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Don''t know about the kicking part. I have been told they will spray runny diarrehea when alarmed as a defense response.

100 yard shot is a walk in the park with open sights if your eyeballs are still working right. AR mil spec sights are great. Zero at 25 yards and dope the ranges to figure hitting point down range. It is a fast, flat shooting round with a great ballistic coefficient to carry on for several hundred yards without much adj. In .556 or .223. I grew up on open sights, I tend to train new shooters on them when possible. Scopes tend to distort your problems. Open sights make you work out your problems. First, you need a caliber that will zero at 100 yards. 22 lr is not good past 40 yards without some doping. You need faster velocities that hold up speed out that far. I have grown to be a .17 hmr fan, its like a lazer out to 100 yards and beyond. Low recoil and flat shooting. Plenty of pop to zap most varmints at range. Armadillos deliver a nice popping noise when hit with a disruptive 25 gr hollow point. It sprawls inside and delivers the coups de grace quickly. I did nail one with a 150 gr sp 30-06 one time that exploded. But it was the only thing in my hand at the time. If you shoot alot, and shoot many types of rifles, then it will become second nature. Open sights work great as long as you take in account the ballistics of the rifle you are shooting. Alot of smaller fast moving bullets travel flat in the first 100 yards.

There was a time where the fly rod was the only thing going in the history of fishing. If you fly fish and do it well, then any species can be had well with the fly rod. Spin rods and Bait casters have their limits. But fly rods can do it all for the most part. They are the only thing going for small, light imitations. I started with bait casters and spin rods. Found a cousin's fly rod in the shed and started using it. Started tying flies. Years later, they were the only thing I used on all species. Then I got lazy and picked up the spin rods and bait casters. Started fishing out of boats. Not really lazy, just older and wore down. I still like the fly rod.

That is a pretty far stretch. Good shot. I would have a hard time doing that shot with a 22 rimfire. But the .17 hmr would walk it in.

Help me out with this. I have been trying to figure out this style of boat. You state Striper Boat. But I see flats on the ocean. Stripers tend to be trolled. In deeper waters that need taller sides to handle larger waves from wakes and winds on open waters. Where does this type of boat excel in MO Ozark area? BTW, nice boat.

I hope they are just building up numbers for my grand return. The surgery 3 years ago knocked me out of 2015 season. I made a feeble attempt at 2016 for a few trips. Did not buy a stamp for 2017 and 2018, shoulder whacked from second cancer surgery. My hunting buddy has only killed 3 ducks this season as of last weekend. I have noticed only sporatic movement in the migrations while out fishing and deer hunting. Geese were on the move this weekend, an event that usually is done by this time of year any other. Goofy weather. Screws up my fishing too.

Catfish boats were not out in that. They were out in force in Oct. They even had a derby one weekend I was down. That point marker and the river above produced some great catfish a few years ago while we were bass fishing with Tube Jigs. It is an excellent place to catch cats. We have done so many times.

They will eat you out of a bunch of grain. I have rabbits and deer come in to eat what they kick out on the ground. Nothing goes to waste in nature. Make sure you have a good air rifle handy, it seems to draw the feral cats. A good supply of birds has cats coming from all around. I opened the back door today and found one on the back step. I bounced it off the boat and it did not leave. Picked up a rock and nailed it good, it seemed to take the hint that time. Lucky for it, its Christmas. Any other day, it would be over the fence for coyote bait.

I was able to squeak out a day trip to Pickwick on Sat. I caught a rock, buddy caught a leaf. Story of my life this fall. Day after a ripping front and lots of water. TN has the second wettest year on record this year. Pickwick was putting thru 148,000 cfs on Sat. Launched out of Yellow Creek and fished that arm for a while. Ventured out on main lake and run up a ways. Water was muddy and current was strong. But, they were keeping the main lake at winter pool, so falling water turned them off. Pulled out and went below on the river. Fished the walls for sauger then down river for bass. A rigs, Jerk Baits, Tube Jigs, Cranks, Jigs tipped with Power Bait trailers, we hammered them all. Nuttin. Did marvel at the workmanship on the point marker for Yellow Creek. Don't know what the fellows at TVA were doing when they made it. Looks like they kept stacking the base and it kept falling off the shelf. Made a pile and then balanced the last one. Low water reveals many funny things.

