Need one of these?I'm your man.
Bob DaFolder now employed by Dave Smith motors in Kellogg Idaho.
Look out Greenie, I will smog you!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
New Job!
Need one of these?I'm your man.
Bob DaFolder now employed by Dave Smith motors in Kellogg Idaho.
Look out Greenie, I will smog you!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Your BIG chance!
Don't be afraid!
Obviously you have seen the request for a new member.
Surely you want to be the one to join.
I know you want to slay the most ducks this year.
All these bragging rights could be yours!
All it takes is one little step and you could become the newest member of the HOY7 hunting team. Just think of the possibilities of the coming season. Not only do you get a membership but also all the great things that come with it. Riding in Lisa is just the start, think of the pride you get by being awake and chipper at 4:30am. The great expectations of the old old spot. The anticipation of the extravagant lunch that awaits. Days in the blind with Cliffy and other stars of the duck slaying world. And most importantly, hunting with the legendary FredG.
All this could be yours! Take the first step.
Buy my house*.
It has all the amenities you would expect from a house and more. The biggest is its close proximity to all the places you read about in the H7HT blog. Don't wait call today.
GBCH
*Buying my house does not guarantee slaying ducks. You will need a gun, a license and the ability to drink wikki.
Obviously you have seen the request for a new member.
Surely you want to be the one to join.
I know you want to slay the most ducks this year.
All these bragging rights could be yours!
All it takes is one little step and you could become the newest member of the HOY7 hunting team. Just think of the possibilities of the coming season. Not only do you get a membership but also all the great things that come with it. Riding in Lisa is just the start, think of the pride you get by being awake and chipper at 4:30am. The great expectations of the old old spot. The anticipation of the extravagant lunch that awaits. Days in the blind with Cliffy and other stars of the duck slaying world. And most importantly, hunting with the legendary FredG.
All this could be yours! Take the first step.
Buy my house*.
It has all the amenities you would expect from a house and more. The biggest is its close proximity to all the places you read about in the H7HT blog. Don't wait call today.
GBCH
*Buying my house does not guarantee slaying ducks. You will need a gun, a license and the ability to drink wikki.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Good Luck Bob
Waterfowl hunting in Idaho can be excellent and, because this state has no national reputation for waterfowl hunting, competition for birds and good spots is usually light.
Idaho lies between the Pacific Flyway and the Central Flyway. Moreover, the southern part of the state is semi-arid. This is not a place you would expect to find under a big X on an old duck hunter's map. State waterfowl stamp sales have been running at just over 17,000 in recent years, making waterfowlers a tiny minority among Idaho hunters. So what we don't have is a bunch of waterfowl hunters; what we do have is pretty fair waterfowling and limits as generous as any allowed by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.
Where and when to go:
The first thing to know is that you have to figure it out for yourself. No outfitting or guiding for waterfowl is allowed in Idaho.
The second thing to keep in mind is the general weather pattern. Northern Idaho and eastern Idaho, especially the southeast, offer good numbers of birds but the water in these areas tends to freeze early. Most years will find you shut out around Thanksgiving. Get it while it's hot.
Birds tend to be a little lackadaisical about getting to the southcentral and southwest parts of the state, though early season hunting can be reasonably good for local ducks and geese. When the rest of the state freezes up, bird numbers along the big rivers and on the reservoirs in these two sections begin to rise. Northern birds join the locals sometime around Thanksgiving and shooting picks up. Some local waterfowlers don't even break out the waders until the turkey is et. Unless the weather becomes really tough and snow covers the feeding fields, ducks and geese alike will consider this part of Idaho the sunny south and stay the winter.
Finding the best waterfowling areas in Idaho is as easy as opening a map. Look for federal refuges. The refuges were established where they are because waterfowl were using the areas. Birds stay, in part, because the refuges give them the resting areas they need. Most of the refuges themselves offer good waterfowl hunting; nearby fields and smaller waters are worth scouting. Arguably the best waterfowl hunting in Idaho is not on a federal refuge but on the Fort Hall Reservation near American Falls. Here you will need a license issued by the tribe at considerable cost (presently around $475 which includes a $100 deposit that you will get back if no laws are broken - and cost is subject to change with minimal notice). Check out Idaho Fish and Game's Wildlife Management Areas as well. Along the Snake River, these public use areas tend to hold good waterfowling.
What Idaho has to offer the waterfowler:
Canada geese and mallards are the most sought-after species and, happily, the most common in Idaho. Both species produce huntable numbers within the state and are augmented by migrants from southern Alberta and Montana. If the wind is just right, British Columbia sends birds as well.
