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Transcript of campfire of 8/24/00
 
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DILLIGAF: Hey, Trout!
Trout: YEP
DILLIGAF: First time here and I'm not sure if I'm doing this right....
Trout: just finished a reply on the forums
Trout: so far so good
DILLIGAF: O.K. - Are you from the UP?
Trout: First time here eh? it's a blast
Trout: No I live in the thumb
DILLIGAF: I live down state
Trout: North of Port Huron
Trout: How Far down
DILLIGAF: Trenton (just north of Monroe)
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Trout: steve should be by here soon
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DILLIGAF: hey, moe
Trout: evening Moe
Trout: HoW are you Moe
moe_rm: hey Dill, Trout
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moe_rm: alright u??
Trout: I've been by trenton dilligaf
webmaster: hello all!
Trout: Getting ready for hunting . how about you guys?
moe_rm: hiya Web!
DILLIGAF: I grew up here and moved back abot 3 years ago. Nice place to live.
DILLIGAF: hey, steve
Trout: Hello web
webmaster: Well I sent an email out to all members today about the campfire so I hopin for 20 or so on here.
DILLIGAF: Got it!
Trout: Shoulda toldem they could win a hunting trip :)
Trout: not paid though :)
webmaster: I'd like to think it will happen anyway.
moe_rm: i got it Web
webmaster: :)
webmaster: How's the forum speed been for everybody the last couple of days?
DILLIGAF: no problems.
moe_rm: i had some problems today
Trout: Steve I met Steve G at the DU banquet last night what a good time won a shirt :)
Trout: All the pretty ticket sales girls sat with us too :)
webmaster: Seems like a nice guy. I've talked to him on the phone a few times.
webmaster: I was going to send him a few tees to give away but never got around to it.
Trout: All eyes were at our table ,I wore the M.S. tee I won at durrand
DILLIGAF: Trout, after the campfire go to mirage-oflage.com and tell me what you think of the idea. I'm very close to the inventor and would like a duck hunters opinion.
Trout: tried to get the gander mountain guy to give you a call no luck :)
DILLIGAF: Sorry, mirage-o-flage. Not pushing anything
webmaster: Cool, hopefully we will pick up some members from that. I meant to send him a banner to put up as well but also didn't get around to it. I have made some progress in setting up a new home for this
webmaster: website it think.
Trout: Ok steve and dilligaf
DILLIGAF: Steve, you hunt around Wellston - right?
Trout: Hopefully I won a gun didn't stay the whole time
webmaster: Well come on, we've got the chat room status back on the forums, and I emailed all members and all we are going to get is 4?
webmaster: Yes Dilligaf I do, know of about 10 acres for sale anywhere?
DILLIGAF: Did you enter to win the Wellston Inn? Essay contest.
Trout: Can't guess the future look at surviver?????
DILLIGAF: No, I just sold 20 last year near Big Rapids and bought a cabin north of Evart.
webmaster: No, I don't think I'd want it. :)
Trout: We tried to get info and couldn't on the eassay contest
DILLIGAF: www.wellstoninn.com.
webmaster: Yeah, that survivor show was initially slanted towards women last night with the asking of all the family questions.
moe_rm: Trout, how many people u got for the pheasant hunt so far??
Trout: Is it still on ?
webmaster: It's too bad, the place used to be a good place for a sportman up there fishing or something to get a good meal.
DILLIGAF: I know what you mean, Steve. Not too good on the eyes, but what a place to hunt from!
Trout: Don't know yet Moe about 6 are talking
DILLIGAF: The hunt or the contest? I think the contest is still on.
webmaster: Now you have to go to the Vagabond, or the Deerhorn, or heaven forbid the Stockade.
Trout: Contest?
Trout: No micky dees ???
DILLIGAF: Where is the phesant hunt? Can you bring your own dog?
Trout: :)
Trout: Sure where do you want it to be?
DILLIGAF: Essay contest..........
webmaster: No micky dees, thank goodness.
