Thanksgiving Plans

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]kineticj wrote:
An overabundance of food, followed by some skeet shooting in the cornfields behind our home. Been a family tradition for longer than I can remember. REALLY looking forward to it this year. Didn’t get any bird hunting in at all this year so busting up some clays is the next best thing.[/quote]
Love skeet shooting and sporting clays of course. What do you usually hunt? I’ve shot a few dove this year, it looks like my duck season will not happen though. I may squeeze a trip in January but probably not. [/quote]

Man I love sporting clays! Did my first real course a couple of years ago and had a great time. That could become an expensive hobby very quickly. Primarily I hunt pheasant, grouse and chukker. I swear there are few things more beautiful than walking fields and brush on a fall day and watching a team of good dogs flush and point.

I have never hunted duck or geese, though I would like to give it a try one of these days. Finding time to get out seems harder and harder. I bought a Hoyt bow two years ago and still haven’t shot anything other than a foam block with it.

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[quote]kineticj wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]kineticj wrote:
An overabundance of food, followed by some skeet shooting in the cornfields behind our home. Been a family tradition for longer than I can remember. REALLY looking forward to it this year. Didn’t get any bird hunting in at all this year so busting up some clays is the next best thing.[/quote]
Love skeet shooting and sporting clays of course. What do you usually hunt? I’ve shot a few dove this year, it looks like my duck season will not happen though. I may squeeze a trip in January but probably not. [/quote]

I swear there are few things more beautiful than walking fields and brush on a fall day and watching a team of good dogs flush and point.

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Very true statement

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black friday shoping (only need 2 more gifts and done with christmas)

food / family (both - lots of driving on thanksgiving day)

Lions v Packers… go LIONS !!!

other then that, Im gona buy a new car over the break, finally retiring my 99 camaro after 183k miles… she will be missed…

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Church, breakfast, shoot clay pigeons in the backyard with Dad and brothers, EAT, watch football while drifting in and out of consciousness, eat again.

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Combine a 29lb turkey with all the trimmings, cornbread dressing not stuffing since this is the south. Eight family and friends for food and football. Then I’ll load up the farmer’s walk bars and try to get some work in.

Then I’ll get all the Christmas decorations out so we can put the tree up on Friday.

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I’ve never been a bow hunter myself but friends who are swear by it. One day when you officially break yours in I’m sure it will be super exciting.

Sporting clays are fun for sure. In high school I was a trapper at the range that hosted the first ever US Sporting Clays tournament, though the tournament was way before my time. Best HS job ever.

5 Stand is pretty fun too.

Duck and Geese hunting are kind of like deer hunting in the sense you sit in a blind and wait, but they take the skillmanship necessary to hit quickly moving targets exclusive to bird hunting.

Teal are a blast.

[quote]kineticj wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]kineticj wrote:
An overabundance of food, followed by some skeet shooting in the cornfields behind our home. Been a family tradition for longer than I can remember. REALLY looking forward to it this year. Didn’t get any bird hunting in at all this year so busting up some clays is the next best thing.[/quote]
Love skeet shooting and sporting clays of course. What do you usually hunt? I’ve shot a few dove this year, it looks like my duck season will not happen though. I may squeeze a trip in January but probably not. [/quote]

Man I love sporting clays! Did my first real course a couple of years ago and had a great time. That could become an expensive hobby very quickly. Primarily I hunt pheasant, grouse and chukker. I swear there are few things more beautiful than walking fields and brush on a fall day and watching a team of good dogs flush and point.

I have never hunted duck or geese, though I would like to give it a try one of these days. Finding time to get out seems harder and harder. I bought a Hoyt bow two years ago and still haven’t shot anything other than a foam block with it. [/quote]

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
I’ve never been a bow hunter myself but friends who are swear by it. One day when you officially break yours in I’m sure it will be super exciting.

Sporting clays are fun for sure. In high school I was a trapper at the range that hosted the first ever US Sporting Clays tournament, though the tournament was way before my time. Best HS job ever.

