The most important thing is to have fun and enjoy hunting! Keep it simple. Most of experienced hunters start out at a young age spot/stalking small game. We used to hunt barn rats by putting out light bread in an old barn and waiting. Never killed many for I didn't have the patience. Practice...
Check out the Vibe brand. I used to have a sit on Vibe Ghost I believe?? I forget the specs, but load rated for 500lb, sturdy, and sit on. Sit in will be better for swift/rapids. I sold it and bought a Hobie Outback pedal yak the beach fishing.. I would eve look into a used one.
Great post. It wouldn't be interesting if sometime you could make a seperate post and tell more of the Amazon and some African stories??? Be interesting knowing what kind of work you do as well, if permitted to tell. Very good short story though, thanks for sharing.
It goes back to voting, sadly. Our state mostly has liberal Governors over time. The Gov. appoints liberal district commissioners that don't do sportsman any favors. Tree huggers get jobs in the forest service limiting that the forests are managed for the people's interest and not the wildlife...
I remember about 30 years ago the rainbows setting up camp on USFS land here in WNC. The Forest service finally got them run off after crapping all over the place. IIRC, a lot of them got sic and clogged up the local hospital system. We were better off when the Moonies were handing out fake poppies.
I didn't read this whole thread, but I hope my state charges a resisdent of another state the same thing THAT state would charge me to hunt big game in their state. In other words reciprocal charges. If your going to charge me out the ying yang to come enjoy hunting in your state, then welcome...
Keep in mind, you are toward the end of off boating season. As the weather and fishing get better, the more desirable that boat will be. Remember, a boat is a money pit. Go look at it and find everything wrong with it you can without offending the owner. Offer $9500-$10k. The only thing they can...
The Great Bear is awakening??? Any one that grew up during the cold war saw the real russia. Putin may be upset they did so poorly in the olympics (that no one watches any more). There was nothing like watching olympics with steroid fueled East Germans and Russians. It will be interesting to see...
Get the Sportdog transmitter box SDF-1, $130 bucks on average. Use #14 low voltage SOLID copper wire. You can normally find 1000ft for around $100. Use the Petsafe Deluxe In-Ground UltraLight collar, it has 5 levels of shock. Its around $85 at TSC. Once the dog is fully trained and KNOWS where...
Yea, that would be a pickle. Your cooler head prevailed. Now just imagine the guy out in Utah (??) that was climbing around and the rock fell on his arm trapping him. Seems he had a swiss army knife for the amputation. They made a movie about him that was pretty good.