Pintails were also important before their continent-wide decline and may be so again as duck numbers rise generally. Few snowgeese are shot in Idaho, tending to stop rarely during the season but collecting in large numbers in eastern Idaho on their way back to the Arctic in early spring. Gadwall and widgeon are common and can be locally plentiful, especially along the Snake River. Widgeon seem to be on a sudden increase. Greenwing teal can be counted on to cost you too many shells, even late into the season but cinammon and bluewings tend to use Idaho as a nursery before heading south prior to opening day. Diver enthusiasts will want to be somewhere else in the country but canvasback, redheads and bluebills, especially bluebills, are locally available on the big lakes of northern Idaho and along the Snake River. Buffleheads and their cousins can be found in fair numbers almost anywhere all winter but Idaho tradition is to scoff at those who shoot at them.
Idaho lies between the Pacific Flyway and the Central Flyway. Moreover, the southern part of the state is semi-arid. This is not a place you would expect to find under a big X on an old duck hunter's map. State waterfowl stamp sales have been running at just over 17,000 in recent years, making waterfowlers a tiny minority among Idaho hunters. So what we don't have is a bunch of waterfowl hunters; what we do have is pretty fair waterfowling and limits as generous as any allowed by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.
Where and when to go:
The first thing to know is that you have to figure it out for yourself. No outfitting or guiding for waterfowl is allowed in Idaho.
The second thing to keep in mind is the general weather pattern. Northern Idaho and eastern Idaho, especially the southeast, offer good numbers of birds but the water in these areas tends to freeze early. Most years will find you shut out around Thanksgiving. Get it while it's hot.
Birds tend to be a little lackadaisical about getting to the southcentral and southwest parts of the state, though early season hunting can be reasonably good for local ducks and geese. When the rest of the state freezes up, bird numbers along the big rivers and on the reservoirs in these two sections begin to rise. Northern birds join the locals sometime around Thanksgiving and shooting picks up. Some local waterfowlers don't even break out the waders until the turkey is et. Unless the weather becomes really tough and snow covers the feeding fields, ducks and geese alike will consider this part of Idaho the sunny south and stay the winter.
Finding the best waterfowling areas in Idaho is as easy as opening a map. Look for federal refuges. The refuges were established where they are because waterfowl were using the areas. Birds stay, in part, because the refuges give them the resting areas they need. Most of the refuges themselves offer good waterfowl hunting; nearby fields and smaller waters are worth scouting. Arguably the best waterfowl hunting in Idaho is not on a federal refuge but on the Fort Hall Reservation near American Falls. Here you will need a license issued by the tribe at considerable cost (presently around $475 which includes a $100 deposit that you will get back if no laws are broken - and cost is subject to change with minimal notice). Check out Idaho Fish and Game's Wildlife Management Areas as well. Along the Snake River, these public use areas tend to hold good waterfowling.
What Idaho has to offer the waterfowler:
Canada geese and mallards are the most sought-after species and, happily, the most common in Idaho. Both species produce huntable numbers within the state and are augmented by migrants from southern Alberta and Montana. If the wind is just right, British Columbia sends birds as well.
Pintails were also important before their continent-wide decline and may be so again as duck numbers rise generally. Few snowgeese are shot in Idaho, tending to stop rarely during the season but collecting in large numbers in eastern Idaho on their way back to the Arctic in early spring. Gadwall and widgeon are common and can be locally plentiful, especially along the Snake River. Widgeon seem to be on a sudden increase. Greenwing teal can be counted on to cost you too many shells, even late into the season but cinammon and bluewings tend to use Idaho as a nursery before heading south prior to opening day. Diver enthusiasts will want to be somewhere else in the country but canvasback, redheads and bluebills, especially bluebills, are locally available on the big lakes of northern Idaho and along the Snake River. Buffleheads and their cousins can be found in fair numbers almost anywhere all winter but Idaho tradition is to scoff at those who shoot at them.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
You hear it here FIRST!
Ladies and Gentlemen of the readership of the HOY7 Hunting Team Blog.............
Bob DaFolder is moving to Idaho.
Yes that's right Idaho.
I know what you may be thinking. But Bob D, how can you desert the HOY7 Hunting Team? Well I'm not. It seems that Idaho is lacking in a formal chapter of the team. There is one in Colorado, New Hampshire, China, Connecticut and New Mexico but what about the Northern regions of the Idaho / Montana area? I'm just the guy to solve all that. Oh yea, I also got fired from my job on Sunday. No severance, no 2 weeks, nothing.
