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[mariooo69]

COVER SCENT SO PURE YOU CANT BUY IT! While deer hunting in 05 i was sitting in a big pine, i heard some commotion above me and felt bark falling on me, Looking up i started seeing (golden raindrops). looking more carefully up the tree i discovered a porcupine taking a whiz, and of course it was RIGHT above me .  Guess he didnt like sharing his tree, but i didnt have to worry much about the deer smelling my human scent that time, LOL

[Outdoors Junkie]

Welcome to MNO mariooo 69!  Thanks for sharing that story.  I am still laughing.  I have heard it all now!  :)

[Realtree]

Ahhhh, Golden Showers bring......well, hopefully they brought deer at least.

Thanks for sharing Mariooo69. That is toooo funny !  :ROTFLMAO:

[mariooo69]

Well another leg to the cover scent story, my wife just reminded me of it,, when i told my father in Law about my experience,, seem about 20 yrs before , he had the same experience with a porcupine in that same old pine,, Guess the granson is still living in it.   JohnLOL LOL

[UncleDave]

Here's one about my beloved mother who passed away from cancer in 2001.  I used to head up to the Echo Trail in Ely with her once every couple of years with her tenting.  My last trip with her camping was to a Nels Lake.  I remember it fondly.  Due to my snoring, we slept in seperate tents.  We got there on Friday and after setting up camp fished until dark.  It was spring and sunny and warm.  The next day was nothing but rain from AM until just before dark.  We were in seperate tents, but had fun conversating anyway.  After an entire day of tent sitting, the rain finally gave way and mom gingerly asked if it was okay to go home and be dry.  I was TOO happy to agree.  We loaded the boat with equipment and loaded my truck and just tied off the boat on the trailer when the rain came pouring down again.  We both enjoyed the weekend and both could'nt wait to get home.  I miss her so much, but she's in a better place.  A great memory of my momma.  Just my little story.       

[holdemtwice]

Thank you for sharing uncledave !!!   The best part of getting old is the memories that you make  on the way there !!   i am lucky to still have both parents . cheers   

[luvnlife]

Uncle Dave that was a great story. Thanks for sharing........

Here we go again...
I was on my way to daycare one morning, 9:15, to drop of my girls.
I dropped them off and on my way to work I was, so I thought.
I hit a doe on cooper ave. in St.Cloud, cemetary and developments all around.
Unreal!! The guy behind me stopped to make sure I was ok. I was in shock that doe came out of no where.
The guy had a knife and put her out of her misery.
He asked if I wanted it I said "sure".  We loaded in to my 1995 cadi.
I didn't want the blood in my trunk so we had the head sticking out.
I also didn't have any tie downs but I did have some coborns bags that worked just as good.
I know if anyone would of had a camera I would of been featured on the redneck website.
I never did make it to work that day.

[Mayfly]

Ok..I'll tell a quick story. I'm sure I told it before as it is one of my favorite days up at Mille Lacs ever! 

Short Version:

I'm guessing the year was 2003. I was single, unattached and had nothing better to do than head up to Mille Lacs any chance possible. We have a place in macs Twin Bay so I tend to spend a lot of time there. Anyways, I was up there on my days off and fishing alone as usual (for some reason trying to get friends to take a week day off to go fishing is IMPOSSIBLE so i have since given up). My years are getting mixed up, 2002 was the suicide bite (right?)and then 2003 everyone was complaining. I was not complaining though. I had found a lot of fish on the rocks and was having a blast with Slip bobbers. One morning i woke up just before sunrise and set out to a rock reef that had been treating me great! There was a light breeze and it was about 75 degrees, perfect morning. Not 30 seconds after getting set up and a line in the water I had already had a bite. There was one nice keeper for the box. This continued for a couple hours....Can't remmeber how many fish I caught that morning but I ended up heading in with my 4. I think I was in by 7:30am. Once I got in I cleaned my fish and through them in the freezer. I was now ready for a cup of coffe so I left for town. I ended up going all the way to the casino! I had $20.00 in my pocket and went in and sat at a Black Jack table. 30 seconds later I had a free hot cup of coffee. I played on that $20.00 for just over 2 hours! When I left at 10:30 I had $22.50 in my pocket, 2 cups of free coffee in me, 2 glasses of Pink lemonade and was in the mood for a morning treat. on my way back to the bay I stopped at Dairy Queen and spent my $2.50 winnings on a Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cone. Ate that during the drive back and went fishing again!

