Today I enjoyed the outdoors. I chose to carry......

Sunday is my hiking day Buck 110

Mondays off this month. Was hoping the rain we had last week would have filled things in more but supposed to have occasional storms most of the week. But generally spring showers only last week 15 minutes. Sorry no sidearm photos today, always have my p365 on me

Mars5l said:

Sorry no sidearm photos today, always have my p365 on me

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Guns are pretty boring anyway

Went Shooting in the Arkansas River Valley with my M&P9 and a Benchmade Griptilian

460Shooter said:

Got 4" of snow today. The outdoors can kiss my ass at the moment.

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Time to shovel or let it melt...

I don't have snow but at 33° my old bones don't like it outside right now.

Spent the early part of the week in the Smokies until we needed to evaluate our condo, because of wildfires near Pigeon Forge. Sounds like they are starting to get the fire contained.

Gatlinburg Trail


If you are looking for a pleasant walk give this trail a try. It is one of the few trails in the Smokies that allows dogs. My wife and I call the trail Happy Dog Trail because of all the K9s we see. Goes between Gatlinburg and Sugarlands Visitor Center.

A few other pictures from our other hikes.

My carry guns for the next several months are my little-little gun (Ruger LCPII) & my little-big gun (Taurus 415 41mag).

While this wasn’t today here are some pics of last November , still hunting through some big timber
And I was carrying my Rossi 92 in 357 mag, loaded and half cocked . Never know when that deer , coyote or wolf will present itself.

Weekends are a good time to visit the old "today I enjoyed the outdoors thread".

I'm back at my Camp Overlook " site. I paused here to swap batteries and put a bigger SD card in my cellular trail camera.


Sunny. Low 60s. Nice
I rarely have visitors here, but someone left some trash.


Hopefully I'll get back here on two or three weeks mushrooming and turkey hunting .
Maybe I'll throw some smoked sausage on the grill and make lunch?

By the way...
I wore my Hellcat to church, so I just brought it with me back here too.
I dropped a spare mag in my pocket too.

Somebody was trying to steal about $25 dollars worth of scrap iron from my bridge site.(old steel culverts). I would have gladly given it to them....but they drug it ¼ mile down my dirt road to a cut in a hill and tried to load it on trailer and failed....now it's laying in my field and partially block the road....
I dislike people...really do. I'm goi g to turn into a hermit.

Hiking in Cheyenne Cañon with my Benchmade 710




And my Gerber Strongarm

WisBorn said:

Spent the early part of the week in the Smokies until we needed to evaluate our condo, because of wildfires near Pigeon Forge. Sounds like they are starting to get the fire contained.

Gatlinburg Trail
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If you are looking for a pleasant walk give this trail a try. It is one of the few trails in the Smokies that allows dogs. My wife and I call the trail Happy Dog Trail because of all the K9s we see. Goes between Gatlinburg and Sugarlands Visitor Center.

A few other pictures from our other hikes.
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My carry guns for the next several months are my little-little gun (Ruger LCPII) & my little-big gun (Taurus 415 41mag).
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Good pics.

After evacuating Pigeon Forge we went to the Shenandoah Valley. We have been hiking the Shenandoah NP last few days.


We have talked to a few AT hikers that are heading north. We like to carry extra granola bars or candy for trail magic to share with the AT trekkers.


Had my bear protection with me


We did see a lot of whitetail deer enjoying the roadside grass.


Please note:
The fires in the Pigeon Forge area are being contained! Thanks to the fire fighters!

I also had my 41mag with me while hiking. Posting a thread 380 for bear defense would really start a discussion

It's weird seeing foliage still hasn't turned green yet in Tennessee yet here in Florida we're in full swing

Mars5l said:

It's weird seeing foliage still hasn't turned green yet in Tennessee yet here in Florida we're in full swing

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My redbud tree here in North Alabama in my backyard is in full bloom but the redbuds just an hour and half drive north in middle Tennessee where I was Turkey hunting were barely showing color.

Mars5l said:

It's weird seeing foliage still hasn't turned green yet in Tennessee yet here in Florida we're in full swing

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Yes TN is starting to leaf out and there are many evergreens including laurel. In VA it still is not leafed out at all in mountains.

I was going to make a trip to DC this week, but it sounds like the cherry blossoms are about done.

A warm day here. Had a lot of rain last week so water every where. Really love all the insects that come to the Purple Milk Thistle in spring time.

Mars5l said:

It's weird seeing foliage still hasn't turned green yet in Tennessee yet here in Florida we're in full swing

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Bro, I still have snow on the ground

Night Rider said:

Bro, I still have snow on the ground

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I'm such a Floridian that I've never seen snow

Mars5l said:

I'm such a Floridian that I've never seen snow

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I used to live in Florida bro, in Tampa it hits freezing at least once a year

Mars5l said:

I'm such a Floridian that I've never seen snow

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Just a few miles from Myrtle Beach SC this winter Melted the same day.

Night Rider said:

I used to live in Florida bro, in Tampa it hits freezing at least once a year

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Freezing yea but never snow except those super rare occasions. When I lived in Hernando County as a kid I do remember the year it got cold enough we had flurries at night. I remember walking outside at night and saw single flake fall. Closet I've gotten to it. One year during a winter I should drive or fly north for a weekend. But I wanna see picturesque countryside snow. Not city grey snow

Do it.

WisBorn said:

After evacuating Pigeon Forge we went to the Shenandoah Valley. We have been hiking the Shenandoah NP last few days.
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We have talked to a few AT hikers that are heading north. We like to carry extra granola bars or candy for trail magic to share with the AT trekkers.
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Had my bear protection with me
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We did see a lot of whitetail deer enjoying the roadside grass.
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Please note:
The fires in the Pigeon Forge area are being contained! Thanks to the fire fighters!

I also had my 41mag with me while hiking. Posting a thread 380 for bear defense would really start a discussion

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Do it!
I double dog dare ya!
I would rather have my lcp than a rock!