#1850572 - 03/22/10 09:52 PM
Re: Most Expensive Hunting Trip
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gator-n-buck
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Registered: 10/22/08
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Loc: Knox, TN / Palatka, FL
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Several trips to Middle TN and West TN where I came back empty... All that gas money... I love hunting the Mountains E. TN even though there are more deer in W. TN.....
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#1850622 - 03/22/10 10:22 PM
Re: Most Expensive Hunting Trip
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.44mag
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Registered: 12/25/08
Posts: 411
Loc: Dickson Tn
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Came back about week later put a tierod end on it and flipped it back upright with a ford ranger. Drove it home.
Bet it was easy to get to the tie-rod end lol
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#1853748 - 03/24/10 09:16 PM
Re: Most Expensive Hunting Trip
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tickweed
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Registered: 11/25/09
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Loc: medon,Tn.
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Went turkey hunting in Missouri,mid 90's,and camped along the Eleven point river,as we had for years.This river doesn't have a flat "river bottom",such as Hatchie,but it just comes down between huge ridges,and big hollers. The first night in camp,they had some bad storms about ten miles up stream from us, and we where camped,four of us in a friends van. I woke up,noticed water standing in the floor of the van,opened the door,and we grabbed our gear and waded in the dark for the nearest ridge. It was like filling a bath tube,the water came up that quick. We where 4 miles from any help,and sat there the rest of the nite in the rain waiting for daylite. As day lite came,we walked out,got help,and came back with a canoe. The water was seventeen foot deep where the van was parked. We lost all our coolers,which floated off,with our food,and the van was a total loss. We stayed in an out building of a local church,located in the Mark twain National forest, and hunted for the rest of the week,then had a friend drive over and pick us up. The brake shoes where so swollen,a log skidder had to pull it out,or should I say drag it out. A wrecker then took it to a local garage,and it was still sitting there a few years ago. The forrestry guys told us that it was a 100 year flood. I beleive it! Still,had a good hunt,and a good time. Things happen.
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#1853879 - 03/24/10 10:34 PM
Re: Most Expensive Hunting Trip
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KennyDale
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Registered: 03/13/10
Posts: 137
Loc: Wilson County TN
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Dern--those 2 stories win the prize.
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