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Getting Depressed waiting for Spring
Can't do a thing in the Great Outdoors. Damn Snow keeps coming. Was gonna go out today, but it's snowing again, roads are the pits. Nothing to do but pound on the key board here, though I did take the snow shoes out of storage, hopefully one last time. Rick Mercer obviously has the same train of thought. 
http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/video...spring-outlook
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows...ID/2441559696/
Grizz
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03-30-2014, 05:20 PM
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More time to tie flies , dig thru gear. Strange year for sure though dont feel like the river should open tomorrow. 
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03-30-2014, 05:25 PM
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I hear you, winter is dragging. already visions of being on the water fishing in 4 weeks, hope its a heck of allot warmer. so bored today, brought the jeep in and removed the throttle body and cleaned it up and changed the sway bar bushings. have to come up with more make work projects tomorrow lol
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03-30-2014, 05:25 PM
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The hubbie takes me out for a drive in the country scouting shed hunting sites and picking ***** willows for our respective moms...
His bro never let's winter and the loss of an arm 10 years ago stop him from fly fishing open leads in creeks and rivers all over the place.
Maybe this will help with some ideas? 
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03-30-2014, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Nikanit
The hubbie takes me out for a drive in the country scouting shed hunting sites and picking ***** willows for our respective moms...
His bro never let's winter and the loss of an arm 10 years ago stop him from fly fishing open leads in creeks and rivers all over the place.
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Bahahaha..."*****"....how about kitty willows then?
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03-30-2014, 05:48 PM
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I noticed the "kitty" willows starting to poke their heads out during a our last little warm spell.
I hope they make it through this last freeze up.
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03-30-2014, 05:49 PM
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Tell me about it, and I haven't even been here for more then 3 weeks this winter...
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03-30-2014, 06:34 PM
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The sledding out west of Sundre and Caroline is absolutly amazing.Keeping me busy.
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03-30-2014, 06:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pixel Shooter
I hear you, winter is dragging. already visions of being on the water fishing in 4 weeks, hope its a heck of allot warmer. so bored today, brought the jeep in and removed the throttle body and cleaned it up and changed the sway bar bushings. have to come up with more make work projects tomorrow lol
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My Wife has me covered!. Just finished ripping the en suite bathroom out, Re-Tileing for an updated look.... She's been watching too many "Property Brother's and Love it or List it". Keep me busy for the next little while... 
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03-30-2014, 06:40 PM
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It's Alberta...when does spring ever actually come this early? 
This has given me lots of time to throw a bunch of crap out, get organized, and start packing. Move coming up before the end of the month.
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03-30-2014, 07:44 PM
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The older I get, the longer winter lasts ... what's with that?! 
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03-30-2014, 07:53 PM
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I started rooting thru my hunting gear yesterday making sure everything was there and in good repair
I have been put in charge of training Yukon guides for Shockey's outfit. Getting a tad excited about that..... 
Little bit of good news during a lousy winter
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03-30-2014, 07:57 PM
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Crow hunting. Its a nice filler before the whistle pigs come out.
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03-30-2014, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MacLeod
The older I get, the longer winter lasts ... what's with that?!
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That's only part of it! Spring and summer and hunting season seem to go by in the blink of an eye. 
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03-30-2014, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by huntinstuff
I started rooting thru my hunting gear yesterday making sure everything was there and in good repair
I have been put in charge of training Yukon guides for Shockey's outfit. Getting a tad excited about that.....
Little bit of good news during a lousy winter |
Pretty impressive there Huntinstuff, my day pretty lame in comparison, I tied a few rigs.
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03-30-2014, 08:11 PM
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Pretty impressive there Huntinstuff, my day pretty lame in comparison, I tied a few rigs.
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Lame??!!  I blew the lint out of a furnace and cleaned some pheasant legs for dinner tomorrow's supper- that's how lame MY day was!! 
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03-30-2014, 08:26 PM
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Lame??!! I blew the lint out of a furnace and cleaned some pheasant legs for dinner tomorrow's supper- that's how lame MY day was!!
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Ah..........but tomorrow night will be awesome! 
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03-30-2014, 08:28 PM
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Crow hunting. Its a nice filler before the whistle pigs come out.
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What's a whistle pig?
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03-30-2014, 08:29 PM
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03-30-2014, 08:29 PM
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Take it from me ... in spite of it being a scientific fact ^, it doesn't seem to help much 
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03-30-2014, 08:30 PM
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That is truly funny.
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03-30-2014, 08:40 PM
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Hoping winter holds on for a bit, got alot of ice fishing to do yet, -26 for tonight!
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03-30-2014, 08:41 PM
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The end of third winter in mcmurray is coming.
Spent today repairing organizing and prepping summer gear. Made notes of the winter stuff to go away that needs some repair.
Looked at the quads and went, "soon."
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03-30-2014, 08:42 PM
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Ah..........but tomorrow night will be awesome! |
Oh yeah, one MUST look to the future at times!!
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03-30-2014, 09:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinstuff
I started rooting thru my hunting gear yesterday making sure everything was there and in good repair
I have been put in charge of training Yukon guides for Shockey's outfit. Getting a tad excited about that.....
Little bit of good news during a lousy winter |
That sounds extremely cool.
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03-30-2014, 11:18 PM
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Working out so I'm not ashamed to be in the warm weather shirtless
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03-30-2014, 11:32 PM
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Getting Depressed waiting for Spring.....Can't do a thing in the Great Outdoors.
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I don't much care for this time of year either. In this area we should be having a slow melt through the week so I should be able to get some muskrat traps in next week. I have 15 funnel traps and about 60 colony traps to make this week so that'll make the week go faster I think.
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03-30-2014, 11:35 PM
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Silly MOO... its been spring for a few days now....
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03-30-2014, 11:41 PM
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Working out so I'm not ashamed to be in the warm weather shirtless
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Shame is a woman's emotion.
I will strut the beach shirtless, and the ladies will look at me with desire. They will see this body and think 'It took a large quantity of beer and cheeseburgers to 'build' that body. Beer is pretty pricey, and cheeseburgers aren't cheap.... he must make decent money. I wonder if he's taken?'
Well sorry ladies, I'm spoken for.
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03-30-2014, 11:57 PM
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It's a darn shame with winter still holdin on up here in mcmurry cause I'm still barely holdin onwith work and nowin I could be home shed hunting or gettin spring rats and beavers goin raight now lol it's bloody we'll killin me bein caged up here nowin spring is hitting down home around brooks
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