Post by: gasman on November 24, 2011, 06:27:18 PM
I all ready told the story about aerly season and the late season started out... wellll....that why I am pissssseeeedddd
To start, I pulled in to Rimrock to stay the night before making the trek to the Nile area to hunt late elk. I went to unhook the jeep and it wont start :yike: it would turn over but not run. I checked a few things under the hood, and found nothing that would be a dirrect cause to it not running. I just so happen to try and flood it out and I got it to hick-up. So I held the gas teh floor turned it over and eventually got it to run and it has run flawlessly sence. It was running just fine when I hooed it up to the truck and towed it over :dunno:
Then, the propane in my camper was teh next issue. I filled up the bottle before I left and had a hard time getting the refer to run, but I eventually got it on. I noticed the flame on the stove was not very high and the heat was only blowing cold air, and the hot water would not stay lit so I checked it out this morning before I went on the morning hunt. I found that there was ice in the connection not allowing a full flow of gas. After I cleaned out the ice and hooked it back up, I heard a leak in the hose. After closer inspection I noticed the hose was cracked and was leaking really bad and when i moved the hose it darn near broke completely off. So here I am in the middle of no where, th emps are in the teens, no heat, no way to cook foor and no way to keep the water tanks in my camper from freezing up :bash: :bash: :bash:
So sence there is no place to get it fixed on Thanksgiving Day, I headed home............
The plan is to fix the camper in the morning and head back over, instead of a 4 day hunting trip, it will be 2 days of hunting :cryriver:
Oh and I have to add, my generator would not start last night also, so I pulled teh plug to clean it and broke the porcelin in the process.
:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:
This has not been a kind year to me at all :violent1: :violent1: :violent1: :violent1:
It did make my wife happy that I was home for turkey dinner..........the first time in 6 years or so ;)
Post by: Huntbear on November 24, 2011, 06:31:04 PM
Post by: westernarcher on November 24, 2011, 06:34:01 PM
Post by: gasman on November 24, 2011, 06:37:47 PM
I thought all the whiners are on facebook? Suck it up. Sorry bud but be a man!!
If you share your Vagasil, it may help me feel better :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 24, 2011, 06:48:34 PM
Post by: gasman on November 24, 2011, 06:49:58 PM
Thought your name was GAS MAN :chuckle: Man that suz.... hopefully after eating dinner in a nice warm house you feel better :tup:
Nothing a coupele glasses of JD wont help solve.......
Post by: runamuk on November 24, 2011, 07:06:14 PM
here is to tomorrow being better
Post by: Lcl 66 Tinner on November 24, 2011, 07:47:58 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on November 24, 2011, 08:11:17 PM
-Steve
Post by: hughjorgan on November 24, 2011, 08:28:04 PM
Post by: dirty24d on November 24, 2011, 08:33:55 PM
Man,, that sucks... just think.. there is a big ass animal waiting for you when you get to hunt finally....
Just think .. it can only get better from here. Good Luck on the 2nd go around and knock one down dude!!!!!
Post by: high country on November 24, 2011, 08:37:45 PM
Post by: gasman on November 24, 2011, 08:46:13 PM
you can go vote for the wall tent in the poll section now.
I have a wall tent and have for years, but when I hunt alone, a wall tent is pain in the butt to put up by your self. I put it up and took it down one to many times on my own, so I bought a camper.
Hunting partners are not reliable and the only one I can rely on is my self :tup:
That's a bummer, but it isn't like we have ideal hunting weather with the snow and rain making for a nice crust on top of the snow. Not many guys doing much but driving up and down that 1600 road all morning
Watch for the Barbie Jeep up there starting tommorow late morning, It will be me ;)
Gonna meet Ribka up there also. He wa going to try and run me around Yakima looking for the parts I needed but I told him to go hunt, I will go home, have dinner with the family and return tommorow.
Post by: Arteman on November 24, 2011, 10:47:14 PM
kinda a brazen first post dont you think?Thats what I was thinking, looked over and seen it was his first post and thought wow!
