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Author Topic: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...  (Read 1631 times)

Offline Over&Under

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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #40 on: December 28, 2009, 11:44:00 AM »
Great Hog Curt!!  Well done keeping your cool and doing what had to be done for a quick and clean (as possible) kill.

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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #41 on: December 28, 2009, 01:11:00 PM »
Curt goes hunting.  Animal dies.  Same old story huh?  :p    :p    You're just a killing machine! (just razz'n ya' - you tell the best stories around!)  

Congratulations on a fine animal bud  :thumbsup:  !!
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #42 on: December 28, 2009, 01:18:00 PM »
That's a GREAT pic looking down your arrow and broadhead to those hogs!!!!  That was a good stalk anyhow!  

Good stuff!!!!  Congrats on a cool looking Boar!
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #43 on: December 28, 2009, 02:05:00 PM »
superb hog, pics 'n' story!  

congrats curt!     :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #44 on: December 28, 2009, 03:54:00 PM »
Great read along, Congrats on a fine hog!!!
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #45 on: December 28, 2009, 04:36:00 PM »
That is an awesome hog curt and a great story. I always lookforward to reading your stories.
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #46 on: December 28, 2009, 05:10:00 PM »
:thumbsup:  Nice Pig....can smell the hams roasting in the oven now...
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #47 on: December 28, 2009, 05:28:00 PM »
Pulled pork for the JLMBH?

Congrats Curt! I'm sure more will die before you head home. Good luck and be safe!

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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #48 on: December 28, 2009, 05:31:00 PM »
Well, I guess I'd better chime in on this..

So, this Yankee calls me and wants to go hunting so I said sure, we haven't tar and feathered a yankee in quite awhile. So I meet the yankee at the convenience store, (I just followed my nose) and there he was. I was going to try and sneak up on him but being "street savvy" he quickly exited his car and started begging for his life. After he realized I wasn't going to mug him he settled down for the 15 mile trip to the camp. After we arrived in camp, I removed his front bumper from my rear bumper and introduced him to the "gang". Curt kept looking around nervously, saying something about hearing banjos. There were no banjos but he was a bit skittish. So we hit the woods...
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #49 on: December 28, 2009, 05:58:00 PM »
Good on ya, Don and Curt! Nice pig, mate.
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #50 on: December 28, 2009, 06:01:00 PM »
Looks like Marjorie Rawlings' old home place! How were the oranges?

Thanks for a story well told through words and pictures. I am very glad that I didn't find it until today, though, Charl... I mean Curt!   ;)

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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #51 on: December 28, 2009, 06:54:00 PM »
That is a cool lookin hog! Conrats again Curt!!  :thumbsup:
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #52 on: December 28, 2009, 06:57:00 PM »
Great job Curt,I have been checking daily waiting for the outcome of your hunt.Somehow I knew it would end this way.This afternoon I saw Smitty at work and he called me over to show me something on his phone.Just as I suspected it was you with some fresh porkchops.Nice hog!Safe trip home .glen

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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #53 on: December 28, 2009, 07:28:00 PM »
Congrats on a fine job, now I can't wait till Februrary when I am going down there.  :thumbsup:

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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #54 on: December 28, 2009, 07:31:00 PM »
So I hear these stories about how Curt is the worlds greatest bow shot. I am in the presence of archery royalty I thought. After our trek into the woods, which produced no hogs in spite of my superior hog guiding skills, we retired to camp for a supper of elk burgers, homemade clam chowder and entertainment by Chef Craig. After supper,knowing that Curt would not offer to showcase his worldclass shooting skills, I challenged him to a friendly shootoff for camp champion of the universe and beyond. Curt was ever the gracious guest and deliberately missed the target to allow us to save face in the presence of greatness. Curt even carried this well into the next days hunt, nearly de-quivering on a single hog to make me feel good about myself.

Thankfully, Curt shot a legal hog, meaning one the guide can drive to, and we were soon returning to camp. Unfortunately, I threw my shoulder out loading hogzilla for my guest and was unable to assist in the cleaning process, which disappointed me greatly. So in an effort to make this up to my friend, I went to Chef Craigs and cooked a large pot of grits so Curt would have some quality food after cleaning hogzilla. Wouldn't you know it but Curt, being the woodsman that he is, must have symbolically ate the hogs heart and liver as he cleaned the boar, because he refused my offering of grits!
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #55 on: December 28, 2009, 07:34:00 PM »
Great story telling and pics are fantastic.

Congrats on a super hog!
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #56 on: December 28, 2009, 07:40:00 PM »
Of course, everything I have posted about Curt is a little continuation of the friendly  "Yankee" bashing Curt endured during his trip to our camp.

Curt was very thankful to have the opportunity to hunt our property when in reality I was thankful for the opportunity to enjoy his company and watch him in action.

I found Curt to be a fine woodsman and archer and one I would enjoy sharing a camp with anytime. I hope I can host him again soon either afield or afloat , chasing pigs, snook, tarpon or whatever is in season.
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #57 on: December 28, 2009, 07:48:00 PM »
Curt...great story and as always great pic's...no banjo's huh! well I guess the old saying still holds true..."what goes on in camp, stays in camp" LOL  

DonD you sound like you would be a riot in any camp, never a dull moment I'll bet!
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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #58 on: December 28, 2009, 07:56:00 PM »
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Pulled pork for the JLMBH?

 
Exactly what I was thinking Terry!!!!!!

Great job Curt, thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

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Re: A Day with Don D...and some other fine folks...
« Reply #59 on: December 28, 2009, 10:15:00 PM »
Sounds like a great hunting camp.   :thumbsup:

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