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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: swp on December 17, 2010, 03:49:00 PM
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Had all the Christmas cheer I can stand. Taking my show on the road tomorrow, gonna test out my new tipi and go looking for the luck of the Irish(wilderness) on the Eleven Point River. See ya Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Im jealous !
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don't forget to grab that bow
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Grabbing the bow and the smoke pole.
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I would guess a fly rod or spinning out fit also???
Have a great time... Pictures, pictures, please. That is drop dead gorgeus country on the 11 Point.
Good luck Scott.
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Thanks for inviting me.
doug77
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Good luck and have fun!!!
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Keep the dry side up!!
I was working in Springfield yesterday. Hope it's warmer for Your trip. Send us some more pics. when You return.
I love the Ozarks. Good scenery and good people.
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Doug,
You are always invited!! Let me get a couple tied up for us. Plenty of time before Jan. 15 to go again! Pics will hopefully be abundant when I return.
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Oh you lucky son of a........Good Luck Scott! :wavey:
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Good Luck--Have Fun--Be Safe--Take pics for us!
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Have a nice trip!!
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Well the Irish gave me a gift but the locals pretty much spoiled the rest of the trip. Couple of guys behind me spotted a gut shot doe and pointed me back to her so I was able to get some meat for a friend. But the local yahoos have a fondness for running deer hounds (illegal), I saw at least 6 different dogs in 12 miles and heard more. Plus the place I planned on camping looked like party central so the camping was out. On the bright side the scenery was great.
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beautiful spot .....
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always wanted to do a float/hunt, kind of a survival hunt,eat what you kill or catch. ofcoarse you got backup hotdogs. :rolleyes:
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Be careful of the term "Luck of the Irish" the saying came about because the Irish were well known for "not" having any luck.
But you...that's different...darn lucky to be on a trip like this. Great country judging by the pictures. I can't wait to get back up in the Adirondack in the spring. Good job on the photo's
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Those pics are beautiful.
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Before my wife and I got married the Eleven Point was one of our favorite floats. I have never eaten crayfish that taste as good as the ones from there. We have floated it in January when it was 10 below. The springs are amazing, even in the dead of winter they make you breath deep and thank the Lord for the chance to see them.
MAP
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I've lived in Missouri my entire life and have never floated eleven point river.
Of course there are numerous streams in Missouri that I haven't ever stepped foot in, but I live on Big River so anytime I want to float or fish that's the one that I know the best......and it's only a stone's throw from my house.
Scott- Sorry to hear your trip was basically ruined by villiage idiots, but that seems to be the case these days. My worst experiences were usually ruined by city people and not the locals, but you never know what could happen?
Glad you salvaged what was left of your trip and got some real cool pics.
So did you finish off a gut shot doe? Or what exactly happened there? Please elaborate a little bit.
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Nice country. No wonder Daniel Boone chose to live out the rest of his life in Missouri....Phil
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Great pics. the Bald Eagle is fantastic.
bretto
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There is usually a pair or two of eagles that hang around the river here and I have even seen them right here behind our house at the edge of the pasture during winter.
I was using a rabbit squealer trying to call coyotes last winter just up from the edge of the river, and an eagle swooped down from nowhere and passed right over my head about 50 yards to my left. It almost made me pee my camo! :(
They are amazingly huge when seen at that close range with wings fully spanned out. It looked like a 747 coming right at me! :scared:
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Chris,
I had gotten in front of a couple of canoers who had left just before me and had pulled into Barn Hollow campground about 1:00 to hunt up the hollow. When I got back they were just pulling in. They asked me if I had shot anything and I told them no. They said they had just passed a deer that had been shot and was on river right that was still alive but laying against a steep bank. I said how far back up river and they told me 5-10 minutes. I paddled back up the flat stretch and pulled my boat through a shoal to the next flat stretch and there she was laying against the bank, barely breathing. I only had my last archery tag with me and didn't want to use it on her so I didn't shoot her with my bow. Slit her throat, told her I was sorry, and gutted her out. She had been gut shot and the intestines had plugged the holes. I took her to my truck and put my muzzeloading tag on her (was hunting for a co-worker some meat and didn't really care if I shot one with the gun or not). Other than having a little of that red bile looking blood in her I couldn't see anywhere the bullet had tore open the intestines or stomach. She was a gift!!! No telling how far she had come and I wasn't going to just leave her there to go to waste.
Those eagles are amazing and you forget just how big they are until the take off flying.
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It is a shame that some people don't view treasures like the Eleven Point for what they are. They only care about what they can take out of it now for themselves with no concern about its future wellbeing. Pretty sad really.
When I got to the take out there were gigged suckers everywhere on the bank (pretty sure it was still in the blue ribbon trout area where there is no gigging allowed). Even if it was allowed you would think they could have thrown them away somewhere besides the bank. There was even a sign that said due to continued vandalism of this area it was under camera surveillance.
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SWP:
sorry to hear about the problems... The pics were great. Thanks