All About Pocket Knives

A good looking crew there Scott. Perhaps the lad in the short sleeve orange shirt may have wished he brought a jacket.

Seems that deer hunting is going a bit slow this season. My trail cameras show me what happens 24 hours a day. I have several pictures that I though some of y'all might enjoy seeing. This camera is located on an edge between our last remaining planted pines and some very rough, thick woods. There is an old fence line running between the pines and the woods. There are several trails crossing the fence and we catch some of the traffic on the camera. Click on the pictures to see more detail. You can see the shooting house across the food plot in the last picture. Maybe he and I will have an appointment before it's over.
Treefarmer

Interesting photos.

treefarmer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:43 am I have several pictures that I though some of y'all might enjoy seeing.

I did indeed enjoy them. Raccoons are what passes for wildlife in my neck of the woods.

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:47 pm

treefarmer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:43 am I have several pictures that I though some of y'all might enjoy seeing.

I did indeed enjoy them. Raccoons are what passes for wildlife in my neck of the woods.

Dan, glad you enjoyed the pictures. We have Raccoons too: Coyotes and rabbits along with Bambi and crew are apt to show up on any of the 3 cameras that I'm running now.
Treefarmer

Nice shots, tree.


Out walking the North Forty with Rocky and a mule. Just under 40° here.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 7:36 pm Nice shots, tree.


Out walking the North Forty with Rocky and a mule. Just under 40° here.

Speaking of "Rocky", if you were to lose him, would you buy another one?

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:23 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 7:36 pm Nice shots, tree.


Out walking the North Forty with Rocky and a mule. Just under 40° here.

Speaking of "Rocky", if you were to lose him, would you buy another one?

I would probably be teary-eyed, Jerry.

Shad are at the very beginning of their annual spawning run, a few early arrivals being caught by a few lucky anglers. Hit my two closest rivers that host spawning runs, the Trent and the Neuse. The Trent is a shorter river that is actually a tributary of the Neuse. The Neuse is a mighty river in its lower (brackish) portion but gets more picturesque as it moves inland. These two photos are of the Trent River. I forgot to take any pictures while I was on the Neuse River today. OH

Great post, Bruce!
Brought back some wonderful memories of Shad fishing on the St.Johns River with my dad.
Most folks trolled with a double jig. I remember some people had two 5 gallon buckets tied to each corner of the transom of their boats to slow them down. The motors wouldn't edle down slow enough to get a hit. If memory serves me, the Orlando Sentinel sponsored a Shad Derby back in the 60s.
Treefarmer

Glad it brought back good memories for you Phil. I really enjoy Shad fishing, simple gear and light tackle coupled with a good hitting, good fighting fish. We have some great rivers here for the Shad runs, Cape Fear down south (I’ve never fished it), the Neuse and the Tar in the central part of eastern NC (I fish these two regularly) and the Roanoke up north near Virginia - I’ll make one run up there each spring. Shad are here early this year, so we’ll probably get a boat in one of the rivers soon. BB

Was blessed with another little buck yesterday afternoon. Note much antler but he is legal and he'll do well in the freezer and on the table. Treefarmer

Old Hunter wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:30 am Glad it brought back good memories for you Phil. I really enjoy Shad fishing, simple gear and light tackle coupled with a good hitting, good fighting fish. We have some great rivers here for the Shad runs, Cape Fear down south (I’ve never fished it), the Neuse and the Tar in the central part of eastern NC (I fish these two regularly) and the Roanoke up north near Virginia - I’ll make one run up there each spring. Shad are here early this year, so we’ll probably get a boat in one of the rivers soon. BB

Bruce - I'm building a home on Oak Island which as you know is very close to the mouth of the Cape Fear River. I too really enjoy shad fishing (catch and release only - too boney for me) and hope that my collection of shad darts and spoons from Gags Grabbers https://www.gagsgrabbers.com/ will come in handy around Southport. I'm hoping to be in our new home in late Spring and to be fishing daily from that point forward. Good stuff!

treefarmer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:19 pm ...... he'll do well in the freezer and on the table.
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Treefarmer

