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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: fightingquaker13 on June 20, 2009, 09:56:49 PM
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Allright. After giving Haz a ration of crap about his possum fiasco, I feel that in the interest of honesty, and good fellowship, I must tell a tale on myself. Today, my local butcher had a deal on cowboy cut ribeyes. 1" thick, $7 a pound. I bought one and grilled it and drank a bottle of nice claret. A few minutes ago, I noticed my pointer acting screwier than usual. She had cornered a large Buffo toad (another illegal alien here in Fl. and poisonious to dogs). By the time I got the dog inside, the toad was back in the thorn bush, so I got my trusty RWS .22 air rifle out. The trouble is, the house is 78 and outside is 82 with about 100% humidity. The scope fogged. After 4 shots (shooting blind, and blind drunk I might add, and did I mention it was dark?), I finally felled the beast. I did not utter the words "crikey, he's big one" but I was sorely tempted. Like Haz, I maintain that every shot hit perfectly, and that it was just the sheer size of the beast (softball at least) that let him withstand the damage. Like Haz, no autopsy was performed. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it. 8)
FQ13 who wil be quiet now
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Lucky he didn't charge!
I'd suggest the fetching "Cringing Toad" mount!
mb
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Look Out, It's Coming Right For Us (http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/149674)
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We want photos of verification of the confirmed kill!!!!!
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We want photos of verification of the confirmed kill!!!!!
That's too bad, as my house abuts the 14th green of a nice (if such a term can be applied to the abomination that is golf) golf course. You'd be surprised hom much distance you can get flinging a toad over hand (catapault fashion) on a shovel. He hit about two feet from the hole, and there he shall rest. 8)
FQ13
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A 22? Silly Quaker, you gig 'em!
SNL Gig Pole
(http://www.snlcorp.com/image/GIG%20POLE.gif) 10 foot tapered fiberglass gig pole. Lightweight construction.
Old Timers Frog Gig
(http://www.snlcorp.com/image/FROG%20GIG.gif) Four tine box style frog gig head. Black enamel finish. 3/8" ID fits on the SNL gig pole shown above. Attach with hot glue or epoxy.
Frogging Spotlight Cap
(http://www.snlcorp.com/image/GIGHAT.gif) Baseball style cap with a 12 volt 100 watt Halogen spotlight attached. Nice narrow bead ideal for frog gigging. Plug and 10 foot cord included. *
*Claret, however, is not included.
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Let's see:
Hard headed opossom - Haz 2 shots
Squishy Cringing toad - FQ13 4 shots and a bottle of claret
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Was it something like this?
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Was it something like this?
(http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/article/605/605092/jabba111_1113867449.jpg)
Thats the bastard right there! I missed the girl though, I'll go check back under that bush.
FQ13
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with a Petite Syrah...
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It is a funny story. However, I'm a little disappointed that given your admission of inebriation, "blind drunk" as you put it, that you decided to use a firearm rather than a pointy stick to murder the offensive toad invader.
tsk, tsk, tsk..... >:(
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It is a funny story. However, I'm a little disappointed that given your admission of inebriation, "blind drunk" as you put it, that you decided to use a firearm rather than a pointy stick to murder the offensive toad invader.
tsk, tsk, tsk..... >:(
To avoid further Tsking, which would be VERY appropriate if it were a firearm, it was a .22 pellet gun. The only danger was me shooting my eye out, which, with a single shot rifle, would take some doing, but point noted.
FQ13
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To avoid further Tsking, which would be VERY appropriate if it were a firearm, it was a .22 pellet gun.
FQ13
As long as we've gone serious - TSK, TSK, TSK ...
A gun is a gun, and guns and alcohol don't mix serious off and risk taken with outside watchers... Is that a toad over there ... Here ... hold my bear and watch this still not right, but in this group funny
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To avoid further Tsking, which would be VERY appropriate if it were a firearm, it was a .22 pellet gun.
FQ13
Slighly better, thanks for the clarification but remember FQ, a young girl of 22 was killed outside of Fenway Park a few years ago by an overachieving, undertrained dimwit of the Boston PD with a PAINTBALL gun...shit happens and she was just walking through the crowd to get away from the rampant idiocy of Boston FANatics...