Post by: NWTFhunter on November 24, 2011, 10:49:39 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on November 24, 2011, 10:53:35 PM
I thought all the whiners are on facebook? Suck it up. Sorry bud but be a man!!
He's bein a man! He's fixing it all himself and not giving up.
-Steve
Post by: turkey buster on November 24, 2011, 11:20:07 PM
Post by: Miles on November 25, 2011, 05:45:46 AM
Post by: boneaddict on November 25, 2011, 06:07:32 AM
Hopefully your luck turns and I hope you took your black cloud back over the hill with you. :)
Post by: buckhorn2 on November 25, 2011, 07:59:34 AM
Post by: ICEMAN on November 25, 2011, 08:07:50 AM
Post by: gasman on November 25, 2011, 08:09:15 AM
Leaving to get the parts to fix and should be hunting by noon.
Post by: Hunterman on November 25, 2011, 10:07:52 AM
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: pianoman9701 on November 25, 2011, 10:25:11 AM
Post by: dontgetcrabs on November 25, 2011, 10:54:11 AM
May the fleas of a thousand wolves find their way into your thermals.
:tup: :chuckle:
Good luck gasman.
Post by: Recurve-Elk on November 25, 2011, 12:19:35 PM
Post by: christopheri on November 25, 2011, 01:44:12 PM
Post by: YoterHunter on November 25, 2011, 03:23:38 PM
Post by: low97ram on November 25, 2011, 05:00:31 PM
on his way to his "spot". said he got out and the only thing he saw was a spike running away.
Guess that's a good sign though.
hope for better luck tomorrow.
@yoter...think we're gonna hire Neighbor D's Guide Service next year...lol
pete
Post by: Smokepole on November 25, 2011, 05:15:44 PM
You should just sell that pile of pucky and get yourself a good wall tent and stove. I think you would like it. Less crap to go wrong, and
you get style points.
Good luck on your hunt.
Post by: buck man on November 25, 2011, 07:43:28 PM
Post by: gasman on November 27, 2011, 07:30:09 PM
Seen elk everyday but nothing close enough to shoot at :dunno:
Did watch 3 does run across a clearing across the ravine from me and they spooke dup a spike elk and that spike was doing about 60mph down the ravine and crossed the tip of finger about 80 yards in front of me. He was a freaight train with a mission to hit the Bethel unit :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Man that sucks, Gasman. As the old saying goes... If it aint one thing, it's two!
You should just sell that pile of pucky and get yourself a good wall tent and stove. I think you would like it. Less crap to go wrong, and
you get style points.
Good luck on your hunt.
I have a elk tent but it's just a big pain the a$$ to set up and take down alone. I hunt and camp alone most of the time, so the camper is my Palace.
If I get a hunting partner that is going to be there to set up and take down, I would bring it.
Post by: coachcw on November 27, 2011, 07:34:36 PM
Post by: gasman on November 27, 2011, 07:39:36 PM
sounds like a good weekend
Yeah, it ended up being a good weekend after all te htrouble i had at the begining :tup:
If I had an archery deer tag, I could have filled it sat. morning with easy. In the first 2 min. of our hunbt, I get a call from Ribka on the radio and he was staring down a nice 22" wide 4x4 but would not shoot because he has a Desert unit tag that starts Wed. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Lucky *censored* :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: YoterHunter on November 27, 2011, 07:43:28 PM
Post by: gasman on November 27, 2011, 08:13:11 PM
glad to to here you made it back ok.considering how your hunts started out. stop by one of these days. i will give you some elk and deer. your kucky SOB buddy :chuckle:
Will Do :tup:
You Lucky SOB.....
Post by: Instinct on November 28, 2011, 06:41:13 AM
Post by: PlateauNDN on November 28, 2011, 08:31:13 AM
Post by: gasman on November 28, 2011, 03:56:57 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,83609.0.html
Post by: dougedoug on November 28, 2011, 04:58:02 PM
ok Pete I did hunt with you for years and you know that i had my daughter on the weekends.and you know that i was always going home on fridays..so can you stop with if i had a partner that would stay and take it down.Doug
Post by: gasman on November 28, 2011, 05:51:00 PM
If I get a hunting partner that is going to be there to set up and take down, I would bring it.
ok Pete I did hunt with you for years and you know that i had my daughter on the weekends.and you know that i was always going home on fridays..so can you stop with if i had a partner that would stay and take it down.Doug
Where did you get the idea I was talking about you :dunno:
Sence you don't hunt with me any more, I dont have a hunting partner to help with a tent set up and take down, and when you had to leave hunting camp early (for what ever reason) and I had to take it down on my own one to many times. I went another route for my hunting camp.