Trout: No body is comitting yet but I'll go anywhere
DILLIGAF: I'm not up on the phesant farm info. I thought you already had one planned.
Trout: Yes cindy wanted to enter she called but got the runaround on the phone
Trout: We will try and be as close to those who want to hunt
DILLIGAF: I looked at it as a tax right off after I saw the place. Not very nice.
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Trout: location location location :)
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webmaster: Fred's talking about changing his show again. Can do nothing but improve.
Mike_in_NY: hello guys
Trout: Right up my alley I remodel
moe_rm: hi Mike
webmaster: Hello Mike, wow we're pulling em in from around the countrry tonight.
Trout: Hi mike from NY
DILLIGAF: Hey, Mike.
Mike_in_NY: anybody know if Allen in Alaska is on?
Trout: I think he's caribou hunting
Mike_in_NY: he moderates the reloading board
DILLIGAF: Remeber when Fred and Bob garner would cook something at the end of the show abd eat it iff of thew big log table? Those shows were watchable. Why did he change that format?
webmaster: He is not. Haven't heard too much from him during the summer.
Mike_in_NY: we go after moose and caribou Sept. 1st
Trout: Plus allen has some hunters coming up this Fall maybe Now
webmaster: Yes those shows were great. Bob never saw a wild game meal he didn't like.
Trout: Mike where at?
DILLIGAF: good luck, mike! Wher do you live in NY?
DILLIGAF: Bob always wanted to wash it down with a "barley pop"
Mike_in_NY: Yeah trout that's me and a couple of Texans as the first group to go with Allen. A couple of guys are coming after we go home too. I'm near Saratoga Dilligaf
webmaster: Cool Mike, you will have to let us know how you do. Post some pictures on the forums.
DILLIGAF: Go to New Jersey/New York about one a month. Nowhere near Saratoga, though.
Mike_in_NY: I will surely try.
moe_rm: Mike are you going bowhunting or with a rifle??
Mike_in_NY: yeck, the city....
Trout: Cool I was talking about heading up thatway next year good luck ever been to alaska?
Mike_in_NY: rifle in AK (375 H&H ...just in case....)
Mike_in_NY: no never been. This is going to be the hunt of a lifetime
DILLIGAF: No doubt....only thing good to come out of NYC is a Rock-et
Mike_in_NY: I leave for bear hunting in MAine Sunday, then fly to Alaska for Moose on Wednesday....
Trout: I shot two rolls of film in the float plane it is awesome :)
DILLIGAF: Has anyone seen any nice deer in their hunting area?
Mike_in_NY: can't wait!
DILLIGAF: Mike, so much game and so little time! You dog!
moe_rm: yep DILLI
webmaster: Brb
Trout: we have only mean deer here :)
DILLIGAF: mean as in average? :)
Trout: Mike what's the AK hunt costing you?
Trout: No not nice deer:)
Trout: MEAN ;)
Mike_in_NY: well...
Trout: the attack cars at night and cause major damage
DILLIGAF: All right, lay off the new guy!
Trout: :)
Mike_in_NY: it is costing more than I should spend....but a lot less than it should. If it was aguided hunt (professionally) the cost would be double
Trout: WELL........mike?
DILLIGAF: Thank God I didn't ask about humble, funny or sarcastic deer.
Mike_in_NY: Its ok Dill, I'll just smack them with a salmon if I need to
Trout: I spent 1400 on the black bear hunt lived under a tarp roughed it it was worth it
DILLIGAF: Thanks!
Mike_in_NY: lol, its $750 for my bear hunt in Maine, hot showers, full kitchen and ....A cook!
Trout: Are you taking the boat or plane Mike?
Trout: How much is AK costing?
moe_rm: anyone in here bowhunt a lot??
Mike_in_NY: going up river in Allen's boat. We looked at a float plane but that TRIPLED the cost
Trout: My MI bear hunt is 700 this year
Mike_in_NY: if I don't count the new gear I bought....