There are reasons for firearm safety and I don't take them lightly.
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(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/100_1766.jpg)
with a Petite Syrah...
Is that chef porn?
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Sounds like you'd have been much better off using a baseball bat.
Sneak up and club its ass like a baby seal.
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Sounds like you'd have been much better off using a baseball bat.
Sneak up and club its ass like a baby seal.
Tough to do in a bouganvillia. Pretty flowers, but inch long thorns and dense as hell. Great to look at, not so much fun to trim, but they are a TACTICAL plant. Any burglar that gets through one deserves the TV.
FQ13
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Maybe I shoulda suggested a hoe instead........drag it out and then club it....works well on snakes around here.
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(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/100_1766.jpg)
with a Petite Syrah...
What the hell IS that?
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What the hell IS that?
Thems is frog legs.
You a city boy or sumpin'?
;D
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Thems is frog legs.
You a city boy or sumpin'?
;D
Just didn't realize they served them with the butt still attached
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Time for a recipe
Frog legs, figure two sets per person, and yes with the butt still attached (just not from buffo toads)
1/2 stick butter
3 cloves garlic thinly sliced
1/2 cup flat leaf (italian) parsley, diced
seasoned flour for dredging, add salt pepper or emerils essence
lemon
Melt butter over medium high
add garlic until just shy of turning brown
dredge legs in flour and saute, about 8-10 minutes, turning once, until golden
add parsely
spoon sauce over frog legs and enjoy with white wine or a cold beer
FQ13
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Oui Oui........ Pate' du frogsass.
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When I was a kid, 13-14 years old, we used to don the hip waders, attach a canvas bag to the belt, grap a spear and a Crossman pellet gun and go froggin at Hyser Lake outside of Rockford, MI. The folks used to drop us off at dusk and we'd frog till 10-11 pm. The bullfrogs close to shore we'd spear and those that were out further, we'd use the pellet gun. Just shine a light and aim at the spot between the shine of the eyes and wade out to retrieve the kill.
Long about 10 or 10:30, I hear my buddy Matt hootin and hollering, I turn to see his flashlight shining like he's guiding a jet airliner, flashing all over the place like he's out of his mind. Turns out that when he was shooting the bullfrogs off shore, he wasn't pumping that Crossman enough and he was just knocking them out temporarily. They had come too while strapped to his belt bag and he was beating the jumping bag to death with the butt of the gun, scared the hell out him! ;D
Those days are gone but that memory will last a lifetime! :) :)
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When I was a kid, 13-14 years old, we used to don the hip waders, attach a canvas bag to the belt, grap a spear and a Crossman pellet gun and go froggin at Hyser Lake outside of Rockford, MI. The folks used to drop us off at dusk and we'd frog till 10-11 pm. The bullfrogs close to shore we'd spear and those that were out further, we'd use the pellet gun. Just shine a light and aim at the spot between the shine of the eyes and wade out to retrieve the kill.
We used to do the same thing in an old pond near here when I was about 14.....until we realized a rather large alligator had taken up residence in said pond.
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Actually, a great story from my mom. When she was a kid, my granddad used to go frogging in the glades. There was this home "butcher shop" (actually just some black guy's house) where you would drop off your frogs in the gunny sack you caught them in at night, and they'd be left for you wrapped (outside in the Forida heat in a cooler, but hey it was the 40's and meat was scarce). Anway, my grandma picks up the bag, and her, the maid and my mom (age 4) proceed to empty it to make frogs legs. Turns out the guy wasn't home that night and the kitchen is filled with bloody wounded bull frogs hopping around the place, as the ice had melted and they were no longer stunned. All three of them were treed until the neighbor came in dealt with it. She still can't be in same room as a frog 50 years later. ;D
FQ13
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In NC, we would take a jon boat a small Honda Generator, and bolt some halogen lights to the bow shining down, stand up front with a gig, and get flounder.
This is a Texas version of the same thing.....
Water was sometimes only a couple feet deep or so along the flats, "aim was right behind the 2 red dots. (eyes), led to many a great fish fry....
Poles? We don't need no stinkin poles,....