Feed them and they will come. Go to a local Farm Store and buy the grain to feed them. I use Hen Scratch for the most part, cracked corn, milo, and wheat. Cheapest thing out there now. I also have a feeder of black oil sunflower to feed the Titmouse and others that like it. Unless you have deep pockets, avoid the gourmet feeds in little bags. 40 lb bag of hen scratch was $7.99 and 20lbs sunflower seeds around $9. I go thru a bag of hen scratch about every 2 weeks.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Probably been eating plastic.

Its Christmas, they are all shut down and on vacation anyway. Probably have a hard time finding someone to put up barricades. Don't be skeered, its all a farce as usual.

I have caught many a channel cat on purple wooly buggers. I am sure a squirmy worm would catch any redhorse.

Separate accounts and split the bills works good in my family. We both have our bank accts and we share the bills. Splurges are on each others dime and eliminates any conflicts. I spend within reason and spoil the crap out of my only daughter. She has repaid me many times over with her kindness and reflection of my good raising. Grandkids get way more than any grandparent ever spent on me in a lifetime in one year. But I know my grandparents would have given me anything I asked for. It is the season to be grateful for so much more than money. Life is short and you only get it one time. Growing up, one of my Grandpas gave me 5 silver dollars each year. The other gave me 5 two dollar bills. I still have some of them somewhere. They gave me other things later on in life that shaped my future.

Truck like that can pull a big boat. Small boat would get lost in the mirrors. He needs a 21' deep v.

Both. I consider it wasted because it was not spent fishing.

Spend more time on the water. This year I wasted alot of time catching up for lost time in 2017.

Depending on how deep of water you are in, I would stick with Muck boots or waders. I have had Seal Skinz in the past, but like goretex gloves, they let water in eventually.

The ones I used before I purchased Gore Tex boots would keep your feet dry to the top of the sock. If you go over, in comes the water. Same way with boots. What are you trying to do with them?

Thats a shame. Those Ruger 10-22s in 22 WMR are rare beasts. The 44 Mags and Lever Actions are bringing some high dollars at the gunshows.

Little hand rake is a good idea. I keep a stick of Water Weld in my bag for holes. 2 part epoxy stick that sets up in water. Have not had to use it. Running on 11 Pt one day, we ripped a hole in the transom at the seam of the Panfish Special. We had also sucked some sand in earlier and clogged the cooling system, the little red light was screaming at us that it was getting hot. I grabbed a plastic bag out of the cooler and poked it into the gushing hole with my fingers and told my buddy to get on plane. I then pulled the plug and started draining water faster than it was coming in around fingers. Did I mention the bilge pump had failed also. That little red light on the Merc 4 stroke was going off and the motor kept going in safe mode. I would have to slip the plug in and idle till it cooled off enough to get back up on plane. I thought we were going to lose it around Boze Mill. I sure was good to see Riverton that day.

If the landowners did not feed them like cattle, maybe they would go somewhere else

Or a stiff crowbar. We jetted up a creek arm at Pickwick a few weeks ago. Floods had moved gravel around alot and lake was getting near winter pool. I saw it, my buddy driving did not. Thankfully we were able to power over it and get back to enough water to float the boat. Choked the grates up good, had to get out and clean out rocks. Getting one off a gravel bar is a pain, especially a 17 alum bass boat. Pretty heavy.

Looks like a fun trip. Wish I had been there. We need some good Walleye around here. I get a Sauger or two on Pickwick each year, but they pale in comparison to a good strong walleye.