Outdoorsman Thread

[treefarmer]

great game camera picture, Doc B! I’ve been so disappointed after the hurricane that I didn’t put my cameras back out after I retrieved them. One had the plastic housing broken and one other must have gotten too wet and would not hold the time and date. We have one more week of deer season and it is with “primitive weapons.
Treefarmer

[doglegg]

Probably the rarest bird pic I have ever taken was at Fort Davis state park, a birding wonderland. I got this Montezuma Quail. Native to Mexico and a few of the SW states.

[Doc B]

Probably the rarest bird pic I have ever taken was at Fort Davis state park, a birding wonderland. I got this Montezuma Quail. Native to Mexico and a few of the SW states. DSCN1545.JPGDSCN1544.JPGDSCN1543.JPG

Neat looking quail, haven't seen one of those.

[FRJ]

Yeah, Ernie, I see it. It's up there. How we gonna get it out?

[Quick Steel]

Am greatly enjoying the bird photos. The two standouts for me, and for the same reason, are the 2nd one down of FRJs as the sunlight just catches the wing of the otherwise totally black bird. And then the wonderful dove wings of Doc also illuminated by the sunlight. Great stuff.

[Quick Steel]

And before I could post the above, along came doglegg with the superb quail shots.

[TripleF]

Awesome pics fellas!! Love 'em!!!

Since we are rolling with the "live" animal shots......can you see the one in this photo?

[jmh58]

Pileated Wood Pecker..
John

[jmh58]

WOW!! GREAT bird pics ALL!! Thanks for sharing...
John

[treefarmer]

10-4, Scott, a Pileated Woodpecker! We still have them, even after the storm, such an interesting bird. Thanks for showing it.
Treefarmer
I see John spotted him, too!

[TripleF]

I was selected by his parents to attempt talk with this boy who has selective mutisim. He only talks at home.
I'm referring to the dark haired one. He whispered, but it is progress!!

Anyhow, his dad had work to do so I spent a few hours with them being boys.

Somehow I was able to create a paracord bed. And it actually held my fat butt!!

[Doc B]

Scott, that's a pretty neat feat...with the paracord...and pretty neat the time you take, with the kids!
Now for the weeks game camera highlights... I don't see too many hogs....although I've seen more in the last year, than previous years. By the looks of this girl...looks like more may be on the way. Also, every now and then, I catch a view of a bobcat.

[doglegg]

Scott, good for you. A whisper is progress.
DocB, always exciting to see a cat. I live in DFW metroplex and I have seen 10 or11 in the last 20 years. And always exciting!

[RobesonsRme.com]

Be patient, Scott.

Charlie Noyes

[TripleF]

Had a new kid with us yesterday....one of the boys dad decided to attend a mission!! Even lit his first ever fire....with a ferro rod and the
magical fatwood (He's spoiled now for lighting future fires...lol).

Wild edibles: Sword Fern Tubers

[Tony_Wood]

Had a new kid with us yesterday....one of the boys dad decided to attend a mission!! Even lit his first ever fire....with a ferro rod and the
magical fatwood (He's spoiled now for lighting future fires...lol).

Wild edibles: Sword Fern Tubers

Scott, great mission. Keeping those youn fellas active is keeping you active! Your time invested in their lives will live on the rest of their lives.
Glad for both you and the young men.

Side note: that T-shirt weather sure does look appealing.

[doglegg]

Great mission Scott. Did the non verbal young man make this one too?

[Dinadan]

Scott - looks like some very cool missions for the boys!

Doc - I really like the Bobcat photo. I have lived in Bobcat country for sixty five years and lived and worked in the woods for decades. I have seen exactly one Bobcat in that time. They are pretty common here judging by the tracks I have seen and by the numbers that the Bobcat hunters kill with dogs, but they sure are secretive.

[TripleF]

Great mission Scott. Did the non verbal young man make this one too?

Thanks Floyd. Not this one....wasn't invited. All kids are invited but I am moving more towards "focusing" my time so
I don't ignore kids because there is too many.

I do have an appointment to talk to him again this Sunday though!

[doglegg]

Great mission Scott. Did the non verbal young man make this one too?

Thanks Floyd. Not this one....wasn't invited. All kids are invited but I am moving more towards "focusing" my time so
I don't ignore kids because there is too many.

I do have an appointment to talk to him again this Sunday though!

Hope it has a positive effect on him. Thank you taking time with the young fellow.

[Eustace]

Fly fishing season is open!

[LongBlade]

Eustace ... What species is that fish? Looks like what we call a White fish??

[Eustace]

Eustace ... What species is that fish? Looks like what we call a White fish??

Lee, this is chub:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squalius_cephalus

How is the leg? Can we expect pictures of your fishing trips soon?

[LongBlade]

Thanks Eustace ... Another name for Chub here is whitefish ... often see a few mixed in the trout rivers...

How is the leg? Can we expect pictures of your fishing trips soon?

I probably won’t be doing much trout fishing but my primary fly fishing is in the ocean and tidal backwater... at this moment I couldn’t fish as the leg is not there yet - I’ll see middle of May when striped bass are here... unfortunately may be a tough year for fishing as recovery from my understanding can be a year... very slow but to regain full strength and gait takes a long time - even still have swelling from 5 months ago

[zoogirl]

I went fishing with the family this past Sunday. Grand total of the catch?
One medium bullhead.
He’s back in the river, all ready to annoy someone else. My six year old granddaughter got him.
We had a great time anyway. This dock is on the Fraser River, at New Westminster. (That’s in BC Canada). The building at the top of the ramp used to be a warehouse for the BC Penitentiary. It’s long gone, but the warehouse and castlelike gatehouse remain. The gatehouse is now a pub and the grounds are covered in townhouses.
The bridge is the Pattulo, built in 1937.
As you can see, the river is quite wide here. Some of the biggest sturgeon in the world have been caught right around there.

The people are my sons, Dan and Josh, Dan’s daughter, Lexie, Josh’s girlfriend Ty and her little guy Antonio. Josh and Ty have the matching hair!