i am finally excited!! i load my truck up tonight and head out. gonna be a long drive, but we are making it worth it.
Lubbock next week. ive never seen a sandhill in my life. cant wait to line a bead on one.
then we meander back towards home, detour - with a NM private ranch mulie hunt. i get to see my rancher buddy. i'm his CA wine connection. i dusted off my 257 weatherby for this part of the venue.
to bring it back to game birds..this ranch is exploding with quail. quail opener crosses lines with the last day of deer season. we hunt quail afterwards. last year we limited out 2 days in a row..i'm not super fan of cleaning quail, so i will not go crazy this year.
gonna be special. before cancer took him away; my stepdad gave me an early Beretta SxS..unfired in a box. it is old but brandnew! i finally took it out of the ragged box, wiped it down, and took a look. fixed chokes are M/IC. i am going to make this trip the maiden voyage. i'll probably miss every quail especially with that shot that needs the "other trigger". haha..i'll bring my Citori just in case things go pear shaped.
having said that..i am going to have a lot of guns with me. i hunt the rancher's moms old homestead. a bunch of abandoned buildings surrounded by cottontail. pellet gun for them..and my new .22 handgun.
two weeks of mayhem folks. been a crazy California year for me. first the rains washed out our roads that i was tasked with rebuilding..and then the effen fire. more work to fix..this is my first vacation in 2 years. since moving to Santa Rosa.
then Thanksgiving with the wife and new dog..with my family..Sheesh..i'll bring wine. lots of wine.
Lubbock next week. ive never seen a sandhill in my life. cant wait to line a bead on one.
then we meander back towards home, detour - with a NM private ranch mulie hunt. i get to see my rancher buddy. i'm his CA wine connection. i dusted off my 257 weatherby for this part of the venue.
to bring it back to game birds..this ranch is exploding with quail. quail opener crosses lines with the last day of deer season. we hunt quail afterwards. last year we limited out 2 days in a row..i'm not super fan of cleaning quail, so i will not go crazy this year.
gonna be special. before cancer took him away; my stepdad gave me an early Beretta SxS..unfired in a box. it is old but brandnew! i finally took it out of the ragged box, wiped it down, and took a look. fixed chokes are M/IC. i am going to make this trip the maiden voyage. i'll probably miss every quail especially with that shot that needs the "other trigger". haha..i'll bring my Citori just in case things go pear shaped.
having said that..i am going to have a lot of guns with me. i hunt the rancher's moms old homestead. a bunch of abandoned buildings surrounded by cottontail. pellet gun for them..and my new .22 handgun.
two weeks of mayhem folks. been a crazy California year for me. first the rains washed out our roads that i was tasked with rebuilding..and then the effen fire. more work to fix..this is my first vacation in 2 years. since moving to Santa Rosa.
then Thanksgiving with the wife and new dog..with my family..Sheesh..i'll bring wine. lots of wine.
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