5 Stand is pretty fun too.

Duck and Geese hunting are kind of like deer hunting in the sense you sit in a blind and wait, but they take the skillmanship necessary to hit quickly moving targets exclusive to bird hunting.

Teal are a blast.

[quote]kineticj wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]kineticj wrote:
An overabundance of food, followed by some skeet shooting in the cornfields behind our home. Been a family tradition for longer than I can remember. REALLY looking forward to it this year. Didn’t get any bird hunting in at all this year so busting up some clays is the next best thing.[/quote]
Love skeet shooting and sporting clays of course. What do you usually hunt? I’ve shot a few dove this year, it looks like my duck season will not happen though. I may squeeze a trip in January but probably not. [/quote]

Man I love sporting clays! Did my first real course a couple of years ago and had a great time. That could become an expensive hobby very quickly. Primarily I hunt pheasant, grouse and chukker. I swear there are few things more beautiful than walking fields and brush on a fall day and watching a team of good dogs flush and point.

I have never hunted duck or geese, though I would like to give it a try one of these days. Finding time to get out seems harder and harder. I bought a Hoyt bow two years ago and still haven’t shot anything other than a foam block with it. [/quote]
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I cannot wait to break in my bow. Have open invitations to hunt but the calendars have just never lined up. I took my first doe with a shotgun two years ago. A buddy and I stalked her for more than 4 hours through fields, swamp and woods so heavy you wouldn’t believe. When I finally took her I had stalked to less than twenty yards. It rained, turned to sleet and then the temp dropped and we had snow flying so thick the cattails were all falling over from the weight of it. One of my best days in the field bar none. Cannot wait to do this again, only this time with my bow.

I have seen Teal on the wing. Those things come in and out FAST.

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Driving to Baltimore to see my favorite team (the 49ers) play my buddy’s favorite team (The Ravens)

We bought our tickets at the beginning of the season when the NFL release the schedule and were planning to go as a curiosity because we both expected the game to suck and the 9ers to be awful (see: past 10 years). Turns out we’re going to the game of the week! We almost contemplated selling our tickets since they’ve doubled in price but decided life is too short.

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[quote]kineticj wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
I’ve never been a bow hunter myself but friends who are swear by it. One day when you officially break yours in I’m sure it will be super exciting.

Sporting clays are fun for sure. In high school I was a trapper at the range that hosted the first ever US Sporting Clays tournament, though the tournament was way before my time. Best HS job ever.

5 Stand is pretty fun too.

Duck and Geese hunting are kind of like deer hunting in the sense you sit in a blind and wait, but they take the skillmanship necessary to hit quickly moving targets exclusive to bird hunting.

Teal are a blast.

[quote]kineticj wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]kineticj wrote:
An overabundance of food, followed by some skeet shooting in the cornfields behind our home. Been a family tradition for longer than I can remember. REALLY looking forward to it this year. Didn’t get any bird hunting in at all this year so busting up some clays is the next best thing.[/quote]
Love skeet shooting and sporting clays of course. What do you usually hunt? I’ve shot a few dove this year, it looks like my duck season will not happen though. I may squeeze a trip in January but probably not. [/quote]

Man I love sporting clays! Did my first real course a couple of years ago and had a great time. That could become an expensive hobby very quickly. Primarily I hunt pheasant, grouse and chukker. I swear there are few things more beautiful than walking fields and brush on a fall day and watching a team of good dogs flush and point.

I have never hunted duck or geese, though I would like to give it a try one of these days. Finding time to get out seems harder and harder. I bought a Hoyt bow two years ago and still haven’t shot anything other than a foam block with it. [/quote]
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I cannot wait to break in my bow. Have open invitations to hunt but the calendars have just never lined up. I took my first doe with a shotgun two years ago. A buddy and I stalked her for more than 4 hours through fields, swamp and woods so heavy you wouldn’t believe. When I finally took her I had stalked to less than twenty yards. It rained, turned to sleet and then the temp dropped and we had snow flying so thick the cattails were all falling over from the weight of it. One of my best days in the field bar none. Cannot wait to do this again, only this time with my bow.

