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#61
The Tailgate / Re: Wounded!
Last post by nastygunz - May 31, 2026, 07:47:08 PMIt was a Muddler Minnow streamer.
#62
The Tailgate / Re: Wounded!
Last post by nastygunz - May 31, 2026, 07:46:00 PMDamn thing was stuck right in the cartilage, she didn't give up the ghost easily ha ha 
#63
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Remember when...
Last post by msmith - May 31, 2026, 07:24:08 PMIt's not nice to fool mother nature
#64
The Tailgate / Re: Wounded!
Last post by coyote101 - May 31, 2026, 05:28:45 PMOuch! It looks like that hurt. 
I once hooked myself in a finger with a small, barbed hook. I couldn't get it out backwards, so I snipped it off below the eye and drove it through with a pair of needle nose pliers. It hurt a bit, but not as much as I expected. 
Pat
I once hooked myself in a finger with a small, barbed hook. I couldn't get it out backwards, so I snipped it off below the eye and drove it through with a pair of needle nose pliers. It hurt a bit, but not as much as I expected. Pat
#65
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Homemade bread.
Last post by coyote101 - May 31, 2026, 01:06:23 PMThat looks delicious! 
Pat
Pat
#66
The Tailgate / Today in history 5-31
Last post by remrogers - May 31, 2026, 10:37:15 AM1859
May 31
Big Ben starts ticking over London for the first time
The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high Elizabeth Tower, begins ticking over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on May 31, 1859. The great bell's strikes are first heard a few weeks later, on July 11.
After a fire destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster—the headquarters of the British Parliament—in October 1834, a standout feature of the design for the new palace was a large clock atop a tower. The royal astronomer, Sir George Airy, wanted the clock to have pinpoint accuracy, including twice-a-day checks with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. While many clockmakers dismissed this goal as impossible, Airy counted on the help of Edmund Beckett Denison, a formidable barrister known for his expertise in horology, or the science of measuring time.
The name "Big Ben" originally just applied to the bell but later came to refer to the clock itself. Two main stories exist about how Big Ben got its name. Many claim it was named after the famously long-winded Sir Benjamin Hall, the London commissioner of works at the time it was built. Another famous story argues that the bell was named for the popular heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt, because it was the largest of its kind.
Even after an incendiary bomb destroyed the chamber of the House of Commons during the Second World War, Elizabeth Tower survived, and Big Ben continued to function. Its famously accurate timekeeping is regulated by a stack of coins placed on the clock's huge pendulum, ensuring a steady movement of the clock hands at all times. At night, all four of the clock's faces, each one 23 feet across, are illuminated. A light above Big Ben is also lit to let the public know when Parliament is in session.
May 31
Big Ben starts ticking over London for the first time
The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high Elizabeth Tower, begins ticking over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on May 31, 1859. The great bell's strikes are first heard a few weeks later, on July 11.
After a fire destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster—the headquarters of the British Parliament—in October 1834, a standout feature of the design for the new palace was a large clock atop a tower. The royal astronomer, Sir George Airy, wanted the clock to have pinpoint accuracy, including twice-a-day checks with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. While many clockmakers dismissed this goal as impossible, Airy counted on the help of Edmund Beckett Denison, a formidable barrister known for his expertise in horology, or the science of measuring time.
The name "Big Ben" originally just applied to the bell but later came to refer to the clock itself. Two main stories exist about how Big Ben got its name. Many claim it was named after the famously long-winded Sir Benjamin Hall, the London commissioner of works at the time it was built. Another famous story argues that the bell was named for the popular heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt, because it was the largest of its kind.
Even after an incendiary bomb destroyed the chamber of the House of Commons during the Second World War, Elizabeth Tower survived, and Big Ben continued to function. Its famously accurate timekeeping is regulated by a stack of coins placed on the clock's huge pendulum, ensuring a steady movement of the clock hands at all times. At night, all four of the clock's faces, each one 23 feet across, are illuminated. A light above Big Ben is also lit to let the public know when Parliament is in session.
#67
The Tailgate / Wounded!
Last post by nastygunz - May 31, 2026, 09:47:31 AM"So first thing this morning I hop into the ford ready to do battle, I mean work for the company, my fly rod which is 9 feet long is poking over the front seat, so I hop in and feel a sting in my ear, look in the rear view mirror and have hooked my ear on the fish hook on the end of the pole....
....after a few seconds of reflection to plan my escape, I tugged gently, nope, she's a-holding on...wiggle the hook, no escape, finally I took the old military mantra and put it into effect, " A wrong action is better than no action at all"... and popped the hook out of my ear, along with a chunk of Me, and drove into work holding a hunting glove to my ear to staunch the blood flow...now I kinda know how the fish feels!..."
....after a few seconds of reflection to plan my escape, I tugged gently, nope, she's a-holding on...wiggle the hook, no escape, finally I took the old military mantra and put it into effect, " A wrong action is better than no action at all"... and popped the hook out of my ear, along with a chunk of Me, and drove into work holding a hunting glove to my ear to staunch the blood flow...now I kinda know how the fish feels!..."
#68
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Remember when...
Last post by FinsnFur - May 31, 2026, 09:14:36 AM #69
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Jimbos New Pet.
Last post by FinsnFur - May 31, 2026, 09:11:50 AMQuote from: Hawks Feather on May 30, 2026, 07:48:28 AMQuote from: FinsnFur on May 30, 2026, 07:34:41 AMBetter than a couple holes, which is what he'd have in him if he was here
So Jim, I need a little further explanation. Would you use a large caliber handgun, a rifle, shotgun, pellet pistol (fired multiple times). or a pitch fork to watch it wiggle as it died? Asking for a friend (not a friend of the snake).
Large caliber handgun. With deep cut gridded hollow points.
#70
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Homemade bread.
Last post by FinsnFur - May 31, 2026, 09:09:18 AMI love homemade bread 