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#21
Hunting Photos / Re: Mountain Buck.
Last post by FinsnFur - November 11, 2024, 07:54:46 PMRumor has it he went shopping for an updated phone and was never seen again
#22
The Tailgate / Re: Merica🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Last post by FinsnFur - November 11, 2024, 07:53:54 PMGod Bless the men and women who have served our country 
#23
The Tailgate / Re: Spot/stalking
Last post by 1snafu - November 11, 2024, 05:41:45 PMIn a perfect World. I park directly down wind from where it is laying. I imagine the coyote is in the center of a clock dial. Then I look for a reference point on the horizon beyond the hillside of where the coyote is bedded. I note all reference points as they become a part of the clock dial. The coyote being the center of that dial.
If no horizon reference point(s). I look for other reference points clockwise from the exact spot of where the coyote is laying(center of the clock dial). It's nice to have at least 2 reference points/land markers..thus I tirangulate the 2 reference points from the coyote. Reference points Such as; a perticular tree, bush, building, exposed large rock, fence post, ect. I also count hills. Including all hills beyond the hill where the coyote is laying to the last horizon hill top. I also take note(count hills) down wind of the coyote to me.
I also from where I'm parked doing my triangulation. I look directly to my down wind. From where I'm parked. Noting any & all land marker reference points. As to whether they are to the left or to the right of the coyote. All of the above info I take into account. Should on the way in. I can adjust my stalk path accordinly if need be.
I hope that makes sense to you.
If no horizon reference point(s). I look for other reference points clockwise from the exact spot of where the coyote is laying(center of the clock dial). It's nice to have at least 2 reference points/land markers..thus I tirangulate the 2 reference points from the coyote. Reference points Such as; a perticular tree, bush, building, exposed large rock, fence post, ect. I also count hills. Including all hills beyond the hill where the coyote is laying to the last horizon hill top. I also take note(count hills) down wind of the coyote to me.
I also from where I'm parked doing my triangulation. I look directly to my down wind. From where I'm parked. Noting any & all land marker reference points. As to whether they are to the left or to the right of the coyote. All of the above info I take into account. Should on the way in. I can adjust my stalk path accordinly if need be.
I hope that makes sense to you.
#24
Hunting Photos / Re: Mountain Buck.
Last post by nastygunz - November 11, 2024, 04:54:00 PMBop lives matter!
#25
The Tailgate / Re: Merica🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Last post by Hawks Feather - November 11, 2024, 04:51:23 PMMany thanks to all who have served.
#26
The Tailgate / Re: Merica🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Last post by remrogers - November 11, 2024, 11:50:20 AMTo all who have served and those who are serving; THANK YOU.
#27
The Tailgate / Today in history 11-11
Last post by remrogers - November 11, 2024, 11:47:49 AM1918
Nov 11
Armistice Day: World War I ends
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation or exposure.
On June 28, 1914, in an event that is widely regarded as sparking the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, was shot to death with his wife by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Ferdinand had been inspecting his uncle's imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite the threat of Serbian nationalists who wanted these Austro-Hungarian possessions to join newly independent Serbia. Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the problem of Slavic nationalism once and for all. However, as Russia supported Serbia, an Austro-Hungarian declaration of war was delayed until its leaders received assurances from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm II that Germany would support their cause in the event of a Russian intervention.
On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe's great powers collapsed. On July 29, Austro-Hungarian forces began to shell the Serbian capital, Belgrade, and Russia, Serbia's ally, ordered a troop mobilization against Austria-Hungary. France, allied with Russia, began to mobilize on August 1. France and Germany declared war against each other on August 3. After crossing through neutral Luxembourg, the German army invaded Belgium on the night of August 3-4, prompting Great Britain, Belgium's ally, to declare war against Germany.
For the most part, the people of Europe greeted the outbreak of war with jubilation. Most patriotically assumed that their country would be victorious within months. Of the initial belligerents, Germany was most prepared for the outbreak of hostilities, and its military leaders had formatted a sophisticated military strategy known as the "Schlieffen Plan," which envisioned the conquest of France through a great arcing offensive through Belgium and into northern France. Russia, slow to mobilize, was to be kept occupied by Austro-Hungarian forces while Germany attacked France.
The Schlieffen Plan was nearly successful, but in early September the French rallied and halted the German advance at the bloody Battle of the Marne near Paris. By the end of 1914, well over a million soldiers of various nationalities had been killed on the battlefields of Europe, and neither for the Allies nor the Central Powers was a final victory in sight. On the western front—the battle line that stretched across northern France and Belgium—the combatants settled down in the trenches for a terrible war of attrition.
