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re: What's your best memory in the outdoors?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:40 pm to Blake R
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:40 pm to Blake R
My favorite memories used to be of times spent with my dad like killing my first squirrel or killing my first deer in front of a pack of walker hounds, but now it's moments spent with my son...such as sitting with him when he killed his first deer or landed his first spec or redfish.
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Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:45 pm to Blake R
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I will never forget and can't wait to replicate with my son.
Hope I am still on this board when that happens!
Several events come to mind as I am sure is the case with all
Most recently, spending afternoon in October 2013 with EJW and his son and watching little EJW scare the hell out of a couple of deer and a giant hog with his .243. The two of them in the stand was priceless!
I really enjoyed my sons first deer (he was 9) and the one he shot by himself (this year at 17) - he scouted picked stand and saw deer/made a great shot solo
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:47 pm to Jenar Boy
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I don't know who was happier.
I bet I do
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:50 pm to Blake R
Just a few:
Catching fish in Arky in such clear water fish didn't seem to be there.
Walking up on a bear on the top of a mountain in the Smokys.
Hitting the crest of a summit at daybreak, without a bear sighting.
Getting my run course diverted by moose.
Seeing what a red tide can do and still catch fish, Mother nature is unbelievable.
Running for warm to snow and back to warn in 6 hours.
I'd shoot myself if I had to work in an office 40 hours a week.
Catching fish in Arky in such clear water fish didn't seem to be there.
Walking up on a bear on the top of a mountain in the Smokys.
Hitting the crest of a summit at daybreak, without a bear sighting.
Getting my run course diverted by moose.
Seeing what a red tide can do and still catch fish, Mother nature is unbelievable.
Running for warm to snow and back to warn in 6 hours.
I'd shoot myself if I had to work in an office 40 hours a week.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:50 pm to hunt66
Yessir it's something special when a man can take the things his daddy taught him and see it brought to life in his own children. I wouldn't take a million dollars for it. I hope I get to repeat it in a few years with my daughter, she's turning into a daddies girl.
I hope I get to repeat it in a few years with my daughter, she's turning into a daddies girl. Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:24 pm to Jenar Boy
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:46 pm to Blake R
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Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:54 pm to DLauw
Fishing out of Venice with my dad, brother and a friend at the Sandy Point rigs.
We were anchored just off the rig and got the trout going on live shrimp. We switch to double rigs and artificial and just yanked them in. All four of us on the boat all hooked up with 2 trout each, just tossing them on the floor.
Some of the artificial lures got torn off and we kept casting and just reeling in the trout with jig heads alone.
I'm not talking school trout now, like every one was easily 18", and lots over 20". It was the first time I limited out.
I remember looking down the boat and seeing the whole floor covered in trout. Just amazing.
We were anchored just off the rig and got the trout going on live shrimp. We switch to double rigs and artificial and just yanked them in. All four of us on the boat all hooked up with 2 trout each, just tossing them on the floor.
Some of the artificial lures got torn off and we kept casting and just reeling in the trout with jig heads alone.
I'm not talking school trout now, like every one was easily 18", and lots over 20". It was the first time I limited out.
I remember looking down the boat and seeing the whole floor covered in trout. Just amazing.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:02 pm to Blake R
I was 15 and was on vacation with a friend's family at a park campground in North Carolina. That evening I went to the restroom, was not paying attention to what I was doing and walked into the women's shower. Two naked girls were showering and I froze while staring in disbelief..... They saw me, grinned and did not cover up. I said Hi and they said you better get outta here but we will see you later.... CSB.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:36 pm to REB BEER
I've said it on here before but me and pop didn't do much outdoor stuff together. But here's two memories.
While squirrel hunintng, we started just doing target practice (no squirrels). I was 12. I was reloading the 22 and dropped the hammer and fired a shot over pop's shoulder. He turned around, white as a ghost saying he heard it go right past his ear. My hand was burnt to a crisp and it scared the shite out of me.
End of the year baseball party at someone's camp (13 years d). Coach (pop) and two other coaches had us out in the woods at 2 am with sacks and flashlights hunting snipe. I ended up in a fight with a black kid named Quincy.
While squirrel hunintng, we started just doing target practice (no squirrels). I was 12. I was reloading the 22 and dropped the hammer and fired a shot over pop's shoulder. He turned around, white as a ghost saying he heard it go right past his ear. My hand was burnt to a crisp and it scared the shite out of me.
End of the year baseball party at someone's camp (13 years d). Coach (pop) and two other coaches had us out in the woods at 2 am with sacks and flashlights hunting snipe. I ended up in a fight with a black kid named Quincy.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:10 pm to MWP
All the hunting and fishing trips with my dad and my brother when I was a kid. Lots of time together with them in a blind and boat. Nothing eve compared to that.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:57 pm to tigerinthebueche
Thirty years of duck hunting in Wax Lake with my best buddy Ted Pellerin.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 6:03 pm to Blake R
Any of the times spent hunting with my dad when I was younger on the ranch. Mostly slaughtering doves, jumping the ponds for a few ducks and sitting in the stand rarely seeing deer. I grad in Dec and at the top of the list for priorities is getting my dad back into hunting and us going a bunch.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:15 pm to GREENHEAD22
I have a couple:
prairie dog hunting on the TX/NM border with my brother and cousins. Was an absolute blast even though it's hard as he'll to hit those boogers at 800 yards. Here's me and my brother tag teaming the little vermin.
