Looks like I'm going to get to shovel snow tomorrow :x . It was nearly 70 here Saturday, the snow's all gone, lakes on the verge of opening - all a month too early, so winter's going to get one more crack at us :roll:. Winter Storm Warning for 6 to 10 inches of snow from 7:00 a.m. tomorrow to 7:00 a.m. Thursday, after heavy rain and possible thunder tonight :shock: . Nice to live where the weather can be so variable, I guess; at least it's not boring.
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I get to shovel snow again today! Nice April Fools prank on the part of Mother Nature. Only about 3 ", but, still, it's been Spring up here for a week - ice is off the lakes, it's even greening up a little. I still have 2 weeks to Turkey hunting, so it'll probably snow again for that.
Well, I went out and got the way overdue, sorely needed hearing evaluation, and was fitted for hearing aids. It was really simple, and sure makes a difference - though I'm still a bit in sticker shock over their cost :shock: . My only regret is that I should probably waited 'til after the election :wink: .
Went to the Rice Creek Gun Fair. It was sunny, 75, and there were at least twice as many people there as I've seen when the weather was more typical for mid-April (think snow :wink: ). It took about two hours to buy a Franchi Affinity wood stocked 20 ga., but the low price made it worth it. No, not a Huglu, but I like it. It sort of replaces my old AL 48 20 ga. I gave to Kate years ago.
That looks like fun, but a lot of shells disappear in a hurry.
I've had really good luck with Do-all's customer service on a problem with one of their clay throwers. Try to call them, if you can; just like CZ, a real person responds better than E-Mail.
I've had really good luck with Do-all's customer service on a problem with one of their clay throwers. Try to call them, if you can; just like CZ, a real person responds better than E-Mail.
I took the puppy back to the breeder's kennel for a reunion of littermates and an introduction to guns and birds, which was included with her purchase. I've always done this myself, before, but retirement allows a bit more time for this kind of thing. It was a hoot, and fun to meet the owners of the other pups. Sloane Dubh did herself proud fetching pigeons, as soon as she found out they don't bite :wink: (which only took about a minute) . She's a 16 week old British Lab, who'll grow up to weigh about 60 lbs. The last Labrador I picked 14 years ago played at about 98 lbs; I decided I wanted a smaller version this time.
67galaxie, I had a Whitewing trap suddenly stop when a clay in the stack broke; then it wouldn't function at all. Do-all sent replacement wiring and sensors, but that didn't do it. I asked for some more stuff, and they said, "No, you shouldn't have that much trouble. We'll just send you a new one." I asked if they wanted the old one back; they didn't, so I told them I would dig into it to find out what went wrong, and report back. I found the problem, fixed it, and reported back what they needed to advise quality control on, and wound up with two units. Both still worked fine last year. haven't had 'em out yet 
, the monsoon needs to abate up here, too.
, the monsoon needs to abate up here, too.Today I drove Bruno, Kate and Mark's Lab, home. I met Kate Friday at the Rogers, MN, Cabelas and took Bruno home while they went on a fishing expedition over the long weekend. Naturally, while killing time waiting for her, I found an interesting shotgun in the used rack: a 12 ga. SKB m-7900 pump skeet gun. When I looked at it, though, some miscreant had dropped the bolt into the receiver, behind the slide arm. This is really easy to do on a SKB pump, because when you remove the barrel, the slide simply "slides" out, bolt an all. It couldn't happen by "accident". So I took it to the library table, and asked the boys if they'd let me fix it, to see if I wanted to buy it. "Oh no, we can't have you doing that" :roll: was the response, and I couldn't wait for them to "get 'er done", anyway, with the dog to take home. So today, after I put Bruno in his kennel, I went back to Cabelas - about a 40 mile detour - to check out the gun. It was back in the rack, rates about 95%+ condition; with the clerk's permission, we stripped it down so I could confirm no internal harm from it's mishandling. It showed no damage at all, and virtually no detectable wear, other that the usual shine on the magazine tube from the slide action, and a few minimal handling marks on the wood. So, after a little haggling on the price, it came home with me. Not something I really need, but now I have a dedicated clays gun ! The SKB pumps are like a better 870, in my opinion, and are way undervalued, considering French Walnut, hand checkering, machine engraved receiver, nice metal and wood finish, at about half the price of what an equally nice Wingmaster would be. Now to smoke some clays :wink: .
! The SKB pumps are like a better 870, in my opinion, and are way undervalued, considering French Walnut, hand checkering, machine engraved receiver, nice metal and wood finish, at about half the price of what an equally nice Wingmaster would be. Now to smoke some clays :wink: .I'm getting the backyard clays range ready (mowing, trimming, rearranging the stations) for a 4th of July shoot. It's the best way to "return fire" to all the fireworks fiends :wink: . I really should start about 5:30 A.M., but the sun would be in our eyes.
I've been recovering from a cold (flu?) brought to me by my grandson as a birthday present :wink: last weekend. It just kicked in good on Monday afternoon. I didn't think it was worthy of a post, but we're getting desperate . The 4th of July backyard clays shoot went well, though we did have to stop and tighten a screw on one of the throwers half way through. I shot the SKB Skeet pump gun, and didn't miss many (we don't keep score ).
. The 4th of July backyard clays shoot went well, though we did have to stop and tighten a screw on one of the throwers half way through. I shot the SKB Skeet pump gun, and didn't miss many (we don't keep score ).I've spent this morning getting a little water out of my basement from the training line of thunderstorms last night. That may not sound all that unusual, but, I live in sand country, on top of a hill. I have a walkout basement. IT RAINED 8.9" :shock: , most of it between 6:30 and midnight. A 100 year storm event for around here is 6" in 24 hours, so I guess I participated in a record setting event :roll: .
Today I took Bruno the wonder dog (Kate and Marks's Lab) home after having him for a week while they were on a family fishing vacation, BUT yesterday I enhanced my home clays range with the addition of another thrower: a wheel mounted do-all Raven with remote control, which will allow us some incoming and other presentations we can't do with the two fixed position throwers due to not being able to shoot in all directions (pesky road). I needed to mow some paths and clear a little brush out in the blow down clear cut; looks like it'll work just fine (I'll try it out tomorrow).
should get us up to snuff just in time for duck season.
should get us up to snuff just in time for duck season.
I went out early this morning and picked an icecream bucket almost full of Blackberries before I got rained out. We're supposed to get 2-3 inches of rain today and tomorrow, so I had to get'em before they get knocked off. Should be some Blackberry Jam as a result .
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