More To the World than Hunting.....

Yelp, there is fishin'!! Roger Littlejohn sent the photos of Okeechobee Lake in Florida and his nice Crappie catch. Thanks for sharing, Roger! Watch out for the gators!Roger Littlejohn shared these photos of his Crappie catch! He was fishing on the Okeechobee!

Here is what Roger had to say:

Carlton and I fished for Crappie at a lake near Okeechobee one day this week. We had a good few hours and ended up with 21 keepers, which was better than most of the other fishermen we talked with that day. The catch filled the cleaning sink. Carlton was a fabulous guide, host and fishing buddy....can't wait to do it again.

Also, My sister and I took one of those airboat rides while I was down at Lake Okeechobee. Here are a few pictures, including one of a big gator we rode by. That airboat was about the only thing that would get around in that thick stuff, and the ride was a blast.

Roger

Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the state of Florida. It is the seventh largest freshwater lake in the United States ^[1] and the second largest freshwater lake contained entirely within the lower 48 states.^[2] Okeechobee covers 730 square miles (1,890 km²), approximately half the size of the state of Rhode Island, and is exceptionally shallow for a lake of its size, with an average depth of only 9 feet (3 m). The lake is divided between Glades, Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach, and Hendry counties. Maps of Florida^[3] show that all five of these counties meet at one point near the center of the lake.

Sadie Bell

Sadie Bell is owned by Lee Moore in Mississippi. She is the pup on the far left in the picture. She is out of Spud and Opal. We named the litter after Popeye the sailor man and Lee changed Sweet Oyl's name to Sadie. There was one more pup not in this photo and she had more white with black spots. Spud's color dominated the litter which is normal as Spud's mother is colored like the pup's and Opals, too. So with black being a dominant color over white. It was normal to get 4 mostly black pups and only one white.

Sadie is doing great this year. You can see from the pictures she is a good timber watcher.

Opal and Rick Mahan's Two Feists

Hunting in the Ozarks of Arkansas

Hunt with Friends Young and Old

When hunting Saturday with Joey McLeland and his son, D.J. Low, and behold, we met up with two renegades in the woods--Matt Howell and his nephew Andrew. With all of us guys and four Feists, we had a great day hunting Rosco, Lia, Tie and Opal. You can see more pictures at this link!

Pictures of January 29, 2011 Hunt

Piper and Grits

Pete Reimold sent photos of Piper and Grits. Looks like they are doing pretty good bringing in this pile of squirrels. Grits caught one on the ground. Grits looks so much like Baby Face Nelson that it is eerie! Looks like Piper is barking on the tree and Grits is getting it together. This is just what we have been hoping for. Pete has never trained a squirrel dog so he and these two are learning it all together. Pete says one thing for sure it is FUN!

Here is Pete's email:

Renfroes,

Just wanted to touch base.After three days of snow,the sun came out and so did the squirrels.Friday [01/28] Piper and Grits teamed up to take five.The best part was when Grits not only treed one solo,but was able to chase a squirrel that bailed out after timbering four trees and catching it after a 100 yd run.The pics where taken after my Saturday hunt[01/29].Grits treed a second squirrel solo,and as you can see Piper is on target.I'm hopeful Grits will continue to improve,we still have thirty days of squirrel hunting,and I plan to make the most of it.I hunted this week with the 22cal,which proved worthless once the squirrels started to timber,but unlike a shotgun blast ,you don't alert every squirrel in the area of your presents.Many squirrel are still very quick to den up,in fact only about 50% are staying out,much more treeing than shooting. Best regards Pete