CHIEF
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2021-2022 hunting thread
CHIEF Jr. and his buddy had a pretty productive morning: His buddy shot a Auodad ewe for a European mount. They said it took them 4 minutes to get to their duck limit. CHIEF
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Do you FIRE? Financial Independence, Retire Early
Kinda the same way. Sitting on millions in assets, could sell everything and move into an 18 ft. travel trailer on the deer lease. Had to have all these material things in my 20's and 30's. Now wish I didn't have any of it in my 50's. Priorities change. A golf cart and apartment in Cozumel, a truck and travel trailer in Texas and I would be fine. Don't really need, or want an expensive lifestyle to maintain. On health care, I'm covered through Mrs. CHIEF's company till 65, they pay for all of it. She worked for the State long enough that we get Medicare paid for by the State once I hit 65. CHIEF
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2021-2022 hunting thread
It's cold as shit at our lease right now CHIEF Jr. just left to spend the week duck hunting. The river and ponds are covered with Widgeon. A lot of movement right now, after a dusting of snow: CHIEF
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2021-2022 hunting thread
Well, we finally got our trailer mounted Tank Blind out to the lease for the last two weeks. I built this unit for a guy outta Alberta, Canada, but you can't move them across the border unless you have a Federally issued manufacturer's license. I had over $10k in the trailer, and he had paid $6500 for the blind. I was going to sell it at a loss, but CHIEF Jr. talked me into keeping it. It was the biggest and baddest one we ever built. So I bought the blind from him, and gave him a "good luck, and sorry". Here is one like it, I had built earlier, but he put in extra windows, had it insulated, and added a shooting bench, gun rack, window screens, and a bunch of other shit: CHIEF Jr. sat in it on the first morning with it about 70 degrees inside, looked at me, and said he will probably never go back to sitting outside unless it is hot. It is huge, and has great visibility. Holds three guys and a weiner dog easily: With two people , you can take a nap in the floor and watch the feeder out the bottom window: We set it at one location last week, didn't see anything but a young broke off 12, and a buck that needed to be culled (which CHIEF Jr. shot), we moved it to a new location between the morning and afternoon hunt, that no one was hunting since you could not see anything without some elevation. CHIEF
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Your childhood dream job vs your currrent career? Any ragerts
This was me to a tee. Soloed on my 16th birthday, got a hundred hours or so, and got my pilots license on my 17th birthday. Had better than 20/20 vision. Got accepted into the Air Force Academy (thanks to Chet Edwards), then my parents flipped their shit. "How could you want to do this? You are our only child. What do you think it would do to us if you were KIA? You can't see into the future. What if we go to war during your career, etc...". Of course, I would have been fresh out of the academy for the first Gulf War, the Bosnian War, and late career in Desert Storm. Real Estate and Oil and Gas work has been good to me, but I still would rather have been a fighter pilot. Now I would probably be shooting the shit with Daysoff in the pilot's lounge. CHIEF
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2021 Christmas Loot Thread
At least you will smell nice while dismembering bodies. CHIEF
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2021 Christmas Loot Thread
Mrs. CHIEF got me a train horn to put on my truck. A one ton Ford flatbed with a pussyass horn, you can't even hear it inside the truck. Now, when you are too busy fucking with your phone at the traffic light, it will have some ramifications. Gotta find a place to mount the compressor. CHIEF
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Four seat side by side options
The AR stays in the passengers lap. The bolt guns stay available so you can squeeze off that 400 yd. shot before the monster you stirred up, going down the road, is able to get into the brush. AR and Bullpup are always in hand. CHIEF
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Four seat side by side options
This is the one I bought, fits in the middle front seat, held in by the seatbelt: https://www.everythingpolarisranger.com/polaris-ranger-seizmik-icos-gun-holder-by-seizmik.html CHIEF
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Ewers or Bust- Lord have mercy I’m bout to bust
I've eaten CFS at Mary's, New York Hill, Cotton Patch, you name it. The best I have ever eaten is at Murn's Cafe in Archer City, we DO have a whole thread about this on F&T. Murn's is so good, my wife said she thought it was better than her's. Me: CHIEF
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Ewers or Bust- Lord have mercy I’m bout to bust
Same, but my buddy would cook up all of the thawed gizzards at closing time, usually three or four pounds, and stuff two of their biggest boxes with gizzards and gravy. Would feed six college kids easily. CHIEF
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Ewers or Bust- Lord have mercy I’m bout to bust
From Texas \m/ and the three bags to the end: Texas offered more money, so Quinn had to think about it, hard, on the flight back from Lubbock. He went home and has shut off communication. CHIEF
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Ewers or Bust- Lord have mercy I’m bout to bust
Bravo dude, you really thought this out. It's definitely readable, and accurate. CHIEF
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Ewers or Bust- Lord have mercy I’m bout to bust
Not Geddy or Kid Rock, it's Macaulay Culkin. CHIEF
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Ewers or Bust- Lord have mercy I’m bout to bust
They used to get spaghetti or Ramen noodles at the Casa de CHIEF. Pizza, if they brought some of their own money. CHIEF
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Ewers or Bust- Lord have mercy I’m bout to bust
Unequaled penmanship. CHIEF
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The Watch Fanatic Thread
The watch. Half my shit would be way more expensive. CHIEF
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Gather 'round, young surls, for the retelling of a classic Christmas story
It never gets old. CHIEF
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Fruitcake time
I'm getting my G-Grandmother's on Thursday, I'll post it. It will probably look a lot like Mo Horn's. CHIEF
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The Watch Fanatic Thread
Thanks TC, that's exactly what I'm looking for. CHIEF
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Ewers or Bust- Lord have mercy I’m bout to bust
Son...son....please take the chicken outta your mouth. I ain't got time for this shit. Whoa...whoa...whoa, I didn't say I didn't have time for YOU. Just...please...put the chicken down....please. CHIEF
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The Watch Fanatic Thread
I don't keep up with this thread. But what would y'all suggest for a dress/dive watch for Mrs. CHIEF? Apparently Rolex doesn't make a "woman specific" Submariner. Looking for something dressy enough to wear daily, definitely not a sports watch. Stainless, or white gold. Under $10k, not because of me, but because of her? CHIEF
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2021-2022 hunting thread
That’s what I’m doing. CHIEF Jr. wraps up finals on Tuesday. Nieces college graduation is Saturday. Leaving for the lease and will stay until Christmas, come back, return, and stay till New Years. CHIEF
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Fort Worth is exploding
Grump’s takes cards. 1890 Grill on the square is nice for upscale. Monte’s at Davis Rd. and 377 has killer Tacos al Pastor. Garcia’s out on the loop has ribeye tacos that are good. CHIEF
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2021-2022 hunting thread
Guys at the lease yesterday and today are seeing a lot of movement and new bucks. CHIEF Jr. is taking his Heat Transfer final and should be home about 5:45-6:00. I named this photographic masterpiece "Loaded and Fucking Waiting": CHIEF