So go screw Mountain Shop of Portland Oregon (phone # 503-288-6768 ask for Bob D when calling to complain about lack of H7HT representation) I'm selling the mansion here in the Great Pacific Northwest and heading off to Wallace Idaho. See the picture? My new house will be in the far upper right corner. About 950 residents and all the outdoors you could want.
Don't feel bad for me folks. Feel bad for the long suffering Fred G who will now have to hunt without the only man who can identify AND shoot greenies at all the spots. Feel bad for Cliffy who now must bear the burden of hearing about who is "The Best Hunter EVER" each year. Feel bad for Sauvies island for losing one of the few who don't sky blast. But most of all feel bad for all the ducks living in, or planing to travel through, the Idaho / Montana area. I'll be seeing you bitches soon enough.
Remember, Anyone coming to my area is free to slay with me at my new digs.....
You heard it here FIRST.....
The HOY7 Hunting Team lives on......
And of course, God bless Charlton Heston.
Bob DaFolder is moving to Idaho.
Yes that's right Idaho.
I know what you may be thinking. But Bob D, how can you desert the HOY7 Hunting Team? Well I'm not. It seems that Idaho is lacking in a formal chapter of the team. There is one in Colorado, New Hampshire, China, Connecticut and New Mexico but what about the Northern regions of the Idaho / Montana area? I'm just the guy to solve all that. Oh yea, I also got fired from my job on Sunday. No severance, no 2 weeks, nothing.
So go screw Mountain Shop of Portland Oregon (phone # 503-288-6768 ask for Bob D when calling to complain about lack of H7HT representation) I'm selling the mansion here in the Great Pacific Northwest and heading off to Wallace Idaho. See the picture? My new house will be in the far upper right corner. About 950 residents and all the outdoors you could want.
Don't feel bad for me folks. Feel bad for the long suffering Fred G who will now have to hunt without the only man who can identify AND shoot greenies at all the spots. Feel bad for Cliffy who now must bear the burden of hearing about who is "The Best Hunter EVER" each year. Feel bad for Sauvies island for losing one of the few who don't sky blast. But most of all feel bad for all the ducks living in, or planing to travel through, the Idaho / Montana area. I'll be seeing you bitches soon enough.
Remember, Anyone coming to my area is free to slay with me at my new digs.....
You heard it here FIRST.....
The HOY7 Hunting Team lives on......
And of course, God bless Charlton Heston.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Taking Applications
Hoy 7 Hunting Team is now taking applications for the 2009-2010 hunting season. If interested please contact Fred G.
Are you employed?
What is The Hoy 7 Hunting Team motto?
Do you own a hunting vehicle?
Do you own your own gun?
Do you have a current hunting license?
Do you own a boat?
Do you own a RV?
Do you have snow shoes?
Whats you favorite wikey? do you enjoy it at 6:30 am?
Can you recognize species of ducks other than the Greenie?
Who is the Best Hunter EVER?
What are your days off?
Are you employed?
What is The Hoy 7 Hunting Team motto?
Do you own a hunting vehicle?
Do you own your own gun?
Do you have a current hunting license?
Do you own a boat?
Do you own a RV?
Do you have snow shoes?
Whats you favorite wikey? do you enjoy it at 6:30 am?
Can you recognize species of ducks other than the Greenie?
Who is the Best Hunter EVER?
What are your days off?
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Gone camping
Recent camping pictures Bob D's camping trip to the Oregon coast. Only the finest company and the finest malt beverages.
Happy 4th of July.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Chucker makes a Friend
This picture was taken in the grassy camping area of the Columbia Gorge Amphitheater the morning after a triple bill of the Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers and The Dead. The three principal members of the World Renown HOY7 Hunting Team, along with Chucker, left Saturday morning for the long drive to northeastern Washington. Although we had a slight 1 hour detour we made it to the venue in time to miss the Doobies entirely. I, for one, was hoping to yell "China Grove" as loud as possible several times while displaying dual peace signs.
The Allmans and The Dead played well and I think I can say a good time was had by all. Today's post however has to do with Koala Girl. Chucker found her at the bazaar that always seems to accompany a Dead Show. She impressed him with her obvious stellar fashion sense and good humor. Chucker rewarded her for her wit and acumen with a valuable commodity, "a good beer", not the crappy budweisers we were all drinking. If you notice Koala Girl has that beer in her hand in this very picture. The amazing part of this story is that this commodities exchange happened at roughly 2am. Even more amazing is that seconds before we left Koala Girl happened to walk by our campsite, out of the thousands, holding the very same beer. Needle
ss to say Chucker gave her another one. She seemed thirsty.May Heston Bless you Koala Girl and keep you safe in your travels.
