It was mid-April and the sandies (sand bass; aka white bass) were running. I had a day off from work right after a hard rain so I headed to a known spot, the mouth of a running creek dumping into the lake. Throwing a three inch white grub, it only took a little under two hours to land 18 sandies. The family and I had a nice fish fry
Tight lines
Hoss
Well it’s november 11th and its a lot of things. Out here sitting with Tex and boy is it warm (60 degrees) and windy (blowing 25mph). Should have taken some Dramamine but the rut is on and you can’t kill them on the couch. Saw 2 bucks already so we are hoping for blood tonight!
Shoot straight!
Opie
Turkey season 2013 in Oklahoma was tough. Thanks to the up and down weather and the fluctuating temps, it seemed like the birds just didn’t gobble as well. The number of birds seemed to be down as well, blame the last year’s drought or the hog invasion. Later in the season after a 5 hour trek through the woods, an extremely experienced turkey hunting friend of mind thought that with the drought and the weather, the birds were more than likely congregated around large standing bodies of water. The problem was getting to those public land areas because a lot of them were closed for various reasons.
I did however manage to strike once on some public land with a good friend. It was a tough morning, lots of gobbling, but the birds didn’t want to work well. After getting busted and watching a tom perch on a tree limb and gobble at us for an hour, we managed to get some takers at about 10am. 1 yelp, a gobble back, set up, yelp again, and he came in on a rope from about 150 yards out. Held up at about 47 yards and then it was lights out. 23 pounds, 1″ spurs and 10″ beard.
As tough as the season was, it was still great to be in the outdoors and have fun with friends and chase these gobblers through the woods.
Thanks for reading,
Lincoln “Angry Andy” Anderson
Spent the weekend in Virginia hiking the great Appalachian trail. Met up with Dreamer, Tex’s dad, who is thru-hiking the trail this summer and hiked 36 beautiful miles with him.
The trail is an absolutely incredible experience that I would recommend to everyone. The solitude and peacefulness combined with the challenge physically and mentally is an experience that inspires you to think long and hard on the meaning of life.
The people on the trail are also awesome and very welcoming with each bringing a unique experience and story to the trail.
Good times, lots of sweat, good weather, bad weather, good people and nature made for a fantastic weekend.
Opie
I finished up my new 100 yard practice shooting range today at the cabin.
It will be nice to have a safe range now to test new predator reloads and continue to sharpen my skills!
Tex
It’s the first day of turkey hunting out west and we are putting a hurt on some turkeys.
The hunting is tough but after hiking 10 miles this morning we finally got on a hot bird that wasn’t henned up. The gobbler committed perfectly and I dropped him at 30 yards.
Kirt dropped one on a solo mission earlier in the morning and we are on cloud 9.
Stay tuned for some more action coming soon. I’m hopping behind the camera to get you guys some Meriams action.
Shoot straight,
Opie