yes!

took fin out to sauvie last week.
holy crap!
it was fantastic. she showed some fucking mojo. we kicked up some birds and everything set up perfectly. i made a lucky shot and fin got her first rooster. i'm still rollin' on the high.

home from AK.

more pictures...someday. still recovering and it's steelhead time.

lambchops.

well, pops bagged a sheep.
the routine was pretty standard. try to find one early before the wind started blowing 100 miles per hour. it didn't take long...for the wind, i mean.
we saw a few groups at about 800 miles. and they didn't give us any stalking opportunities which is what we were really hoping for. instead a group of four poked their heads up over a cliff at about 200 yards, straight up.
dad missed a bigger ewe. but dropped a smaller ram. 200 yards up a wall to get him felt like 2 miles.









like i said, it was a smaller ram, so there aren't any trophy pics. still, it was a great hunt. and i'd love do it again. one of these days pops and i are gonna get that trophy animal. we joke about how we make the most out of the 10 second window we get to make shit happen. someday. someday. we'll have that chance to call in a huge bull elk or rattle in a big time muley with plenty of time to set up and make a great shot.
it'll happen one of these times.

sheep hunt.

dad: come down to new mexico and help me kill a auodad sheep.
me: a what?
dad: a barbary sheep.
me: a what?
dad: look it up.
me: ok.
...
me: i'm in.

watch this at least until the 2:11 mark...

holy austrian bowel movement, this one is even BETTER!

this shit is newsworthy?

two of portland's top news stories today.
RABBITS and CATS beware. the world is a dangerous place.
i love my community.
i really love my community's newspaper.

gross.

THIS happens when you use your silicon to cut your heroine.

police report attempt to revive flattened opossum...

(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania man attempted to resuscitate "a road-killed opossum," state police say.
But this was one possum who wasn't playing possum -- the ugly creature remained dead.
Troopers responding to the scene in Oliver Township on Thursday determined that Donald J. Wolfe, 55, of Brookville, was drunk, according to the police report.
Several witnesses observed Wolfe's failed resurrection of the flattened marsupial, police said. It was not immediately clear how he endeavored to restore the possum's life.
The arresting officer in the incident was unavailable for comment Friday. Attempts to reach Wolfe were also unsuccessful.
Wolfe will be charged with one charge of public drunkenness, police said.

good times.

 

god damn, i miss BSG...

this video is more awesome than ben and jerry's cherry garcia.
live long and prosper, BSG. live long and prosper.

not a fan.

i'm not a fan of pit bulls or zach randolph. both eat children and both ruin basketball teams.
so, this video is a shit storm of pure evil. but damn funny.
CLICK HERE

dogs, trees, pops, spam, and elk.

AK 09.

on the way to bethel.

WHAT A TRIP!
AKWest is quite a place.
definitely the best part is that it's far away from anything.
no, the best part are the crazy, aggressive salmon smashing flies on the surface.
no, the best part are the beautiful rainbows.
no, the best part are the tireless, killer guides.
no, the best part are the other random fishermen each completing their journey to fish mecca.
nope, the best part are the "choker bowski's", hands down.

the approach.

so, i've got quite a few pictures. and for the 5 or 6 of you out there that are hanging on the edge of your couches or cubicles, i will be utilizing a few different methods to show them off. i hope to keep the jabbering to a minimum and let the photos do the talking.
here are a few from the first couple of days or so on the wonderful kanektok and then also some en route to this wonderful place.
check out the first flickr set. click on the slideshow for the easiest viewing.
also, check out the very awesome, cam miller. this guy's the fish pic guru. he spends the week jetting around the river making everybody look like way better fishermen then we really are. the week's end slide show and disc full of sweet pics is a great little bonus that i wasn't expecting. cam speeds around with his million dollar camera tucked into his chest waders. and it's not unusual to see him unloading a giant step ladder onto the gravel bar to get that sweet angle. or to have him dunk his head under the icy water to get a cool look at something swimming.
alright, on to some photos:

officially a long way from home.

dolly.

the first morning. (photo credit cameron miller)

wow. (photo credit cameron miller)

silver bullet. (photo credit cameron miller)

meat. (photo credit cameron miller)

MCOTW.

great hobbit movie.

two things i've certain of..

1. it's only a matter of time before these damn columbia river sea lions yank a small kid into the drink.

2. this kid has unabomber domestic terrorist written all over him. my kids, er, won't know that computers exist until their 18, unless the robots take over before then?

dog v. bird v. human

you ever go fishing with your dog and wonder "what if that noisy goose went ape shit?". well, here you go. personally, i think this dog is being a bit of a sissy. my dog woulda smoked that bird.*



*that is a lie. my dog would shit himself.

sic.

the future of basketball...

i can't wait until rudy, bayless, and roy pull some volleyball shit like this:



1. why isn't everyone in the crowd going ape shit after this? it's like they've seen it 100 times. maybe they have?
2. check the score. after one quarter.
3. that poor kid that got teabagged is gonna be scarred for life.

guns.

pardon my fuckin' language, but i fuckin' hate politics. he said, she said fuckin' bullshit. go ahead and vote. but do it based on something important...like who you would rather have a beer with or maybe who you'd rather sit next to during a blazers' game. it can't be based on knowledge and facts...nobody has time to sort through all of this bullshit.



got it? ok...now click here.

seriously, joe the nurse shouldn't have to spend six hours on the computer, not on ebay, trying to figure out who to vote for...sorting through the mud and pus that is washington d.c.

we're goin' to hell everyone. see you there.

*not that this was the issue deciding my vote...i was just curious.

fight club.

here's some more video of deer i didn't kill last week. these were in someone's front yard. deer are smart.