GBCH
Monday, May 18, 2009
Fly Fishing with the HOY7 Hunting Team
Last week we headed out to the mighty Deschutes river in central Oregon to do a little fly fishing. Once again Cliffy was the team leader for the trip due to his extensive knowledge of all things fishing. Regular readers of the blog will remember that last year only Cliff caught fish and everyone else failed miserably, this year things were going to be different.
Leaving Portland early we arrived at the put in around 9 or so, loaded up the boat and headed off down the river. The weather, which had been rainy and cold all week long in the city, was perfect. We stopped and fishes some riffles on the way to our camping spot and the first fish was caught by none other than your author, Bob D. I have no picture of the mammoth beast I wrestled from the raging river, after all it is catch and release, but I can tell you that it was one mighty big fish, perhaps the biggest ever caught by a human. We fished some more and finally made camp well before nightfall.
Fred G provided the lunch of various gourmet sea creatures, bread, chirrizo and cheese. By now some beers had been consumed and the great BB gun challenge could not be far off. I wish I could tell you I went 10 for 10 this time around but the course this year was very challenging and after my epic battle with the great river fish I could not seem to steady my hand enough to hit all ten cans. My team members must have had similar problems because nobody made 10 for 10 this trip, however Fred did seem to want something other tahan the BB gun because he kept betting with 'shotgun
s' we didn't even have. 2 for 4I can't rightly remember who made dinner but I do remember that it was another delicious feast of large proportions. shortly after I hit the sack. We may have been up later but due to my huge oversight in the actual number of BBs we were to fire off that day the game of 10 can ended early. I slept soundy in spite of the seemingly large number of heat lightning strikes centered around my and Cliffys tents, they were followed by a sound not unlike a camera shutter, puzzling?
The next morning We packed up and pushed off back down the mighty Deschutes for more fishing. Fred G caught his first and I'm sure Cliff caught many as well. I for one chose to protect the remaing fish in the river by napping on the grassy areas, waking only to assist Cliff from not being carried away by the river and to contemplate the value of jalapino bagles. We got off the river and after a perfectly uneventfull normal and safe ride home we put a close to the H7HT fishing trip of 09
GBCH
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
The Provvista Family Feature Staff Member of the Month....and A Hoy 7 Hunting Team Member
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Andy Vershaw
Andy Vershaw came to Provvista 3 ½ years ago from long-time customer 3 Doors Down, where he was the sous-chef. Andy has many roles here; besides his warehouse and driving duties, Andy heads up Provvista’s safety committee and is especially passionate about ergonomics. He’s implemented many beneficial workplace improvements for which our collective backs are very grateful. For his first 3 years here he ran the highly acclaimed Provvista Lunch Program, cooking for the staff several days per week and coordinating the other contributing chefs. Andy is the consummate outdoorsman: he hunts, fly-fishes in his drift boat on Oregon rivers, climbs mountains, caters outdoor trips for outfitters, forages for mushrooms, and runs in the backcountry.
In His Own Words: Originally from Napa, Ca., I moved to Portland about 6 years ago and never looked back. I flew up here a month before hand to visit a friend, and when I went back to California I immediately gave my 30 day notice. Besides being a workaholic, I devote the majority of my time to killing hatchery fish (to pave the way for our native runs.) When I’m not in my drift boat battling with bait casters, you can find me in my kitchen playing with offal’s, running hills in the wilderness, sitting on a peak, skiing into a lookout or infusing vodka with chanterelles. GO BLAZERS!!!!!!!
Must-have Provvista Products in My Pantry: Oregon Jewel Wild Rice, Agrumato XV with lemon, Scalia anchovies, Pomodoracio, Sapori d’ Napoli pasta, Courtney’s ‘Yes You May’ box.
Little-Known Facts About Me: I have a short left index finger because I peeled the top of it off.I’m deathly afraid of snakes!I won the Native Fish Society fish-a-thon in 2008, and raised the most money for the organization in the process.I used to own a 40-ft school bus, which some buddies and I fixed up right after high school to tour with the Dead. Just before we were to head out on tour, we stopped for breakfast after a camping trip and saw that Jerry Garcia had died. We then scrapped the plan and scrambled to get into college. I love it when Donald Trump says, “You’re FIRED!”
Monday, April 06, 2009
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