Re: Well me, Cleat, and the Mountie found ourselves in the food chain...

And here is that monster Bull Mushroom:

 

Re: Well me, Cleat, and the Mountie found ourselves in the food chain...

It's a mighty good thing ya took the watch dog and the dangerous game rifle Wind, that might of ended badly. Just think if that mighta been an up armoured morel, or a rabid gopher foaming at the mouth!

Jesse

 

Re: Well me, Cleat, and the Mountie found ourselves in the food chain...



Catherine

 

This is why I still live in the city...............all I have to contend with are dopehead gang-bangers and irrascible yuppies, nothing dangerous like your Feral Fungi!

Nice shooting, by the way. Did you save the pelt?

 

Wind ...

You and Cleat got sand. I just couldn't live on the edge like you do. All we have are these little MR's southwest of where we hide out ...

I understand ours are nuthin' compared to the dangers of the infamous Bull Mushroom (scientific name - Feral Fungi per PJ) in your neck of the woods.


bjm

 

Shrooms and peeps......awesome! ;D

 

Wind,
I'm proud to see you two made it out with your hide. That dog of yours is a real life saver, you owe him an extra bone in the bowl for alerting you to potential dismemberment.

Where do you live? With the kinds of threats to your life and property you are constantly facing why not move?

Thank God for the BIG bore Mountie you were packing.

 

Wind - As I have an example of the wonderful woodworking you are capable of, have you ever thought about adapting a French bayonet to fit some of your Marlin collection? I understand most of the French bayonets have never been used and mint examples can be had rather cheaply. For the close-in, serious social work that befalls you at your outpost, I would think a mounted bayonet would be an added comfort. If Cleat ever gets angry at you he may leave you on your own on one of these trips, instead of always walking point. With rabid feril funji add to the mix I am thinking about switching from my lever action J.C.Higgins (marlin clone of their model 57) to my marlin model 60 for the firepower. I remember the "peeps" incident. Where will it ever end? Having flashbacks to my youth during the Southeast Asia war games.
BTW sure wish you could send some of that rain down our way. Last measurable rain was early February. The local rabbits have started carrying canteens, and traveling in pairs for safety. The half empty canteen is a give-a-way. You can sometimes hear the water sloshing even before you see the little critter. Shenandoah

 

Gee thanks Wind. Now I'm agonna have nightmares for months on end, may even require extensive therapy.

;D ;D ;D ;D

 

Didn't realize you were still amongst the living... thought the peeps devoured you for brunch ;D

 

Whoa! You sure you should be out with only the Mountie? Cleat got lucky by my take.
Anything smaller than him coulda ended up shroom fertilizer.
Them shrooms are taking smaller, dumber animals like poodles and cats around here.
Somehow the shrooms just lull them into a forever DIRT-NAP.

 

Hey there ya’ll --

MontanaMan -- Rabid gophers is one thing, but Mushrooms is something else entirely that needs a whole bunch more killing power. Them 40 grainers is just the ticket.

PJ -- The exit hole totally runint the Feral Fungi’s pelt – for sure. I don’t like touching them things no way anyhow.

BJM -- Be very careful my friend. You get to close to your kind of Mushrooms you’ll be real easy to spot, even on a moon-less night!!

six_gunz and Catherine -- Thanks for the kind words.

BUBSDAD -- I’ve got a lot of blood, sweat and tears in building this place. Me and the Mountie ain’t budgin’ on no Peep’s or Mushroom’s account.

Shenandoah -- I like the bayonet idea. Could also be used like a sand spike for my surf rod, there’s not much to lean a rifle on around here whilst painting dingers.

h d hawg’r -- Just take a couple of Moose Drool’s before bed and call me in the morning. You’ll be fine.

LT -- It’ll take more than a raggedy herd of Peep’s to take me and Cleat out. He still keeps looking for the little yellow buggers even though we haven’t seen any for a month now. Heaven help it if he finds a straggler.

GJinNY -- Cleat is one smart critter. He’s done good with the likes of rattlesnakes and cougars. I still worry some, but he seems to handle himself well. I’m so sorry about your cat. Looks like they used the “Acme Pizza Disguise” and got it to take a bite or two. Devious Devils, that’s for sure.

Best regards. Wind

 

That’s when I see them too. A pair of scout mushrooms. Cleat has wheeled around behind me as he has been trained to do before the shooting starts. I get those two and a couple more making a break for a bigger cow flop.

Wind,

I feel I ought to warn you! My buddy down here tells me that those "Cow flop" rooms taste like S--T! : ;D

CJ

 

Wind,

I have got say that I am very worried about you. Not too long ago there was the outbreak of Peeps and now you have the Ferocious Fungi trying to ambush you.

It is very good, and probably the only reason that you are still with us, that you have Cleat covering your back! You are very fotunate to have such a great companion.

-Bob George

 

Wind please give Cleat The Wonder Dog some pets from Catherine and I. He's a mighty fine companion for sure...smile.

Jesse

 

Holy cow, Wind, you sure live in a dangerous place! I though I had it pretty bad on Monday when a pair of rabid-looking pink peeps attacked me, but luckily I was able to take them out with a barrage of .22s and a few well-placed 12ga shells.

BJM, you sure have some mean looking fungi around your place. Those mushies look mighty ornery compared to the ones growing here.

 

Seems that the past 2 years that President Obummer insisted our borders were secure, they been sneakin em in from Mexico.

Wind......you only came across the babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

GJ - Holy Oak Massachusetts, that ole boy looks like he's holding one that calls for a 45-70 or 450 Marlin. That is a biggin' for sure. Shenandoah

 

GJinNY -- Dang!! I almost hope that is a giant 'shroom and not some poor guy with a really ugly legless wife doing some kinda Jitter-Bug dance flip move. In any case I just moved a cartridge belt full of 38-55's closer to the rifle. Moby 'Shroom, now where did I put my harpoon? Worried Wind

 

How many eggs and onions would it take to make that thing into an omelet?

Jesse

 

Are you sure you didn't eat the mushrooms before ???

 

Are you sure you didn't eat the mushrooms before ???

Interesting point. I'm not sure if Amanita Muscaria grows wild that far north, but it sure might explain a lot!

Dang longhairs............ ;D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria

 

PJ I kinda thought that was an amanita myself when I first saw it but I'm still not sure, the cap is a slightly different shape but everything else is right. Amanita toxins are deadly and there is no known antidote as far as I know. They kill by dissolving the internal organs of the victim very slowly. I think I'll pass on eating them even if some folks do and think they're safe.....grin. I'll stick to morels and shaggy manes.

Jesse

 

Wind ...

You and Cleat got sand. I just couldn't live on the edge like you do. All we have are these little MR's southwest of where we hide out ...

I understand ours are nuthin' compared to the dangers of the infamous Bull Mushroom (scientific name - Feral Fungi per PJ) in your neck of the woods.

Picture don't look as good as being up close (7 MI) from one. They are loud and what a shock wave. You can see it comming. And you don't stand up if you do the ground will come up and get you.

bjm

 

Great story wind! 8) I'm off to bed but what's the peep sight incident? I think I missed it.