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Title:The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:SALEM::PAPPALARDO
Created:Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1561
Total number of notes:17784

1426.0. "Christmas 1994 " by 35989::GEIBELL (lost in Pennsylvania) Tue Dec 27 1994 10:08

    
    
        Well guys and gals whatcha get for Christmas? hunting stuff that
    is....
    
        For the most part we didnt do a whole lot for christmas, went to Pa
    to be with the family, about the only hunting things I got was some
    camo gloves, warm socks, a mini tool set for the bow & guns, and mom
    got me a double racked smoker for doing venison and fish.
    
       now I have to get some good recipes for smokeing, mom also got me
    3 different types of charcoal, mesquite, cherry, and hickory, she said 
    that I have to smoke some of the salmon that we got this year and she
    had a big grin (I think thats why she got it for me) I told her that
    she can buy me some new salmon lures so as we can catch her some fish
    to smoke, she said you got this all figured out right? 
    
    
      So that was about it for the gifts, I told the wife that the best
    gift that she can give me is the freedom to do my deer hunting during 
    october, november, and december, and best of all it doesnt cost her a
    penny. 
    
                                                                   Lee
    
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1426.1My wife thinks I'm crazy24661::LEFEBVREPCBU Asia/Pacific MarketingTue Dec 27 1994 11:1112
    My 7 month old son got a Red Rider BB Gun from my hunting partner. 
    
    Actually, my best present was the Nor'Easter that blew in through New
    England  Christmas Eve day.  I was out at the Hampton Flats at 5:30 AM
    Saturday morning and the wind was unbelievable.  Facing the wind was
    impossible.  Anyway, with the low tide, jump shooting was a cinch. 
    Sneak up to the stream, blacks go up, attempt to fly into the wind and
    are suspended in mid-air with no forward movement.  Bang! Season over.
    
    Even I can hit 'em when they're "standing still".  :^)
    
    Mark.
1426.235272::HAAGTue Dec 27 1994 17:363
    waaalll, my wife got me a new 9" huntin/skinnin knife. she also gave me
    a note stating i was free to buy a new dillion 550 or 650 when we gets
    settled in CO in feb. i can't complain at all.
1426.3great hunt and food to boot16616::MELENDEZTue Dec 27 1994 18:3916
    My wife, tired of having me sniffing up her baking called an old friend
    of mine and sold me out at a duck dog. Al never brings his waders.
    Anyway we went up into the Owen's Valley to Stinky Socks (a Very smelly
    hot springs) for some duck hunting.  We had a terrible time, shooting
    one Pintail duck each and watching hundreds of em fly by. So we decided
    to go out on the Owens river in a canoe, this was much better than
    smelling those old stinky socks.  The score for the three days before
    christmas 6 honkers, 3 snows, 3 mallards, 3 teal and 2 pintails. Al
    will remember his waders next time as he fell in and was cold for a
    while toooo bad "woof"
    The wife and kids gave me stuf for my den. Four Duck Stamps in little
    holders two Salmon flies to put on the wall, a game cookbook, two pairs
    of BDU's, a hunting fanny pack, and a couple of pounds of jerky.
    
    Joe "goose is good for Dinner" Melendez
     
1426.417576::PAPPALARDOWed Dec 28 1994 11:3415
    
    
           Not much received in the way of outdoor equipment as my wife
    finds it very hard to buy for me. I'm the type that when I want to
    buy something I do. But I did get a 1 year subscription to the "new"
    New Hampshire Hunting & Fishing newspaper from my neice, and my 
    Remington 11/87 Fully Rifled Shotgun came in just in time for Christmas
    as it's been on back order for over 3 months. The biggest surprise was
    the grain in the wood when I opened the box. Normally due to the design
    purpose, the gun comes with very plain wood but this one has figure
    found on a trap gun so I was extremely happy to say the least. Christmas
    Day I mounted my Leupold 2x7 on it and she's ready to be sighted in at
    the range.
    
                                                       Guy 
1426.538346::BINGWed Dec 28 1994 11:547
    
    I got some hunting clothes but that's about it as far as outdoorsy
    type stuff. No I didn't get my Buckmark but have no fear I didn't
    kill rudolph. Thought about it though. Lucky for him Santa left me some
    $$$ to put towards it so I'll be getting it soon.
    
    Walt
1426.635186::VANDENBARKMakes me happy!Wed Dec 28 1994 11:5610
    Wife bought me a pair of insulated gray treebark coveralls and a pair
    of hunting boots.  My 5 year old son bought me a double bladed
    spinnerbait and my mother-in-law gave me cash and 2 pairs of hunting
    socks.  Now I can't decide on what to buy, turkey stuff, deer stuff,
    fishing.......
    
    
    
    
    Wess
1426.7An Experience30029::MERCIERThu Dec 29 1994 10:0932
    Well, I got an experience for Christmas. My sister moved to Alpharetta,
    Georgia about four years ago and for Christmas she picked up my airfare
    to the South. What a trip it is to be out out of the People's Republic
    of Massachusetts.........The day after Christmas my Brother in law took
    me and my father gun shopping. There was a big red tag sale advertised
    in the news paper at a store in Roswell (can't remember the name) the
    prices were unbelievable. The store was packed and the selection was
    anything from a 12 gauge street sweeper to a Marlin .22. I thought I 
    died and went to Heaven. I asked the salesman how come it was so crowded
    while my b-i-law was purchasing a new 9mm. He said that he hadn't seen
    it like that since the Brady Bill. Before that day he had the best
    sales record for one day which was five guns. The first hour of the day
    we were there he already sold 6.
    
    That night we went to an indoor shooting range which was right next to
    the mall. You never see anything like that up here. It was like going
    to a bowling alley. Except you get to shoot. The next day we were off
    to a place called the Mountain Barn which had the best prices yet! I
    had the pleasure of watching my father buy a new Browning, 7mm mag. Top-
    ped with a 2.5 to 10 scope with a 50 mm lens (can you say. I don't know
    what to do with my money? I can't!!!)
    
    My only purchase was a box of Black Talon's in 30-06. I didn't even
    know they made them for rifles!!! I think I just bought them for the
    novelty of it. There 180 grns. and I don't think they would actually have
    time to expand on a smaller deer.
    
    That's it for me. What a ball. Know I now why Bob Harris was always
    touting the sporting life down there. I got to get down there for a
    Turkey Hunt.
    
    Bob M