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#11
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Kinda give me the woolies
Last post by Hawks Feather - October 19, 2026, 08:43:45 AMI think I will pass on checking this other first hand. 
#12
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Kinda give me the woolies
Last post by FinsnFur - October 18, 2026, 09:26:30 PMCheck out this death trap of a sandbar I found on the Wisconsin River today.
It give me the woolies to know that there's folks that venture out on this river and see these things from a ground level view, and think they are islands.
I feel like I've said this a million times but, they are pure sand. And the river runs deep with very strong currents.
The Harper Valley PTA kayak club might think it's cute to get out and walk around on these. But only half of em will make it back home to their families at the end of the day. While surrounding community fire departments recover the Kayaks from down stream log jams while looking for their bodies.
Underwater log jams, water rushing through them ( often referred to as "strainers" pin the bodies under water for days...weeks.
The Wisconsin River claims lives every year. There's signs at every boat landing, "dangerous currents - swimming/wading not advised".
But it still dont stop the idiots.
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It give me the woolies to know that there's folks that venture out on this river and see these things from a ground level view, and think they are islands.
I feel like I've said this a million times but, they are pure sand. And the river runs deep with very strong currents.
The Harper Valley PTA kayak club might think it's cute to get out and walk around on these. But only half of em will make it back home to their families at the end of the day. While surrounding community fire departments recover the Kayaks from down stream log jams while looking for their bodies.
Underwater log jams, water rushing through them ( often referred to as "strainers" pin the bodies under water for days...weeks.
The Wisconsin River claims lives every year. There's signs at every boat landing, "dangerous currents - swimming/wading not advised".
But it still dont stop the idiots.
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#13
The Tailgate / Today in history 10-18
Last post by remrogers - October 18, 2026, 11:05:33 AM1867
Oct 18
U.S. takes possession of Alaska
On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre. Indigenous peoples had settled the unforgiving territory thousands of years earlier. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was championed by William Henry Seward, the enthusiastically expansionist secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson.
Russia wanted to sell its Alaska territory, which was remote and difficult to defend, to the U.S. rather than risk losing it in battle with a rival such as Great Britain. Negotiations between Seward (1801-1872) and the Russian minister to the U.S., Eduard de Stoeckl, began in March 1867. However, the American public believed the land to be barren and worthless and dubbed the purchase "Seward's Folly" and "Andrew Johnson's Polar Bear Garden," among other derogatory names. Some animosity toward the project may have been a byproduct of President Johnson's own unpopularity. As the 17th U.S. president, Johnson battled with Radical Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction policies following the Civil War. He was impeached in 1868 and later acquitted by a single vote. Nevertheless, Congress eventually ratified the Alaska deal.
Public opinion of the purchase turned more favorable when gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska, in 1899, sparking a gold rush. Alaska became the 49th state on January 3, 1959, and is now recognized for its vast natural resources. Today, 25 percent of America's oil and over 50 percent of its seafood come from Alaska. It is also the largest state in area, about one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states combined, though it remains sparsely populated.
The name Alaska is derived from the Aleut word alyeska, which means "great land." Alaska has two official state holidays to commemorate its origins: Seward's Day, observed the last Monday in March, celebrates the March 30, 1867, signing of the land treaty between the U.S. and Russia, and Alaska Day, observed every October 18, marks the anniversary of the formal land transfer.
Oct 18
U.S. takes possession of Alaska
On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre. Indigenous peoples had settled the unforgiving territory thousands of years earlier. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was championed by William Henry Seward, the enthusiastically expansionist secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson.
Russia wanted to sell its Alaska territory, which was remote and difficult to defend, to the U.S. rather than risk losing it in battle with a rival such as Great Britain. Negotiations between Seward (1801-1872) and the Russian minister to the U.S., Eduard de Stoeckl, began in March 1867. However, the American public believed the land to be barren and worthless and dubbed the purchase "Seward's Folly" and "Andrew Johnson's Polar Bear Garden," among other derogatory names. Some animosity toward the project may have been a byproduct of President Johnson's own unpopularity. As the 17th U.S. president, Johnson battled with Radical Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction policies following the Civil War. He was impeached in 1868 and later acquitted by a single vote. Nevertheless, Congress eventually ratified the Alaska deal.
Public opinion of the purchase turned more favorable when gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska, in 1899, sparking a gold rush. Alaska became the 49th state on January 3, 1959, and is now recognized for its vast natural resources. Today, 25 percent of America's oil and over 50 percent of its seafood come from Alaska. It is also the largest state in area, about one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states combined, though it remains sparsely populated.
The name Alaska is derived from the Aleut word alyeska, which means "great land." Alaska has two official state holidays to commemorate its origins: Seward's Day, observed the last Monday in March, celebrates the March 30, 1867, signing of the land treaty between the U.S. and Russia, and Alaska Day, observed every October 18, marks the anniversary of the formal land transfer.
