The Whitetails Of Summer...

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Every few seconds, there was another "cruiser" amblin' down the boulevard...


"SUBCRUISER"

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And nearly every other creature that calls these waters "Home"...


"MOCCASIN PROWL"


"LIKE A HERD OF... TURTLES"


"SOFT PEEK..."

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Not all of them were water-bound...


"REDWING WATCHMAN"

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The fish were becoming more wary, but we kept at 'em...


"SHOOTTRUE"




"BRING'M IN"

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Around 11:30 the clouds broke and cleared and we moved to another creek.


"TWINTUBE CREEK"

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And ran into even MORE FISH!


"TRAIN"

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And smote them "hip-n-thigh"...


"EYE OF THE STORM"


"RUMSTYK"

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Some were truly fearsome fighters...


"CHURNING... shot1"


"SECOND WIND... shot2"


"NOT YET!"


"FURIOUS!!!"

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Another storm came fuming up from the Southwest, bringing the smell of hail. So we turned and headed back around the bend.

I'd been so busy searching for cruisers and watching for Cottonmouths, I'd forgotten to look "up" for quite a while...

I remedied that oversight on the walk out.



"BADGE OF HONOR"


"STORM WISPS"


"EXTRA TREASURE"


"WHISPERED GRACE"


"CHRISTMAS IN JUNE..."

Yessir, another fine day in the neighborhood.

Here's hopin' that all of yours turn out as well...


Sackett

[Switchbackstrap]

Im a little jealous.Very nice pics.

[CM Sackett]

Im a little jealous.Very nice pics.

Just come on over for a couple days... we'll fix yer 'jealous' right up with a big dose of "Man, I'm WORN OUT from shootin' fish!"

[quarterback]

Excellent, Sir, excellent as usual. I was hoping that you were gonna include some pictures. Great job, looks like a lot of fun. Skinny little targets!

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This next one is bitter-sweet. This outing (one of many, during those glorious, now-haunting 7 weeks... including a week in Freer, with my dear friend, SMITTY), in the summer of '07, was the first time I had seen my oldest boy since the one who gave him and his brother birth, and murdered our home/family stole them and disappeared... 8 years earlier.

We had a GRAND TIME!

...I haven't seen him since. God DOES work 'in mysterious ways'... so be it. He's still my King, and my love for my sons remains.


ANYWAY, I share this particularly sweet day with you fine folks, just as it happened all those lifetimes ago.



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The Blessing Of Boys... and Bowfishin' (July 24, 2007... as shared with other friends, Down Unda)


My first-born has been down for the last 6 weeks for a visit (the one who gave him birth stole him and his brother, and disappeared 8 years ago... this was the first time these old waiting eyes had come to rest on his visage in a long, long time). For much of this visit, several strong, good friends from around the nation have cheered, prayed... and worked diligently to get a chance to meet him and make him welcome.

For a young man who had NEVER shot a bow or hunted in his life (she and those around her worked hard to erase every vestige of my manner of life from their memory and upbringing), he has caught up with it all VERY WELL in a short time! :lol:

This jaunt was with our good friend, Charlie Jahr (you men would definitely find a "Mate" in this one...), on REELFOOT LAKE, in far western Tennessee.

Hope you fine folk find some measure of Smile-Time in it, as well.


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Our good friend, Charlie (aka onfire) invited us over to Reelfoot Lake for a day of lies, laughter and LUNKERS!

Here's just a tiny bit of what Mason came across (and THUMPED! :P )... A big THANK YOU!!! to Charlie, and some private grins and "thank you Lord"s...
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"CHECKIN4Jonah..."

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"TheMUTHAload"

Oh, for reference' sake... Mason is 6'1".

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...and he did it more than ONCE :P

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"ODD Prize"

This one was possibly the most unique fish ever taken from the lake... pics that show why later.

Oh, BTW... the last fish of the day (came off in the lilly pads before we could land 'im) that Mason nailed... may have been a piranha... DEFINITELY was not a "native" dish.