Cowdogpete
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Well, the traditional trek to Monahans for Labor Day dove hunting did not live up to my expectations......it was better.
Birds were thick as flies in a feedyard. Weather was ideal.
If you have read the antics of the brothers that own the place, Jay did not show up this year....seems he's had a falling out with the family (that means it's his turn this year)....one of the brothers is always out of sorts. I think they rotate turns.
SO there were fewer people, all were good friends. A wonderful trip.
I drove from Bosque County to Graham to pick up a friend. Then we headed on in to Monahans with a short stop in Midland to see my sister and eat supper at one of the local Mexican food joints.
We arrived at the ranch right at dark.
This is the main house where we stayed. Very comfortable.
Tom (the host) is quite the gun collector...always has something new. He is a World War II reinactor among other hobbies.
We spent the afternoons playing with Tom's toys, and the numerous guns brought by other people. Did I mention Tom is also a class III license holder with several specimens?
Each evening we hunted.
Limits did not take long to fill. I shot above my usual average. Sometimes you get in the groove. Even succeded in getting my first two for one. With birds this thinck it was bound to happen.
This is the windmill where we hunted Saturday.
Sunday was a duplicate of the first. Stayed up to late both nights. Steaks grilled over mesquite were outstanding. Drove out Monday morning. Got stopped just east of Midland for speeding. Handed my DL and CHL to the officer. When he asked "Where is your weapon sir?" I thought my passenger was going to fall out of the truck laughing. I asked the officer "Which one?" and he just looked in the back and said "Never mind". We had three double long gun cases in the bed. More were piled up on the back seat. And he couldn't even see the dozen or so in the toolbox.
The Highway Patrolman said he was going to issue me a citation, but when he returned, he was laughing and said I was getting a warning....seems he had tried to do the ticket twice, messed up both times and gave up.
Sometimes you get lucky.
Cowdogpete
Birds were thick as flies in a feedyard. Weather was ideal.
If you have read the antics of the brothers that own the place, Jay did not show up this year....seems he's had a falling out with the family (that means it's his turn this year)....one of the brothers is always out of sorts. I think they rotate turns.
SO there were fewer people, all were good friends. A wonderful trip.
I drove from Bosque County to Graham to pick up a friend. Then we headed on in to Monahans with a short stop in Midland to see my sister and eat supper at one of the local Mexican food joints.
We arrived at the ranch right at dark.
This is the main house where we stayed. Very comfortable.
Tom (the host) is quite the gun collector...always has something new. He is a World War II reinactor among other hobbies.
We spent the afternoons playing with Tom's toys, and the numerous guns brought by other people. Did I mention Tom is also a class III license holder with several specimens?
Each evening we hunted.
Limits did not take long to fill. I shot above my usual average. Sometimes you get in the groove. Even succeded in getting my first two for one. With birds this thinck it was bound to happen.
This is the windmill where we hunted Saturday.
Sunday was a duplicate of the first. Stayed up to late both nights. Steaks grilled over mesquite were outstanding. Drove out Monday morning. Got stopped just east of Midland for speeding. Handed my DL and CHL to the officer. When he asked "Where is your weapon sir?" I thought my passenger was going to fall out of the truck laughing. I asked the officer "Which one?" and he just looked in the back and said "Never mind". We had three double long gun cases in the bed. More were piled up on the back seat. And he couldn't even see the dozen or so in the toolbox.
The Highway Patrolman said he was going to issue me a citation, but when he returned, he was laughing and said I was getting a warning....seems he had tried to do the ticket twice, messed up both times and gave up.
Sometimes you get lucky.
Cowdogpete
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