The morning just moved along so perfectly for me.....I was just so comfortable that it will always stick out in my head as my perfect morning! 

[MuskyManiac]

Mayfly we need to get together and drink some beer!!

great story

 :rock:

[Realtree]

Sounds like a great start to any day Mayfly. 

[Mayfly]

Mayfly we need to get together and drink some beer!!

great story

 :rock:

I think that may be able to be arranged.......

[GirlGuide]

Dirtball, I know this is a really old post...but I had to respond to it anyway.  What a funny story, I was laughing my butt off as I read this and just wanted to thank you for the great laugh!!!
 :ROTFLMAO:  :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO:
Hillarious!! Take Care!  GG

[holdemtwice]

come on GG.. you got to have a  story or two .  hummmm    maybe we aught to ask your mom. ???  what do ya think ??


  ht

[GirlGuide]

come on GG.. you got to have a  story or two .  hummmm    maybe we aught to ask your mom. ???  what do ya think ??


  ht

NO Holdem...please dont ask my mom.....aaaahhhh!  I will try to come up with something.....I will have to work on this one a bit....lmao....good god, dont be asking my mom anything....she talks too much.!  When we going fishin' anyway??????  Now that's the question!!  Hopefully we will chat soon, Take Care!  GG   ::cheers::

[tripnchip]

Heres one from back in the mid 70's   
  Me and my hunting partner were to meet after he got off work to do a evening hunt on a bean Field. He was running late for the meet so when he got there things were kind of put on high speed. I quickly put my stuff in his truck and off we went  to the spot we were going to hunt. As we were going down the gravel road leading to the field he decides to put on doe in heat scent, to save time I guess. As he gets the cap off he hits some bumps in the road, loses his grip on the bottle and it ends up on the seat of his truck between his legs, emptying a full bottle of scent on him and his seat. Needless to say windows were left open the rest of the trip.

[GirlGuide]

I will share a story about two big fish.?  It was Labor Day weekend 2005.?  My dad, son and I were fishing the mouth of the Tamarack river by URL.?  I hook the biggest fish of my life.?  I struggle for 15-20 minutes trying to reel in this big pike.?  We finally get it into the boat and I was exhausted!?  It was 39" and 19 lbs.?  The biggest fish anyone in my family had ever caught!

Twenty minutes later my nine year old hooks a big fish.?  He reels it to the boat in 2-3 minutes.?  It is 40" and 20 lbs.?  He now holds the record for the biggest fish (Northern Pike) caught in the family.?  I have not heard the end of it since.?  :)

It took me 30 years to get my big fish, and he passed me up in 20 minutes!

OJ, I was just snooping around tonight, reading some old post and by luck I ran into this one!....and I just had to comment on it.  This was way too good to pass up!  And way too funny to pass up!  I loved the comment about how it took you 30 years to catch your biggest fish and your 9 yrs old passes you up in 20 minutes...HILLARIOUS!!!!!Thanks for sharing..what a GREAT story!!  GG
....still laughing here...aaahhhhh!!!  Thanks for the giggles... :ROTFLMAO:  GOOD STUFF!  I don't care what anyone says that's just plain old down right funny!!

[GirlGuide]

My story is about a super, rotten trick I pulled on my younger brother one year while we were deer hunting. I still get the giggles every time I think of it! :laugh:When we are deer hunting, we like to change deer stands about every 4 hours or so, just so we don't get tired of looking at the same stretch of woods. It also gives us a chance to warm up, stretch our legs, etc... My brother's stand is located way up nailed to a couple big tree's. There is a small creek that run's right between the 2 tree's. When I walked up to change stands with my brother, right away I noticed this big pile of crap right at the base of one of the tree's. Of course I questioned my brother about it. He's starts complaining right away about how he's got the rumble gut's, Hershey drizzles, etc...I told him no self respecting deer was going to come within a mile of his stand with a pile of fresh crap sitting there. Then I said if you have to go that bad, at least go in the creek! He climbs down then and I climb up in his stand. When I looked down, there he was in all his glory, with his bare butt hanging over the creek, grunting mightily and bitching. So I says to myself,"Self, this is too good to pass up!" I took an apple out of my lunch and taking careful aim I dropped it, just barely missing his bare butt. I was about 20 feet up in the tree so it made a hellacious splash when it hit. You never saw a man move so fast with his pants down across his ankles. His eyes got as big as saucers! He must have thought a muskrat was after his goods or something. It took me a good 10 minutes before I could stop laughing. Dam near fell out of the tree! He's down there shaking his fist at me and calling me every unprintable name he can think of. The more he did that, the harder I laughed. He swore he was going to get even with me. This happened about 30 years ago and he hasn't gotten even yet. Who is more fun to pick on than your younger brother, eh? Have to stop now. Getting the giggles again! :o ::) :P ;)DIRTBALL2

