Outdoor Thread

[Iowan]

My lab Barnaby loves playing in the river.
Cacapon River, Morgan County, WV





Watching a hawk.

That river looks like a blast. Nothing better than a swift moving stream to cool you off on a hot day.

[RevMatt]

I will be driving through West Virginia tomorrow. Dropping my son off in Charleston then onto Kentucky. Long drive.

[Iowan]

Went for a rainy day road trip today. The picture doesn't do this little spot justice.

['Scratch]

I'm pretty sure I've met that bridge before. Not that there's much water running underneath after the hellish summer ya'll have been having.

[Iowan]

I'm pretty sure I've met that bridge before. Not that there's much water running underneath after the hellish summer ya'll have been having.

The water has been picking back up. The past 3 weeks have seen some pretty consistent/significant moisture. I think most of the trout streams have held up ok, but it was just awful between late June and all through July.

Its on the Upper Iowa just outside of Bluffton.

[Clams]

The mighty Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia

[Lone Wolf1]

this is a friend from the Appalachian Trail. he used to manage the Georgia Theater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oKeARjm ... e=youtu.be

[Iowan]

It was a beautiful sunny, warmish (25 degrees, warm for this time of year) day. A good chance to get out into the woods.


Chimney Rocks, Upper Iowa River Valley, NW of Bluffton, Iowa.


The Bluffton Bluffs. Upper Iowa River


Above the trail at Malanaphy Springs near Decorah, Iowa.


On the trail.


The springs above the falls, Malanaphy Springs.


Going over the edge.


Partially frozen waterfall. The photo doesn't quite do it justice, but its about 20-30 drop from the ledge to the river. This is a great place to cool off in the summer.

[Smitty]

Trapping season has fucking SUCKED. All I've got worth keeping is two coons and a tiny fox - I can't keep the fuckin opposums out of my sets. I'm gonna try and switch up to another area, but I believe this season will be a bust.

[Iowan]

Trapping season has fucking SUCKED. All I've got worth keeping is two coons and a tiny fox - I can't keep the fuckin opposums out of my sets. I'm gonna try and switch up to another area, but I believe this season will be a bust.

What kind of critters are you after?

[Smitty]

Trapping season has fucking SUCKED. All I've got worth keeping is two coons and a tiny fox - I can't keep the fuckin opposums out of my sets. I'm gonna try and switch up to another area, but I believe this season will be a bust.

What kind of critters are you after?

raccoon, fox, bobcat, otter, beaver - basically any furbearer with value.

[beantownbubba]

Trapping season has fucking SUCKED. All I've got worth keeping is two coons and a tiny fox - I can't keep the fuckin opposums out of my sets. I'm gonna try and switch up to another area, but I believe this season will be a bust.

What kind of critters are you after?

raccoon, fox, bobcat, otter, beaver - basically any furbearer with value.

Hmmmm, sounds like maybe you should try the West Village.

[Smitty]

Hmmmm, sounds like maybe you should try the West Village.

[bovine knievel]

Clear Creek - somewhere in NorCal

[bovine knievel]

This is amazing!

[beantownbubba]

Sure is!

[Clams]

This is amazing!

Alsum. And your pic of Clear Creek is pretty cool as well.

[Cole Younger]

Getting ready for turkey season. Christmas in March son.

Gonna take up bigfoot hunting this year too. I figure I can do as well as Bobo and friends.

[DiamondDave]

Deer camp 2012 during blackpowder season....


2012 buck Thanksgiving morning.....

[wrekkr]

Deer camp 2012 during blackpowder season....


2012 buck Thanksgiving morning.....

Niswon!!

[Cole Younger]

Deer camp 2012 during blackpowder season....


2012 buck Thanksgiving morning.....

Nice buck Dave. Good job.

[gutshot]

Getting ready for turkey season. Christmas in March son.

What state, CY? Ours in Arkansas doesn't start until April 20th. It gets later and later every year and (not so coincidenatlly) it has gotten real damn tough to work a bird in South Arkansas.


Nice buck too, DiamondDave. Here's one I killed that same Thanksgiving morning.






And another 8 pt I killed a couple of weeks before that.

[DiamondDave]

Nice!

Mine was the best buck I've taken in Oklahoma.....south central OK......really good size buck for that area, as there is road hunting damn near all year. Funny thing is I almost didn't even go sit that morning. Work had been a bear the two previous days and I was just mentally exhausted. Funny how things work out.

[gutshot]

Nice!

Mine was the best buck I've taken in Oklahoma.....south central OK......really good size buck for that area, as there is road hunting damn near all year. Funny thing is I almost didn't even go sit that morning. Work had been a bear the two previous days and I was just mentally exhausted. Funny how things work out.

It is funny how that works. I was going to stay home and entertain the kids while my wife cooked Thanksgiving dinner, but she talked me into getting up and going after them. I ended up shooting that buck early and making it home before anybody else was awake. I run trail cameras from August until February every year, and I pretty much know every deer on our lease. That 9 point had managed to slip through the cracks. I had never seen him or pictures of him until that day.

[wrekkr]

Do you guys process your own deer? I canned almost all of the buck I got bow hunting this year. It weighed 230lbs so I figured that would be a good way to deal with it because it probably wouldn't be the most tender. Just had a jar of it yesterday and it was delish:..

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I just got a call from the taxidermist two days ago and the mount for this guy is done. This guy was 205lbs so I ground most of this guy into burger, good stuff as well for tacos and chili and meatloaf etc...:



Last two years I"ve have a horshoe stuck up my ass, but after 26 years of deer hunting I have my time in.

[Sub]

Great looking bucks!

I really am getting the big city blues since i moved and really miss those kind of things.

[DiamondDave]

Awesome deer you have there sir!

I typically process my own.....no canning, but full on butchering. I also do taxidermy part time.

[DiamondDave]

My doe from black powder season.....



CVA .50 I use 150 grains....240grain sabot.......no scope....iron sights only.

Best gun I think I've ever owned. I've only missed one shot with that gun.....completely my fault.
Tack driver.

[wrekkr]

Great looking bucks!

I really am getting the big city blues since i moved and really miss those kind of things.

This last year I spent end of April and most of May, a bit of September, most of October and November at the shakk in the Ocooch Mountain range in a portion of the Driftless Area. No electricity and the only running water is in the crick 30' behind the shakk. 1/4 mile from pavement. Biggest town in the county is pop. 6000 or so. . . Class act trout fishin on the Bishop Branch and good mushroom hunting.



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I do have a trout on the wall that I caught out of the Bad Axe River that went 31" long, 18" girth and weight 12lbs. med light spinning rod on 6lb test.........

I'd have a hard time in 'the city'

[DiamondDave]

Awesome morels!