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Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 2:14 pm
by zp4ja
Trip back from previous post. Across Utah back to home state of Nevada. Mainly on Interstate 80.
Many cool sights all the way, no pictures.
However, I did stop at Bonneville Slat Flats. In most cases, where your table salt comes from. A large "Morton" salt factory on the edge of the lake.
The sheer size of Salt Lake and the flats is awe inspiring. Runs for miles, plural, along the interstate. The strech between and including both lake and flats is about 100 miles long. Flats stated to be 12 miles long by 5 miles wide, 5 foot thick crust.
On the flats, they allow walking, even driving on it via established "roads" with common sense restrictions to keep given idiots in check. No time to do either this trip. Some day.
Beautiful country.
Went to edge of flats. Like solid, clumped, flat, on a grand scale, rock salt.
All pictures are awesome but the first one, with mountains and fog, is pretty darn good in my opinion from a cell phone.
Wallhanger picture.
Jerry
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 2:25 pm
by Paladin
Great photos and thanks for posting.
Ray
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 5:18 pm
by cudgee
zp4ja wrote: ↑Sat Feb 14, 2026 2:14 pm
Trip back from previous post. Across Utah back to home state of Nevada. Mainly on Interstate 80.
Many cool sights all the way, no pictures.
However, I did stop at Bonneville Slat Flats. In most cases, where your table salt comes from. A large "Morton" salt factory on the edge of the lake.
The sheer size of Salt Lake and the flats is awe inspiring. Runs for miles, plural, along the interstate. The strech between and including both lake and flats is about 100 miles long. Flats stated to be 12 miles long by 5 miles wide, 5 foot thick crust.
On the flats, they allow walking, even driving on it via established "roads" with common sense restrictions to keep given idiots in check. No time to do either this trip. Some day.
Beautiful country.
Went to edge of flats. Like solid, clumped, flat, on a grand scale, rock salt.
All pictures are awesome but the first one, with mountains and fog, is pretty darn good in my opinion from a cell phone.
Wallhanger picture.
Jerry
WOW, fantastic landscape beautifully captured.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 5:30 pm
by zp4ja
Thanks Ray and Cudgee. Glad to share my part of the big green ball called earth. God was an artist.
Back at home in 3 stop light, small town northern Nevada.
Edge of town is wide open desert. Dog time, Raptor bat out of Hades ride in the desert, some 10MM rounds expended. All before 09:30 local time. Shaping up to be a great day.
A few pics of my hometown from a road in the desert.
Take care all!
Jerry
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 6:54 pm
by cudgee
zp4ja wrote: ↑Sat Feb 14, 2026 5:30 pm
Thanks Ray and Cudgee. Glad to share my part of the big green ball called earth. God was an artist.
Back at home in 3 stop light, small town northern Nevada.
Edge of town is wide open desert. Dog time, Raptor bat out of Hades ride in the desert, some 10MM rounds expended. All before 09:30 local time. Shaping up to be a great day.
A few pics of my hometown from a road in the desert.
Take care all!
Jerry
Sounds Good.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2026 12:18 pm
by treefarmer
Beautiful pictures of creation, Jerry!
Catching up on the forum this morning before daylight, remembering that my mother and dad met in a place called Ely, Nevada. She, an RN and he was in the Army, few details about that meeting 80 plus years ago.
I do remember them mentioning swimming in the Great Salt Lake, something about it would be hard for someone to drown because of the buoyancy of the salt water.
Treefarmer
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2026 7:11 pm
by zp4ja
Hey Ohillip. Glad to share and that you enjoyed the post.
I am familiar with Ely. Cool little town. Beautiful country.
About 4000 souls.
Look up the charcoal ovens there. Interesting
Jerry
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 4:29 pm
by zp4ja
Sawtooth Mountain and some other Santa Rosa Range peaks as seen from Orovada, Nevada.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:23 pm
by cudgee
zp4ja wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 4:29 pm
Sawtooth Mountain and some other Santa Rosa Range peaks as seen from Orovada, Nevada.
Sawtooth Mountain aptly named. Looks like a sharpened knife blade under a microscope.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:39 pm
by TripleF
WOW.....amazing Jerry....I never knew. Very cool.
Not often I get this close to a Pileated Woodpecker.....I heard him from yards away!!
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 1:14 am
by doglegg
TripleF wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:39 pm
WOW.....amazing Jerry....I never knew. Very cool.
Not often I get this close to a Pileated Woodpecker.....I heard him from yards away!!
Great capture Scott.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 1:49 am
by zp4ja
Agreed. Great picture Scott
Thanks for sharing.
Jerry
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 1:51 am
by 1967redrider
Awesome pictures, Jerry and Scott.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 2:25 am
by LKSKNIVES
TripleF wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:39 pm
WOW.....amazing Jerry....I never knew. Very cool.
Not often I get this close to a Pileated Woodpecker.....I heard him from yards away!!
That is funny Scott you said you heard him. Up here in Illinois we have a fake fire place with a galvanized cap. I can’t recall if it is a Fliker or Red bellied woodpeckers we get. Sometimes they beat on the drip edge going into the gutter and you can definitely hear them.
When they beat on the chimney cap it has the timing of a machine gun not sure how fast but definitely fast. First couple times in the spring it scares the dogs the way it comes into the family room. Then when we realize we send the dogs to go bark at them and scare them away. Amazing how fast they can peck.
