The smartest men EVER?

Behold two of the smartest men ever.
Good looks, style and good ole fashioned book learnin'. Can you doubt the level of sophistication here?
Join me for an exploration into the what I like to call....
"The Brother Zone".

Intellect?

I'll be happy to see one of them.
Guess.

More defamation coming soon.

Still the champs!

Playing as visitors for the first time this season, the Giants continued their remarkable success away from Giants Stadium with a resounding 41-13 rout of the St. Louis Rams Sunday in the Edward Jones Dome. The Giants scored 21 unanswered points in the final 7:18 to break open a close game and secure their most one-sided road victory in a dozen years (35-7 at Detroit on Oct. 27, 1996).

Pop Quiz

Back in 1986 I, Robert DaFolder, met some very unsavory characters. All of the people pictured here are attendees of the Institution of Less than Higher Learning of Green Mountain College. They all share many things in common but the one that draws them all together in a week or so is that they all know the man known as "The Brother".

Now some of you have heard of the Brother. Some of you may even know the Brother personally. But one thing that should come as a shock to everyone is that the Brother is getting married. Yes, married.

If you were to ask all the men pictured here about the Brother I'm sure they all would have a story or two to tell. Some of them touching, some of them funny, some of them debaucherous, and perhaps most of them downright scary. But the one thing that would tie them together is the Brother always stood by them, and we all stood by the Brother.

Shortly I will be flying out to the tiny hamlet of Block Island to witness the marriage of the Brother to a potentially un-suspecting young lady named Kira. She seems like a fine woman and I'm sure she comes equipped with a big heart and healthy appreciation for good times. And while the goal of the Brother is to make an honest woman of this lady, mine is somewhat different.

This brings us to today's pop quiz.

Picture #1
Jenny X. Many of you have read about the Legend of Jenny X right here in the pages of this very Blog. The marksman, the trap champ, the inventor of the polo shirt, the bass fishing champ and the first skier to be classified as 'extreme'.

Picture #2
Ned 'Hocker Lock' Flemke. Ned has the dubious distinction of TWICE semi-committing to come out and hunt with the world renown HOY7 hunting team, and never followed through. Newly free from an oppressive marriage and the owner of a pair of skis that makes him able to ski powder without having the skills, Ned is a force not only on the golf course but also the pool table.

Picture # 3
Bubba 'Bubstien' Quehl. As we all know from the pages of this Blog, Don't be like Bubba Quehl.

Picture #4
Al 'Jalikakick' Stewart. Al and I have been separated for far too long so the only thing I have to say is....... "Shut Up, No;... Shut Up, Shut the fuck Up" followed by a loud whistle. The last words I coherently remember Al saying before I passed out in the ditch.

So anyway,
Today's Pop Quiz.

How many of these losers will I crush next week?

Please answer in the comment section below along with your name. Remember there will be a prize for the correct answer. It will be substantial.

GBCH

Know thy enemy

Latin: Anas carolinensis & Anas crecca

Average length: M 14.7", F 14"

Average weight: M 0.7 lbs., F 0.6 lbs.
Description: Green-winged teal are the smallest of our North American ducks with a short neck and small bill. Male green-winged teal have a chestnut head with an iridescent green to purple patch extending from the eyes to the nape of the neck. The chest is pinkish-brown with black speckles, and the back, sides, and flanks are vermiculated gray, separated from the chest by a white bar. The wing coverts are brownish-gray with a green speculum. The bill is dark slate and the legs and feet are dark gray. Male has a distinctive high-pitched "preep-preep." Female green-winged teal are mottled brown with a dark brown line that extends from the bill through the eye. The bill is dark gray and the legs and feet are olive-gray to brownish-gray. Relatively silent but has a sharp, high "quack" when flushed.

Good advice

y Wade Bourne, from Ducks Unlimited Magazine July / August 2003 Issue

The overgrown boat trail led to who-knows-where, but I was determined to find out.

I nosed my boat into the small opening in the reeds. It was barely wide enough to slide through. The ditch ran straight into the cover some 30 yards, then it took a curving bend to the right. I jockeyed the throttle on my Go-Devil motor, powering over the shallow muck and decaying vegetation. Sawgrass fronds grew over the trail and brushed at my face and cap as I ran beneath them.

I plowed deeper into the cover—a hundred yards, then two hundred. The farther I went, the greater my anxiety became. If the trail dead-ended, I'd be in a jam. I'd have to push-pole my boat out backwards. There had been no place to turn it around. Still, I was resolute to motor as far as I could to see where the trail led.

Suddenly it opened into a pothole about a half-acre in size, and there was no blind on it. I was elated. This spot was open to whichever hunter got here first. I'd watched ducks work this area for several seasons. Now, when opening day arrived, I'd have another option for tossing out some decoys and trying to pull in a few birds.

