Don't hunt with strangers

[michael_aos]

Getting away from the roads helps eliminate a lot of the idiots.



Mike

[HunterCO]

Getting away from the roads helps eliminate a lot of the idiots. Mike

Bingo most of the idiots road hunt they are afraid to hike more than ten feet from an ATV or truck.

I have never had any problems with idiots after I hike several miles back in. Not to mention 99% of the time the idiots don't have a damn thing hanging in camp unless they just get lucky that someone like me or you pushed them their way.

[rugger]

Edit: I know that this is a late entry, but it seems like a good thread to remind us all of basic hunter safety.

I picked up a new hunting partner from work two years ago. When we started handling firearms at camp I asked him if he minded if we talk about safety. I told him how I intended to carry/transport/handle my firearm while in the field and in camp. I asked if he minded doing the same.....he did not. He acted like it was a little silly to be talking about it, and I don't think that he takes safety nearly as seriously as I do. There was a time or two that he had less muzzle control than I would prefer. Basically, I don't want to be downrange from your gun. I doubt that I'll hunt with him again. I'd rather hunt alone than to be with someone who is unsafe.

[spqrzilla]

I'm pretty tight with safe gun handling and fortunately the guys I hunt with are too, so we get along well.

Of course, half of us teach hunter safety and would be pretty embarrassed if we shot ourselves.

[nontactical]

I can certainly empathize... this last deer season I hunted with a new group and I was looked at funny for not drinking until the shooting was done for the day, and derided for not wanting to take a 250 yard off hand shot at a moving deer.

Hey Rondog... my envy at those pictures cannot be expressed with words. Jeeps are cool, old Jeeps are really cool, and 50 year old Jeeps are so cool that when I get to play with one on rare occasion I pee a little.

[Yucca]

Michael AOS

Whats the story on that tent??

Looks interesting...and light.

I'm getting old..I like light.

[rondog]

Hey Rondog... my envy at those pictures cannot be expressed with words. Jeeps are cool, old Jeeps are really cool, and 50 year old Jeeps are so cool that when I get to play with one on rare occasion I pee a little.

You'd probably like the one I'm restoring then. It's a '56 CJ5, that used to be my dad's hunting Jeep. It sat dry and unused in indoor storage for 30 years. I'm restoring it back to showroom new condition, with a few safety/reliability upgrades like 12v, 11" brakes, better steering, electronic ignition, etc. This is how it looked when I dragged it out into the daylight for the first time in 30 years.



First bath...



I've already had the frame and rear axle housing sandblasted and powdercoated, I've gotta get back to putting it together. The body tub is really cherry.

[rondog]

Rondog- Those are some great pictures. Did you also post these on colorado4x4.org a while back ?

Yes I did.

[rondog]

Some of those pictures look startlingly familiar. I grew up hunting around Pagosa Springs and get a little "home" sick for that part of the state sometimes. I haven't been back since my grandmothers funeral and I suspect it's changed a lot since '92 or so.
Took some big ol' cows out of there.

That's the area they used to hunt, around Pagosa Springs. The one photo of the CJ2A in the snow is at the top of Engineer Pass.

[Muzzle]

Great Photos!!!!