Post by: NWTFhunter on November 28, 2011, 06:30:52 PM
Post by: gasman on November 28, 2011, 07:17:05 PM
Gasman, if you need someone to hit the hills with just holler man. :tup:
I appreciate that :hello:
I have hunted with a lot of good people over the last year or two and I met them all on here :tup:
Spring Turkey ;)
Post by: Ripper on November 28, 2011, 10:11:42 PM
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on November 29, 2011, 10:14:03 AM
Post by: gasman on November 29, 2011, 03:32:28 PM
Saw the Barbie jeep on the 1600 road being towed up the hill the other day.... too far away to give out a holler. Saw lots of animals, but most were doing mach 3 with their tongues hanging out. Even far from any roads I ran into more hunters than I have ever seen this year, even in places where I have never seen anyone else, way up high. The good thing about that was they were pushing the animals around, I sat a lot in draws/escape routes, just didn't connect. Passed on a very very nice 4x4 buck at 45 yards... Saw him bedded at 70 and snuck up within range but he never offered a good shot. He stood there at 45 quartered to me for an eternity... just didn't feel right about the shot and passed. He was bedded with a doe and about 20 yards behind him a cow stood up... she bolted and game over. Saw a few nice bucks, just never got the shot. Did see a couple of really nice bulls, a 6x6 that offered me a nice broadside and a 5x6 at 30... wish I had a bull tag! LOL Saw a monster 6x6 at 100 yards also. Had lots of fun and the 10 year old in our group got a very nice 3x3 Muley, so it was a great trip.
Lot sof people and elk running around, thats for sure......
Were you camped right before the cattle gaurd on the private property?
Sure was a lot of guys hunting and camping in the blue forest this year. I was amased at the amout of people parked and camped at each gate :yike:
Post by: Instinct on November 29, 2011, 05:02:09 PM
Post by: gasman on November 29, 2011, 05:19:06 PM
Thought ya couldnt hunt the blue forest?
You cant.....but they were any ways :bash:
I have heard there is a small group of people that have permission to hunt it and they do, but from my past experiance, they have been more descreate about it. I have not seen them park at the gate but I believ the guys that were there this weekend were newbee's to the Nile. I had two guys camped next to me that were there for there first time. They moved from hunting around I-90 area to the Nile :bash:
And what surpride me, was none of them were kicked out or told to move there camp. They were camped in front of the blue gates :dunno:
Heard the Warden was up there on sunday also, but guys still hunted the blue forest.
Post by: Instinct on November 29, 2011, 05:31:21 PM
Post by: Matt on November 30, 2011, 02:01:53 PM
It was like rifle season up there this year. I have never seen that many bow carrying people out there in late season before. Hell there were groups of 5 people going up and down the ridge in a pack. There were a lot of animals in there but they were all running balls to the wall with their tongues hanging to the ground.
Post by: gasman on November 30, 2011, 03:58:14 PM
Gasman the Matsons changed the rules this year. They were giving passes out like crazy to the private property. We camp right there in the yard at the cattle guard and Larry no longer is in charge of policing the property. The guy that was camped right there at the 3rd blue gate completely screwed up that area.
It was like rifle season up there this year. I have never seen that many bow carrying people out there in late season before. Hell there were groups of 5 people going up and down the ridge in a pack. There were a lot of animals in there but they were all running balls to the wall with their tongues hanging to the ground.
Yeah, it was nuts around there......
Who gives out the passes for hunting the property now that Larry is not doing it and is there any policing of the property?
Post by: Matt on December 01, 2011, 03:07:09 PM
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on December 01, 2011, 03:27:58 PM