afternoon at North Sydney and checked in to a hotel. After freshening up...

My First Hunting Trip to Canada, Part 3.

Crazy Horse — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:43:09 +0100

After leaving the Dudley's and New York state, we drove across Vermont and New Hampshire and in to Maine.

Maine was the first place we ran into the situation that you had to ask for ice for tea or soda pops.

We were going to cross into the province of New Brunswick at Houlton Maine.

When we reached the border, we stopped at Customs and I went in and registered my firearms.

Since I have a tendency to be somewhat anal, I was taking 2 rifles and 60 rounds of shells for ea...

My First Canadian Hunting Trip. Part 2 Bass Pro and Lincoln's Home In Springfiel Illinois.

Crazy Horse — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:53:27 +0100

Our second day on the road was the start of the really eventful parts of the trip to Canada.

In fact, unlike our second trip to Canada in 2000, our return trip from the first trip was fairly uneventful.

Upon deciding on a motel and place to eat somewhere in northeastern Oklahoma, we discovered that I had left $4200.00 worth of Travelers Cheques laying on the dining room table at home in Fort Worth.

Lora had wisely put some money in her purse so we weren't without funds.

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My First Canadian Hunting Trip. Part 1

Crazy Horse — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:52:15 +0100

Now this whole incident was started by my Mother-In-Law a couple of years after Lora and I were married.

We were over at my Mother-in-Laws house in Irving Texas. I do not rmemeber what the occasion was, but some how we all got to looking at old family pictures and discussing them.

Lora's Dad had been in the Navy and the family had lived all over the globe almost. Looking at some of the pictures and discussing places the family had lived, Lora's Mom looked at her and asked, "...

Why do we hunt?

Crazy Horse — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:33:49 +0100

Many of us grew up in families that hunted, so it was something that just came naturally to us.

In my case, no one in my immediate family hunted, but we had neighbors and friends that did. For some reason that I have never quite gotten a handle on I was attracted to animals and hunting from my earliest memories.

My first hunting experiences were of my Dad taking me to dove hunt and going duck hunting with friends from school.

Dad did not hunt, he just took me and let m...

42 days and counting

Jaymz — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:17:03 +0100

I'm such a lucky person to be able to hunt every year. I'm not the most experienced hunter out there, no, far from it. I don't have the ability to spend an incredible amount of time each year hunting, but I am grateful for the time I do get, and that time is rapidly approaching again.

This by far, is my most favorite time of year. Even more so that than the last week of December when just about everything is in season. You see, the Universe aligns itself perfectly right about now. For m...

CozInCowtown Blogs

Wed, 20 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Got back yesterday afternoon from a great little vacation with girl friend Kelley.
Wednesday was a travel day but still fun hanging out with Kelley Girl.
Thursday morning we went to see Star Trek in Imax and a dinner cruise on Lake Mead that evening.
The cruise is highly recommended to any couple stuck in Vegas for whatever reason.
Friday we bummed around the strip all day checking out the sites.
I won $45 on the $3 I budgeted on slot machines for the trip. It paid ...

Turkey Hunting in Erath County

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Headed out from DFW Friday afternoon to do a little mid season turkey hunting. Friday night was decent, Gobblers were non existent though. Hens were quiet, but I nearly stepped on a fairly large hen while sneaking through the trees. Scared the hell outta me.

Saturday was awful. The wind was just beating down on all of us, we decided to call it pretty quickly.

Ended up losing a couple of decoys to the wind.

Here's to hoping for a better weekend in May!