You are a venison eatin' machine!!!

bestgear wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:59 pm

Old Hunter wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:30 am Glad it brought back good memories for you Phil. I really enjoy Shad fishing, simple gear and light tackle coupled with a good hitting, good fighting fish. We have some great rivers here for the Shad runs, Cape Fear down south (I’ve never fished it), the Neuse and the Tar in the central part of eastern NC (I fish these two regularly) and the Roanoke up north near Virginia - I’ll make one run up there each spring. Shad are here early this year, so we’ll probably get a boat in one of the rivers soon. BB

Bruce - I'm building a home on Oak Island which as you know is very close to the mouth of the Cape Fear River. I too really enjoy shad fishing (catch and release only - too boney for me) and hope that my collection of shad darts and spoons from Gags Grabbers https://www.gagsgrabbers.com/ will come in handy around Southport. I'm hoping to be in our new home in late Spring and to be fishing daily from that point forward. Good stuff!

Tom, welcome to NC, especially to coastal NC. You are about 30 - 40 minutes south of Wilmington, I’m an hour and a half northeast of Wilmington but we’re both on the coast (NC has a long coast). Shad aren’t picky (except when they are) and usually its color or size. Your flutter spoons and darts should work fine on the Hickory and White Shad (American Shad) that run in our waters. Not sure that they linger long right on the coast, if you are on Facebook let me know, I will get you invited to the NC Shad page - Shad fishermen tell all and you can track their progress upriver based on folks posting their catch pictures. I’m still working so I travel the area you are moving to (south of Wilmington I have customers in Southport, Shallotte, and Ocean Isle Beach) I’ll take you to eat in Calabash - home of great FRIED seafood. BB

treefarmer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:19 pm Was blessed with another little buck yesterday afternoon. Note much antler but he is legal and he'll do well in the freezer and on the table.
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Treefarmer

Good job buddy!!

Good times!

SwedgeHead wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:40 pm Good times!

Good times for sure !
Nice catch ,great pics .

Over the past few years I've seen them a couple tumes, today I saw 3 different Fox Squirrels....this one, right along the
paved bike trail....

treefarmer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:43 am Seems that deer hunting is going a bit slow this season. My trail cameras show me what happens 24 hours a day. I have several pictures that I though some of y'all might enjoy seeing. This camera is located on an edge between our last remaining planted pines and some very rough, thick woods. There is an old fence line running between the pines and the woods. There are several trails crossing the fence and we catch some of the traffic on the camera. Click on the pictures to see more detail.WGI_0001.JPGWGI_0002.JPGWGI_0003.JPGWGI_0004.JPGWGI_0014.JPGWGI_0031.JPG
You can see the shooting house across the food plot in the last picture. Maybe he and I will have an appointment before it's over.
Treefarmer

Great pics, night vision ones are pretty cool too.

Keep stacking em Phil.
Nice Fox Squirrel Scott. I see a lot of black and black with white face in Wilson County, but in Edgecombe County they look like the one you photographed.
Swedgehead, are those Steelhead or Salmon? I really cannot tell, but they look nice and healthy!
OH

Old Hunter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 1:17 pm Keep stacking em Phil.
Nice Fox Squirrel Scott. I see a lot of black and black with white face in Wilson County, but in Edgecombe County they look like the one you photographed.
Swedgehead, are those Steelhead or Salmon? I really cannot tell, but they look nice and healthy!
OH

We're trying, Bruce!
We just saw a big Fox squirrel sitting on top a fence post as we drove home from church. Great pics, Scott.
Swedgehead, those fish are way out of my league, must have been a great day!
The rut is in full swing in this part of the world. Yesterday morning it was a short spike chasing an then yesterday evening it was an unusual antlered buck doing the chasing. Here is a picture of him several days earlier: I had seen this deer 2 other times before yesterday afternoon, plus the pictures. Antlers are very heavy main beams with only small brow tines. He is a big deer. After he met the .243 and Flossie walked me to him in the pines, he got to ride in the bucket. Treefarmer

Congratulations on another good buck Phil.