Teal Opener Sept 10th

Had a great morning in Bay City today out in the duck blind.  We had a nice group of hunters and knocked down 16 between 7 of us.  Brought a limit of 4 home and discovered a nice band on one of them.

Plugged the band number into the interior department website and came up with the following.


INFORMATION YOU ENTERED:
 
About your Band/Bird
   Band number: 1045-20057 Kind of Bird: Blue-winged Teal
   How Obtained: Shot
   Status of Band: Removed from Bird
   Status of Bird: Dead
 About Date
 Date of Recovery: 09/10/2011    Hunting Season: current
 About Location
Duck Unlimited Hunting Blind, 3 miles W of Town of Markham,  County is:  Wharton in Texas


Information from Files
Band Number: 1045-20057
 Species: BLUE-WINGED TEAL
 Date banded: 09/04/2008
 Banding Location: 7  E OF KILLDEER, DUNN COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, USA
 Age: HATCHED IN 2008
 Sex: FEMALE


That bird had a lot of miles on it.  We have the option to go again in the morning but it's 3:15 am wake up.


Sept. 17th had another great hunt with the guys from Third Coast.  Met at the Bay City Whataburger at 5am then out to the field.  The teal were flying everywhere but were not decoying well.  Most of the buzzed us and flew on but the unlucky ones came in and didn't go out.  


Near the end a group of 40 teal came in and the 6 of us dropped 6 teal and the 3 dogs retrieved them.  Great outing.

Texas Wildfire

Texas is experiencing an historic drought and as a consequence many wildfires have cropped up and are burning out of control.  On our way back from San Antonio on Labor Day weekend we spotted this one near Columbus.  We could see it from a long way away and when we approached it looked to be a few miles from I-10.  There was another fire burning near Highway 6 but it was quite small.   On Wednesday this week we woke up to a thick smokey fog and the car was covered in ash.  We need the rain dance.

Zombies Are Here to Protect You From... Other Zombies???

The warm and fuzzy Napolitano and her warm and caring state security henchmen.  Nope sorry my mistake, that's a salvation army guy not a pornoscanning airport crotch grabber. Sure looks scary though.  Which one would you associate these two with?

This Gal?

or this guy?

Take a close look.

Bank Robbers, Bankers Robbing

You and I are now constantly being ripped off by bankers and their government sponsors.  Bankers have captured the US system of government and have re-directed its resources into their own pockets.  Heads we win tails you lose you middle class host to the parasitic oligarchs.  Check out this from Nassim Taleb and Mark Spitznagel.

The great bank robbery

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Mark Spitznagel, Project Syndicate


For the American economy – and for many other developed economies – the elephant in the room is the amount of money paid to bankers over the last five years. In the United States, the sum stands at an astounding $2.2 trillion. Extrapolating over the coming decade, the numbers would approach $5 trillion, an amount vastly larger than what both President Barack Obama’s administration and his Republican opponents seem willing to cut from further government deficits.


That $5 trillion dollars is not money invested in building roads, schools and other long-term projects, but is directly transferred from the American economy to the personal accounts of bank executives and employees. Such transfers represent as cunning a tax on everyone else as one can imagine. It feels quite iniquitous that bankers, having helped cause today’s financial and economic troubles, are the only class that is not suffering from them – and in many cases are actually benefiting.

The Great Dove Hunt 2011

The Great Dove Hunt 2011

We made it out to San Antonio on Labor Day weekend for the great dove hunt 2011 with the boys from the 4J Ranch.  Shot our limit both days and had a great time around the camp.  Can't beat San Antonio, TX in the US for dove hunting.

Preparedness

Couldn't resist this one.


For those of you looking for the Calgary post, my most searched for post, they don't have these in Calgary but if you come to Texas we can get out to the range.

Facts from the MSM - Denied then Reported as Fact

This from the End of the American Dream blog.  These are all stories formerly denied by MSM and dear leaders but now more widely accepted.  Some of these items require changing our personal behavior to protect ourselves and our families.  Some are just to be aware of so we recognize when we're being lied to.  Take a look, think, take action.

#1 Fukushima Uninhabitable

#2 U.S. Military Attack On Libya

#3 Widespread Use Of RFID Chips In Humans

#4 $2000 Gold

#5 Obama Wants To Impose Backdoor Amnesty

#6 U.S. Government Provides Weapons For Mexican Drug Cartels

#7 Fluoride Is Harmful

#8 The Federal Reserve Favors The Big Banks

#9 Cell Phones Linked To Cancer

#10 The Credit Rating Agencies Are Corrupt

#11 Prescription Drugs Kill A Lot Of Americans

#12 Bisphenol-A Is Linked To Infertility

#13 The "Super Congress" Is In The Pocket Of Wall Street Interests

#14 The Targeting Of Christian Groups