I have seen Teal on the wing. Those things come in and out FAST.[/quote]
I sit in a stand and wait for deer to show up to a feeder for breakfast. Still fun. And yummy.

Teal do indeed come in fast. Fortunately, SE Texas has a great teal season. A 45 minute drive puts me in a Gulf marsh with spectacular teal hunting, as well as duck and geese. I’ve never really hunted the midwest.

I’d love to see what grouse and pheasant are like. I do hunt quail but I understand it’s a little different.

A truly difficult game of 5 stand gives a decent perception of a Teal hunt. Not quite though.

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]Rodimus Black wrote:
Introducing my family to their first Thanksgiving feast. Then movies.[/quote]
For real?

That’s cool. Where is your family from?[/quote]

Germany.

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
Teal do indeed come in fast. Fortunately, SE Texas has a great teal season. A 45 minute drive puts me in a Gulf marsh with spectacular teal hunting, as well as duck and geese. I’ve never really hunted the midwest.

I’d love to see what grouse and pheasant are like. I do hunt quail but I understand it’s a little different.

A truly difficult game of 5 stand gives a decent perception of a Teal hunt. Not quite though. [/quote]

Grouse and especially chukker are quick and often tend to stay close to the ground, dipping in and out of brush as they fly so they can be challenging. Pheasant are much bigger and slower so they aren’t quite the challenge of the smaller birds but still fun and good eating fixed properly.

If you ever find yourself in the midwest look me up and we’ll find something to kill/catch and eat. Lots of good hunting and fishing here if you know where to look.

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Thursday Morning: Annual “Turkey Bowl” touch football game.

Afternoon: Tons of food, football and hanging out with the family.

Evening: Serious case of “Puppy Tummy” (AKA Food Coma)

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[quote]kineticj wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
Teal do indeed come in fast. Fortunately, SE Texas has a great teal season. A 45 minute drive puts me in a Gulf marsh with spectacular teal hunting, as well as duck and geese. I’ve never really hunted the midwest.

I’d love to see what grouse and pheasant are like. I do hunt quail but I understand it’s a little different.

A truly difficult game of 5 stand gives a decent perception of a Teal hunt. Not quite though. [/quote]

Grouse and especially chukker are quick and often tend to stay close to the ground, dipping in and out of brush as they fly so they can be challenging. Pheasant are much bigger and slower so they aren’t quite the challenge of the smaller birds but still fun and good eating fixed properly.

If you ever find yourself in the midwest look me up and we’ll find something to kill/catch and eat. Lots of good hunting and fishing here if you know where to look.[/quote]
Will do, thanks.

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  • Gym time in the morning : chest, shoulders and tris
  • Dinner with extended family and friends with the typical fixin’s ; Turkey, ham, pumpkin pie and all that other good stuff. Plus a few Filipino dishes and desserts.
  • Oh and watchin’ some football while enjoyin’ some good craft brew, I’m thinkin’ either stouts or sours.
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^^“I’m thankful that I didnt go to Penn State. I’m gonna Sandusky this turkey”

LOL!!!

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Morning sex with the Dwarfette, hangin’ out with my son, then dinner with my little tribe late afternoon.

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Not American so I don’t celebrate Thanks giving but I would like to say thank you to all American soldiers serving to keep our way of life safe. It’s not just people from your own country who appreciate your sacrifice. Thanks to you and you families.

Is milis da ol e ach is searbh da ioc e. It means “It is sweet to drink but is bitter to pay for”.

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Gonna go crush it at the gym before I go hit that bird.

Come Nation, let’s get it !

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Spending the day with my 2nd family at the firehouse.

Hopefully it’s a bad day for me (being slow and no calls) so others can have a wonderful holiday.