emergency cow's knee?

[jethro224]

A week or so ago I went out deer hunting without bothering to look at the weather forecast. On the drive to the farm it started to snow just a little bit. First snow of the year.

As I left the Jeep the flurries got a little heavier.

Just as I got to where I wanted to sit in a fallen treetop the snow really started coming down. Now it was turning into a wet, heavy snow that was covering everything. I began to worry about keeping my lock dry.

My good oiled leather cow's knee would be just the ticket. Unfortunately that particular item was nice and dry and warm back home in my haversack. All I had with me was my bag and horn, my foam butt pad, and my lunch bag.

Well, inside my lunch bag was a zip top baggie with several Oreos in it. I was forced to eat all of the Oreos but the baggie saved the day.

After splitting the sides of the empty baggie about half way down, I put it over the lock and zipped the top shut on the bottom of my rifle. It ain't PC but it did a great job of keeping the snow off my lock. :thumbsup:

 

[coloradoclyde]

I always carry a bandanna with me when hunting...it has come in handy more than once as a first aid item...It has also been used as a cow's knee....much in the same manner as you did... :thumbsup:

 

[wattlebuster]

You improvised, adapted, an overcame :hatsoff:

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I always carry a bandanna with me when hunting...it has come in handy more than once as a first aid item...It has also been used as a cow's knee....much in the same manner as you did...

Ditto! :thumbsup:

'Cept mine after the first such use was given some wax on one corner to better ward off the rain. Works well in a pinch.

LD

 

[BrownBear]

Oh yeah. My ziplocs usually host smoked salmon, but they sure get the job done in a pinch.

 

[Ames]

I always carry a bandanna with me when hunting...it has come in handy more than once as a first aid item...It has also been used as a cow's knee....much in the same manner as you did... :thumbsup:

I had to read that twice. I thought you said you carry a banana with you. I hurt my brain trying to use the peel as a cows knee, never mind emergency first aid.
I need more coffee.

 

[Dave Marsh]

I'm with Jethro -- love those Oreo's. :grin:

Dave

 

[Crewdawg445]

Three hundred years from now that will be period correct! :grin:

Adapt and overcome! :thumbsup:

 

[Boomerang]

I always carry a bandanna with me when hunting...it has come in handy more than once as a first aid item...It has also been used as a cow's knee....much in the same manner as you did... :thumbsup:

I had to read that twice. I thought you said you carry a banana with you. I hurt my brain trying to use the peel as a cows knee, never mind emergency first aid.
I need more coffee.

Ha Ha. That's the way I read it at first too! :rotf:

 

[smo]

Smart thinking :thumbsup: I like Oreos too... :haha:

 

[Semisane]

 

[coloradoclyde]

Visually...that just looks soooo wrong.... :haha: a dozen jokes are going through my head, from a "prophylactic" to couch slip covers.. :rotf:

 

[Semisane]

:haha: I hear `ya Clyde. But when you think about it, none of us want to catch the dreaded disease Wetpowderitis or infection of the pan.

Definition of prophylactic:

1. guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection

 

[coloradoclyde]

On the serious side....I think condensation could be a serious issue.

On the not so serious side... Now Bubble Boy can go hunting. :haha:

 

[Semisane]

On the serious side....I think condensation could be a serious issue.

Used them a half dozen times or so over the last few years (it tends to rain a bit during hunting season down here in Louisiana :grin: ). Never had a condensation problem.

 

[hanshi]

Jethro, so sorry you had to eat all those Oreos. I've used baggies in the past; but now when it rains, snows, etc, I stay at home - old age brings wisdom.

 

[jethro224]

Eating those Oreo's was the sacrifice I had to make due to my lack of enough wisdom to stay home. :surrender: It was tough but it had to be done.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

that just looks soooo wrong.... a dozen jokes are going through my head, from a "prophylactic" to couch slip covers..

DUDE!
If we packaged them in single, tear-open containers, and sold them in groups of three inside cardboard boxes, and called them "Gun Condoms" I bet we could be millionaires!

LD

 

[Artificer]

Great ingenuity.

Oh, a condom over the muzzle in a dust storm or rain or snow can also come in handy. Don't worry about taking it off to shoot, just shoot through it.

Gus

 

[Stumpkiller]

I like it. More than once I just used Saran Wrap on my T/C percissions when heading out the door and pulled it off at the sight of deer.