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Turkeys

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:00:59 -0500

It was a glorious spring morning :AM as Brian and I setforth into the Berkshires to hunt the ever elusive and wearyWild Turkey. We had our slate calls, our gobbling devices andevery other sort of Turkey call or lure under the sun. We set upin a higher elevation where we had discovered some positive signthe prior day during our prescouting expedition. Hunting Turkeywith a longbow is a difficult challenge. Turkey's eyes are wellequipped to detect even the most subtle of movement. We had toblend in with our cover and move with extreme caution as wereadied an arrow to launch. We took turns using our calls andother gadgets for nearly three hours with not so much as a peepback. Now I had touted this place as a goldmine for Turkeyhunting based on all the birds I had seen last fall and theabundance of sign. Well, we found the sign and tracks etc, butnot a single bird. Brian gave me a look of displeasure which wasclear despite the twenty yards separating us. I shrugged mys...

THE TWISTED-TONGUE TOURNAMENT

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:25:34 -0500

Copyright The Quipping Queen THE TWISTED-TONGUE TOURNAMENT-- Or, Calling All Weird-Word Whizbangers! -- By Adrian Air-of-Sleet, a pleasure-seeking,mandolin-playing, maroon-hairpiece sort of fellow who enjoysItalian weddings, spelling bees, and the Calgary StampedeWhile I was perusing several dog-eared magazines hanging fromthe racks of a -hour convenience store in the middle of apeculiar place named Billy Butts Pond, my enlightenment bulbwent off.Curious as to why this power of positive thinking outage hadoccurred, I put on my think-and-do cap in order to gain a newperspective on this perplexing problem.I ascertained from the rather bleak-looking Canadian landscapearound me that this ghastly glitch probably had something to dowith being shipwrecked on a prominent piece of geography,affectionately known as 'The Rock'. Situated smack dab betweenthe Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean, the province of'Newfoundland', as it's called by folks "from away",...

BRAZEN BACKYARD BLUNDERS

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:54:57 -0500

Copyright The Quipping Queen .BRAZEN BACKYARD BLUNDERS-- Or, how to avoid doing things you shouldn't being doing inyour backyard --By Aphrodite Beamish, a half-witted, hey-nonny-nonnyharridan and makeover maven of bliss-challenged, breathtakinglybewildering if not botched-up backyards of AmericaThe dog days of summer are clearly upon us, judging from theplethora of pesky pets and people gadding about in thenooky-conscious neighborhoods of America.Statistics say, and you known those nifty numbers never lie,that seven out of ten Americans prefer to spend their leisuretime lollygagging at home rather than lusting out and about inthe dens of impropriety and iniquity. So, if the 'moralmajority' is just a tad hot and bothered this summer, it's notsurprising that also want to 'revitalize their outdoorliving space' provided they haven't gone bankrupt remodelingthe kitchen and renovating the bathroom.For those with decadent dreams and a dismal credit rating, thef...

What Is A Kitewing?

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:26:09 -0500

You propably know what a Kite is, but have you heard about theKitewing? The kitewing is a lightweight hand-held wing shaped as a kitethat can be used for sailing on ice, snow and land with a pairof skis, skates or a snowboard. This is done in wintertime. Forsummer use one can sail with the wing using roller blades, amountainboard or a skateboard. I havent yet made it in summer,but winter usage is really cool. I mainly ride at frosen lakes,but snow-covered open spaces like moun-tains are maybe evenbetter - You just need some more wind to get it going in themountains. On plain ice you just need a little as - ms ofwind. Im no extreme rider, but some other people have found out thatthe wing is also capable of doing jumps. Well, several meters is maybe more flying than jumping? The current worldrecord from is meters feet made by a Kitewingteam rider and helicopter pilot Andreas Laurent. If you like speed the wing gives you a good ride. In optimumc...