The things you see on back roads

[Riverdude]

Here are a few more heading to the Rig. Going to try and get a picture tomorrow morning of a nice road kill buck if he is still there. Had a hell of a rack from what I could see.

Steve the temp's are around 65 during the day and low 30's at night.

 

[Riverdude]

The Rig........

 

[Buckmaster]

Texas? They're shipping you afar.

 

[Riverdude]

This gas refinery is 8 miles from the rig and you can see the flame burning. I took the picture while driving by it.

 

[Riverdude]

There are so many Coyotes down here. I usually see several darting out in front of me everyday driving to and from the rig. I can't believe I have not seen any hit along side of the road. The other day one of the "free raging" cows got hit and was along the side of the road. In 3 days there was nothing but bones and hide. Damn Yotes ate pretty darn good for a few days.

 

[bigten05]

Old homesteads like this all over where I go in Tennessee just makes you wonder what it was like back in the day. My buddy says those old places in the middle of nowhere are big meth labs alot of the times.

 

[CJD3]

We decided to drop the lake level this summer and do some shore line clean up and deal with a lily pad issue. ( ya I know. Get a dozer and take off 2-3 ft of bottom...)

Dropping the lake about 3 ft has exposed much of the back third where its the most shallow. There are 3 islands, each about the foot print of a 2 car garage. The channels on the bottom now exposed between island 1 and 2 are pictured below.

(at this point, Giles should pay close attention...)mischeif.gif


Pictured from 50 yards out, looking east an old beaver house and sapling dam/winter food are now exposed where over 3' of water usually is.




That hole is almost 2 1/2 foot wide and nearly that tall at the entrance...

 

[CJD3]

Looking at the same middle island but from the east looking kinda west, is even more impressive.

 

[Bigslam51]

Dave, get in that hole and get ya an angry beaver!

 

[finelyshedded]

Dave would have no problem fitting thru that hole!!! Dang, that's gotta be a big ole hairy beaver in dare!!!

Nice pics Jim!

 

[CJD3]

I can't believe Giles hasent pm'ed me for a Lat/long yet! Lol

 

[giles]

I got the message! When and where? Let's finally do this.

 

["J"]

I got the message! When and where? Let's finally do this.

I'll be there for that one lmao....

 

[Bigslam51]

I got the message! When and where? Let's finally do this.

Haha!

 

[CJD3]

I got the message! When and where? Let's finally do this.

I'm way NE OH.
You got some time before that lake bottom dries out enough to walk on though! lol

 

[CJD3]

I'll be there for that one lmao....

Charge that Go Pro up J !ickle:
( The one on your 410!)

 

["J"]

Charge that Go Pro up J !ickle:
( The one on your 410!)

Already covered buddy lmao!!!!!!

 

[Bigslam51]

Already covered buddy lmao!!!!!!

I got another GoPro lol

 

[giles]

Sounds good to me! Ain't found a beaver that's scared me yet! Lol

 

[CJD3]

Back in 2008, I was walking the woods and discovered a coon that appears to have gotten stuck climbing into a hole in a old tree and died. His carcass was eventually worked over by a hawk or owl since a week later, it was gone leaving only some hair and a couple of feathers at the base of the tree.