Steve
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 5:59 am
by treefarmer
LKSKNIVES wrote: ↑Fri Feb 20, 2026 2:25 am
TripleF wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:39 pm
WOW.....amazing Jerry....I never knew. Very cool.
Not often I get this close to a Pileated Woodpecker.....I heard him from yards away!!
That is funny Scott you said you heard him. Up here in Illinois we have a fake fire place with a galvanized cap. I can’t recall if it is a Fliker or Red bellied woodpeckers we get. Sometimes they beat on the drip edge going into the gutter and you can definitely hear them.
When they beat on the chimney cap it has the timing of a machine gun not sure how fast but definitely fast. First couple times in the spring it scares the dogs the way it comes into the family room. Then when we realize we send the dogs to go bark at them and scare them away. Amazing how fast they can peck.
Steve
The Pileated Wood Pecker has very some very distinctive calls. When they fly it is different than the call they make while working on a tree. There's probably a mating call if we'd just pay closer attention The drumming or pecking is quite a sound too, as they search for insects in usually dead trees. We have several around our place and there are enough dead trees in the woods to keep them busy.
Treefarmer
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 7:52 pm
by bighomer
The redbelly like to peck on gutters also they sound a m-60 machine gun while the pileated is more like a 50 cal. You can hear them from a long way, I had to finally cut a couple of old dying trees in my yard recently they had dead limbs on them and I seen pieces of wood they'd knock out as big as my fist.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 9:08 pm
by LKSKNIVES
bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 20, 2026 7:52 pm
The redbelly like to peck on gutters also they sound a m-60 machine gun while the pileated is more like a 50 cal. You can hear them from a long way, I had to finally cut a couple of old dying trees in my yard recently they had dead limbs on them and I seen pieces of wood they'd knock out as big as my fist.
Glad to see old Wampas back BH.
And as far as the woodpecker sounding like a machine gun, I have never heard one. That is what I am talking about. Then it beats on the chimney cap comes right down into the family room. The male dog red looks around. Like I said now we say get him and he goes out looking up and barking up a storm. The woodpecker attack should start before to long.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 12:42 pm
by djknife13
TripleF wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:39 pm
WOW.....amazing Jerry....I never knew. Very cool.
Not often I get this close to a Pileated Woodpecker.....I heard him from yards away!!
We have a family living in our woods. They come many times a day to feed from my feeders in the front yard.____Dave
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 3:16 pm
by LKSKNIVES
No woodpeckers today.
Brother his daughter’s long time boyfriend went out to Gum farm yesterday. Put out 11 birds came back with twelve. Bella his dog did wonderful again. We were out close to the 3 hours, she was pretty tired.
We may have let one get loose not sure.
We all shot pretty well. I shot pretty well. I had three birds all to myself and none of them escaped. It did take a second shot for each, which is unlike me it’s usually first shot or they fly free. We Had a great day.
No snow yesterday TF. It is a bit white this morning and cold.
Forgot to take a picture yesterday. I used the Browning 20 gauge 725 Feather O/U. I took a picture now does not do it justice. To dark in the basement.
Steve
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:12 pm
by 1967redrider
Awesome pictures, Steve, and it looks like a fun time. It also looks like you're working on a layout.
On the warm side but still snowing in the WMD. The ATV and powerline shots are around 1,000', the hunting hut is at around 1,250'. I also rounded up 19 eggs in the hen house. They filled my Case hat.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 10:43 pm
by LKSKNIVES
1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:12 pm
Awesome pictures, Steve, and it looks like a fun time. It also looks like you're working on a layout.
On the warm side but still snowing in the WMD. The ATV and powerline shots are around 1,000', the hunting hut is at around 1,250'. I also rounded up 19 eggs in the hen house. They filled my Case hat.
Nice pictures John
Love the fresh eggs picked up a dozen at Gum Farm yesterday and they’re are now 8.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:17 am
by 1967redrider
LKSKNIVES wrote: ↑Sun Feb 22, 2026 10:43 pm
1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:12 pm
Awesome pictures, Steve, and it looks like a fun time. It also looks like you're working on a layout.
On the warm side but still snowing in the WMD. The ATV and powerline shots are around 1,000', the hunting hut is at around 1,250'. I also rounded up 19 eggs in the hen house. They filled my Case hat.
Nice pictures John
Love the fresh eggs picked up a dozen at Gum Farm yesterday and they’re are now 8.
Can't beat farm fresh eggs.
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:36 pm
by zp4ja
Good hunt Steve. Nothing like a day in the field with family, friends and a good dog.
Always love seeing the farm pictures John. Looks like a good time for being work.
Jerry
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 7:07 pm
by LKSKNIVES
zp4ja wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:36 pm
Good hunt Steve. Nothing like a day in the field with family, friends and a good dog.
Always love seeing the farm pictures John. Looks like a good time for being work.
Jerry
Thank you Jerry
My brothers dog Bella is coming along. She was a fully trained version. Still goes out at top speed. Think she may miss some too start. Once she slows a bit it ramps up her tracking and hunting ability. My brother told the breeder he wanted 40% hunting 60% house dog. Think it was the other way around. Now that she is 3 she’s coming around. We had a couple of birds go down in a forest. One we got her close and she found the other one I saw a rabbit running away and here comes Bella with the bird.
Definitely a great time. Going to have to find another hundo seeing as we are out of birds going to have to go out at least one more time.
Steve
Re: Outdoorsman Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 7:32 pm
by Quick Steel
I'm just catching up on all the fine photos on this thread. Jerry, you are right about that first picture. It is shockingly, wonderfully awesome.
