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Tomorrow morning my quest continues.

I am attempting a McNab.

Those who don’t know what that is, per John Buchan’s book, it is the taking of an Atlantic salmon on the fly, a brace (two) of red grouse, and then finish it up by stalking and killing a Red stag. All to be done in one day.

A “Grand Macnab” includes the bedding of the cook after the initial event.

Weather looks promising. I am in shape. Let’s see if I can get the fish by 10.

Petri Heil & Weidmannsheil. I do wish you the Best on your endeavor.

Serbus,

Raimey
rse

Good luck. Do you have a picture of the cook?

Then, as now, he can have her.

Best,
Ted

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I’m sure Lonny took a run at her, anyway, no doubt in the grip of whiskey vision.

Years ago, I asked a friend acquainted with a McNab what I should call my personal trio of 18 holes of golf, 100 clays and getting lucky with my wife. He said that would be a Unicorn

Good Luck on" The Grand...."..... .. I have a mental image of Mrs Cadogon ,( the cook , in that old TV series "The Irish RM".) .... and your project L'amour.

In Alaska the McNab is an Arctic Char, a brace of ptarmigan and a caribou. You too can do this north of the Brooks Range...

Wonder what it would be here in GA. Does it have to be three species, or could it be more?

Water Moccasins and armadillos? Maybe you could have a Macnab, varmint division.

Best,
Ted

I've been thinkin' a woodie, a dove, and a deer. Wild quail thrown in would be over the top, eh?

In Minnesota, it is a pheasant, a woodcock, and a ruffed grouse.

Royal Macnab is hitting a deer with the pickup on the way home.

Best,
Ted

Seems like a native brook trout should be in that mix, although that would eat most of the day. Or at least it does mine.

I think it needs to be from the sea, air and land. In the South it might be a mess of fish like crappy, a limit of dove or quail and a whitetail or you could substitute a gator for either the sea or land choice. Pictures would be nice Stan.

That makes sense to me. I could do it all within earshot of my house. Lessee ............ within an easy walk from my carport I can catch bass, crappie, bream, chain pickerel (jackfish) ----- and take wild quail, dove, wood duck, squirrel, rabbit, deer, wild hogs and turkey. This is going to require some thinking to develop a plan.

I have also been thinking of tying this together with the taking of all the game with a .410. Fixing to get some TSS loaded up to use on the woodies.

If I decide to try to pull it off pics will be a certainty, Jon. Thanks.

Crappy- OK- A Pigeon Grade M12 28 gauge skeet gun with a Poly-Choke and a shortened to 22" solid rib barrel-- Now Crappie, a mess of fish making for some fine eating- RWTF

I think you have to have noodling for a catfish in there Stan.

Stan, if you want to stand out you might noodle a gator. Bet few have tried that and even fewer achieved it. You could be the first for miles around. A video of you noodling a gator would get a lot of views here I’m sure.

Part 1
A brace of Red grouse

Part 2

“Here fishy, fishy…”

Well, Stan, the water moccasin covers the swimming part, the armadillo covers land, and a brace of crows covers the aerial component.

I got a recipe for crow, involves a bunch of sauerkraut, but, the other two you are on your own with.


Best,
Ted

Two words for both of you ......... ain't happening. No desire to stick my hands in places I can't see. And, I could kill a train load of gators around here, but it would be illegal as there is a closed season on them, except for permit draws. Endangered, hah! They're thick as flies on a dead mule. My son rode an 18 mile stretch of the river, which is two miles from my house, a couple weeks ago and counted 31 of those big lizards sunning on the banks.

ClapperZapper, your pics are beautiful, but they would be even more so if you would resize them so that we don't have to scroll down to view the entire pic. They're just too big for good viewing.

Three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.
JR

There’s a group of deer on this hillside.
Crummy phone pic.
Wind 30mph left to right, full factor
They are sitting in the bowl on left side
Stalk began at far right lower corner
We followed the bench then slid up the burn,
Stag was roaring a little.
We set up about mid pic by the white outcropping
When he turned sideways in the bracken I removed him from the gene pool.

Keeper sent apprentice up to gralloch and drag him out.

We had a fish to catch, and it was 4:30pm

Better get busy. The cook is waiting.

Best,
Ted


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The Detroit Macnab.

I think in Maine you have to do it at night with a one eyed Walker(flashlight) without leaving your truck.

Okay, I'll rephrase. Your pics are just about useless in that huge size.

Revelation ......... it's not your phone.

The Three Faygs…

Shefelbein, Hillis, Roberts, canvasback, croigd, Argo44…


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Slava Ukraini!


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Heroiam slava!

Naw, I’m good.

Best,
Ted

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Pretty sure you were lit, and sleeping it off here at the crack of 4:00 in the afternoon.

Lonny fueling up in Quebec…

…knocks oot The Bird Line.


Tom “Turkey” Shefelbein, Jimmy “The Loon” canvasback, Stan “The Dove” Hillis




This I swear…


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Clapper , before this thread went sideways were you able to tag a salmon/ trout?

I will be wearing a new set of cuff links next season.

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