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- Thread starter DAA
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Yes, Dave, I've been truly blessed to have spent my life in a sportsman's paradise. It's been quite a ride for which I'm very thankful. Location, location, location and I might add a wonderfully understanding wife who does not hunt or fish, but who enjoys the outdoors almost as much as I do.
Need some help from you bird experts out there. Have spent a lot of time trying to get decent photos of what I thought were falcons, but what the bird books I have access to point to being Swainson's Hawks. The only discrepancy I can find is (I would guess) the wing span on these birds is not over 3' and the book says the Swainsons are 52"?? Of course it is very difficult to determine size without anything for a reference. Anyone shed any light on this?
Here are the best pictures I have been able to get through the windows + they move really fast!!
Here are the best pictures I have been able to get through the windows + they move really fast!!
Geddy Lee (RUSH) getting pretty good air at 73 years old
None of these are too recent. Stopped carrying dead coyotes some years back - just been leaving them. But I've been laid up for a few weeks, recovering from surgery with complications. Ten days in the hospital, another week on a feeding tube at home. Just getting up and around and eating a little solid food again this week.
So, I've been absolutely obsessed with getting out amongst 'em again this fall! Just can NOT WAIT for some cooler weather. The smell of dusty sage. The sudden adrenaline shot of seeing coyote coming to the call. Grilling steaks and a campfire at the end of the day. Coffee and cigar waiting for first light to make the first stand of the day. All that stuff. Just been thinking about it all almost non stop for weeks now.
Just to whet my own appetite even more...
- DAA
So, I've been absolutely obsessed with getting out amongst 'em again this fall! Just can NOT WAIT for some cooler weather. The smell of dusty sage. The sudden adrenaline shot of seeing coyote coming to the call. Grilling steaks and a campfire at the end of the day. Coffee and cigar waiting for first light to make the first stand of the day. All that stuff. Just been thinking about it all almost non stop for weeks now.
Just to whet my own appetite even more...
- DAA
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Wishing you a complete and speedy recovery Dave. I certainly commiserate with you on the inablility to get back out there and enjoy the great outdoors. Weather here has been so hot and dry that I feel like I have been in prison in my own home. Just saw a report this morning that this August has been the 5th hottest on record in Oklahoma and the 7 day forecast calls for 100 degrees, coupled with humidity means it feels like 105/107. Don't know how many times I have checked and re-checked my hunting equipment!
- DAA
Been hearing about the weather in Oklahoma. Most of the people I work with are there. Sounds like it's been kind of miserable. We've set a few new one day records for hot this summer. We've had 20 days over 100. But no humidity to speak of most days. Getting a lot of monsoon rain lately, so humidity is up. But, nothing to complain about by comparison!
And I'm doing real good. Feeling stronger every day. Few more weeks before I'm supposed to lift anything, but otherwise, most of the way back to normal now.
- DAA
And I'm doing real good. Feeling stronger every day. Few more weeks before I'm supposed to lift anything, but otherwise, most of the way back to normal now.
- DAA