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well me and my father in kaw went to my fav field just now, and with all the rain we have had it was a awesome promising day ahead, well we made it down the 1/4 mile long dirt road then at the field we got buried to are axels in his gmc 3500, he kept his cool and said lets walk a little, three small rows in 3 arrowheads, one perfect little bird point super clear flint ridge. scarred we were not going to get the truck out we quit after 15 min. well talked to the farmer after getting through the scary dogs, and he was more than happy to help us with his huge tractor. he had his little boy next to him, so out of happiness i tossed them his way. he was very happy. in the long run i felt good about it. any horror stories like that anyone,
 

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No horror stories here thank goodness but that was really sweet of you to give that kid your finds. Maybe when he grows up he will learn to appreciate American Indian history just because you planted that seed. And you will reap what you sow. Nice perfect points coming your way. :hello2:
 

This is my personal best moment of stupidity. I was driving a crappy french rental car in a tropical country and thought that the mud flats looked dry enough for me to cross to get out to some shell middens that I wanted to check out.

I got about half way out and the crust was dry, but it was like warm butter underneath and I broke through up to the frame.

Took me about 3 hours to back up about 20 feet. I put the floor mats under the front tires, got back in the car, backed up about an inch before they spun through the front, and then repeated.

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took my buddy fishing one time to a place i had permission. told him all day about making sure you get permission. we caught lots of BIG largemouths. Next day he took a couple of friends there and its a considerable walk back to the pond. His truck got towed because he didnt have permission. Go figure. Nice of you to give the kid your heads. awesome!
 

In the days before everyone had a cell phone, I locked my keys in my truck while hunting one day. Out in the middle of NOWHERE.
Ended up cutting some loose wire from a fence and coathanger-ing the door open. Took me 3 hours and chewed up the seal on my window.
 

i think i might bring him a bunch of brokes that i was gave to me when i first started, around 200 of them. they are nice ones but i did not find them and it might get him started. he is 10 and just learned about them in school the day i gave him the one. they live on the farm and never knew to look
 

I remember one day parking the car then having to do my
business in the woods. Well, while doing you know what...
I heard a big bang then discovered my car 135 degrees and
almost in the river. It was a manual & the emergency brake
released with it not in gear. $100 wench bill... hehe :icon_thumright:
 

I wrote about this one on the day it happened, but I will give a shorter version of it here :wink: I was deep in the woods and had discovered a lot of white quartz flakes on a bluff, overlooking a river. The ground was covered in leaves, so... I bent over and started scraping the leaves away with a hand shovel. I heard a Dirt Bike (motorcycle) in the distance and could tell that it was getting closer to where I was. I stopped scraping and cocked my head to listen and was wondering how anyone could get a bike up this far from the road. When I looked back down, I was horrified to discover that I had scraped right into a huge nest of yellow jackets. They were pouring out of the ground like smoke and my entire hand was black and yellow.... covered in them. I then realized the shocking reality that the motorcycle I thought that I was hearing, was a large clump of yellowjackets covering my right ear and stinging the crap out of me!!! I screammed like a murder victim, pulled my hat off and began beating them off of my hand and ear, as I ran for my life! Most of them had attached themselves to my black tee shirt and were trying to sting through it. As I ran, they followed and were even angrier than they were when it started! Out of sheer instinct, I shoved a hankie into my mouth, so as not to inhale any of them. Now......... anyone who knows me, knows two things. One.. the only fear in life that I have is of bees and yellow jackets, hornets and such. Two.... my leg is full of metal screws and i can not run fast or far anymore. I ran as far as I could, stopped and looked back, only to see a "smoke" trail rushing toward me! I took off again...... stopped.... looked back and the trail was half as thick as before. I only had one more burst left in me because my knee was going to give out. I rand again and when I stopped for the last time... there were about twenty still attacking me. I killed them all with my hat! The limp back to the road and my truck was a nightmare. My ear was purple and swollen, my had was covered in stings and my knee was swollen beyond belief! I used my cell to alert my wife, in case I went down...but when I made it to my truck... and took off my button up shirt... there was a live yellow jacket buzzing around in there!

Anyway... that's the story and attached is a few xrays of my leg, so that you can appreciate my challenge that day. Thanks for reading and stay safe!
 

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holy s%#t that is a horrer story, but a life long story
 

joshuaream said:
This is my personal best moment of stupidity. I was driving a crappy french rental car in a tropical country and thought that the mud flats looked dry enough for me to cross to get out to some shell middens that I wanted to check out.

I got about half way out and the crust was dry, but it was like warm butter underneath and I broke through up to the frame.

Took me about 3 hours to back up about 20 feet. I put the floor mats under the front tires, got back in the car, backed up about an inch before they spun through the front, and then repeated.

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@&*&! Peugeot! :laughing7: Very clever floor mat trick, I have to remember that one.
 

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