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Author Topic: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).  (Read 455 times)

Offline saumensch

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"The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« on: May 13, 2012, 09:55:00 AM »
Hello,

used this lovely Sunday morning to get out there, shoot some arrows, explore and enjoy nature in full bloom.

Thers an old lake i used to hike around with my dad in days gone past and i wanted to see how it looked like nowadays. 10 years ago there were some well used hiking-trails around it, but as people in general seem to loose interest in wilder places around here i was completely by myself. Apart from the normal signs of logging there wasnt any sign of other people around, wich is very special for my part of the world (except for one, well come to that later...).

Anyways, enough boring words here are some pics to let you come along if you like:

Squirrel watching me on my way in:
 

 

Beavers work:
 

First sight of the lake:
 

Carps cruising the shallows, the biggest ones were about 10#:
 
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2012, 09:57:00 AM »
That lake is begging for a canoe and a pole. Nice pics!  :thumbsup:
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2012, 10:31:00 AM »


 

 

Pig-wallow:
 

 
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Offline saumensch

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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2012, 10:32:00 AM »
Doesnt look used alot lately
 

Our beavers even go for oaks:
 

This gate once was used to hold fish back when the lake was still used for breeding carp (some 20 years ago):
 

Ducks nest;
 
Breakfast spot with a view:
 
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2012, 10:32:00 AM »
Well, nowadays it seems you just have to look close enough and youll find s**t anywhere you look (or a diaper in this case):
 

The knife and sheath i made myself this winter:
 

I then decided to follow the little stream that goes into the lake upwards...

 

 

 
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2012, 10:36:00 AM »
another pig-wallow
 

Worms and Buzzards gotta eat too. Or in this case worms gotta eat buzzards:
 

And in the middle of thick forest, at the end of the little stream there was this:
 

Equipment used:
 

Thanks for looking,
Axel
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2012, 10:40:00 AM »
looks like a good time!! thanks for sharing the pics
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2012, 10:51:00 AM »
What was that in the middle of the deep forest?
I would love to roam a place like that with a bow. You are a lucky satyr.    :p

Our buzzards don't have stripedy feathers. I think in Europe they call buteo-type hawks buzzards. I could be wrong, though. your post has many fine pictures, and I wish I could have tagged along.

Killdeer   :wavey:
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2012, 10:54:00 AM »
Killdeer,

thats a wooden fountain at a well where the whole water for the stream and the lake come from.

Youre right about the buzzards, We call hawk-like birds "Bussard", mixed that up in my mind.
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2012, 10:57:00 AM »
Very nice pictures,I like the knife.
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2012, 11:07:00 AM »
great pics! I enjoyed it
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2012, 11:09:00 AM »
It looks like you had a very enjoyable hike.  You have some nice country to roam, thanks for the pictures.
-Jay
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2012, 11:10:00 AM »
Axel,thanks for sharing your pics.A really cool place to wonder around for sure.Are you allowed to bowfish in that lake,it looks to have plenty of carp in it.Nice BigJim TC also.

Danny
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2012, 11:20:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Killdeer:
I think in Europe they call buteo-type hawks buzzards. I could be wrong, though.
This is correct. The Common Buzzard is a Buteo. Early settlers in the americas misidentified vultures from a distance, calling them "buzzards" and the name stuck.


Looks like a nice place for a walk.
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2012, 11:34:00 AM »
Very cool pics, are you allowed to bow fish in Germany?
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2012, 11:37:00 AM »
Sadly, No Bowfishing here.
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2012, 11:38:00 AM »
Cool pics!   :thumbsup:
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2012, 12:31:00 PM »
Nice pics, looks alot like NY woods.
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2012, 02:07:00 PM »
Very nice, and thank you for the tour.
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Re: "The forgotten lake"..... a stumpin morning (pic heavy).
« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2012, 02:42:00 PM »
Axel,thanks for taking us along.
Nice place to spend the day away from the crowds.
I like your TC,it looks you like it as well.
I am sorry that in your nice country no bowhunting is permitted,but you know European are never been hunters,we have spent thousands of years moving war one agaist the other.
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