I've read this story like three times now...and everytime I read it..I crack up!....I thought I would bring it up again..just to give some others some giggles...stories like this are what life is about...just down right plain ol' fun!  Thanks again Dirtball..you have the best stories!! GG

[holdemtwice]

Leave it to our  GG  TO PUT A SMILE  AND SOME LAUGHTER  into  the hot and humid days  of summer. Thanx  GG    you rock !!!!   ::rockon:: ::rockon:: ::rockon::





  HT

[GirlGuide]

Leave it to our  GG  TO PUT A SMILE  AND SOME LAUGHTER  into  the hot and humid days  of summer. Thanx  GG    you rock !!!!   ::rockon:: ::rockon:: ::rockon::





  HT

aaaaaaaahhhh...Thanks Holdem..your too nice!!  I just love a good ol' poop story though..ya know!! :ROTFLMAO:  I can't help but laugh my butt off at those ones, I'm like a little kid in church!  Too funny for me!  gg

[GuideGirlsMom]

Trip --just read your story about the doe scent!! :ROTFLMAO:It reminds me of a story about the yougest one--Panner (another nick name). He was about 2 when this happened..His dad had just got back from deer hunting and put his bag of stuff in the bedroom.Of course be a nosey little guy,Panner went digging thru it..Came across the bottle of doe scent and thought it was good to drink...opened it and drank some---YUK!! His dad camme running out and said U have to do something he just drank some of this.Well it didn't stay down--and I almost lost it too with the smell..How gross!! Don't see how any one can put that sh*t on!!! GROSS!!!!!

[tripnchip]

ggm, :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: Guess maybe him getting rid of it rite away was better then going though a couple days of getting rid of it in the form of gas lol

[Outdoors Junkie]

GGM, that must of stunk real bad!  Reminds me of a story...my cousin deer hunts with us by URL.  This guy always gets out of helping make the camp meals and doing dishes.  We were back at the cabin after hunting all day and he lays down on the couch and 2 minutes later is sawing logs (i mean snoring louder then anyone I have ever heard in my life).  He is just sucking in deep gulps of air with each breath.  Mean while the rest of us are waiting for the stew to finish simmering and playing some card with a few cold beverages (capt'n cokes).  I came up with this evil plan.  I took a string and  tied a small piece of cloth to it.  Then I took a thumb tack and stuck it the string to the ceiling right above my log sawing cousin.  The small piece of cloth was right above his nose.  I then pull out the doe-n-heat and dump some on the cloth and walk away.  We laughed so hard for the next fifteen minutes while he continued to snore.  Then he wakes up, has this sour look on his face and runs to the bathroom and throws up.  I know it was mean, but it was pretty darn funny.  He helps out more these days instead of napping.

[Realtree]

Um OJ, I don't think I am gonna be able to make it to deer camp with ya this year after reading that last post.. >:D

[Grute Man]

 :ROTFLMAO:  Thats harsh.   :ROTFLMAO: Too funny.  :ROTFLMAO:

I know I shouild be more careful.  Im the one that zonks out right in the middle of converstations after a long day and a few adult beverages.   ::drunks::  I might be victem to a scenerio like this one day.  I better be sure Hockey #12 doesn't read this.

QUICK!  Whos the mod?  Move this to the 18+ post so my kid doesn't start gettin ideas.   :ROTFLMAO:  Probalby too hate hey?

Grute

[Grute Man]

I was just thinking about this post this morning because I have another story to share.

Last weekend when I was up on Superior fishing, the fish were biting slow.  They would trip our line and be gone or even get off as we were reeling them in.  One of my friends lost one that way then caught one.  My other 2 friends had caught one each and now Im up to bat and time's running out fast.  I had already lost one that I was reeling in so Im smelling the skunk coming on.  Our captiain was starting to reel up the lines so we could head back and I started to get bummed.  Then I thought to myself -- Hey man, there are still lines in the water.  There's still lots of chances and this lake is full of big fish. One will come along.  Well he kept reeling them in one after another.  We had 6 out.  As he's reeling up the 4th one, a fish tripped one of the last 2.  I jump up and start reeling and could tell this was a bigger fish.  Im excited again because I got another chance and then - POOF -  he was gone.  I felt so defeated.  I again thought I smelled that skunk.  I sat down and tried to think about the good fellas Im with and how nice the weather is...Then told myself -- Theres still a chance.  You stil have one line in the water.  I started praying to God and everyone I ever fished with who is now up with God.  I kept a positive idea in my mind that I could still get one and as Captain Dave was just reeling in the 2nd to last line, BINGO the pole with a lure in the water tripped.  I was up faster than you could say GO.  I reeled faster than I ever have, kept the rod tip up...and did everything I could to land that fish and did so with great pride.  The skunk was gone. 

