1) No potty language. This is a family-friendly blog. I will delete your posts if you cuss or say something I deem objectionable. (However, that is the ONLY reason I would ever censor someone else's opinion. --Unless doing so was really funny.)
2) No using punctuation marks to resemble smiley faces. That's just dumb.
3) I reserve the right at all times to edit and/or delete comments (mine or anyone else's) in an arbitrary and capricious manner. If you don't like it, start your own blog.
4) I highly encourage principled discussion and reasoned argument. If you're here just to throw out rancor and acrimony, or otherwise air your dirty laundry, see rule #3.
Other than that, post away. We should get along smashingly.
In other news, I got to do some steelhead fishing yesterday. This was the best of the 4 I caught. An absolute blast. I recommend it to anyone.
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I felt the need to tear its mouth up with a sharp hook because dull hooks just don't do the job. And yes, she is still swimming, probably spawning away as I type.
And don't fool yourself. I had plans on posting this shot before I saw that I was headlining on the veggie blog.
And yes, it is about respecting one another, which is why I won't delete any of your comments unless your are profane or objectionable, or doing so is somehow funny to me.
I'm not afraid of people challenging my ideas.
Wait a minute, Skillet, isn't that picture of a Jersey cow? I thought Jerseys were only dairy cows, not beef cows.
Nice fish. I'm sure a hook through the mouth is like piercing an ear...it only hurts for a minute. And if the fish wasn't so dumb to bite a fake fly in the first place....serves her right. (note the absence of smiley winky parenthesis face here)
Oh, and can I still talk about poo and pee here? Because that's what my life experience is right now. In fact, just today I was again amazed at the holding capacity of a 3-year old bladder--as I cleaned it up off the bathroom floor. Just keepin it real.
Nice fish. Did it pee on your hand?
Which one is the fish?
Hey, where's that elk you blasted? That was a good picture! Put it back!
A) It was an antelope. Elk are about three to four times the size of antelope, and don't look anything like them, and have antlers, where antelope have horns. Elk are also from the deer family, while antelope are goats
B) I'm not backing away from my hobbies, or things I've done. I still love hunting and look forward to the next time I get to do some. I just don't think it's cool to rub something that I know will be offensive in somebody's face for no other reason than to be a jerk about it. While I'm not the biggest Preston fan, there are pleny of vegetarians around who quietly do their thing without getting up in my grill, so why should I go poking them in the eye? It just didn't seem right, so I took it down. Maybe when Preston's sorry attempt to get angry vegans posting on my blog has blown over I'll put it back up.
C) It looked like he was gut shot, but he actually wasn't. The color markings of the antelope are deceptive. It was a double-lung hit, and he stumbled for about 20 yards, then fell. Didn't know I was there, and probably got hit by the bullet before he heard the shot. Considering how small of a target he was, and that I shot him from over 300 yards out with a decent cross wind, I was pleased, though it did scare me how close to gut shooting him I came. It's true that a deer can run quite a while on a gut shot. An antelope can run just as long, if not longer, only they can run 50+ mph while doing it. Considering the wide open country they live in, you'd NEVER find one you gut shot. When I caped him out, I found a bullet stuck under his hide, apparently from someone who hit him the year before without killing him. Like I said, maybe once this whole thing blows over, I'll post more photos.
Llama:
Okay then, put up the goat picture. Heh.
I understand your points about not offending anyone, but your blog isn't required reading. You aren't a political party or governmental body; the blog is your own expression of yourself. Why would you hold anything back? So what if a vegetarian doesn't like your pictures? They just won't come back. You didn't take down the fish one, and from a purely academic standpoint, it's just as offensive. Well, almost, because it's not dead in the photo.
I say, put up your goat pics and damn the consequences!
What gun did you use?
A 300 Weatherby. A little bit on the overkill side for an antelope, you say? Well, you're right. It's a long story...
It was the first time I had shot the gun (like I said, a long story. But don't worry, I knew how accurate it was and where it shot, so it wasn't an irresponsible shot), so I wasn't ready for how much it would come back on me, plus I had to shoot from an akward position. If I decide to put the picture back up, notice that I have a little bit of blood between my eyes. That's from where the gun came back and the scope cut me. I still have a small scar from it that I wear with pride. I had a headache later on that night, but it was all worth it.
I just realized the unusual presence of barnyard animals in the profile pictures on this post. Two different cows, and a jackass. I feel so rural.
I prefer fishers to hunters. While it's true that fishermen might smell as bad as hunters, the results of their hunting and gathering is much easier to deal with. And better tasting. I've told Guy if he ever goes hunting and brings home a deer or any other ruminant, he's on his own. I'd have to be Laura Ingalls before I'd help butcher and cook up venison. Yuck. Of course, he has plenty of family members he could give it to who would just love it. By the way, how long was that antelope hide in the freezer? Didn't we finally pitch the thing when Mom moved?
rural rules.
say that 10 times fast.
You mean the hide that I found on the deer hunt when I was a kid, and somehow thought that it would be cool to turn into a rug? That was an elk, and that got tossed a long time ago. I thought about trying to dry out the antelope hide from one of the antelope I helped shoot, but those are the most unholy smelling animals in the world, so I threw it out. There are still 3 antelope heads in the freezer though, as far as I know. Someday I want to get a european mount done on them. In the meanwhile, I can't bring myself to throw them out, even though two of them have been in there for over four years now. Waste not, want not, you know.
you could make some antelope brain flan or something.
A .300 Weatherby isn't overkill at all, depending on the range involved.
Frozen heads in the freezer. Man, the practical jokes a guy could have...
-A
That makes me think of a joke a few friends of mine played with a fetus taken from a roadkill pregnant doe a few years back. Cletus the Fetus, as he came to be affectionately known, wound up in the bathtub of a couple of my unexpecting friends. It scared them to death. They thought the mob was going to put a hit on them or something. Good times.
don't you have a good picture of one of my kids or something you could post?
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