Surf and Turf

Congrats on your buck!

Merry Christmas!

2 hours ago, Bass-turd said:

Thanks for the advice, we’re probably going to try to fix it ourselves, although I’ve never attempted anything this major. Cuts and scrapes I can stitch, not used to bullet wounds. 
 

I’m wondering how much a body shop would charge as well.

 

Hey smerch, have you heard of that fibreglass company before?

That's a bummer. I've done a few fibreglass repairs and they are very time consuming, not really difficult but kinda tedious. If you had to pay someone else to complete the repair it would be cheaper to replace. Once you grind out all the damaged glass you are going to have a hole the size of a basketball to glass back in so definitely not a quick fix. Once you have all the damage removed then one carefully laid layer of glass cloth on the inside, then you can start building it up on the outside until you match the thickness of the rest of the hull. If you want to pm me I can give you some tips

2 hours ago, smerchly said:

That is pricey stuff  .  I would need a piece about 6' by 15" for the two 7" wide skis .

I found my old varnish in the jar & it took some hot water and coxing with the edge of a 12" flat file to open the lid . I was surprised how well preserved  

it is and it applied easily to the warmed up wood in the sun . If I don't find anything suitable I think the varnish will keep me going for the winter "IF" we get some ice .

I'm already thinking about using my wagon with the fat tires ...with or without the sled.

Ski wax and elbow grease should do the trick

On 12/10/2021 at 8:40 PM, Chrisb said:

My transmission is failing. Talked to a friend at Ford dealer and apparently it is a very known issue with my unit. Something with shift solenoids wearing. He can't even get parts for it.

He suggested taking to transmission specialty shop.

I am looking for suggestions where to take it or where to stay away from. I am in Welland.

 

Thanks

Talk to Rainville's auto on Montrose Rd, White Pigeon. Dan is a top notch mechanic that is the most honest guy around. He'll tell you the best option with no BS

2 minutes ago, smerchly said:

Gene / Surf ....WOW !  Your stories may be in that book .   We never had snow days ....we had to walk 10 miles through 6 ft. of snow .......

I bet that walk was uphill both ways and you had to share one pair of boots with your siblings for the trek, and fight off bears and Indians on a daily basis! The good ole days!

I was ten during the blizzard, luckily my mom picked me up from school. A lot of kids were stuck there for a night or two. I remember the one side of a buddy's grandmothers house up the street had a drift right up to the roof ridge. We were sledding down her roof! Cars abandoned everywhere on side streets etc. totally buried you couldn't see them.

I believe a snowmobiler hit a chimney in Fort Erie if memory serves me correct.

The only good thing that came out of the blizzard was snow days. After the blizzard if there was any snow at all they would cancel the buses. A few snow flakes in the air would have us glued to the radio and praying for a snow day!

19 minutes ago, smerchly said:

My wife and family were at the cottage at Long Beach when Hazel begun blowing . They headed home to Chippawa just in time . 

We have snowblowers now ....piece of cake !

 

Joe... they say you are only as old as you feel ...... lets face it .....   ♋

Glad there are some old weather veterans still around. If a Hurricane hit and flooded Toronto today, they'd have us riding recycled bicycles as our only option of transportation and eating tofu and grass clippings for our three squares a day!

The wife can't argue with that logic! Ha

It would be interesting to know what all those customs agents are doing with only two lanes open? They've been twittling their thumbs on full pay for a year and a half and only two boths open when it's time to get back to work?

On our return trip from our deer hunt in NY two weeks ago, it was painfully slow coming back and they sent a team of three agents to check out my guns!

Arghh!

Congratulations on a beauty buck! Not a bad way to cut your teeth for sure! That is a trophy for anyone! If that was mine, I'd be getting Gunner-2 to do up a nice mount!

On 11/23/2021 at 1:26 PM, smerchly said:

They took the beer because we said we have nothing to declare ....maybe they would have let us keep it if we declared it ...5 cases , 4 guys in my van , one case for the camp for 2 others in our party .  He was a very nice BIG  Indian fellow , & asked us if we had any more booze in the 19' boat , and we better tell the truth or they would impound the boat ! Yikes !!  The beer we had was "top of the line"   ....good stuff  !!  Cheap ...hell yes !!   

 

 

Golden Anniversary Beer, haven't tried it but sounds like a fine premium brew! Ha... I bet those customs guys probably had some good parties every weekend!

13 hours ago, dave524 said:

 

Ruger 77 International , nice , got 4 77's but never got an International. looks like a Leupold  1.5-5X on top 

Yep, you nailed it. I'm a big Ruger and Leupold fan. That rifle is chambered in 308 and handles like a 22,  great quick handling woods rifle. I have three Internationalls, 308, 243 and a 22. along with two other M77's in 338 and 204  For a dependable hunting rifle you can't beat them.

1 hour ago, smerchly said:

We didn't have such luck when we bought 5 cases of beer at Duluth and got searched at the border at Thunder Bay . They took all the beer (none was mine) , but they let me keep a mickey of Yukon Jack that was "made in Canada" as I stated to them  lol !  The other guys re- bought their beer in Thunder Bay $$$$$  ! 