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Mike_in_NY: it is $810 for licenses (moose and caribou)
Trout: We spent alot on a float plane it was 400 one way
moe_rm: i'm gonna hunt bear someday
Mike_in_NY: and another $900 for plane tickets
Trout: Hello RW
moe_rm: hi Walleye
Mike_in_NY: plus whatever my share of gas and food will be
DILLIGAF: Steve, you hunt Oakland co. too? My buddies dad has killed two HUGE deer in Clarkston over the last few years.
Mike_in_NY: Can't wait to get my bear!
DILLIGAF: hey. walleye
Trout: My round trip ticket was 460 can't do it for that now it has doubled
Mike_in_NY: my brother in law took one at this camp last year. I didn't get one then, so I'm trying again this year
Trout: What type of rain gear you taking Mike?
webmaster: Yes, I hunt in Oakland county as well. Won't even say where. If you drove by the place you wouldn't believe it.
Mike_in_NY: if I don't tag a blackie in Maine, I can fill either the moose or the caribou tag in AK with a bear if one shows up there too
DILLIGAF: I might. I used to watch softball games from one of my trestands in college and connected from that stand every year!
river_walleye: hello all
Trout: or a wolverine
Mike_in_NY: I splurged for goretex pants, plus a decent coat that is not goretex but supposed to be water proof and a lighter nylon and PVC shell too
Trout: Hey RW what's up?
river_walleye: not much going on here..how about yourself
Trout: Mike let us know how the AK trip goes for you email me if you have time
webmaster: Well I can watch people fill up with gas and probably tell if they are filling with super or regular :)
DILLIGAF: RW, what river do you fish on. I grew up on the Trenton Channel.
Mike_in_NY: sure trout
river_walleye: Steve, couldn't help but laugh at your post on the dunking you got.
Mike_in_NY: email me other wise I'll lose your address
Trout: Keep a journal of your trip Mike I did and read it now and then good memories
river_walleye: DillIgaf.. Saginaw and Tittabawassee Rivers
Trout: Did you post on the forums
DILLIGAF: Do you sit to the left or right of the fake owl? (some gas stations use them to scare pigions):)
Mike_in_NY: I'm at mssgn@hotmail.com. Good idea, I have a notebook packed to do just that and plan to burn up about 6 rolls of film in 2 weeks
webmaster: I tell ya the fact the I ruined a $500 digital camera and busted my rod at the same time wasn't so bad because of the huge trout I caught.
webmaster: And the best part is...... he is still there.
Mike_in_NY: I haven't posted here for awhile
Trout: Mike in NY I'll email you
webmaster: Dilligaf, about 50 yds behind the station. In the morning the car lights light up my stand.
river_walleye: Well I went for a swim on Saginaw Bay in October once..there was a thin skim of ice...Waders floated up head went down
Trout: :)
river_walleye: I didn't get anything to show for my efforts however
DILLIGAF: I believe it! Have you ever waited for traffic to cover any noise when you draw?
webmaster: That's not good!
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MIKEW: Hey Brothers!
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Trout: Web is smilling :)
webmaster: Hello Mike.
moe_rm: hi MIKEW
DILLIGAF: RW - had a similar situation this year while rabbit hunting. No waders, just cold water!
moe_rm: hi Neapolis
webmaster: Bloodbrothers!
Trout: Hey guys how are all of you?
DILLIGAF: hey,mike
river_walleye: Steve, Isee you finally also hit 500 members
Neapolis: hello all
MIKEW: Anyone here I know?
webmaster: Hello Neapolis whats on your mind tonight.
moe_rm: Web, they're starting to come in
Trout: Us now mikew
DILLIGAF: hey neapolis
webmaster: Yes, I am smiling love to see the people come here.
MIKEW: Any TNUSA members?
DILLIGAF: they all waited for Fred to end;)
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Neapolis: My first visit to the campfire, just checking in.
