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Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7481218
02/01/22 05:26 PM
02/01/22 05:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,988
Central Pennsylvania
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
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Don't call me Mister, Mister

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,988
Central Pennsylvania
Post of the month, thanks for sharing.


I got myself a seniors' GPS.
Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination,
it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Re: Time of my life [Re: Nittany Lion] #7481221
02/01/22 05:28 PM
02/01/22 05:28 PM
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,241
The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane Offline
"HOSS"
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,241
The Hill Country of Texas
Originally Posted by Nittany Lion
Post of the month, thanks for sharing.



x2


“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.”
Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers


Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7481313
02/01/22 07:07 PM
02/01/22 07:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 41,592
Northern Maine
Bruce T Offline
trapper
Bruce T  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 41,592
Northern Maine
Way to go.Good times for sure.


Nevada bound
Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7481322
02/01/22 07:20 PM
02/01/22 07:20 PM
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 565
Southern MI
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 565
Southern MI
Looks like a grand time.


60% of the time it works every time.
Lifetime NTA Member
Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7481360
02/01/22 08:09 PM
02/01/22 08:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 62,664
Minnesota
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trapper
330-Trapper  Offline

trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 62,664
Minnesota
Originally Posted by dakidsmn

I have been so blessed.  As this last year has taught me.  Life is short.  I met a mother that was home schooling her kids.  Tough task for sure.  I did a demo on beaver trapping for them last year.  Dug up the turtle nest in my front yard.  It was the same turtles nests that I had dug up with my kids when they were little.
     She mentioned that her group of mothers had gotten an ice fishing demo from the dnr but didnt catch anything.   That hit me pretty hard that these kids needed to go fishing with me. We planned on going Friday morning.   The weather looked horrible,  to cold.  She said kids would be fine,  they would build a fire.  Kids all listened as I explained how to do things.  1st flag 15 minutes after getting set up was crazy.  Those kids are pretty fast.  Funny watching 5 or 6 kids all pulling up the same fish. Lucky it was a 20 inch pike.  Nobody got cut by the line.   Had one fish wrap around a bunch of lilly pads.  They thought it was a giant. We ended up catching 8 pike in 2 hours.  We could keep 3 of them.  I explained the rule about releasing fish between 22 and 26 inches.  They LOVED measuring and releasing the fish.  They actually would fight for who got to release the fish.  I also removed a heart of a fish and they were amazed that it kept beating.  The one boy asked if I could clean all the fish for them. I said I would show him and filleted half a fish and removed the Y bones. Told him that he should clean them when he got home.  He said "what if I do it wrong".   Told him that's how I learned.   If you do it wrong you will just have more smaller pieces and have to maybe pick a bone out while eating.   His mother said he did a great job.  I think I had more fun than the kids!!!
The boy cleaning the fish is 9 and also the boy that I've taken trapping beaver.


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Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7481429
02/01/22 09:10 PM
02/01/22 09:10 PM
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Posts: 1,949
Central New York
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Posts: 1,949
Central New York
Fantastic..... You're the man....

Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7481440
02/01/22 09:17 PM
02/01/22 09:17 PM
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Posts: 10,477
Iowa
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Posts: 10,477
Iowa
I love that top pic. That Pike IS NOT going to get away!
And you, sir, are a good man.

Re: Time of my life [Re: trapdog1] #7481590
02/01/22 10:48 PM
02/01/22 10:48 PM
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Posts: 262
mn
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trapper
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trapper

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Posts: 262
mn
Originally Posted by trapdog1
I love that top pic. That Pike IS NOT going to get away!
And you, sir, are a good man.


It's my favorite for sure. I can almost smell his jacket now.

Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7481601
02/01/22 10:56 PM
02/01/22 10:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 615
Siren, WI
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Posts: 615
Siren, WI
One of the best posts I have ever read.

Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7481636
02/01/22 11:20 PM
02/01/22 11:20 PM
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Posts: 17,788
MN
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Posts: 17,788
MN
This is fantastic! It makes me wonder what I should do with all my hunting and fishing junk. My only suggestion is that you could have posted more pictures of the single Moms. smile


I have nothing clever to put here.





Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7482005
02/02/22 09:22 AM
02/02/22 09:22 AM
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,023
East Central Wi.
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trapper
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trapper

Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,023
East Central Wi.
Consider yourself one very lucky man. Well done, and thanks for sharing


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A Shotgun. A Rifle and a 4 Wheel Drive.. A Country Boy. Will Survive
Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7482126
02/02/22 10:41 AM
02/02/22 10:41 AM
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 8,879
Central MN, sort of old
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Posts: 8,879
Central MN, sort of old
Good job, man! You all made memories that will last forever right there.


I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!
Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7482133
02/02/22 10:44 AM
02/02/22 10:44 AM
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Posts: 7,081
MO
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Posts: 7,081
MO
Awesome!


I trap for fun. I skin 'em for the money!
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~You Grin, You're In~
Re: Time of my life [Re: dakidsmn] #7482171
02/02/22 11:15 AM
02/02/22 11:15 AM
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Posts: 1,628
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indiana
Now you know why you have been given a second chance with life.
By the smiles you have used it very well.


"Keep your traps free"
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