Posts Tagged ‘woods’

22
Apr

To Tinkle In The Woods I\’ll Go

   Posted by: admin    in Outdoor Syndication

If you\’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time you\’ve probably come across a comment or two I\’ve made about never tinkling in the woods.  I\’m not that kind of outdoors girl.  A squirrel might see me.  But after an incident at the marina last week, well, um, lets just say I\’d rather a squirrel saw me.

It was a very hot week of fishing.  85 degrees hot. Being on a boat in the middle of the lake with the sun beating down on you feels like 95 degrees.  Without making a move, you\’ve already worked up a good sweat.  Which means your clothes are wet and stuck to you.

My husband decided he needed more minnows so we headed to the marina.  We pulled up at the dock and I decided I better use the ladies room.  So I pranced across the dock and up the pier to the restaurant wishing everyone a good morning along the way.

On my way out, I wished more fellow anglers and marina workers a good morning and climbed back into the boat.  As we pulled away I noticed several workers going about their business on the dock, people having coffee on the upper level of the marina restaurant and I thought about the people that had a beautiful view to the water while dining in the restaurant.

We finally made our way to a brush pile with our fresh minnows and my boat duties kicked in.  I bent over and dropped the anchor in the water.  I bent over and set the minnows out for easy access.  I bent over and handed my husband a minnow.  And I bent over,  grabbed my pole and started fishing while standing.

A short time later, another boat anchored behind us to fish a separate brush pile.  We made small talk with the older couple and then I went about my fishing business.  Bending over to get a minnow, bending over to pick up my minnow I dropped and bending over to pick up my squirmy little minnow again.  After about an hour, our elder friends left.

You know when it\’s 85 degrees out, your clothes are stuck to you, you\’re swatting bugs in fear of getting bit and you start itching?  Well I was all over the boat swatting and itching when I felt something biting the back of my leg.  I turned my body to give the back of my leg a good itch when I noticed it.

You know when you\’re the girl that doesn\’t tinkle in the woods and is in fear of bathroom germs so you cover the toilet like you\’re wallpapering the thing in case your squat fails?

You know when it\’s 85 degrees and your ass is as sticky as wallpaper?

And your squat failed for that brief second just long enough for a 5 feet long piece of toilet paper to stick to your ass.

You know when you bend over 100 times in a boat and you\’re husband never notices that you have  5 feet of toilet paper hanging out your sticky wallpapering ass?

You know when you\’re on a boat and an older couple is fishing behind you and they never once said, “Excuse me hon, but I think you have something hanging out your panties?”

You know when you\’re sitting there having flash backs of where it happened, when it happened, and for the love of prancing across the marina like you\’re super TP girl, who in the world saw you?

Oh help me.

And then you do what every wife would do after sitting on a boat with their husband for 12 hours a day…

“Mark? Grr Mark.  Grr.  As many times as I bend over in this stupid boat, how did you not see 5 feet of toilet paper hanging down to my ankle?”  I went on and on.  Blah blah blah.  Guys at the marina saw me.  Other anglers saw me.  Blah blah blah.  OMG blah blah blah.  I don\’t even know what I was rambling but it was a good wife ramble for a good 15 minutes.

And all he had to say was, “Jody,  I was fishing.”

I am never using the marina bathroom again.

Mariana worker:  Where you going?

TP super girl:  To use the ladies room.

Mariana worker:  It\’s that way.

TP super girl:  Oh no it\’s not.  It\’s behind tree number 3.

Have a good day all … to tinkle in the woods I\’ll go.

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MyNature – Is your digital guide to animal tracks and wildlife in the palm of your hand for iphone or ipod 3.0 or higher.

A couple of weeks ago Rick at Whitetail Woods wrote about MyNature and because I think it\’s a great app, I thought I would write about it here as well.

I loved to explain how it all works but it is much easier to watch the video.

What a great tool to have when out in the field or spending a day out in the woods with your kids teaching them about nature.

And if it was designed specifically for The Hunter\’s Wife – I\’d love for it to say…

“Fresh bear track – you better hightail it out of there – NOW!”

“And don\’t climb a tree – bears climb trees.”

Rumor has it that soon MyNature app will be available on other phones as well.   I have a Blackberry so I will have to wait until then.

Blog: MyNature Blog with updates and tips.

Download: The app is priced at $6.99 – download MyNature app.

Interview: My good friends at Outdoors With Dan Small radio did an interview with Jeff Greco from MyNature.

Have a great day all … and happy animal tracking.  And hightailing it out of there.

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1114090938_0001_0001When I was a small girl, I remember going to my uncle\’s property to hunt deer, turkey, dove, quail, etc with my family. I loved being out in the woods, running free, watching the wildlife. My dad would take me to hunting camp, despite the comments from the older members; dad would put me in the woods with my grandfather\’s Smith & Wesson model 1000 shotgun and say, “sit still and good luck”! I only ever shot one doe, and we never found her…I was heart broken.

As the years went by, the family grew apart. I found myself driving my very old Grandfather to hunting camp, just so I could get another chance at another deer.  No Luck, I grew older as did the relatives, and there was no one to take me hunting, but you could always find me outdoors either at the horse shows or at the mud hole, which is where I met my husband of 19 years.

Bryan has been a hunter all his life and we kicked it off immediately.  We married, had a son and moved to North Carolina and had our second son. Bryan joined a Hunting club in Georgia, that we are still apart of to this day. It was at this club with my husband, that I really learned how to hunt. I was taught how to watch and “let the deer get closer” and where to put a stand, etc. I harvested my first doe on that club, weighing in at 120 lbs, while my husband sat in the truck with the boys watching a clear cut. That was it, I was really hooked! No, I wasn\’t the first woman in camp to hunt, but I was the first to hunt as hard as the men do.  Sure, I have heard the same questions over the years; “How do you do it”? My only answer to that was “How can you not”? The woods are my sanctuary. Things always seem clear when I\’m in the woods. And I have seen some wonderful things in the woods!

Over the years, I have harvested some nice deer and I\’m always proud of whatever I do harvest. I hunt Alligator, Turkey, Deer, Ducks, Coyotes, Fox and Bobcat. I am open to try anything once. I fly fish in the spring and summer months but hunting is always on my mind.

I have been married for 19 years to my “hunting mentor” lol, Bryan. We have two sons, Bryan Jr. and Boone. Bryan Jr. is currently in the Navy and fishes and duck hunts with us when he takes leave. Boone is in the woods and water with us all the time and has become quite the hunter.  I know a lot of other ladies that hunt hard like me and I love meeting other lady hunters.

Jennifer L. Metzker

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Nancy Jo Adams – Shenanigans from the Field
I know our paths will cross sometime in the future and we will meet in person…however, I do know it is highly unlikely it will be in THE WOODS!…

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11
Jan

Bye Bye Deer Hunting Season

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Deer hunting season is over here in Indiana. My hunter made his finally exit from the woods a couple of weeks ago. That means …
Bye bye my Lifetime movies. Bye bye my carryout pizzas. Bye…

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7
Jan

Lessons From A Wife

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If I could be trapped in a cabin in the woods for 3 months in a blizzard, I\’d love it. As long as I had groceries. And running water. And internet service. And cupcakes. And a hot tub. And a…

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