MIKEW: <--- Northern California Regional Director
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DILLIGAF: hey,boehr
Trout: How many bowhunters are here how many goose hunters?
webmaster: Can hardly stand to watch that show anymore.
webmaster: Hello boehr
Mike_in_NY: oops sorry guys got distracted....what did I miss?
river_walleye: Goose
MIKEW: Soon to be Bowhunter
moe_rm: hi Boehr
boehr: Good Evening
MIKEW: This October first time
webmaster: Haven't bow hunted yet Mike?
moe_rm: Trout i'm a bowhunter and 1st year goose hunter
Trout: Hey boehr how are you tonight?
Neapolis: I do both
DILLIGAF: I know what you mean, Steve. Nice cameras and great places to hunt and fish and this is what we get!?!?! Unite Brothers and overthrow Fred!;)
Trout: Hopefully a pheasant hunter too MOE :)
webmaster: Mike, once you do it you will be hooked for life.
boehr: Not too bad, how's things going for you trout?
river_walleye: Taking this year off from all duck and goose hunting...got a little one due about that time
moe_rm: yeah Trout, still looking for someone :)
Trout: Really good getting ready for goose and bear hunting
Mike_in_NY: hmmm not much eh? ok
river_walleye: triut..where are you from?
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Trout: and grouse woodcock deer squirrel rabbit ducks etc
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DILLIGAF: Trout, When does early goose season open in zone 2?
river_walleye: trot..sorry
marty: howdy all
DILLIGAF: hey, marty
Trout: Lakeport
boehr: hi marty
webmaster: Boehr, Deer Crack would be illegal in DMU 452.
moe_rm: hi Marty
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Trout: Don't know the exact dates
greglind: hello all
webmaster: Sorry boehr that was a question?
boehr: Yea, illegal in 452
moe_rm: Web's smile is getting bigger and bigger :)
greglind: just came over from TNUSA
DILLIGAF: ok
marty: everybody all pump up for bow season yet??
Trout: Hello marty and whoever I missed greetings and welcome :)
moe_rm: hi Greg
DILLIGAF: hey greg
webmaster: Hello greglind!
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marty: howdy trout
webmaster: Welcome TNUSA members, ... bloodbrothers....
greglind: I am not from Michigan, but am from nearby and love that area of the country
Mike_in_NY: Marty: Nope not for bow hunting BUT i get to hunt bear with rifle in Maine in just TWO DAYS!!!!!
greglind: thanks for the warm welcome
moe_rm: o yah Marty
marty: seen a good one yesterday by wifes work place
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marty: only problem no hunting there
DILLIGAF: be careful with your words Marty, they can be mean!:)
marty: what kind of caliber for bear mike??
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greglind: I am looking forward to a great season of pheasant and duck hunting this year
DILLIGAF: sorry, marty. inside joke from earlier.
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marty: a man after my own taste in broadheads hello jachammer
Trout: Where you at greglind?
Mike_in_NY: 30-06 for blackies in Maine, but I'm carrying the 375 H&H for them and moose in Alaska...just in case Mr. Grizz shoes up when I am shoulder deep in moose guts....
marty: no prob dilligaf I forgive u lol
webmaster: Well this is great, a new record for numbers on the campfire.
boehr: What county do you pheasant hunt greglind?
greglind: right now I am in South Carolina, but will be heading to Iowa when the season opens for about two weeks
Mike_in_NY: BTW...we are sleeping in TENTS in Grizzley country! Man this is going to be AWESOME
greglind: I hunt in Clinton county in Iowa
DILLIGAF: hey, guys.its been fun, but I have to tend to my 3 year old daughter. I will attend the next camp fire. besafe! DILLIGAF
marty: yea guess those old grizzs can be a little orny
Trout: Borrow a hundred from allen thenhe won't let the big bears get you
marty: c u dilligaf let me in on the joke next time
Trout: IOWA EMAIL ME so I can hunt out there:)
Mike_in_NY: lol
webmaster: Iowa nows there's some big deer out there!
moe_rm: cya DILLIGAF
Trout: Take care dill
Mike_in_NY: yeah maybe I shouldn't pay him for the fooda nd gas until we get back.... :)
webmaster: Raider what's on your mind tonight? Where are you from?