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Beer and mosquito repellent required,.....
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Frog legs, tastes like chicken but better. Nice line of fish there TW.
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If you fillet them right you can throw them back and they swim away ;D
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If you fillet them right you can throw them back and they swim away ;D
I'll have to try that, I can get them "transparent", just head, tail, and ribs, but swimming away would be a challenge. 8)
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I'll have to try that, I can get them "transparent", just head, tail, and ribs, but swimming away would be a challenge. 8)
Have to fillet them as you catch them.
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We used to do the same thing in an old pond near here when I was about 14.....until we realized a rather large alligator had taken up residence in said pond.
Peg, you ever think about using that story for the leg, instead of the cycle? Leave off the part about stopping. Tell 'em how you bravely fought the giant beast off - probably great for picking up chicks . . . .
Just wondering.
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Peg, you ever think about using that story for the leg, instead of the cycle? Leave off the part about stopping. Tell 'em how you bravely fought the giant beast off - probably great for picking up chicks . . . .
Just wondering.
Yeah.....must say I have told a few younger folks that very thing ......... just to see the expression on their faces.
I told them I was a gator hunter that got a hold of one that was a little too big to handle. Then when I had them thinking the gator got the better of me, I'd show them my boots, hat band, belt, and wallet.....all made of alligator.
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Yeah.....must say I have told a few younger folks that very thing ......... just to see the expression on their faces.
I told them I was a gator hunter that got a hold of one that was a little too big to handle. Then when I had them thinking the gator got the better of me, I'd show them my boots, hat band, belt, and wallet.....all made of alligator.
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That's funny Peg. You really got gator wallet, belt, hat band and boots? Man, that's nice stuff. I have a gator wallet...can"t afford the boots or the rest.
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That's funny Peg. You really got gator wallet, belt, hat band and boots? Man, that's nice stuff. I have a gator wallet...can"t afford the boots or the rest.
Yep (had)....but not now.
Swapped them to my brother because the boots hurt to walk in. I can't wear boots with a thick heel with my prosthetic. He swapped me a nice pair of ostrich lace-up ropers with low heels. The belt don't fit, so he got that too. I lost out on the deal a little, but at least they got some use. I still have an almost new pair of ostrich and lizard boots I can't wear any more in my closet.
I was a boot fiend for years..... always in search of the perfect pair of boots........... oh the irony. ;)
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Yep (had)....but not now.
Swapped them to my brother because the boots hurt to walk in. I can't wear boots with a thick heel with my prosthetic. He swapped me a nice pair of ostrich lace-up ropers with low heels. The belt don't fit, so he got that too. I lost out on the deal a little, but at least they got some use. I still have an almost new pair of ostrich and lizard boots I can't wear any more in my closet.
I was a boot fiend for years..... always in search of the perfect pair of boots........... oh the irony. ;)
Bummer. I didn't think about a prosthetic not working with a thick heel.
I have one pair of tennis shoes in my closet, one pair of good hicking/hunting boots and the rest are cowboy boots. I even wear the cowboy boots with my suits. It's almost required in Texas.
Thank goodness for ropers. I'll bet your ostrich pair are sharp!!!
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Yep (had)....but not now.
Swapped them to my brother because the boots hurt to walk in. I can't wear boots with a thick heel with my prosthetic. He swapped me a nice pair of ostrich lace-up ropers with low heels. The belt don't fit, so he got that too. I lost out on the deal a little, but at least they got some use. I still have an almost new pair of ostrich and lizard boots I can't wear any more in my closet.
I was a boot fiend for years..... always in search of the perfect pair of boots........... oh the irony. ;)
Sucks about the boots. I don't wer mine as much as I used to back in Tx when they were about all I wore but I do love them. If you take a size 14, maybe we can talk about finding those orphans a home.
FQ13
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Maybe I shoulda suggested a hoe instead........drag it out and then club it....works well on snakes around here.
What do hookers have to do with anything? ;D
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What do hookers have to do with anything? ;D
GROAN!
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GROAN!
Yeah..................like you didn't thunk it!! ;D
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When I threw that line out, I figured it would be one of you two to bite the hook.
Just didn't think it would take as long.
8)