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#31
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: I don't know what the big ...
Last post by Hawks Feather - October 08, 2026, 10:20:34 PMQuote from: FinsnFur on October 08, 2026, 09:02:14 PMQuote from: nastygunz on October 08, 2026, 10:52:33 AMI saw a pink elephant once after a long night of drinking and ice fishing but I've never seen a pink dinosaur before.
Were you down here? We have a Pink Elephant on the river.
That might explain it.
https://share.google/dOZjKEaYHHa1RR71H
#32
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: I don't know what the big ...
Last post by FinsnFur - October 08, 2026, 09:02:14 PMQuote from: nastygunz on October 08, 2026, 10:52:33 AMI saw a pink elephant once after a long night of drinking and ice fishing but I've never seen a pink dinosaur before.
Were you down here? We have a Pink Elephant on the river.
https://share.google/dOZjKEaYHHa1RR71H
#33
The Tailgate / Today in history 10-8
Last post by remrogers - October 08, 2026, 11:06:53 AM1871
Oct 10
Great Chicago Fire begins
On October 8, 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million in damages (more than $5.4 billion in 2026).
Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O'Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet might have been responsible for the event that left four square miles of the Windy City, including its business district, in ruins. Dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The city averaged two fires per day in 1870; there were 20 fires throughout Chicago the week before the Great Fire of 1871.
Despite the fire's devastation, much of Chicago's physical infrastructure, including its water, sewage and transportation systems, remained intact. Reconstruction efforts began quickly and spurred great economic development and population growth, as architects laid the foundation for a modern city featuring the world's first skyscrapers. At the time of the fire, Chicago's population was approximately 324,000; within nine years, there were 500,000 Chicagoans. By 1893, the city was a major economic and transportation hub with an estimated population of 1.5 million. That same year, Chicago was chosen to host the World's Columbian Exposition, a major tourist attraction visited by 27.5 million people, or approximately half the U.S. population at the time.
In 1997, the Chicago City Council exonerated Catherine O'Leary and her cow. She had turned into a recluse after the fire and died in 1895.
Oct 10
Great Chicago Fire begins
On October 8, 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million in damages (more than $5.4 billion in 2026).
Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O'Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet might have been responsible for the event that left four square miles of the Windy City, including its business district, in ruins. Dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The city averaged two fires per day in 1870; there were 20 fires throughout Chicago the week before the Great Fire of 1871.
Despite the fire's devastation, much of Chicago's physical infrastructure, including its water, sewage and transportation systems, remained intact. Reconstruction efforts began quickly and spurred great economic development and population growth, as architects laid the foundation for a modern city featuring the world's first skyscrapers. At the time of the fire, Chicago's population was approximately 324,000; within nine years, there were 500,000 Chicagoans. By 1893, the city was a major economic and transportation hub with an estimated population of 1.5 million. That same year, Chicago was chosen to host the World's Columbian Exposition, a major tourist attraction visited by 27.5 million people, or approximately half the U.S. population at the time.
In 1997, the Chicago City Council exonerated Catherine O'Leary and her cow. She had turned into a recluse after the fire and died in 1895.
#34
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: I don't know what the big ...
Last post by nastygunz - October 08, 2026, 10:52:33 AMI saw a pink elephant once after a long night of drinking and ice fishing but I've never seen a pink dinosaur before.
#35
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: I don't know what the big ...
Last post by Hawks Feather - October 08, 2026, 08:32:09 AMYou are just lucky that they were smaller dinosaurs, larger ones would have probably eaten you right there.
#36
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: I don't know what the big ...
Last post by nastygunz - October 08, 2026, 04:18:14 AMBrilliant! 
#37
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: I don't know what the big ...
Last post by FinsnFur - October 07, 2026, 09:01:49 PMDinosaurs are social creatures. They live and travel in groups.
Bigfoot was an introvert
Bigfoot was an introvert
#38
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / I don't know what the big deal...
Last post by nastygunz - October 07, 2026, 04:13:39 PMNobody ever seems to be able to catch one on pictures or videos when people keep claiming to see them all the time. I managed to snap a picture of two dinosaurs with no problem at all 
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. #39
The Tailgate / Today in history 10-7
Last post by remrogers - October 07, 2026, 10:35:47 AM1916
Oct 7
Georgia Tech shuts out Cumberland, 222-0, in most lopsided college football game
On October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University, 222-0, in the most lopsided game in college football history. Coached by John Heisman, later namesake of college football's most famous trophy, Georgia Tech takes a 63-0 lead in the first quarter at Grant Field in Atlanta.
"All of Cumberland's plays were smothered completely," the Atlanta Constitution reported.
"I think one of our best plays of the game was when one of our players got the ball on a pitchout and he lost only 10 yards," Ed Haysler Poague, who played for Cumberland, recalled decades later.
Despite a 126-0 halftime lead, Heisman urged his team to keep the pressure on. "You never know what those Cumberland players have up their sleeve," he said. "So in the second half, go out and hit 'em clean and hit 'em hard. Do not let up."
Heisman agreed to shorten the quarters to 12 minutes from 15. But speculation remains that he ran up the score because he thought Cumberland—a Lebanon, Tennessee school—used professional players to beat Georgia Tech in baseball, a sport Heisman also coached.
"We really didn't have such a bad team," Poague said. "We were just so ridiculously outclassed that day that it was, well, ridiculous."
Georgia Tech fans apparently thought the game might be competitive. "But it didn't take them long to realize that it wasn't going to be too difficult," Poague recalled. "They did a lot of laughing after that."
Oct 7
Georgia Tech shuts out Cumberland, 222-0, in most lopsided college football game
On October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University, 222-0, in the most lopsided game in college football history. Coached by John Heisman, later namesake of college football's most famous trophy, Georgia Tech takes a 63-0 lead in the first quarter at Grant Field in Atlanta.
"All of Cumberland's plays were smothered completely," the Atlanta Constitution reported.
"I think one of our best plays of the game was when one of our players got the ball on a pitchout and he lost only 10 yards," Ed Haysler Poague, who played for Cumberland, recalled decades later.
Despite a 126-0 halftime lead, Heisman urged his team to keep the pressure on. "You never know what those Cumberland players have up their sleeve," he said. "So in the second half, go out and hit 'em clean and hit 'em hard. Do not let up."
Heisman agreed to shorten the quarters to 12 minutes from 15. But speculation remains that he ran up the score because he thought Cumberland—a Lebanon, Tennessee school—used professional players to beat Georgia Tech in baseball, a sport Heisman also coached.
"We really didn't have such a bad team," Poague said. "We were just so ridiculously outclassed that day that it was, well, ridiculous."
Georgia Tech fans apparently thought the game might be competitive. "But it didn't take them long to realize that it wasn't going to be too difficult," Poague recalled. "They did a lot of laughing after that."
#40
Hunting Photos / Re: .410 Thunder!
Last post by nastygunz - October 06, 2026, 08:16:24 PMYes I was going to have JR do it but it was hit or miss trying to get a hold of him ha ha. They are a ton of fun I have had mine for years one of my favorite guns. I still have the original barrel which is a super 14 with vent rib and bead sight. That barrel actually throws a pretty good pattern too.