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greglind: I can tell you exactly where you can go to if you are interested...my cousing has 300 acres of CRC land
Trout: good idea
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Mike_in_NY: later Dilli
webmaster: Guess raider didn't want to talk about anything :)
Trout: Email me if you want and let me know I have a few people interested in a hunt out there
greglind: do you hunt with dogs? I was wondering, because we don't
marty: maybe he was just shy ??
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Trout: Yep I have a three year old GWP/GSP mix
greglind: ok, let me know what your email address is and I will do so
Mike_in_NY: maybe
greglind: always enjoy hunting with another bloodbrother
Trout: he hunts every thing
Neapolis: Where in Iowa is your cousin's land?
Trout: khowes @advnet.net or look at my profile on the forums or under contact my name is Kirk Howes
greglind: It is right outside of Camanche with portions of it near the Mississippi river
webmaster: Trout sounds very exciting.
Mike_in_NY: brb
boehr: Any more on another get together in October?
Trout: always good to meet new people in far away lands :)
Neapolis: I spent some time in Keokuk a few years back
Trout: to hunt boehr?
greglind: I haven't even tried to go hunting here in SC, you pretty much have to be a member of a hunting club to do so
Trout: A few thinking....do you want to come and join the fun boehr?
webmaster: Why Greg, no public land?
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Trout: Neopolis AK ?
moe_rm: Trout i WILL come if i can get a ride
boehr: I was thinking about it depending when it was and if I can get away.
Neapolis: Talk to you all later, my dog says she has to go out
Trout: sounds like a eskimo village
Neapolis: Neapolis OH
Trout: Well we will try for a spot central to all those who want to hunt
marty: well all got to get this phone call have fun and be safe ttfn
Trout: Keokuk AK ?
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webmaster: So trout what did everyone at the DU banquet have to say about the new regs for this year?
Trout: see ya marty
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Trout: Not much mostly duck hunters here not alot of geese come this way
Trout: A few but no real draw for them here
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river_walleye: were there any major reg changes this year?
Trout: river walleye where you at ?
river_walleye: Saginaw
Trout: not really just a bad goose season....kinda short
Trout: but they did open the upper thumb area for early goose
river_walleye: I see due to lack of water that some of the refuges will not have a draw
Trout: RW you are up by Mr. Ed
webmaster: That short geese season is ridiculous. They are all over the place.
river_walleye: who is MR. ED?
Trout: kinda hard to call ducks too mud
Trout: a member he is a DJ on whhn
moe_rm: it's been a pleasure but i've gotta get goin
river_walleye: Last year was hell, this year you would have to be nuts to drag through that stuff
webmaster: Yeah, that true too Trout now much water anywhere.
Trout: I'm deer hunting with Mr. Ed this year,see ya moe
boehr: See yea moe_rm
webmaster: Boehr what's the prognosis for this year's hunting season?
webmaster: Deer hunting that is.
river_walleye: whnn?
Trout: I did last year wind changed a blew all the water out of the bay :)
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Trout: A radio station in saginaw WHHN
boehr: If your talking ducks, probably poor
moe_rm: later Boehr
moe_rm: cya Trout
SteveG: hey kirk
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Mike_in_NY: later gents. Good night
Trout: Hey Steve G
webmaster: Hello Steve how's it going?
SteveG: Thank you for coming to the event
river_walleye: If it's country I don't listen
Trout: that name sounds familiar
webmaster: Your new article is getting lots of hits :)
SteveG: Great
Trout: Tell me about ALL the guns I won Steve G
boehr: Best bets would be on bigger rivers adjacent to state lands or permission or off shore of the great lakes, everywhere else it's pretty dry
SteveG: Sorry you didnt win one
webmaster: Steve I totally forgot about the DU event. I wanted to send some tee shirts for you to give away and a banner or something. I blew it...
