jdmidwest

As soft is the ground will be this weekend, you should have no problems stabbing a monopod into the ground to stabilize.

As far as the "fattening up" is concerned, I think it is usually confused with stuffing their gut and distended stomachs. Most fall bass feeding will be spitting stuff out as you reel them in as they have been on a feeding frenzy taking advantage of a warm, mid day feeding. Then they kick back and digest, slowly as the metabolizm decreases with the temp. The increased activity is usually mid day in the fall. No need to get an early start or stay late. 10-3 can be some hot fishing in the October month. And topwater works well.

Mono pods work great and can substitute as a walking stick. Tripods take too long to sit up.

Wood fired pizza has a unique flavor on its on. You can take a cheap pizza and make it good on a wood fire oven. A stone work company that sit up at the home show this year featured a pizza oven and we sampled their wares all weekend. Works best on thin, crispy crusts.

That bunker makes a nice place to wait out a storm. I just assumed it was an old foundation or cellar. Why do you think it was a bunker of some sort?

Looks tasty

There is a pretty good trail from Baptist access to Ashley Creek. It starts across from the upper parking lot and runs down river, crosses and goes along other side. Pine groves, bluffs, river, and other scenery. Hard to miss, usually worn out by horses.

Thats a shame. That ole 45 would be a great piece now. Made by Colt, you would have made your money back on it at least 20 times more if it was in good shape. I have been around guns and people long enough to see some things too. Plastic and Parkerize have led to many misconceptions about firearms. But plastic and parkerize are stable in all environments for the most part and hold up better than wood and blue. When I shoot, I don't go for the "brush" shot, I aim for the "head" shot. I despise a gun that does not shoot well or chokes when I need it. When the Glocks first came out, I was first on the bus to slam them. Lots of plastic and no safety. Butt ugly. Then I shot one. The striker trigger pull was consistent and the finish was durable. The gun worked, worked better than most of the other autos of the time that were double action only. But they were scorned as a foreign weapon designed to sneak thru Xray equipment at the airports and metal detectors everywhere. Funny thing, now they have been adapted by about every law enforcement group in the USA at one time or another. I took a doe with my 21 during firearms season one time.

Careful with the 97, they tended to go boom when the hammer fell as you were cycling a round and your finger was near a trigger. Sometimes they will go boom if you sit them down with the hammer cocked. Otherwise, great old shotguns. Just don't shoot steel thru them. There is a gunshow in Farmington this weekend. It may draw out what you are looking for. For some reason, 410 is not seen in the wild much any more. Unless you want a Judge, can't seem to give them away anymore.

I predict half of us will be dead from Ebola before spring looking at the numbers from Africa. The rest will enjoy the solitude.

Find a persimmon tree and start walking circles away from it. Look for a black pile with some red seeds poking out of it and they will be prepped for opening. Just be sure to wash your hands before you do anything else.

When the Clinton ban came about, Springfield Armory started on modernizing the M1. I have been wanting a Socom since they first came out 10 years ago, but have not picked one up. Nice rifle. Still used at Camp Perry for alot of competitions. Lots of firepower and more politically correct in the day because it has a traditional stock. http://www.springfield-armory.com/products/m1a-socom-16/

My buddy left a nice Orvis one in the tube leaning against the parking stands at Jim's Landing on the Kenai back in 2000. It had been a long and stressful Skilak Lake crossing that day and we were in a hurry to get out because weather was pushing in.

Let a coon pass one thru its digestive track and it comes apart easier.

I wish it all fit in a garage. Boats all sit outside.

I thought the spoon meant you have to swat skeeters with it next summer. I predict the days will get shorter and the nights longer till about Jan.

Wayne, were you thinking about the 30 caliber M1 or the 308 M14. Both were replaced by the M16.

Violent acts are stopped every day by armed citizens. Case in point, crazy with a knife beheads woman and is stabbing another when stopped by armed boss with a gun.

I never really got the Zombie ammo either. They market it in a different box and add a few bucks to the price. I wonder how much sits on the shelves at homes waiting for the day the Zombies come to life? Some people will believe anything and there is a market for those idiots.

Sorry Charlie, there is no ban on them. Never really was, just a few price increases. Its kinda like the stock market.

I am with you there. I never worry about an attack at the home, there are multiple layers of firearms at all times there. I sleep like a baby. I don't sweat it anywhere else either, because I am always prepared. And, if it is my time, death is just another stage of life. Not much you can do about it any way. We all die someday.

Does it get backwash out of the Mississippi? Maybe bighead carp. I have seen that happen.

That target has murder, murder, suicide written all over it.

I would think that no bigger than the boat is, all of the motor will be in the water, so it should run really cool.

I usually gather more gear that only gets used a few times. I have a layout boat, kayak, inflatable pontoon, and a 14 jon with a 9.5 I use for water transport. I have a snow sled for snow and icy field transport. Mallards of 6 different brands and sizes, teal, wood duck, coots, gull, blue bill, canada floaters and shells, snow wind socks, heron decoy, and several different types of motion decoys. I have a layout blind, popup blinds, bags of burlap and pvc for larger blinds, chair blind, and a blind I bought for my inflatable pontoon. Of course saws and clippers to cut brush for blinds. I planted cane and pompass grass for natural camo in my yard and use pin oak limbs from my trees also. Chairs, cushions, reclining cushions, and tripod seats for blinds and sitting in trees. I have a deer cart to pack stuff in with. I have a box of duck calls, whistles, goose calls, spec call, snow goose call, and even some wav files on my phone for the conservation order part that you can use electronic calls. I have an amp and speaker that the phone plugs into. It really never ends, if you let it get to you.