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Title: A walk in......"My neck of the woods"
Post by: Winterhawk1960 on July 06, 2010, 09:41:00 PM

Last Saturday was my wife's birthday and in the afternoon we decided to take a drive in the country. Below are some of the "sights" that we encountered along the way. Some of the pictures are better than the others due to both light available and the amount of zoom that was utilized.

I hope you enjoy a small trip in the wonderful state of West Virginia.

Winterhawk1960

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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on July 06, 2010, 09:42:00 PM

Looking good so far   :thumbsup:

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Post by: Winterhawk1960 on July 06, 2010, 09:44:00 PM

A few more.............

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Post by: Winterhawk1960 on July 06, 2010, 09:46:00 PM

.........and even more

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Post by: Horner on July 06, 2010, 09:48:00 PM

Beautiful pics!!!!!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    :archer:

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Post by: Winterhawk1960 on July 06, 2010, 09:50:00 PM

........and finally......an old abandoned homestead and a couple creatures of the "feathered kind".

Winterhawk1960

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A pair of Scarlet Tanagers.....sorry about the blurriness but I figured I was "lucky" to get a pair of them in the same picture.

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A Thrasher

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Post by: Dean Lintz on July 06, 2010, 09:51:00 PM

That looks really great.

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Post by: Tom Greenwald on July 06, 2010, 09:53:00 PM

Very nice  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Wannabe1 on July 06, 2010, 09:53:00 PM

Beautiful! Some day I'll make it over east and see some of that great country. Thanks for sharing and taking us on a scenic drive.   :thumbsup:    :clapper:

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Post by: owlbait on July 06, 2010, 10:10:00 PM

Healthy looking deer Don. Looks like a great place. Is there much public land to hunt in West Virginia? How is the hunting? We rarely see Tanagers here so it is nice to see pics of them.

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Post by: texas woody on July 06, 2010, 10:11:00 PM

Winterhawk where did you take these pics? I was born and raised in Parkersburg.

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Post by: ChetterB on July 06, 2010, 10:22:00 PM

Thanks for sharing, excellent take care and enjoy Jerry.

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Post by: Winterhawk1960 on July 06, 2010, 10:25:00 PM

Mike,

There are several pieces of public land to hunt, but as are most places......you have to be careful and not leave things out that you want to keep. The hunting here is good.......but it seems to me that the DNR manages the deer herd for "quantity" instead of "quality". That being said, if you ever want to come down and hunt for a few days, I have access to a couple pieces of private land that we can "explore".

texas woody,

All of these pictures were taken in either Wood or Wirt county. I spent my first 17 years of life living in a little place called Slate. The pictures were either taken on Slate Creek Road in Wood County.......or Tuckers Creek Road in Wirt County.

Most of the old Westvaco land here is now "leased" up by hunting clubs, and it is very hard to have any access to it without being a member of the club. I don't belong to any of them but still have one relative that has a pretty good sized chunk of land here in WV. It doesn't get any pressure in bow season, but gun season is another story all together.

All that being said........West "by God" Virginia truly is a beautiful state and I'm proud to call myself a West Virginian.

Winterhawk1960

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Post by: gregg dudley on July 06, 2010, 10:34:00 PM

Very neat!  Thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Night Wing on July 06, 2010, 10:38:00 PM

Thanks for sharing the photos. I enjoyed seeing them.

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Post by: Jock Whisky on July 06, 2010, 11:06:00 PM

Pretty nice country Winterhawk. Thanks for the tour

JW

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Post by: elkken on July 06, 2010, 11:20:00 PM

very nice pics ... and your camera is ?

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Post by: bowslinger on July 06, 2010, 11:35:00 PM

Thanks for sharing Winterhawk! Very nice pictures.

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Post by: twostrings on July 07, 2010, 12:45:00 AM

It looks like you had fun. Great pics, thanks for sharing.

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Post by: T Folts on July 07, 2010, 07:18:00 AM

Nic pics Don, maybe someday I'll wander by and say hello.
Terry

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Post by: Winterhawk1960 on July 07, 2010, 07:49:00 AM

Thanks for the compliments guys.

elkken,

The camera is a Panasonic FZ-30, which was discontinued less than a year after it came out. I kinda figured that for the price it cost that Panasonic figured that a person wouldn't have to purchase another camera for so long that they figured they better get it off the market. It really takes a pretty nice picture and has 12x optical and image stabilization.

Terry,

Your more than welcome to wander by anytime. There is always room for another trad-ganger.