#14
Other Small Game / Re: First coon hunt of the sea...
Last post by nastygunz - October 17, 2026, 11:05:06 PMSame here, I have had mine for over 30 years I think. And taking everything from bucks to ducks with it. I even have a rifled slug barrel for it with a cantilever scope mount.
#15
Other Small Game / Re: First coon hunt of the sea...
Last post by coyote101 - October 17, 2026, 04:43:54 PMThe Mossburg has been good to me over the years:
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#16
Other Small Game / Re: First coon hunt of the sea...
Last post by coyote101 - October 17, 2026, 04:38:25 PMQuote from: nastygunz on October 17, 2026, 02:53:32 PMWhat are you shooting with?
The old faithful Mossburg 835.
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#17
Other Small Game / Re: First coon hunt of the sea...
Last post by nastygunz - October 17, 2026, 02:53:32 PMWhat are you shooting with?
#18
Other Small Game / Re: First coon hunt of the sea...
Last post by nastygunz - October 17, 2026, 02:52:11 PMNice!... I haven't done that in a while, use my Fox Pro FX3.
#19
Other Small Game / First coon hunt of the season
Last post by coyote101 - October 17, 2026, 01:44:21 PMGot out for the first coon calling session of the season Thursday afternoon. The second stand brought two of the rascals charging in. They came from different directions about a minute apart. I got the first one and Kenny got the second. Youth muzzleloader season is open here, so orange is mandatory, but if they come they are focused on the call and you could be wearing a clown suit and it wouldn't matter.
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#20
The Tailgate / Today in history 10-17
Last post by remrogers - October 17, 2026, 10:41:26 AM1777
Oct 17
Americans win more than a battle at Saratoga
British general and playwright John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 British and Hessian troops to American General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York, on October 17, 1777.
In the summer of 1777, General Burgoyne led an army of 8,000 men south through New York in an effort to join forces with British General Sir William Howe's troops along the Hudson River. After capturing several forts, Burgoyne's force camped near Saratoga while a larger Patriot army under General Gates gathered just four miles away. On September 19, a British advance column marched out and engaged the Patriot force at the Battle of Freeman's Farm, or the First Battle of Saratoga. Failing to break through the American lines, Burgoyne's force retreated. On October 7, another British reconnaissance force was repulsed by an American force under General Benedict Arnold in the Battle of Bemis Heights, also known as the Second Battle of Saratoga.
Burgoyne retreated north to the village of Saratoga with his 5,000 surviving troops. By October 13, some 20,000 Americans had surrounded the British, and four days later Burgoyne was forced to agree to the first large-scale surrender of British forces in the Revolutionary War.
Burgoyne successfully negotiated that his surviving men would be returned to Britain by pledging that they would never again serve in North America. The nearly 6,000-man army was kept in captivity at great expense to the Continental Congress until the end of the war.
Soon after word of the Patriot victory at Saratoga reached France, King Louis XVI agreed to recognize the independence of the United States and French Foreign Minister Charles Gravier, Count de Vergennes, made arrangements with U.S. Ambassador Benjamin Franklin to begin providing formal French aid to the Patriot cause. This assistance was crucial to the eventual American victory in the Revolutionary War.
Oct 17
Americans win more than a battle at Saratoga
British general and playwright John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 British and Hessian troops to American General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York, on October 17, 1777.
In the summer of 1777, General Burgoyne led an army of 8,000 men south through New York in an effort to join forces with British General Sir William Howe's troops along the Hudson River. After capturing several forts, Burgoyne's force camped near Saratoga while a larger Patriot army under General Gates gathered just four miles away. On September 19, a British advance column marched out and engaged the Patriot force at the Battle of Freeman's Farm, or the First Battle of Saratoga. Failing to break through the American lines, Burgoyne's force retreated. On October 7, another British reconnaissance force was repulsed by an American force under General Benedict Arnold in the Battle of Bemis Heights, also known as the Second Battle of Saratoga.
Burgoyne retreated north to the village of Saratoga with his 5,000 surviving troops. By October 13, some 20,000 Americans had surrounded the British, and four days later Burgoyne was forced to agree to the first large-scale surrender of British forces in the Revolutionary War.
Burgoyne successfully negotiated that his surviving men would be returned to Britain by pledging that they would never again serve in North America. The nearly 6,000-man army was kept in captivity at great expense to the Continental Congress until the end of the war.
Soon after word of the Patriot victory at Saratoga reached France, King Louis XVI agreed to recognize the independence of the United States and French Foreign Minister Charles Gravier, Count de Vergennes, made arrangements with U.S. Ambassador Benjamin Franklin to begin providing formal French aid to the Patriot cause. This assistance was crucial to the eventual American victory in the Revolutionary War.