Hmmmm. I'm getting some strange vibes from this post, so I figured I'd chime in. First thing to do was take team28 off ignore, at least for now lol, cause it's a pain to read the posts otherwise.
I'm not a social media guy, in fact I just finally joined FB last year and almost gave my daughter a heart attack.
I don't own a cell phone, if I need one for hunting I borrow wifey's. So when I first joined Fish-Hawk it was the first forum I had ever participated in. In theory I loved the idea of talking fishing and hunting. I had no idea what a troll was or what flaming meant. I had no idea how to post pics or what BBCode was. It didn't take that long to find out that some folks get awful brave behind a keyboard. Early on I made the big faux pas (apparently) of posting the name of a trout lake for someone looking for a place to camp. Well the next thing you know I was getting piled on big time by Daner and some others and a hotdog stand was going up on the road to Darling Long lol. I was actually flabbergasted that someone who I didn't know would be getting on my case for trying to help some guy out. Maybe they were trying to be funny (it wasn't), but I took it personally and gave it back. And so the drama began... But it didn't deter me from spending probably too much time on here, according to wifey anyways. Then the big crash happened and I felt lost.
So I joined the OOD forums to fill the gap and while it had a much better hunting forums it still didn't have that local flavour that we get here. I was SO happy when Fish hawk came back on line, but Ingrid wasn't so keen lol. I still spend too much time here at times but that's OK. For the most part I quite enjoy it and look forward everyday to checking out the site. I keep hearing this March 1 date now. I sure hope that doesn't happen.
Oneeleven wrote:And the bit-o-drama (I joined right when the Smitty - Team 28 thread was created....
) is entertaining as long as it doesn't all go off the rails..
Yes Tia, there has been some "drama." I feel that I took more than my fair share of unnecessary, undeserved crap from Team 28, so while I didn't go looking to jump on them, when that opportunity presented itself and I saw my chance to get back at them, and I went for it. I think it was a whiskey night hehe.
In truth I could have piled on a lot more, but I figured I got my point across. Now I will admit that they took it pretty well, not that I think they had much choice, as they did only catch ONE FISH all weekend.
Still, it looked like they had to enlist a lot of help from some of their bass buddies. Oh well, I don't get too worked up over it, as it's not in my nature to sweat the small stuff.
I've bought a few things from folks here too. An Aqua-Vu camera. An Arctic Armor snow suit. And yes Mav, I did buy the Curado and the 5600 from pops, but if I'd known at the time he would have waited longer lol. jk. I've still got both but the Curado is kinda worn. And I've visited Brad at least twice with the main purchase being a nice Powell rod. I'm not a tackle hoe but I always strive for quality equipment. At one time in 1980 it was a major purchase for me to buy a $75 Fenwick rod to go with my Penn Levelmatic. Last year I hope I made Baitcasters happy with a decent order for me. I never thought I would own a $200+ reel but I do now. Or spend close to a grand on 5 reels but I did. Go figure.
Biggs I may as well jump on the bandwagon and blame you as well. So yes Brad, it's all your fault lol, but we all know the devil made me do it.
So here's my first ever pic from the hoe side of things. probably my last one. A long way from puffballs and wild leeks.
I have no idea why the site is closing. If there's anything that can be done to save it I'd like to hear about it.
Cheers
