A Tribute to Freepers - Summer Freepathon! Thread 3

June 12, 2002 | Freepers

[WIMom]

 
 
 
 
 

The FReepathon is in full swing!

Thank you FReepers!

Since we have been hitting our goal

at an incredible pace

the last two fundraisers,

our goal for this quarter's fundraiser is

$70,000.

This fundraiser is for us!

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[Grampa Dave]

Re Geese and farmers. The farmers who raise alfalfa hay in N. California counties right below the Oregon border can be wiped out in hours re a crop by feeding geese.

Farmers have had a couple of hundred acres of hay ready to mow and bale. A couple of hundred thousand geese fly in the night before and eat all night. The next day just a lot of alfalfa poop and no crop.

A friend and I were got lucky on an antelope draw hunt in one of these counties. The public places had no antelope and some of the ranches had thousands of lopes eating the alfalfa.

So my friend and I went up to one of the farmers and talked to him. He wanted a $100 apiece for hunting privileges. I looked at him and laughed and said that he should pay us. We could miss a lot and drive the herd off of his land.

He let us hunt for free and drove us down to the biggest herd. I let my friend drop one, and I fired a clip into the ground around the dead lope. Suddenly about 500 to 1000 were running around. I found a good sized one and put in a new clip. Dropped it and fired the other four shots into the ground.

By this time all you could see was their white bottoms bounding over the rancher's fence and back onto the desert. The rancher took us over to our lopes, we tagged them. Then threw them on the back of his truck. He then took us to one of his secure barns so we could clean them and hang them.

While we were cleaning them, a fish and game guy came up and checked them out and the tags. Then, he said "You guys fired a lot of shots for two lopes?"

I said, "Yep, we were just two city slickers who couldn't shoot straight.!"

Somehow the farmer, his son, his wife and we kept a straight face. When the F&G drove away we laughed. The wife invited us to a great dinner that night.

[Gabz]

Thank you last Frontier State FREEPER!!!!

[Grampa Dave]

Thank you for your monthly pledge! We all can work it out, if we try and want to!

[MinuteGal]

The widow's mite garnered special attention. The donors who give what they can with a glad heart are guaranteed a special place in Freeper heaven!

Leni

[Grampa Dave]

We lived in the DC area from 1964 to 1970, we know that many days of double 90's can happen from Florida to NY on the coast and inland in some areas.

[Gabz]

Thank you Canada FREEPER!!!!!

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!!!!

I'm just talking about getting rid of this dingbat dog - I just don't have enough money to convince anyone to takeit off my hands!!!!!!!!!

My husband swears the state should be paying us every month to house and feed it (and he hates government handouts more than me!!)

[lodwick]

Good cat & dog stuff, and true! Thanks.

[Gabz]

Everyone is right - you are a great story teller!!!

I love the one about your boys and the youngest's first goose!!!!!!

and on that note, I'm all caught up and dinner is now on the table (I put it there - but some things are more important) so I think I will go eat dinner.

See you all in a little while!!!!!!

[lodwick]

Thanks Senator - nice choice. ;-)
I should clean my desk top, who knows what I could find.

[lodwick]

Good job - trust me, and tens of others, you will NOT notice the monthly donation to FR. Thanks for doing the right thing, and please FReemail me if you do. Way to go!

[lodwick]

Fantastic antelope story - thanks. ;-)

[BADJOE]

$25.00 in from Ohio

$20.00 in from Alabama.

$20.00 from Missouri

Thank you Freepers.

[RottiBiz]

Hi Gabz,

You missed one somewhere, but who's counting? LOL.

Just got one new one (thanks, Grampa Dave) for the next post.

Nine more and we'll have the Magic 200!

Seven more Dollar-A-Day FReepers, and we'll have the Magic 100!

Way to go, FReepers!

[lodwick]

Thanks for pointing this out - it's not the amount, it's the amount that remains that counts. Good job. JL

[palo verde]

thank you Senator Pardek for your generous gift, we appreciate it
Love, Palo

[don-o]

but I know I can swing $10 a month for cryin' out loud. Long Live Free Republic!

I think we have a teriffic header on "Latest Posts" with the bar graph thingie.

[WIMom]

Luckily we don't have those wacko problems. There are just too many hunters and such to put up with that nonsense.

[palo verde]

thank you generous freepers from Ohio, Alabama, and Missouri
we appreciate your contributions
Love, Palo

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the good news and the new monthly donor!

You are doing as usual a great job!