Trout: OLDIES I think
Trout: OH mAN :(
SteveG: Thats okay
Trout: I got a TEE shirt from DU and a glass
river_walleye: OH...I'm just a puppy. Don't listen to those either.smile
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webmaster: Well its my loss.
boehr: As far as deer, I think it's going to be about the same as last year in southwestern Michigan, don't know for sure in the rest of the state, probably about the same as last year in the UP
Trout: Had to leave early she just had minor surgery
SteveG: Kirk i have a hat and a DU flashlight for you also
Trout: ALRIGHT I WIN!!!!!!!!!
Trout: :)
webmaster: Well if its as good as last year for me I will be very happy.
SteveG: No big items but some is better than none
Trout: Eat your heart out web :)
SteveG: I am going to bed guys just stopped to say hello and that i got your message Kirk
webmaster: By the way everyone you must try the dutch oven venison roast recipe on our site. Had it this weekend and it is delicious.
Trout: Thanks for coming by good night
SteveG: I am glad the article is getting some people reading it
webmaster: Thanks for dropping by Steve.
river_walleye: Goose season was good last year but even then, too much dragging
webmaster: BRB
Trout: You liked that one eh web???? Now you will run out of roast sooner :)
SteveG: Sure I am still working on the next one i have gatherd a huge amount of info i need to sift through it and get it all together
Trout: I built a really light cajun pirouge for hunting
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boehr: Got to go guys, talk at you later
river_walleye: did you build from a plan?
SteveG: Hey kirk did your wife let you sleep?? hope you had a good time
SteveG: At the dinner i mean Ha Ha talk to you latter
webmaster: See ya Boehr thanks for dropping in.
Trout: wieghs about 65# will carry me and gear, uncles johns pirouges kit cost about 50 bucks shipped
speedster: hi all
webmaster: Hello speedster where are you from?
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Trout: :)
SteveG: P.S. we raised a little over $45000 dollars last night thanks again for you support
speedster: belleville mi
webmaster: Wow that's quite a take! How does DU spend the money on habitat improvemnet?
Trout: anything to help 22,000 was from me I think :)
webmaster: Speedster do you fish Belleville lake much?
river_walleye: Trout..I saw one of those kits on the net and thought about building on. How do you like it?
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Trout: They figure 200 dollars to improve an acre of land per year
Trout: Loved it built it in our livingroom over the winter
webmaster: How do they improve it? Flooding?
Trout: That I don't know maybe potholes web
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Trout: They say to make the side 10" but if I built another I would go 12"-14"
river_walleye: You're either single or have a wife like mine. I've rebuilt carbs in my living room. She muds be used to it
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Trout: She helped alot good women
webmaster: I shoot my bow in the house :)
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Trout: Had to be a record crowd web :)
webmaster: Welcome back speedster. Do you use aol?
speedster: sorry i got kick off
webmaster: I think so trout but just barely.
speedster: ya
Trout: river walleye are you registered on the forums?
speedster: first time here
webmaster: Sorry I just have to get a poke in at them now and then :)
Trout: I'll send you a pic of our boat unpainted
webmaster: Speedster, are you registered in the forums?
webmaster: Trout why don't you post a picture of that paint job on the forums?
Trout: Welcome speedster
speedster: i do a lot of walleye fishing on the detroit river
river_walleye: yes, I'm registered. Email is river_walleye@yahoo.com
Trout: not much to look at really maybe whenwe get the grass on her I will
speedster: not on the forums
river_walleye: did you use fastgrass?
webmaster: Well we sure could use some posts about walleye fishing down here by Detroit in the forums. Tell us how you do from time to time.
speedster: ok its slow now
webmaster: I'd love to get a whole forum devoted to walleye fishing down here in lake Erie, the Detroit River, etc.