I love scouting for new spots. It's almost as much fun as actually hunting (but not quite). Scouting is like looking for treasure and anticipating the pleasures it could bring.

More to the point, I scout both before the season for new places and during the season to learn where ducks are working. I call this long-term and short-term scouting, and this reconnaissance is crucial to my hunting success. If the duck supply dries up in a given area, I can usually find a fresh one somewhere else and move there in short order.

Hunters who would enjoy some new scenery, who are tired of empty skies, or who are frustrated by competition on crowded public areas should take matters into their own hands. They should resolve to uncover several new spots before the season opens. By changing their landscape, they might change their luck. They should also scout continuously while hunting is going on to stay in the action. Hunters who move when the birds do enjoy more consistent gunning.

Don't forget

Regular season starts this Thursday

The best Dog ever.
I will miss her terribly.
Goodbye Abigail.

Remember when?

Know thy enemy.

The American Widgeon is often found feeding with diving ducks such as the Redhead, Scaup, and Canvasback, who are adept at rooting up vegetation from deep in the water. The American Widgeon often feeds by snatching these underwater greens away from the diving ducks as they surface. The American Widgeon is more restless than most ducks, and is quick to sense trouble and will launch itself into the air with a flurry of alarm calls and beating wings, thus alerting the less suspicious diving ducks around it of the existing danger.

Are we ready?

Many of you remember the famous Jiggitty Jeff from his emissary work on golf courses nationwide. The current rumor is that Jiggitty will be here for a visit in the near future and will bring his message of harmony and peace to our little neck of the woods. We can only wonder what kind of new phrases and people skills we will learn this time around.
GBCH

Why isn't this on TV?

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network)- Unlike 1900 when actual live pigeons were executed for the thrill of sport and competition, clay pigeons are again on the menu when marksmen and markswomen compete in 15 events in shooting in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The events are split into three different areas (rifle, pistol and shotgun), with men having one additional event in each discipline. Both men and women will compete in 50m rifle 3-position and 10m air rifle events, with the men adding 50m rifle prone to their plate. In pistol shooting both sexes take aim in 10m air pistol, while women add 25m pistol to their slate. The men contend in 50m pistol and 25m rapid fire pistol as well.

Men and women try to remain steady in the shotgun which includes trap and skeet, with the males getting more adventurous with a double trap as well. The shotgun events are the ones that include the clay targets, which are sent flying at the shooter's command.

In both the rifle and pistol events 10-ring targets are utilized, with a number of the individual rounds having their own unique set of rules which shooters must follow in order to score points.

It should come as little surprise that the United States has had the most success in shooting over the years, the nation's 49 gold medals alone almost as many as the total number of medals (57) logged by the Soviet Union/USSR.

U.S. Women have more gold medals (six) than any other nation, but are still second behind this year's host country in terms of overall medals, with China laying claim to 13.

Rarely does an Olympic competitor have trouble getting his/her equipment over to the host country, but it wasn't until the end of June that U.S. marksmen learned they'd be permitted to bring their own firearms with them to Beijing. President Bush cleared the way for shooters to bring their own guns over to the Olympics with barely a month remaining before departure.

who is the pretty one born August 10th ?

Also born August 10th 1967

Riddick Bowe, former heavyweight champ.
Not Co-founder of the HOY7 hunting team.

Old Friends

Is this possible?

Could it be? Can it be true?

For the first time this season Fred G. has beat Bob at the game of golf.

He also took $5 in skins too, WTF.

Did I mention I have a new ride?

Remember when.......

News Break

BY CHRIS YOUNG
Those without a duck hunter in the family might think of the phrase “wait until next year” as the sole property of fans who follow struggling sports teams.

But hope springs eternal for diehard waterfowl hunters, too. No matter how disappointing the hunting may have been in the past, a new year is cause for hope and optimism.

Helping fan a hunter’s enthusiasm — or worry — are the numbers published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service each summer concerning duck populations and habitat conditions.
During May and early June, biologists fly over the primary duck breeding grounds in the north-central United States and Canada to estimate the number of wetlands available. They also estimate the number of ducks using these areas. They’ll take those numbers into account later this summer, when meetings are held to establish season lengths and bag limits.

The Fish and Wildlife Service estimates total duck populations at 37.3 million breeding ducks, down 9 percent from last year’s estimate of 41.2 million. But this year’s number still is 11 percent above the long-term average taken from 1955 to 2007.

Ducks that improved in abundance over last year:
Green-winged teal improved slightly from 2.890 million last year to 2.980 million in 2008, an increase of 3 percent and 57 percent above the long-term average.
Redheads increased 5 percent from 1.009 to 1.056 million. That’s 66 percent above the long-term average.
Scaup, always of concern to biologists because of precipitous drops in numbers over the years, increased 8 percent from 3.452 to 3.738 million. Scaup numbers remain 27 percent below the long-term average.