CROSS HAIRS

[Kray Gelder]

I just came in from my front porch here in Georgetown, SC. It's a warm sunny day, birds are singing, cicadas periodically busting loose with their bizarre chirp, and looking around this quiet neighborhood, with the grand oaks ( I have six on my lot ), and the older homes, their large kept lawns with mature azalea bushes, and tall magnolia trees, I wonder if it will all be laid waste in five or six days by the approaching storm.

Our neighborhood lies one quarter mile from the Atlantic, elevation eight feet. Nothing to do for it, but the anxiety is beginning to ratchet up. Waiting. I don't wish Florence upon anyone else, but I am hoping it makes a turn. Currently, we are dead center of the predicted path. Good luck to you all.

 

[Rookster]

I assume you are seeking of the storm that came in from the gulf and mixed with a low pressure system heading east. It came directly over my area with little damage. Hope the same for you.

 

[RevAndy]

In my prayers...

 

[Kray Gelder]

I assume you are seeking of the storm that came in from the gulf and mixed with a low pressure system heading east. It came directly over my area with little damage. Hope the same for you.

No, I am speaking of Florence, east of us in the Atlantic, predicted to become a major storm with winds in the 140mph range, currently aimed dead on SC. Landfall expected this Friday. Glad to hear your storm passed over with minimal damage.

 

[Duckshot]

Dang! I was hoping this was a shooting or hunting thread. It is almost time for me to nab me some free-range organic.

Hope that storm turns for you and yours Kray. Maybe it'll hit a cold front.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Dang! I was hoping this was a shooting or hunting thread. It is almost time for me to nab me some free-range organic.

Hope that storm turns for you and yours Kray. Maybe it'll hit a cold front.

Thanks. Have done a fair amount of shooting and hunting. Let's see...shot and ate deer, elk, black bear, rabbits, pheasant, grouse, quail, chuckar, huns, all sorts of ducks, geese, dove, snipe, and squirrel. I DON'T recommend the bear, and can't believe I ate squirrel. The last one of those I shot had so many fleas on it, you couldn't count. That cured me of squirrel hunting.
I'd rather talk hunting than hurricanes.

 

[Duckshot]

We got fleas on the cottontails and snowshoes around here. They say if you leave 'em dead in the snow the fleas will fall off. Pffft! Maybe once rigor mortis sets in. I just skin em in the field. Grey squirrel is palatable, but never, and I mean never, try to eat a red or fox squirrel. I'd rather have to eat crickets. Never had bear.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Bear hides are so full of dirt, your knife is dull before you get them opened up. You seriously have to sharpen your knife several times before the hide is off. Their carcass looks creepily human, hanging there. I never ate an old bear, the three I harvested in Idaho were 2 or 3 years old. I don't recommend them because their meat is so greasy, and it kind of builds up on your teeth when eating it. Tastes OK, kind of sweet, but the grease put me off finally.

A friend of mine gave me some antelope one time. Tasted like sage brush, and I didn't like it. Pheasant, grouse, quail...yum yum.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I just came in from my front porch here in Georgetown, SC. It's a warm sunny day, birds are singing, cicadas periodically busting loose with their bizarre chirp, and looking around this quiet neighborhood, with the grand oaks ( I have six on my lot ), and the older homes, their large kept lawns with mature azalea bushes, and tall magnolia trees, I wonder if it will all be laid waste in five or six days by the approaching storm.

Our neighborhood lies one quarter mile from the Atlantic, elevation eight feet. Nothing to do for it, but the anxiety is beginning to ratchet up. Waiting. I don't wish Florence upon anyone else, but I am hoping it makes a turn. Currently, we are dead center of the predicted path. Good luck to you all.

Without looking at a map, sounds like where I want to retire!
Find me a 2 bedroom on 2 acres in an isolated area

 

[Peyton Manning]

Bear hides are so full of dirt, your knife is dull before you get them opened up. You seriously have to sharpen your knife several times before the hide is off. Their carcass looks creepily human, hanging there. I never ate an old bear, the three I harvested in Idaho were 2 or 3 years old. I don't recommend them because their meat is so greasy, and it kind of builds up on your teeth when eating it. Tastes OK, kind of sweet, but the grease put me off finally.

A friend of mine gave me some antelope one time. Tasted like sage brush, and I didn't like it. Pheasant, grouse, quail...yum yum.

Whiskey cuts the grease

 

[Kray Gelder]

Without looking at a map, sounds like where I want to retire!
Find me a 2 bedroom on 2 acres in an isolated area

Yeah Jeff, the isolated parts are outside the wire, hostile territory. This thing hits, there should be some vacant lots available here in town. I'm on 1 acre.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Kray, was just watching the news, with Florence barreling towards the Eastern coastline. I'd already said a silent prayer for all y'all in the path of that b***h. We're expecting 3+inches here, aftermath of the hurricane that came up from the south. Hang on, hold tight, supply up and I hope it blows through with minimal consequences. Ddf.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I don't wish Florence upon anyone else, but I am hoping it makes a turn.

So you're hoping it turns to the north and wipes us out here in New England? Gee, thanks a lot! Just kidding.

Maybe you guys need to build a hurricane barrier. That's what we did in RI after Hurricane Carol's storm surge caused millions in damage in 1954.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Point_Hurricane_Barrier

 

[Kray Gelder]

Kray, was just watching the news, with Florence barreling towards the Eastern coastline. I'd already said a silent prayer for all y'all in the path of that b***h. We're expecting 3+inches here, aftermath of the hurricane that came up from the south. Hang on, hold tight, supply up and I hope it blows through with minimal consequences. Ddf.

Thanks for that. Just checked the NHC site, it looks like they're curving it a bit north, I hope that trend continues. Just bought this place in January, and have been refurbishing since then. Would hate to see it under water. Ah well.

 

[Kray Gelder]

So you're hoping it turns to the north and wipes us out here in New England? Gee, thanks a lot! Just kidding.

Maybe you guys need to build a hurricane barrier. That's what we did in RI after Hurricane Carol's storm surge caused millions in damage in 1954.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Point_Hurricane_Barrier

I'm hoping it curves all the way around out to sea. This country has seen enough storm damage for a while.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good luck Kray. Gary

 

[Carolina Tom]

Hang in there sir. My aunt is just up in Pawley's Island.

I had plans to head to Charleston, for a three day hunt, leaving from Charlotte Thursday at lunch! Doesn't look like that is going to happen after all. Dang.

 

[against the wind]

We're getting totally drenched up here in the Pennsylvania Wilds but it ain't nothing compared to a hurricane. Hope you guys are spared. September is the time of year when these big crazy storms come up the coast.
Be safe.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Hang in there sir. My aunt is just up in Pawley's Island.

I had plans to head to Charleston, for a three day hunt, leaving from Charlotte Thursday at lunch! Doesn't look like that is going to happen after all. Dang.

Good luck to you and your Aunt. Wilmington is now the predicted path. I hope the system in the Carib pushes north and moves the whole thing out to sea.