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Post by downeaster on Mar 25, 2007 13:45:39 GMT -5
Loki and I hunted Hare yesterday for what will likely be the last time this season. The days here in Maine have finally started warming into the forties, softening the crusted snow and making good scenting conditions. We hunted the big fir plantations near my home. Loki had several good chases. The high light of the day was a chase that pushed a Hare across a narrow tote road twenty feet from me. Loki was hard on him, going full tilt fifty yards back. The Hare flew across the opening with one leap. He looked as big as a white coyote sailing through the air at that range. My shot exploded the sweet fern where he landed, half a millisecond behind him. Loki ran him for a while longer but there was no way he was crossing again. Unless we sneak out for a short hunt after work this week, the jig is up for us until Oct., it was a great year though. Dennis
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Post by Wildflugel on Mar 26, 2007 12:21:11 GMT -5
Dennis:
Glad to hear that you and Loki had such a good time on your last hunt of the season.
Too bad you do not live closer to Kansas. You can hunt cottontail and jackrabbits year round statewide. The daily limit is 10 and a possession limit of 30. Makes it nice when you have a young pup that is needing some extra tracking opportunities.
How is the stripped bass fishing in your area?
Wildflugel
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Post by downeaster on Mar 26, 2007 15:08:32 GMT -5
Wildflugel, Rabbits year round you say?, too good to be true! Will they circle in that open country? Funny you should mention Stripers. We had some wild early evenings on the Union River last June and early July, right downtown in my home town of Ellsworth. One night 3 of us wading together took over 200 schoolies on streamers. They all ran from 17 to 21 inches or so, not very large, but don't they yank when they hit. With any luck, we will have them back this year. Stripers have made a very gratifying recovery on the North Atlantic coast. Now, if we could just get a warm, dry spring, the Grouse might rebound. Take care, Dennis
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Post by Wildflugel on Mar 26, 2007 23:07:47 GMT -5
Dennis:
The cottontail will circle and come around, but the jackrabbits will flat out run a straight line. There are a hoot to watch a dog put up. You will be walking in a winter wheat field with the dog working out front. The jack will sit still hunkered down with his ears pulled back. When the dog gets too close the rabbit gets up, the ears go up and it is off to the races. Most of the time the dog gives up after a somewhat lengthy chase. The good thing about jacks is that it gives the dog a chance to be spurlaut.
I have always wanted to try stripped bass fishing on the coast. We have them in some of the Nebraska reservoirs, but wipers (a cross between stripped and white bass) are more common. I just returned from a peacock bass fishing trip in the Amazon and am always looking for another fishing adventure.
Wildflugel
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Post by downeaster on Mar 27, 2007 18:18:38 GMT -5
Hmm, Ms. Wildfugel, We might have a basis for a bit of a swap here. In the late fifties and early sixties,as a young boy, I lived in Lincoln. My dad was stationed at Lincoln AFB. Like many servicemen, he chased Pheasant with his pals in the fall. I used to beg to get out of Sat. morning Catechism(my soul probably suffers to this day) to have the privilege of tromping through cornfields just to witness the possibility of seeing him or his buddies getting off a shot at a cock bird. I hunted SW North Dakota a year ago this past fall and loved it but I've always wanted to get back to Nebraska. I've spent a lot of time looking at the Game and Parks web page and their walk-in areas maps, trying to figure out where I might like to go so let me put it this way; I'm a Registered Maine Guide and I guide for Trout, Landlock Salmon and Smallmouth Bass, fly or spin fishing. The stripers(not strippers, which I'm told dance in topless bars) are always more of a question mark, being migratory. I'm located close to Acadia National Park and the downeast coast and I would be the first to admit my prejudice, but in the months of June and July, no place in the world is more beautiful. I also live in the middle of some of the best Woodcock and Grouse gunning going. I would be interested in visiting your kennel some day and having a look at your dogs so maybe we good work something out but swap or no swap, you're always welcome to visit and I will try to put you on birds or fish, whatever goes with the season. I can say truthfully, everyone I've met connected with Drahthaars has been top shelf and a pleasure getting to know, as I'm sure you are too. Dennis
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Post by Wildflugel on Mar 27, 2007 20:44:09 GMT -5
Dennis:
It's a small world, I have been to your beautiful state twice before on vacation with my parents. My Mom had always wanted to sail on a windjammer ever since she saw the tall masted ships sail into Boston Harbor on the U.S. birthday. I did some checking on the web and located one of two three-mast windjammer on the east coast, the Victory Chimes. It sails out of Rockport, ME. My Mom, Dad and I have sailed on the Victory Chimes twice and loved it each time. The ship can carry 40 passengers and we just sail around the various islands, basically where ever the wind took us. While there we were able to take the driving tour through Arcadia National Park. Unfortunately, neither of my parents fish so I was not able to take advantage of the fishing opportunities while I was there.
I had a chuckle at my misspelling of striped bass, oops!!
I hope we can work something out so that we can visit each others state again. Nebraska has some of the best upland hunting around; pheasants, quail, sharptail grouse, and greater prairie chicken. I have heard that catching small mouth bass is fun. You are more than welcome to come see my kennel and dogs. Keep in touch and good luck with Loki!
Jill
P.S. I started my career with the Bureau of Reclamation in North Dakota in 1974. I lived in Minot for a couple of years before transfering down to Bismarck. I was there for about four years and then made the move down to Nebraska.
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