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11-15-2004, 04:29 PM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
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going hunting part III
getting ready for our 153rd annual deer hunt here in wisconsin!
will be staying in the excella again, can't ask for better place to stay! (and of course thanks to my host and hostess rick and jean!!)
wondering if we have any other folks that use airstreams for hunting retreats since we have so many new members from last year?
john
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11-15-2004, 06:25 PM
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Vintage Alum. Enthusiast
1959 24' Tradewind
Phoenix
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Location: I currently do not own a 2nd Airstream
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Hey John, I'd like to see a larger picture so I can see you in your orange zoot suit.
FF
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11-15-2004, 07:02 PM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
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brad
you can view larger photos here http://www.airforums.com/forum...ead.php?t=7930
it is the post i made last year about this time.
i keep hoping for snow for this weekend so i can really stand out in my pumpkin suit!
john
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11-15-2004, 07:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by john hd
getting ready for our 153rd annual deer hunt here in wisconsin!
will be staying in the excella again, can't ask for better place to stay! (and of course thanks to my host and hostess rick and jean!!)
wondering if we have any other folks that use airstreams for hunting retreats since we have so many new members from last year?
john
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John:
I have been looking for a smaller AS trailer to use for hunting purposes but no luck to this point finding anything in my area (MT). Got up at 4am for the 1st day of the hunting season and drove to state land. It would have been a lot easier to have been able to roll out of the trailer just before dawn and get situated.
Montanaandy
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11-15-2004, 09:01 PM
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Rivet Master
2017 28' International
Western
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Quote:
Originally Posted by john hd
getting ready for our 153rd annual deer hunt here in wisconsin!
will be staying in the excella again, can't ask for better place to stay! (and of course thanks to my host and hostess rick and jean!!)
wondering if we have any other folks that use airstreams for hunting retreats since we have so many new members from last year?
john
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Depends on what you're huntin'.......I'm partial huntin' Grand Vistas or unforgettable Sunrise/Sunsets to shoot.....point only with a camera.....and hope I get a "good shot". No license required!
PS, How many of the 153 hunts have you been on?? How many times were you skunked/successful?? Do you expect to be in snow country??
Have a safe trip!
Jim
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11-15-2004, 10:28 PM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
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jim
i have been hunting deer since i was 12, that would make it around 30 years.
bagged a deer in about half of those hunts. it isn't looking good for snow this year, keeping my fingers crossed!
john
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11-15-2004, 10:47 PM
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Rivet Master
2017 28' International
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Quote:
Originally Posted by john hd
jim
i have been hunting deer since i was 12, that would make it around 30 years.
bagged a deer in about half of those hunts. it isn't looking good for snow this year, keeping my fingers crossed!
john
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If you're successful....can you send me some deer meat jerky?.......I'll pay you handsomely (never had the time to do the "guy thing" with friends..... hunt......deer.......with a gun)!
You're the best (shot I hope)!
Jim
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11-16-2004, 04:20 AM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
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jim
i'll see what i can do...it would be pretty hard to get the jerky out of the house. the wife and daughter are very fond of it. they consume it as fast as i can make it!
john
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11-16-2004, 05:04 AM
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2005 28' International CCD
Atlanta
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I do some hunting down in South GA. while visiting my wife's family, and we have started taking the as to stay in. It is much nicer to be in your own "home" than someone else's. We just pull up in the pecan grove and hook up to water and power.
I haven't had a good season so far, but hopefully that will change. I just got into bowhunting this year, and it has really been frustrating.....but it is getting too cold so time to break out my rifle.
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11-19-2004, 06:01 AM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
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i'm so outa here!
truck's loaded, gotta spare bottle of propane, bunch of miller high life, license, rifles, ammo, and some reading material.
looks like rain all weekend, but i'll be snug as a bug in the excella!
report back next week sometime!
john
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11-19-2004, 06:15 AM
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1993 30' Excella
whitewater
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you forgot the scotch gard for the reading material..
norby
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11-23-2004, 07:14 PM
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Rivet Master
1969 31' Sovereign
Broken Arrow
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Funny looking deer
This is the one I was talking about
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11-26-2004, 05:59 AM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
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garry
yuk!
i hope we never get them around here! our dnr has put out "shoot on sight orders" for wild hogs. they do alot of damage and are not native here.
off for a second try, i wish we had got some of that snow you folks had out east.
john
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11-26-2004, 08:50 AM
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1959 22' Caravanner
Atlanta
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My Father-in-law was a avid hunter and one of the main reasons he bought the Airstream we now have. Its been involved in two shootings. One right above the rear window through the skin and hidden by a Wally Caravan plaque and another it appears my father-in-law discharged a hand gun while sitting on the bed and killed the original Reefer. Bet his ears rang for a week!
There is a notch on the end of the Gaucho that looks suspiciously made as a place to put a rifle. Its cut so that it looks like you could put the gun in muzzle first and basically point toward the ground. The arm rests would effectively hide its presence. The opening looks perfect size for the butt and their are scratches under the gaucho as evidence that something metal was slid through the opening and resting against the wall.
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1988 R20 454 Suburban.
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11-28-2004, 03:58 PM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
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no deer, back to work
well, no deer as of the end of the regular season. time to go back to work.
it was certainly nice to get back out in the woods with my buddies and spend a week away from work.
the excella performed perfectly, pulled the batteries out for the season to await the deep freeze. i went through about 1 1/2 bottles of propane to run the furnace, mid 40's and low 30's at night, nice and toasty inside!
on the bright side, black powder season for deer starts tommorow.
maybe i'll dig out the .50 cal and see if i can get one that way!
john
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11-06-2005, 02:36 PM
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Rivet Master
Tonka Bay
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New Season
On the first day of deer hunting this is what I was looking at in my backyard.
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2015 Sprinter Class B Camper Van
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11-06-2005, 02:43 PM
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Rivet Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Davydd
On the first day of deer hunting this is what I was looking at in my backyard.
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David,
Did he walk with a bad limp? It looks like the buck I hit last week in Minnetonka.
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11-22-2005, 09:34 AM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
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new season, new snow, better luck!
just got back from hunting yesterday. better luck this year!
of the five of us in our hunting party three got deer, two does and one nice buck so far!
here are some photo's...
for starts, my base camp snug as a bug in the shed!
john
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11-22-2005, 09:36 AM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
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new snow really helps...
john
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11-22-2005, 09:37 AM
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Rivet Master
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??
I don't see any meat hanging from the rafters.
Give us the good stuff!
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