Winterhawk1960

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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on July 07, 2010, 08:31:00 AM

Great Photos thank for sharing.

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Post by: KentuckyTJ on July 07, 2010, 08:33:00 AM

Great photos Don, really liked the old house. Old structures have always intrigued me.

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Post by: azhunter on July 07, 2010, 09:29:00 AM

Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

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Post by: TLANE on July 07, 2010, 09:49:00 AM

I love your end of the state!  I used to hunt in Ritchie Co., some of my fondest hunting memories are from there!  Never hunted in Wood Co. but always wanted to.  Great pics!!!!!

Toby

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Post by: LeverActionman on July 07, 2010, 09:55:00 AM

Great pictures always nice to take the time to enjoy  the outdoors.Alot of people don't take the time.

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Post by: JEJ on July 07, 2010, 02:05:00 PM

Winterhawk, love all the animal photos, but that old homestead pic with the barb wire fence trailing off, and the hills in the background is just about perfect to look at and think about John Denver singing "Almost Heaven, West Virginia ..." thanks for posting, and Happy Birthday to Mrs. "Winterhawk1960"  :wavey:

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Post by: Hopewell Tom on July 07, 2010, 03:36:00 PM

Nice country, some similar places and wildlife here in Nova Scotia, but not those two birds. Thanks for the looksee.

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Post by: glenbo on July 07, 2010, 04:29:00 PM

Looks like a great place to live.

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Post by: bolong on July 07, 2010, 04:50:00 PM

Nice pics, thanks for sharing.

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Post by: texas woody on July 07, 2010, 10:43:00 PM

Winterhawk1960, I know the places you are talking about. my parents still live there off 47 past the state police station and my brother lives off murpheytown road. we are going to try to make a trip home around august if that happens I'll get in touch with you

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Post by: Winterhawk1960 on July 07, 2010, 10:47:00 PM

Please do......and perhaps we can get together and shoot a few arrows.

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Post by: doubleo on July 07, 2010, 10:53:00 PM

So that's what deer look like! Nice pics and thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Thumper Dunker on July 08, 2010, 12:53:00 AM

Real nice. Love the bunny and coyote.

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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on July 08, 2010, 08:38:00 AM

Winterhawk, great photos. I always love the pic threads. Is that abandon homestead available? I'm ready to move in.

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Post by: TooManyHobbies on July 08, 2010, 09:54:00 AM

Nice pic of the birds. I didn't know that female scarlet's were yellow. I've only seen one male in CT, many years ago.

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Post by: DTD on July 08, 2010, 10:22:00 PM

Hey Don,

Some of those areas look a little familiar! I still do most of my hunting at Slate Creek and Tucker Creek.

Doug

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Post by: twitchstick on July 09, 2010, 11:13:00 AM

Looks like some great country. Someday I will have to venture back east and chase some whitetails. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by: NYStickhunter on August 15, 2010, 08:49:00 PM

Great Pictures!

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Post by: lpcjon2 on August 15, 2010, 08:56:00 PM

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing Next I want one with arrows in them...LOL

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Post by: swamp donkey on August 15, 2010, 09:19:00 PM

Gorgeous pics! Reminds me of a farm I used to hunt in Ritchie county back in the 80's.

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Post by: JEFF B on August 15, 2010, 11:41:00 PM

well i got to say that is awesome lovley pics.

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Post by: Sixby on August 16, 2010, 01:25:00 AM

Beautiful pics and looks like great country. Thanks for sharing them /Don. God Bless you, steve

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Post by: Sixby on August 16, 2010, 01:26:00 AM

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Post by: Gen273 on August 16, 2010, 07:12:00 AM

Thanks for sharing

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Post by: JimB on August 16, 2010, 10:04:00 PM

Beautiful photography.I lived in Mineral county for 15 years.Coyotes were barely starting when I left.I appreciate you sharing those and hope you do more as the seasons change.I sure miss the Fall colrs of the East.

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Post by: Over&Under on August 16, 2010, 11:21:00 PM

Great pics Winterhawk!  Always like seeing other parts of the country!

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Post by: elkbreath on August 17, 2010, 01:57:00 AM

thanks for your pics...but honestly your avatar really draws me in.  

Thanks for the inspiration!

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Post by: YankeeRedneck on August 17, 2010, 05:22:00 AM

Those are great shots !!

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Post by: Eugene Slagle on August 17, 2010, 06:03:00 AM

Beautiful photos there bud..