Take a man's beer, that's just wrong. Well at least it was American beer, hopefully they picked it up at Tops for $4.99 case. Back in the day we used to get Milwaukee's Best, terrible stuff, I don't think it was actually brewed, probably beer flavouring mixed with alcohol and water, then into a can it went. 

22 minutes ago, Radio said:

Thanks Surf! So what I am getting out of this is we can fish the glen, just don't be an idiot or take any chances or it will cost you...

Correct

1 hour ago, Radio said:

Right on Surf and Turf. Can I ask where you got that information and where are the places you shouldn't be? I contacted the niagara parks a few weeks ago and haven't heard anything back. Thanks!

Direct from police and fire. Basically if you are off trail and doing something that your average person would know better than to do. If you are trying to access a fishing spot that you think that most wouldn't have the balls to try to reach, you might want to give it a second thought. Try to scale a cliff rather than take the trail like everyone else and fall, it's likely going to cost you. Wade out to a rock so you can extend your cast by 20 feet or get that perfect drift, then you're gambling your own life and money. If you ask for a rule book they will tell you to stay on the trails, and definitely out of the water.

Well the moon, planets and stars aligned so we were able to make it down for this years New York opening weekend. The first time leaving Canada in 18 months. Hit duty free going across into Buffalo to pick up some beer and whisky, only 4 other people in the whole store. The US customs agent seemed just happy to talk to someone, didn't ask if we were bringing anything in, didn't even ask to look at our guns, just shot the shite about hunting for 10 minutes while the cars backed up behind us. lol

Met up with our American friends Friday night had a nice dinner, drank lots of beer and whisky while catching up and telling war stories.

We were met with a bit of snow on Saturday morning, saw four does but as hard as I could squint I couldn't get them to grow antlers! Another nice dinner, more beer, more whisky, more stories.

Sunday morning was a bit warmer. Has two does walk in front of me around 8 am, kept waiting for the buck to emerge from behind them but no such luck. Then about 9 am, three deer came running up the hill from below me all in a line, one doe, then another, the next one must be a buck, nope damn. Then about 10 seconds later up comes another deer, yep antlers, it's legal, it was about a hundred yards below me and a hundred yards to my right so I had a few seconds to assess. I had my heart on a big buck, but we didn't have a deer down yet, I waited as long as I could looking down the hill to see if a bigger buck was behind him, no 8 pointer following, he was now directly to my right about 100 yds out, so I get on mim, I let out a "baaah" to get him to stop, but he kept running, so followed through and dropped him in his tracks. Ended up being a small 6 pointer.

I kinda felt bad since he was working so hard to catch up with those does, poor little guy. Should be tasty though!

Well, I got the following scoop on the weekend. The trespassing charges are at the discretion of the police. Basically if you are doing something that they deem as stupid, that puts yourself, or others at risk you will be charged with trespassing. If the fire department has to come out to rescue you and they and the police decide it was because you did something that common sense could have avoided, or you went somewhere you shouldn't have been, you will also receive a bill for the cost of the rescue which can easily run into the thousands of dollars. 

Unfortunately it's not always "out of towners" that lack common sense. Years ago we use to fish off the deck of the power plant on the lower. One day some idiots decided to walk inside of the plant and take the elevator up rather than walk up the access road. That was the end of that. We used to fish below the dam at Port Dalhousie there was a young local guy that started wading out probably 4 feet from shore up to his knees in hip boots. Once he drowned doing it they really cracked down there too. We used to walk down the Maid of the Mist access road and fish the whole area without being hassled, I don't imagine that would go over well now. All you need is one or two people to steal, damage, litter, hurt themselves and sue to ruin it for everyone else.

That was totally avoidable and certainly not an accident. They should send him a bill for the cost of the rescue. Instead of no-trespassing signs post a sign that if you need to be rescued you will be responsible for the cost. I bet if that guy new he would be responsible for an expensive rescue he would have jumped off that rock before it was too late.

35+ years ago we used to go down to the whirlpool at night take a case of beer, make a fire, fish and hunt for lures until the wee hours of the morning half in the bag and don't ever recall hearing about anyone needing to be rescued. Seen people slip on the rocks and get a bit of a soaker many times, those rocks are a slick when the water goes down and I have taken a few tumbles myself on them. Kodiaks with the soles worn smooth don't grip slimy rocks well!

There was a guy a couple years younger than me at high school that went scuba diving there to get lures, he didn't make it out alive.

Congrats on the buck!

My balls are just fine, thank you very much. Ha!

Yes i't nice when you don't have get up quite as early!  One of my favourite days was when the clock got rolled back and you got an extra hour at the bar!

That's a good looking buck. Have you been out hunting them?

2 hours ago, Lundtastic said:

I’m sharing here good shotgun hunt, 930 this morning.234lbs.

Thats a bruiser. Congrats