Anytime I go rock crawling in my jeep. Its an awesome way to cruise the outdoors and get on terrain most vehicles can't. This was K2 Park in Mason, TX and by far my favorite trip
prairie dog hunting on the TX/NM border with my brother and cousins. Was an absolute blast even though it's hard as he'll to hit those boogers at 800 yards. Here's me and my brother tag teaming the little vermin.
Anytime I go rock crawling in my jeep. Its an awesome way to cruise the outdoors and get on terrain most vehicles can't. This was K2 Park in Mason, TX and by far my favorite trip
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:34 pm to 650Pirate
So far it has watching my son catch his first brown trout and being with me on his first squirrel when he was three.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 8:24 am to smoked hog
Early years
Learning to shoot from my papaw (he passed away in 2000) still have that .22 rifle.
Squirrel hunting with my dad and my uncle.
Recent years:
Teaching my sons, and my wife to shoot.
Squirrel hunting with my oldest and watching him take his first greenwing last season.
Learning to shoot from my papaw (he passed away in 2000) still have that .22 rifle.
Squirrel hunting with my dad and my uncle.
Recent years:
Teaching my sons, and my wife to shoot.
Squirrel hunting with my oldest and watching him take his first greenwing last season.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 8:31 am to MWP
My son killing his first duck....at 6 years old w a 28 ga.
just after legal about 20 teal landed in the dekes... had a new pup in training I was holding dog back.. my friend was with us helping/watching son. he shoots nowhere near birds.. they rise up... boom drops one.. gives gun to my friend...tells me HOLD THE DOG.. .he runs and gets duck...
asked him how he missed em on the water.... he said..matter of factly..." ya'll watch too much Phil robertson, I wanted my first duck in the air."
we have had many a great day afield since... that one is hard to top....
would have been dogs first fetch too.... she got hers about 5 minutes later.....LOL
just after legal about 20 teal landed in the dekes... had a new pup in training I was holding dog back.. my friend was with us helping/watching son. he shoots nowhere near birds.. they rise up... boom drops one.. gives gun to my friend...tells me HOLD THE DOG.. .he runs and gets duck...
asked him how he missed em on the water.... he said..matter of factly..." ya'll watch too much Phil robertson, I wanted my first duck in the air."
we have had many a great day afield since... that one is hard to top....
would have been dogs first fetch too.... she got hers about 5 minutes later.....LOL
Posted on 7/23/14 at 8:38 am to choupiquesushi
wife and i sleeping in one morning in gatlinburg.. son is fishing creek behind condo.. phones start ringing...
look out window.. there is a crowd of walkers and joggers watching him... pull a 5lb smallie out of creek...
first deer hunts were in special places.. where we saw deer like rats in audubon park at night... tried explaining that's not how deer hunting usually is... he is 8 we go on a brown and down hunt in livingston..
get in stand at 3:05.. I am texting landowner to let him know we found stand and were hunting.. son whisper... can I shoot that buck.. i don't even look up.. YEAH.. BOOOM... as I look up buck at 150 is dropping to ground....
look out window.. there is a crowd of walkers and joggers watching him... pull a 5lb smallie out of creek...
first deer hunts were in special places.. where we saw deer like rats in audubon park at night... tried explaining that's not how deer hunting usually is... he is 8 we go on a brown and down hunt in livingston..
get in stand at 3:05.. I am texting landowner to let him know we found stand and were hunting.. son whisper... can I shoot that buck.. i don't even look up.. YEAH.. BOOOM... as I look up buck at 150 is dropping to ground....
Posted on 7/23/14 at 8:44 am to choupiquesushi
Some of my fondest come from my grandfather, he was my access to the outdoors, as my dad didn't and still doesn't care for the outdoors. Grandpaw passed away when I was in 5th grade. We made many a bass trip to the basin, speck trips to Grand Isle and rabbit hunts on some family land near Hammond. When he passed I lost that knowledge and access till I was old enough to find it on my own.
More recently I spent a week, a couple of years in a row, hunting pheasants alone on public land in Kansas with my dogs. Those were great trips...
More recently I spent a week, a couple of years in a row, hunting pheasants alone on public land in Kansas with my dogs. Those were great trips...
Posted on 7/23/14 at 8:50 am to wickowick
or on a guided duck/goose trip w another poster and another guy..... me and jr get one guide they get another... our guide is a little dismayed he has a 12 year old.... guy that booked trip.. told our guide.. he is not like the other kids you get... he kind had a look like yeah.. i hear that all the time...
we get in blind... legal time comes... before guide can get his calls untangled... birds working out front.. jr... whispers.. springs 12 o clock going across.. gets whistle going.. they bank right. in....boom boom splash splash... guide looks at me and says.. today is going to be real easy...
yeah wick my grandpaw that got me into hunting was killed by a drunk driver when I was 12...I was on my own hunting after that... great grandpaws were too old but to make one or two trips a year... then...one still fished.. and taught me a lot...
day he handled dog on last stage of trial at 5 years old was pretty special too....
we get in blind... legal time comes... before guide can get his calls untangled... birds working out front.. jr... whispers.. springs 12 o clock going across.. gets whistle going.. they bank right. in....boom boom splash splash... guide looks at me and says.. today is going to be real easy...
yeah wick my grandpaw that got me into hunting was killed by a drunk driver when I was 12...I was on my own hunting after that... great grandpaws were too old but to make one or two trips a year... then...one still fished.. and taught me a lot...
day he handled dog on last stage of trial at 5 years old was pretty special too....
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