Nov 11
Armistice Day: World War I ends
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation or exposure.
On June 28, 1914, in an event that is widely regarded as sparking the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, was shot to death with his wife by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Ferdinand had been inspecting his uncle's imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite the threat of Serbian nationalists who wanted these Austro-Hungarian possessions to join newly independent Serbia. Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the problem of Slavic nationalism once and for all. However, as Russia supported Serbia, an Austro-Hungarian declaration of war was delayed until its leaders received assurances from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm II that Germany would support their cause in the event of a Russian intervention.
On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe's great powers collapsed. On July 29, Austro-Hungarian forces began to shell the Serbian capital, Belgrade, and Russia, Serbia's ally, ordered a troop mobilization against Austria-Hungary. France, allied with Russia, began to mobilize on August 1. France and Germany declared war against each other on August 3. After crossing through neutral Luxembourg, the German army invaded Belgium on the night of August 3-4, prompting Great Britain, Belgium's ally, to declare war against Germany.
For the most part, the people of Europe greeted the outbreak of war with jubilation. Most patriotically assumed that their country would be victorious within months. Of the initial belligerents, Germany was most prepared for the outbreak of hostilities, and its military leaders had formatted a sophisticated military strategy known as the "Schlieffen Plan," which envisioned the conquest of France through a great arcing offensive through Belgium and into northern France. Russia, slow to mobilize, was to be kept occupied by Austro-Hungarian forces while Germany attacked France.
The Schlieffen Plan was nearly successful, but in early September the French rallied and halted the German advance at the bloody Battle of the Marne near Paris. By the end of 1914, well over a million soldiers of various nationalities had been killed on the battlefields of Europe, and neither for the Allies nor the Central Powers was a final victory in sight. On the western front—the battle line that stretched across northern France and Belgium—the combatants settled down in the trenches for a terrible war of attrition.
#28
The Tailgate / Re: Spot/stalking
Last post by Okanagan - November 11, 2024, 11:04:51 AMDescribe more about how you triangulate an animal at a distance. That's a hugely useful tool for spot and stalk, because when you get over near him, things look different and sometimes you're not sure exactly where he is. 
I use a combination of compass and landmarks to find a distant blood trail (maybe across a big canyon), a distant bedded animal, etc. Not sure but think it is similar.
Enjoy the stalking this winter!
I use a combination of compass and landmarks to find a distant blood trail (maybe across a big canyon), a distant bedded animal, etc. Not sure but think it is similar.
Enjoy the stalking this winter!
#29
Hunting Photos / Re: Mountain Buck.
Last post by Okanagan - November 11, 2024, 10:20:26 AMWhat a hog of a buck!
I miss Bop.
I miss Bop.
#30
The Tailgate / Spot/stalking
Last post by 1snafu - November 11, 2024, 06:11:10 AMFor roughly 15 yrs now or more. During road hunting. Looking for a fresh lion track. I've not spot/stalked a coyote. This Winter I plan to do a few. Take still pics/video of a sleeper from long range from the roadway. Then make a video of my stalk. Take some footage when I get up on one for the shot. Take a video/still pics from it's blindside, prior to the shot.
I've spot/stalked hundreds of coyote. I love it, when I can overcome their senses. A few stalks I've been less that 50' away from a sleeping coyote. A lot harder to do than most can imagine. I've been with 15' from a sleeper Red Fox. I've awakened them right before I killed them. To give them a chance to see me & escape the hammer.
When I've spotted a coyote or Red Fox from long range. I triangulate their coordinance. So I can sneak in from any angle from their 10:00-2:00 angle/(up & cross-wind from them). I'm well versed in triangulation & stalking. Not to brag, but I'm pretty damn good at it. We'll see how that all pans out. Once we get some quiet snow cover.
I've spot/stalked hundreds of coyote. I love it, when I can overcome their senses. A few stalks I've been less that 50' away from a sleeping coyote. A lot harder to do than most can imagine. I've been with 15' from a sleeper Red Fox. I've awakened them right before I killed them. To give them a chance to see me & escape the hammer.
When I've spotted a coyote or Red Fox from long range. I triangulate their coordinance. So I can sneak in from any angle from their 10:00-2:00 angle/(up & cross-wind from them). I'm well versed in triangulation & stalking. Not to brag, but I'm pretty damn good at it. We'll see how that all pans out. Once we get some quiet snow cover.