September weekend
Well, sorry to say, I have no photo record of anything I did this weekend. But it was eventful and fun.
It began early Saturday morning when I went in search of grouse. I had to think about this a bit, the .22 pistol (the norm), the .22 rifle (close runner up), or a shotgun (never thought of.) I opted for the shotgun, just for a challenge. My thought was that I would walk some closed roads and flush birds, to shoot them on the wing. Ok. Digging around for shells was a waste of time. No shells. So luckily Black Sheep was open that early (the only sporting goods store that was fyi) and I picked up a couple boxes.
Heading out to a new area to me, I found some roads to walk, which quickly ended within a mile or so. No grouse. I found a grouse FEATHER though! It is very dry here and I think these critters are hanging tight in the bottoms. But, by now I have spent a couple hours out and was done. I headed home and collected the mountain bike.
So I went mountain biking. Which turned into a good trip! Close to town, but fun. There was NO ONE on the trails!
After that was a walk in downtown CDA, on the boardwalk, and to Craig's store (a guy from work.) Yea, he works for the Forest Service AND has a store downtown. Good guy.
Then, on Sunday, I was up early and did a little road hunting for grouse. That didn't pan out and I didn't want to go too far, so I made a loop, got my fishing gear and headed to the lake. I grabbed the boat and took it to Fernan Lake. First trip out with this boat alone and I was stoked. Managed to get it in the water, get the motor started, and got cruising around. Well, I was playing and opened it up. A little wave or a gust of wind twitched me, which twitched the tiller, which sent me into the gunwale! Of course, the first thing you do is to pull on what you have your hand on...bad idea with an outboard. I went into a spin, with the throttle OPEN, and thought for sure I was going to lose it all. I finally regained control, then slowly idled over the other side of the lake, thoroughly embarrassed (if anyone saw it.) So then I trolled. Caught three 12" rainbows, laid in the boat and generally had a great time.
I finally decided to get in and put a willow stick on the trailer (so I could tell where the center was) and got the boat loaded and back in storage. I'm new with all this trailer stuff, so I was pretty proud of myself. Instead of cleaning like I was GOING to do on Sunday, I had a great time. And consequently fell asleep after coming home until dinner time. Nice.
Pretty slick weekend overall.
It began early Saturday morning when I went in search of grouse. I had to think about this a bit, the .22 pistol (the norm), the .22 rifle (close runner up), or a shotgun (never thought of.) I opted for the shotgun, just for a challenge. My thought was that I would walk some closed roads and flush birds, to shoot them on the wing. Ok. Digging around for shells was a waste of time. No shells. So luckily Black Sheep was open that early (the only sporting goods store that was fyi) and I picked up a couple boxes.
Heading out to a new area to me, I found some roads to walk, which quickly ended within a mile or so. No grouse. I found a grouse FEATHER though! It is very dry here and I think these critters are hanging tight in the bottoms. But, by now I have spent a couple hours out and was done. I headed home and collected the mountain bike.
So I went mountain biking. Which turned into a good trip! Close to town, but fun. There was NO ONE on the trails!
After that was a walk in downtown CDA, on the boardwalk, and to Craig's store (a guy from work.) Yea, he works for the Forest Service AND has a store downtown. Good guy.
Then, on Sunday, I was up early and did a little road hunting for grouse. That didn't pan out and I didn't want to go too far, so I made a loop, got my fishing gear and headed to the lake. I grabbed the boat and took it to Fernan Lake. First trip out with this boat alone and I was stoked. Managed to get it in the water, get the motor started, and got cruising around. Well, I was playing and opened it up. A little wave or a gust of wind twitched me, which twitched the tiller, which sent me into the gunwale! Of course, the first thing you do is to pull on what you have your hand on...bad idea with an outboard. I went into a spin, with the throttle OPEN, and thought for sure I was going to lose it all. I finally regained control, then slowly idled over the other side of the lake, thoroughly embarrassed (if anyone saw it.) So then I trolled. Caught three 12" rainbows, laid in the boat and generally had a great time.
I finally decided to get in and put a willow stick on the trailer (so I could tell where the center was) and got the boat loaded and back in storage. I'm new with all this trailer stuff, so I was pretty proud of myself. Instead of cleaning like I was GOING to do on Sunday, I had a great time. And consequently fell asleep after coming home until dinner time. Nice.
Pretty slick weekend overall.
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