The First Day of My Season.

Yesterday was the first day of my hunting season. It went exactly like most first days of the season except I did see ducks in the morning. On the advice of a duck hunting co-worker I drove to Anderson Lake outside of Harrison Idaho, about an hour drive from the house. I set up on the point of a jetti in some low grasses.

Before shooting time many ducks flew but shortly after sunrise the tempatures warmed up and the bastards disappeared to the wildlife refuge on the other side of the roadway. This was my view of the jetti I hunted.

I'd love to tell you that I had a great morning hunting out here in the wilds of Idaho, and I did enjoy it, but there was something missing. Nobody to share the day with. Sadness. Well I guess that can only mean one thing, time to step up members of the HOY7 Hunting Team. Come and visit Bob D in Idaho and shoot some greenies.

GBCH

Greetings from Dave Smith Motors

Burning the midnight oil with a little extracurricular H7HT blog reading. What on earth are you reading at work? If it's not the Blog you should be ashamed.

FREE to any H7HT reader

The coolest old refrigerator in the world is yours FREE if you move it from my former garage in the next few days. (Well, a week really) Don't let this classic fall into the hands of the jerk bags that stole my house from me. Remember, Fred G will help you move it too!

The First Resume

The PDX Connection.

Well folks my time here in Portland has come to an end.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who made this possible and helped me through the transition from Mountain guy to City guy. First and foremost is our Father and Savior, Mr. Charlton Heston. With Him all things are possible. Through his guidance I was able to live the life of a righteous slayer and only shoot Greenies.

Second only to Heston is the great "expert" Fred G. and his woman Kathy. They have helped me at every stage of my Portalnd experience. Form housing me to feeding me and making sure I drank "straight up good" wine, they are truly the best friends a master folder can have.

Finally I must thank my new friends (not in order of importance as they are all important to me)
Cliffy. Someday he will bring enough.
Chucker. Someday he will stop when enough is enough.
John V. Someday he will hunt enough.
Maggie. Enough said.
Lois. Is one ever enough.
All my Mountain Shop friends. Apparently I couldn't give enough.
Anyone I missed. Enough already.

So the time to move on has come and I hope you all have a chance to visit me in my new digs somewhere in Idaho. Soon we will have a new home and will make some new friends, but never the kind I was fortunate enough to make here. Heston bless you all and Happy Hunting.

Robert C. DaFolder.

He Don't Even Have His License

Since my best pal can't even blog because all he has is an I Phone, (snicker) here is a picture of what he won last night at an DU fund raiser dinner. Remember he only shoots greenies.

All Most a Week Now...

since I had my best buddy V-Beered, sorry bout that hope the plane flight at 7 am was not to horrific. Any way business at hand just recieved a picture of my new, but not improved, hunting buddies...I just do not know what to make of them though.

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!

Did You Say Loaded?

Guess What's Under the Blanket

Surely I'm not the only one.....

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.

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Painted Hills Oregon

Idaho Fish And Game Water Fowl Book

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.

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.

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?

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.

The Dead at the Gorge