Trout: Oh man No I am going to cut my own I'm not rich :)
river_walleye: I made my own with some corn leaves weaved into some netting. Looks and works great but it has a sweet smell..makes me hungary
river_walleye: You should see the pictures..it blended perfectly
webmaster: Speed how was the fishing earlier in August out there?
Trout: Shoot straight and you can eat :)
river_walleye: took about 40 hours though
webmaster: Well river, post the pictures we'd all like to see.
speedster: it was great in july
river_walleye: post where?
Trout: I'm just going to throw some crap together and give it a try
webmaster: On the forums!
Trout: I'll look like a brush pile :)
webmaster: All you have to do is have your picture out on the internet somewhere and you can include it with a message on our forums.
river_walleye: where on the forums? Just post them in the duck hunting one?
Trout: Sure
webmaster: Yeah, sure that would be a great place.
Trout: watching MUCC now
Trout: MI outdoors
river_walleye: I made a liner that goes under the grass so I can run heat. Just in case of another cold October swim
speedster: i hope its cold
speedster: love to bow hunt in the cold
river_walleye: Is it just me or did Fred Trost turn into Mr. Rogers?
Trout: Heat is always nice hunting
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speedster: snow in oct. wold be nice
webmaster: I hope its a cold fall too. Ive bought all these darn cold weather clothes and haven't really got to use them in a long time.
webmaster: Hello Wild!
river_walleye: heat and food
Trout: I just missed fred here had the volume dwn
wildchild: Hello boys!
Trout: Hi WC
wildchild: just back from archery league
webmaster: Fred is Mr Rogers. Its so simple its stupid. Just get out there and hunt and fish in MI.
speedster: fred is a jerk
webmaster: And how did you do Wild?
wildchild: FAB!!!! I doubled my score from last week!
river_walleye: Maybe it's just me. Every time I try to watch his show, I feel like I'm watching outdoors 101.
Trout: Does he wear a red sweater too?
webmaster: Just have a TV show about hunting and fishing in MI,... THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!
wildchild: I'm now up there with the bottom of the guys!
webmaster: Maybe we should send him a red sweater. And he thinks people will pay to get on his web site.
Trout: Well stay at it and you'll pass them up soon
webmaster: Wild you will be better than them soon I bet.
webmaster: Heading up towards Mackinaw next weekend Wild?
wildchild: not so sure about that, there are some great shooters out there
wildchild: Tomorrow Web tomorrow
river_walleye: Why don't you send him an email and tell him where the SPORTSMEN hang out Steve. www.michigan-sportsman.com
wildchild: and next weekend
webmaster: For the whole week?
Trout: They are C/R salmon fishing how stupid is that
wildchild: naw just til Sunday night
webmaster: Don't want to kick the hornets nest River. If he really put the effort in he could swat this website away like a fly.
Trout: 20,000 in boat and tackle and they let them go?
wildchild: lol I'm gonna go out and practise sitting still in the woods!
speedster: got to go puting up stands in the morning
Trout: is it hard to sit still wild?
wildchild: whate abouts speed
speedster: in jacksonm
webmaster: I'm putting my stand up in "the spot" over labor day.
Trout: :)
wildchild: I dunno Trout I never really tried
speedster: jackson
speedster: later
webmaster: That spot is now holy to me.
Trout: Thats what I thought , better practice that I guess
river_walleye: No, I doubt it. He charges like 25 bucks to see it
webmaster: I bow down to the ground and worship the shrine when I go there.
wildchild: I've got one spot in mac now I need one in Oakland county
Trout: Where you got the big 8 point web? :)
webmaster: Yeah, he hasn't figured out the internet is free yet.
webmaster: 11 pt trout :)
Trout: errr was it a 12
wildchild: he he trout, do ya get the idea that I don't slow down til I sleep?
Trout: just pulling your leg I knew
river_walleye: well 500 members is the tip of the iceberg for you guys
webmaster: I have noticed that Wild.
Trout: Nothing wrong with having energy wild
webmaster: We need the membership to increase like a virus. I'm hoping that's what will happen.
