Favorite team:LSU 
Location:Colfax,La.
Biography:Married,retired RN,US Navy veteran
Interests:Hunting,fishing,tree farm
Occupation:Retired RN
Number of Posts:4621
Registered on:1/4/2019
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re: Aluminum Climb Stand

Posted by LSUA 75 on 11/24/25 at 4:22 pm to
“Ole Man Climbers”

Hunted out of one for years,killed quite a few deer out of it.What I liked about it was I like to face the tree when rifle hunting,felt like I was hidden better.I found it comfortable,actually made some all day hunts out of it,climb before daylight and not get down until dark.Don’t think I have that much patience anymore.
I got spoiled to box stands.I still have my Old Man stand,use it once in awhile to climb a tree and prune limbs of trees in my yard.
First time I ate Cane’s was my last.Several years ago,I wasn’t impressed.Never went back.
He was against the vaccine mandates because “we don’t know the long term side effects”.
He recommended it only for those with co-morbities and those over 65 y.o.
He took it because he needed it to be able to fly to travel.He was injured by the vaccine.
I didn’t take it despite his recommendation,I was actually 70 but I felt like I was in good enough health plus I had some ivermectin on standby.
The fact that Congress was exempt from the mandates made me skeptical.
India does some 7 million open air cremations a year burning some 50-60 million trees.That’s a whole lot of carbon released.

re: IST 11/15

Posted by LSUA 75 on 11/15/25 at 9:53 pm to
Fine buck,congratulations.
I love grilled deer backstraps.I would hate to calculate how much they cost a pound.
“ It will go about 25-30 mph”

I’m on my 2nd golf cart,came with lift kits.Neither would go over 20 mph.
Plenty fast enough for me,usually go 5-10 mph.(I’m old).

re: What bucks do you pass on?

Posted by LSUA 75 on 11/12/25 at 8:24 am to
“I’ve got 30 other bucks at least that I’ve seen in three days of hunting”

Would you like adopt me ?
I was in 8th grade.Principal announced over intercom that Kennedy had been shot.Teacher started leading the class in prayer.Little while later principal came back on and announced that he had died.
I don’t remember if we were let out early.

re: Apple Unveils $230 iPhone pocket

Posted by LSUA 75 on 11/11/25 at 10:03 am to
I have a passport case I put my I phone in when I’m on my tractor.About $10 from Amazon.

re: My wife's tadpoles

Posted by LSUA 75 on 11/9/25 at 2:31 pm to
Tadpole to frog metamorphis thing is fascinating.

We have a fairly new pond.We had about a qazillion tadpoles.We stocked it with bass fingerlings last year and wasn’t long no more tadpoles.
“Glock:the best $300 pistol that $600 can buy”

Might be cheaper than $300.
I can’t find my book about Gaston Glock but it’s a fascinating story.Glock had never owned a firearm in his life when he decided to design a pistol to hopefully sell to the Austrian army.
He bought every brand of pistol he could find,took them apart,determined how they worked,etc.
Designed his own pistol,he was an engineer with extensive experience with polymers,hence the Glock 17.
A big time firearms dealer,sold military weapons all over the world got a G17,was fascinated with it,met with Glock and worked a deal with him to market his pistols.
Glock didn’t realize what he had but the firearms dealer did.Glock was going to sell them significantly cheaper because they were so cheap to manufacture.The FA dealer convinced him to sell them at a significantly higher price because he felt they wouldn’t be taken seriously if they were sold for what Glock was thinking,they would’ve been considered Sat.night special,throw away pistols.

The dealer did a stellar job promoting the G17 all over the world.The FA dealer dropped all his other weapons and promoted Glocks only.The rest is history.

Glock turned out to be a real A-hole.He got perturbed that the dealer was making so much money on commission(he became a millionaire).
He revoked the contract because”he didn’t design the pistol to make the FA dealer a millionaire”.(Glock himself became a billionaire).
Thing is if it hadn’t been for the dealer Glock likely would never have been as successful as he was.

Side story- I remember when Glocks hit the market.Dumbass news media was having a major meltdown over the “plastic” pistol.Airplane hijackings were the thing then and the media was just sure Glocks wouldn’t be detectable with metal detectors or X-rays.
When I was in clubs I did best hunting the middle of the day.

re: Letting deer grow.

Posted by LSUA 75 on 11/8/25 at 8:09 pm to
I’ve let a lot of nice 2 1/2 y.o.bucks walk,some 8-9 pts.Never saw them again.
My property is 300 acres and I’m the only one that hunts it.I think 300 acres is just not enough land to manage for bucks.
“my older brother kept hounds,and we rabbit hunted”

I had beagles over 20 years,was my favorite hunting I ever did.I had some really good dogs I got from an old man in Eunice.
It just got to where there was no where to go,timber companies started leasing their land for hunting clubs.
I wasn’t in it for too many years it became more about the dogs and less about shooting rabbits.I enjoyed raising puppies,training them and seeing them become fully trained dogs.Iwould typically only shoot 1 rabbit per trip.

Deer hunting is all I do now but it is pretty boring by comparison.
I knew a man,was 56,that got a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s from his Dr.
Went home and shot himself in the head.

re: Men’s pants rec’s

Posted by LSUA 75 on 11/6/25 at 6:55 pm to
I’ve got several pairs of Wranglers ATG(All Terrain Gear).Haven’t worn jeans in awhile.
More comfortable and cooler than jeans for mowing,bushhogging and such.
Couple pairs I save for going out to eat,things like that.I don’t go to fancy restaurants,it’s catfish or barbecue.
I can see the value of an electric car as a 2nd for around town and short trips.
For road trips,I want gas or hybrid.
We have a Prius for wife to go to work,50 miles round trip,gets 60 mpg.
Have a Highlander for trips,went to Florida,1000 miles-got 35 mpg.
For a truck I have a Ridgeline,gets about 23 mpg.

re: Hearing aid question

Posted by LSUA 75 on 11/4/25 at 3:33 am to
I got Lucid hearing aids at Sam’s -$500.The audiologist was very good.
They pair with my phone and she adjusted them to the frequencies that I had trouble with based on the hearing test I had.
I think they work amazingly well especially considering they were only $500.

It might depend on the the degree of hearing loss one has.An old man I know is deaf as a stone without his hearing aids but with them he hears very well.His were $6000,his audiologist is Terry Roberts in Ellick.