Keep a positive attitude and never give up.  I truly believe the one's I was praying to were listening and answering.  How could someone not believe and love the outdoors is beyond me.

Grute  ::

[Outdoors Junkie]

Part #1

Here is another story about my cousin who deer hunts with us up by URL.  This was close to 20 years ago.  We had this stand that had railroad spikes pounded into a tree to climb up to the stand.  I walked into this stand with my cousin (we are 14-15 years old) and held his gun as he climbed up the spikes.  He is standing on the last spike climbing in to this stand when the spike gives out (a little) and he looses his balance and down he goes.  He is wearing a pair of blaze orange sweat pants.  The back of these sweat pants catch on the next lower rail road spike.  His pants stretch and stops his fall about a foot from the ground.  Now he is tangeling from his pants that are stretch 8-10 feet from the spike to almost touching the ground.  His arms are flarring around and he is screaming "help get me down" and I am on the ground laughing my butt off.  I had to boost him up to the next closes spike so he could climb back up and unhook the back of his pants from the spike.

[Grute Man]

WOW!  I've had wedjies before but not like that.  Everthing gravity can give you plus your cousin as a witness.   ::hittingself::  Too funny!  :ROTFLMAO:

[Outdoors Junkie]

Anyone else have a story to share?

[LLtaxidermy]

I'll share one. When I was out in Montana for taxidermy school myself and a couple guys from class decided to go out fishing. The other guys were from West Virginia and Oregon. Befor I get too far into this I have to tell you about the guys I was with. Danny from WV had came from his third tour in Iraq to taxidermy school without getting to spend any time at home. This guy is my hero, no joke he's been through some stuff and is one of those guys who will do absolutely anything for you. Charles from Oregon is about 6'5" 370 lbs and wouldn't say chit if he had a mouthful. Danny has fished walleye a little and Charles had never even seen one. We werent sure what to expect for fish so we got some crawlers and some leeches, live minnows are not allowed where we were fishing, and we headed out. When we got to one of the very few spots fishable from shore there were a bunch of "pro" walleye fishermen there fishing. They were there for a tournament kicking off the next day. These guys were jackasses. Seriously they were donkeys. They kept walking by and saying smart mouth comments to us about how we didn't belong there and they were there to catch fish and so forth. Danny was getting pretty frustrated with all of this and I told him and Charles to switch to a jig and run it slow. after about twenty minutes we had all caught fish between 18 and 20 inches. to add a little lustre to it we hung our stringer in plain sight of these "pros". After about 2 hours we all had near our limits on the stringer nothing under 18 inches and these other guys really started talking smack. Keep in mind the biggest fish any of them pulled up was about ten inches. Well Danny had enough and went over and stood by them and started giving a little back. He started by asking if any of them had room in their boats for us as we would help them out since they obviously needed it!!! After a few more minutes he started telling them it was all about presentation and whatever else he could think of to irritate them. After a while We decided it was time to pack up and clean our fish, I decided I needed one more cast. No sooner did my jig hit the water I had one on! It was 24 inches and thick, all I could hear in the background was Danny and now Charles yelling that's a tournament fish there boys, that ones got some shoulders! I decided to keep the fish and mount it as it was pretty special at that point especially with me being in taxidermy school. The next day we had a fish fry with our instructors and their families at the school and it was an amazing feast. We told everyone about our adventure shared a few laughs and filled our bellies! Exactly a week later on another last cast I pulled up a 31 inch walleye "my avatar pic" and Danny and Charles quit taking me fishing!!! The best part about all of this is that after that it seemed like whenever we went fishing or even to town people knew who we were. "your the guys catching all the big fish off the boat dock" Yes we are!!!! I spent 2 months with these guys and had the time of my life. I could fill several pages with stories from our time there but I think i'll save some for later!

[tripnchip]

Great story LL, whis I could of beenaround the pros. to hear what they had to say when not in your ear shot.lol