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webmaster: Very funny Trout :)
wildchild: anyone out there have a kids bow that has been outgrown?
Trout: How far away are the targets you shoot at wild
wildchild: I'm having a heck of a time finding one small enough for my son
river_walleye: I linked my site to yours. Who knows, maybe someone will visit my site and see it.
webmaster: No, I'm looking for one too Wild.
Trout: put a wanted ad on the forums wild
wildchild: targets are from about 15 yards to 27 yards
webmaster: What's your site River?
Trout: you too steve :)
webmaster: 27 yards, now that's a challenge. Have to concentrate on keeping your arm out there after the shot.
wildchild: good idea trout. I just don't wanna go too expensive cuz he's 8 and his mind changes like the wind!
river_walleye: it's pretty cheesy..www.geocities.com/river_walleye
wildchild: 27 yards at a big old bear!
Trout: Hope you wack a big one wild
Trout: you bowhunting bear this year wild?
wildchild: I actually got 3 bullseyes tonight, two on a cougar and one on a boar about 20 yard shots
wildchild: NO BEARS!!! That is my big fear
webmaster: Keep practicing and pay attention to detail and you will get a big one Wild.
Trout: thats right
Trout: I forgot
webmaster: I'd love to go on a bear hunt here in MI someday.
wildchild: I'm less worried about my shooting ability than I am about scouting tracking all the details
webmaster: Pretty nice site River.
webmaster: The Bears will be more afraid of you than anything else.
river_walleye: well, I gotta run guys. Hope to see another invite to the next campfire.Good Luck everyone
wildchild: I hope so, I saw bear poop on the property last time I was there!
river_walleye: Thanks Steve...
Trout: Well I got to sleep been working to hard to stay up late Bye all
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webmaster: Where do you do most of your fishing River?
wildchild: ya missed him steve
wildchild: is it jsut us?
webmaster: So wild are you going to be out hunting on the bow opener?
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webmaster: Yes just the two of us.
wildchild: if I can find a spot near home
wildchild: my sons birhtdya is Sept 30 so I need to stay here :)
webmaster: Spots down here are hard to find.
wildchild: what about you?
wildchild: yeah, don't I know it
webmaster: Are you heading up north later in the season?
wildchild: I know some people with farms near oxford metamora, I may have to jsut ask them
webmaster: We'll I may be able to hunt near home on the opener on Sunday.
wildchild: I'll go up the following weekend
webmaster: My spot in Oakland county is really in the city.
webmaster: Wish I knew some famers who liked hunters around here.
webmaster: I'd even lease.
wildchild: it is? I looked around Bald Mountain and thought that was in the city
wildchild: I think they will look at me and think they don't want a novice girl hunter on their land
webmaster: Used to hang out there a lot when I went to school at OU. Now it is in the city. Paint Creek is still a nice place to fish.
wildchild: I go there quite a bit
webmaster: They might give you more of a break than someone who they perceive as a male slob hunter.
webmaster: Have you hunted in Bald Mountain, or do you mean Paint Creek?
wildchild: I dunno I think most people don't take me seriously
webmaster: I used to fish the creek a lot
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webmaster: I mean a whole lot.
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wildchild: I scouted some in Bald Mountain
wildchild: fished paint creek too
webmaster: I'd take any female who can hit a target at 30yds with a bow very seriously :)
webmaster: Hello Airoh, what's up?
wildchild: lol yeah but they don't know that
Airoh: Not Much
webmaster: :)
wildchild: I gotta go, morning comes way too early around here
Airoh: Hi wildchild
wildchild: see ya around!
webmaster: Nice of you to drop in. See ya.
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Airoh: Was the chat good tonight Steve
webmaster: Yes, I think we had over 12 people on here at one point.
webmaster: Would like to see us go way over 20 at some point.
Airoh: Looks like I' a little late. Maybe next time
Airoh: Take care.
webmaster: Well it looks as though everyone is going to bed. I think I will to.
webmaster: Later Airoh.
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