IDO Hunting Post-Season Happy Hour – 1/27

It’s official, we going to gather for an IDO Hunting post-season happy hour. Thought January would be a good time for a gathering of the IDO Hunting Tribe. Join us to meet your fellow IDO’ers in 3-D for once, swap some stories, and console Suzuki about yet another year of not quite enough snow to run his snow machines.

Date & Time
Friday, January 27
5:00 PM to whenever.

Location
Jersey’s Bar and Grille
6449 Concord Blvd, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076-1814

Drinks and food are on your own for this one. Jersey’s happy hour is 3 to 6, so come early to take advantage of that.

Please reply to this thread so we know who can make it. Hope to see lot of you there. For those of you who don’t live in God’s Country (the East Metro), we’ll plan the next gathering elsewhere so hopefully the next location is better for you.

Grouse

As a note, you are certainly to bring significant others, etc to this gathering.

Just let us know how many will be with you so we can have enough tables in our area.

Of course, I will be there and I’m looking forward to it very much. There have been lots of get-togethers on the fishing side, but hunting doesn’t lend itself to that as easily, so here’s a great chance finally.

Grouse

I will definitely be there and I’m sure my husband Billy would love to join us. I’m looking forward to it, as we’ve been needing an IDO hunting happy hour for a while now. I would like to get a group picture while we are there so if you have an IDO shirt, feel free to wear it!

God’s Country? Yikes.

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Ralph Wiggum wrote:

God’s Country? Yikes

Talk about taking the long route! That’s pretty funny!

Look, Ralph, it’s not our fault that you live so far out in the wilderness of Maple Grove. To be honest, I’m surprised the interweb even extends that far beyond the edge of civilization.

Do you have indoor plumbing out there yet?

Grouse

Can’t make it. Kipp’s become concerned about his male pattern baldness and started to do the combover. I gotta get him out to the game farm and get him some confidence back.

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I’ll be there and ill try and convince my wife…(Sharon’s Mom)… to join me.

Grouse, is it OK if we talk about spey casting on the river Spey at a hunting get together?

SR

Steve Root wrote:

Grouse, is it OK if we talk about spey casting on the river Spey at a hunting get together?

Of course. Before I forget, here, here are pictures of my 2, and possibly only 2, Spey salmon. Wester Elerchies beat, just below Easter Ellerchies House, the “chateau” pictured on the front of the Macallen whisky bottle.

Grouse

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TheFamousGrouse wrote:

To be honest, I’m surprised the interweb even extends that far beyond the edge of civilization.

It doesn’t. I have to wait till I’m at work to access this internet thing.

C’mon IDO Hunting Crew. There has to be more of you out there who can join us.

Just to add to the fun, my food plot seed company Midwest Monster will be conducting a drawing for two food plot seed selections. Must be present to win. I’ll give away one bag of our Mega Clover Plus and one bag of our Brassicas Bender blend.

Who else is coming to the gathering of the tribe?

Grouse

I am going to try to make it.

Ralph Wiggum wrote:

God’s Country? Yikes.

It actually would have taken me that long to get to St Paul from Hanover (even further into BFE) on Monday during the snow storm rush hour.

Sad I will miss it.
DT

If you’re fitting in some spey casting talk I’ll mark it on the calendar. I still need to get my switch rod going.

I would love to make the trip north to join you but I am heading to Sturgeon Bay for a whitefish outing that Friday.

Hopefully another time.

Dave

deertracker wrote:

Sad I will miss it.
DT

Bummer! We’ll just have to plan another one to catch those who aren’t able to make it to this one then. Maybe a summmer gathering at a park would be fun.

Anyone else coming? We’ve got to have more than this! I can make cookies!!

@ralphwiggum, @suzuki, @scottnevis, @mericaneagle are you guys able to come?

I’m unable to attend. Better luck next time.

I will be on ML chasing walters…Bummer since it’s so close to home!

@sticker1 – it would be nice if someone who has shot a deer in the last decade would attend. Do you know anyone?

Hey! You could do a seminar with a slide show. “Killing coyotes using the little-known sphinctorial kill spot. Clean kills, messy arrows.”

@Suzuki – c’mon. We’ll buy you a beer so you can drown your sorrows at the lack of snow. After all that rain, you’re not going to be snowmobiling anyway.

Grouse

I was informed I wont make it. The wife has her work Christmas party that night.

I am not going to make this one either I have a crew coming to the farm to ice fish, shed hunt and hinge cut that weekend.

Head count –

Grouse
Sharon / Billy
Steve / Mona
Tegg

Is Mrs. Grouse able to join us?

Anyone else thinking of coming? Jersey’s has reasonable prices and great food!

Mrs. Grouse isn’t a hunter. These are the risks one takes when one imports a mail order bride from exotic foreign locales like England.

Is Suzuki going to drive from the wilds of Woodbury to make this social event of the century?

Grouse

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Mrs. Grouse isn’t a hunter. These are the risks one takes when one imports a mail order bride from exotic foreign locales like England.

Is Suzuki going to drive from the wilds of Woodbury to make this social event of the century?

Grouse

We were looking forward to meeting Mrs. Grouse

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Mrs. Grouse isn’t a hunter. These are the risks one takes when one imports a mail order bride from exotic foreign locales like England.

Is Suzuki going to drive from the wilds of Woodbury to make this social event of the century?

Grouse

No. As noted on 4th post of original msg weekends are usually bad for me. Maybe the next one can fall on a week night? I would really like to join with my favorite wife.

Would a fishing guy be able to come crash the party, and when I say crash I mean be that awkward silent guy in the corner? Most likely be in that area Friday.

FWIW, have been known to order a round of shots

“Would a fishing guy be able to come crash the party”

Of course you’d be welcome. This is just an excuse to get together, the more IDO folks show up the better.

Steve Root wrote:

the more IDO folks show up the better.

Ditto! We can talk about hunting, fishing, recipes, gardens, dogs, dogs, dogs – you name it!