Posts by Aaron Proffitt

  • fisherman attacked by beaver

    Quote from Dan

    You think my rottweiler could take a beaver?


    Probably so ... as long as he wasn't treading water .That's kinda the rub. I have heard of guys sending in terriers thru the top of a den or dam , but it's the swimming and fighting thing that concerns me. Most of the time that Fisher has encountered them has been while he was chasing a winged bird that climbed into the den/dam .So here he's been in 38 degree water chasing a hit goose, and they have always come out right as he grabs the bird and then turns towards to shore to return .So they have tried to hit him from behind.


    It's common enough that I'll start towards him in the water when he's near their cover and watch his wake for sign of them.

  • fisherman attacked by beaver

    They will be all over a dog...fighting and biting them. And beaver can get pretty big, most of the ones I catch are around 45 lbs. but my heaviest to date was over 60 . I have friends up North who have caught 'em over 70 .That's alotta beaver . :).


    Anyway, beaver I catch are sold on the fur auction and the castor is sold off as an ingredient in perfume( think landlocked ambergris). I also butcher alot of 'em . I think can all agree that nothing's better than beaver and Pinot or a rich Merlot. But like any beaver,you have to watch for disease when eating. Forget the name of it, but it's the same nasty little fluke that you can catch from drinking untreated water. Similar to 'bilharzia', but that's not it exactly.

  • fisherman attacked by beaver

    Alright,prepare for some great inuendo material but here goes...


    I avoid 'em like the plague when diving .Not just cause of them but cause the areas they habitat.Snakes like to live amongst beavers ,they create great 'snakey' habitat . And I hate snakes.


    But beavs' are highly territorial ,I've had 'em launch at my dog during waterfowl retrieves and I have been removing one from a trap only to have another hit the water repeatedly right next to me with no indication of leaving. I usually just reset and trap that sucker the next day.
    I am kinda surprised their aren't more vids of this out there. It's really pretty common. It's kind of surreally funny when one get's after you. Funny when he's after me, not so funny when they are after my dog.

  • hello hello hello

    Quote from Chuck

    My name is Chuck Carpenter and I just recently have been bitten by the spearfishing bug. The only problem is I live in Utah so I don't have a great variety of places or fish to choose from (or people to learn from).
    I am an avid hunter and fisherman, mainly a goose hunter. But I figure when I can't shoot geese I might as well go and shoot some fish. So far I have only shot a handful of dirty dirty carp. My first speargun is on it's way right now and I hope to shoot a few tasty walleye and wipers this weekend.
    I will most likely be asking a million and one questions and have already learned a lot from reading all of your posts.
    Thanks in advance,:thumbup:
    Chuck


    Welcome ,Chuck, from another landlubber. Great bunch of guys here who, if they don't hunt on land themselves, love to read about it and live vicariously thru us that do and like wise in their blue water pursuit.I'm a big dog guy myself from terriers and gundogs to sight hounds. :toast:


    Ask alot of questions read up on what these guys have to offer and you'll have a great base line for knowledge. I can't give a stronger endorsement.:thumbup:

  • camo bikini pattern

    Quote from monster slayer

    Cool. A cammo Pareu or Sarong would be a nice addition to the cryptic cammu clothes line tho <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    I would wear a cammo sarong during Sept. dove season....with snake boots, of course.

  • Cure for the spearfishing blues...

    Quote from Rolo

    I love my Beeman airgun. Have option to use .177 or .22 caliber. I have it dead on accurate up to 50 yards. Have a great spot to shoot rabbits and even went last week with Emil and shot a few, including one out to nearly 60 yards. It is kinda cool when you hit a rabbit and they jump high up in the air, but even better when they drop on the spot from a lengthy shot.


    That's the exact same rifle I have and taking small game with 'em is fun as hell .

  • Cure for the spearfishing blues...

    Quote from John Hanson

    The trigger is nice, much better than I expected. Still a bit on the heavy side. I put one 243 round through it just to see how it would handle. It was nice. I had never shot a 243 before. I expected a bit less recoil; the rifle is small, but heavy.


    Ran a couple 22 shells through, as well. None of the open sights have been adjusted, so I am going to have to put this thing on the bench and get it dialed in.


    Check this new one out by Rossi....a .45LC/.410 . I like the concept of how this is as opposed to the Taurus Judge pistol. They have some other calibers in that stock config. like .223 and .22-250 that I am going to look into. But the one pictured would make a great close in home protection/hog gun in .45 LC.


    http://www.davidsonsinc.com/consumers/subsites/inven_product.asp?dealer_id=621563&item=SCJ4510&instock=all&manufact_combo=Rossi&mod_ser_combo=None&category_combo=None&model=None&g_type=None&act_type=&finish_type=None&calib_combo=45LC%7C410+Gauge&sight_class_combo=None&price_range=None&left_handed=&youth=&Offset_rec=0&num_rec=50&item_num=

  • San Bernardino County .....WTF ?

    Quote from Stephan

    Were talking about San Bernadino County right? The largest County in all of California and likely the entire lower 48 states. San Bernardino, along with Riverside County were heavily overbuilt during the last hot real estate market. Further, as noted above, it is a big place, and while you may want to own real estate in some portions of San Bernardino County you will NOT want the neighbors that come with some of the other sections.


    Know what your looking at before you waste too much time speculating.


    Stephan, I had heard that,thanks

  • San Bernardino County .....WTF ?

    Quote from Don Paul

    It gets hot there and there is no Ocean.;)


    Cheers, Don


    We're kicking the idea around.
    It's hot here and we have no ocean so we're used to that....Of course, I'd have to mothball my traps, ammo containing lead,rifles with pistol grips, etc. and so on .


    But was wondering if other places in Cali have suffered such a sever real estate price hit?