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Because I Can, and Have
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I remember as a young pup. Whenever the first big snowfall of the season came in my dad and I would suit up and go for a walk. There's something magical about crunching through the fresh snow. Very little sound because the snowflakes absorb it. There may be the occasional lights of distant houses, or not, depending on how much it's snowing.
I wish it would stick around for deer opener next weekend but they`er forecasting mid 40`s all week
I love the first snow fall, it is pretty and kinda makes ya feel good.
Think i will take a walk.
Thanks.
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Awe nice walk, some deer sign too
Took the great Rem. 81 today.
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I won`t apologize for the 81 as i think it`s a classic but i do agree a lever would of fit in here better.
I might go out again later and carry the 76.
1700`s , i better take the matchlock.
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Hobie wrote:You took a walk, with a gun, because you could, that's what matters. Thanks to you and the missus for sharing.
Thanks gents, the missus and the Snoopy dog in the toboggan pulling up the rear.
Still planning the skating rink so that should be entertaining.
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Great photos Pitchy, I too love to get out with a gun after the first snow, surprising sometimes how close them critters tracks can be to the old homestead...
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
I wouldn't mind a couple of inches of white stuff next weekend either. I'm bringing my nephew on his first ever deer hunt at my grandfathers, his great grandfathers farm. The history continues. He hasn't had time to really explore the area so he doesn't really know the lay of land very well. Tracking snow would be good both for deer and looking for him if he doesn't follow directions. He is a good young man and is anxious to learn so I'm not really worried too much, but there is a lot of bush and swamp and a guy can get turned around real easy if you don't know the area.
I have a few spots for him to sit that have gotten me a couple of nice bucks in the past (an 8 and a 10 point) and walkie talkies so we should be good to go. I'm not looking to shoot anything unless a real good one shows up. I'm going to try and go slow and push things to him if possible.
Nothing better than a slow walk in a little snow to see what is going where.
Happiness is a comfortable stump on a sunny south facing mountain.
ollogger wrote:Looks like a nice day for a walk, are the deer starting the rut up there yet?
ollogger
Haven`t seen any sign of it yet.
Thanks guys.
Look what the neighbor gave me today, been sitting for years but after a carb cleaning it runs perfect.
Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
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What the heck is all that white stuff on the ground? Right now it's a comfortable 78°F at my place. Just so you know what winter "should" be like.
Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
I have heard of this thing you call snow. Closest thing we have here we call "Shave Ice".
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
I used to love snow when I was a kid growing up in the north of Germany but these days I like a little warmth around my old bones.
I'm happy for you Pitchy, but if you don't mind, I'll stick with the 95 degrees we are enjoying here in West Oz
Bob
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Thanks again guys and i can appreciate warm weather year round. I look forward to winter here because the tourists stay home and it`s nice and quiet.
Except of course when i shoot my guns.
Because I Can, and Have
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Just beautiful! Contrary to popular belief and CofC ads, we get snow in Arizona, some years lots of it. Once or twice in the last several decades we've had the most snow (and lowest temps) of anywhere in the continental US, and when in college the local ski area had to be shut down for too much of the stuff (and tunnels dug to maintain the lifts!) When's the last time you heard that?...But, from the big cities, you have to drive a few hours up north in the state usually to see it. (In Tucson, just 45 minutes up the mountain) -Something folks in snow country can't even relate to - voluntarily drive somewhere to actually be in the snow?!
Every five or so years we get a very brief dusting here in parts of the Phoenix area, and every other year the mountains surrounding get a good topping at least once or twice. A few years the Phoenix Open (in Scottsdale) was actually briefly delayed a bit for snow! - But, that's up in elevation a bit from most of the Valley. I grew up (3-10) in the white stuff, N.Virgina and Japan, and miss it. But not that much Love the scenes of it though and nice to be able to drive to it!
Gak, yep Arizona is a versatile state, enjoyed living there, we would head north to find snow in te winter.
Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
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Beautiful. Hard to think that it's snowing up there while it's in the 60's here. I am enjoying the cool weather though - back in Texas where I moved from it would stay warm all winter. Gets cool for a few months here and I like it
Pitchy - hope to see a post of your buck hanging after a successful hunt!
O.S.O.K. wrote:Beautiful. Hard to think that it's snowing up there while it's in the 60's here. I am enjoying the cool weather though - back in Texas where I moved from it would stay warm all winter. Gets cool for a few months here and I like it
Pitchy - hope to see a post of your buck hanging after a successful hunt!
Snow is all gone today and they arn`t forcasting any before opener
Thanks for the hunting wishes, my problem is deciding which gun to use.
The 76 or the 81
Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
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Old Savage wrote:Newport Beach yesterday - no snow!
When did you start painting your toenails?
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
I miss snow sometimes. I grew up in SouthWest Kansas and we had snow. You would see a lot of bare ground and then there would be huge drifts behind the fences and on the leeward side of the houses.
D. Brian Casady
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Actually when I lived on Maui Mt. Haleakala at 10,000' elevation would get snow about every 4 years but it would melt away in about 3 days time.
When I lived on the Big Island of Hawai'i with both Mauna Kea, and Mauna Loa pushing 14,000' every winter there was enough snow to snow ski or snow board.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
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Pitchy, that IS beautiful, refreshing to the soul. Great photos too.
Kirk: An old geezer who loves the smell of freshly turned earth, old cedar rail fences, wood smoke, a crackling fireplace on a snowy evening, pristine wilderness lakes, the scent of
cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester. Blog: https://www.kirkdurston.com/
Pitch, I'll join the chorus here. Nothing like a tracking snow and classic old Remington under your arm!
Old Savage: I'll give you another six months to cut that out with the kayak babes ...
Ji,
That would make Mauna Kea nd Mauna Loa two of the tallest mountains around - measured a relief from their land base (sea level)! Few others would even come close. As spectacular as they are, the "fourteeners" in Colorado for instance are actually "just" 5-8k or so in relief. Your Hawaiians viewed top to bottom are pushing the total elevations of the tallest in the lower 48. Only Whitney, coming up from near Death Valley on the one side, would be with them! (Ed. Mt. Ranier would be right in there).