This is topic Arrive home safely? in forum Member forum at The New Huntmastersbbs!.
To visit this topic, use this URL:
https://www.huntmastersbbs.com/cgi-bin/cgi-ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000913
Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on November 14, 2005, 03:57 PM:
Byron and I got back safely to Waco at 2:00am Texas time. Dodged deer all the way back across West Texas again.
We timed our shifts driving so he could sleep the last 4 hours and be somewhat fresh for his 2 1\2 hour drive from Waco to Big Sandy.
Check in Byron and let me know you got home OK.
I hope everyone else had a safe and uneventful trip home.
Posted by Todd Woodall (Member # 439) on November 14, 2005, 05:34 PM:
Gerald, Glad yall made it back to the promise land unscaved. You didnt have to pull Byron back in the window trying to go after the deer did ya? We made it back last night also.
It was great to meet everyone and we had a great time. We have some great stories to tell after this one.
Take care,
Todd
Posted by Byron South (Member # 213) on November 14, 2005, 09:52 PM:
Gerald,
Thanks, I made it back fine. Got about two hours slepp and went to get my truck camo put on. It took three of us all day and I just got home at 10 PM. I'm running on fumes but have to be up and at em before daylight in the morning. Good night. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I also had a great time, and look forward to next years hunt.
Byron
Posted by Jeff Thomason (Member # 691) on November 15, 2005, 06:06 AM:
Hey Byron, I thought it was only gonna take 2 hours!
Posted by Byron South (Member # 213) on November 15, 2005, 08:35 AM:
Jeff,
It took 9, but man does it look cool. I'll post a picture later when I get caught up on work.
Byron
Posted by Byron South (Member # 213) on November 15, 2005, 04:00 PM:
Jeff,
Here is the picture of the truck. Looks better in person.
Byron
Posted by Todd Woodall (Member # 439) on November 15, 2005, 05:19 PM:
Hey Byron, That looks Great!!! Even if it did take 7 hours longer than expected. Congrats on the great looking rig.
Take care,
Todd
Posted by crapshoot (Member # 225) on November 15, 2005, 09:01 PM:
Bring some of that stuff to Globe. We can do my truck in the parkinglot over a bottle of Crown Royal.
Posted by Jack Roberts (Member # 13) on November 15, 2005, 11:49 PM:
It looks neat and will get attention driving down main street, but it does not hide a truck at all. Something the size of a truck needs a much larger pattern and more contrast to break up the outline.
Jack
Posted by R.Shaw (Member # 73) on November 16, 2005, 07:01 AM:
Jack,
No disrespect intended, but do you ever smile?
Randy
Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on November 16, 2005, 12:54 PM:
He hasn't since I've known him. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
Posted by Cal Taylor (Member # 199) on November 16, 2005, 02:14 PM:
Jack, surely it's bound to do better than the original shine and color?
Byron, What are those tires? I bought a new Dodge last year and when the factory tater skins were gone I went to get my usual Toyo M55 mudders and guess what? They don't make them in a 17". I can't find a decent mud and snow tire in the 17", but those look good.
Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on November 16, 2005, 04:06 PM:
Jack, I have always felt that camo patterns on a truck like that were for ego only. I just spent 4 full days and nights with Byron, two of which were driving 15 hours out and 15 hours back. I could not find a shred of ego rearing it's ugly head in my conversations with him. I have to assume the camo maker must be paying him big bucks to promo that for him, now that Byron has hit the big time.
I'm jealous...nobody has ever offered me that kind of deal.
Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on November 16, 2005, 04:40 PM:
I hunted out of Brad Harris's camo truck for three years. It is not a good idea to camo a truck because you cant find the damn thing. I cant tell you how many times we drove up on Kansas bucks. When glassing large fields we had deer walk within 30 yards of the truck. It is well worth the time and expense in my experience.
Posted by Byron South (Member # 213) on November 16, 2005, 10:28 PM:
Jack,
Your right. It does get lots of attention on main street. Especially in Big Sandy Texas. . I've wanted to do a truck like this since I first saw one done. In the past I have always just refused to wash my truck all through hunting season (which in texas is only 12 months a year) in order to keep the shine down. This stuff doesn't reflect and also offers protection to the paint from scratches and UV. It can be removed years later with not effect to the paint. Gerlad is also correct in that it was done by a company for mention on my videos, and I will gladly do so. The photo is somewhat over exposed and the pattern does a pretty good job compared to the original paint.
Thanks for the kind words Gerald.
Cal,
The tires are Buckshots. Not sure who makes them but I do know they are 305's. I'll look tomorrow and get more info on them.
Ronnie,
They are going to tint the windows in the same pattern after Thanksgiving. It will surely disapear then. I may even wash this truck. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Byron
Posted by Byron South (Member # 213) on November 17, 2005, 09:35 AM:
Cal,
Those tires are Buckshot Maxxis Mudders 17 X 305.
Seem like pretty ggod tires, but I only have about 7500 miles on them.,
Jack,
Here is a better picture of the camo the way it was intended to be used. I understand what you were saying in that the bigger surfaces need bigger pattern to diguise the outline.
The pattern, by the way, is Realtree/Advantage's new "MAX-1 HD". It was designed for more open terrain but it also does suprisingly well here in the East Texas timber.
Byron
Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on November 17, 2005, 02:17 PM:
Hey Byron...you need a head net and gloves when you call like that man. (just kidding)
I used to have a 77 GMC Jimmy that was camoed from head to toe. I did the paint job myself. Choosing to paint the chrome rather than Duct tape it like Murry B. did in one of his videos.
I am convinced it did help a great deal both day and night. I even had snap on covers that could easily be rolled down over the windows and tied back up for day hunting. Filmed off the top of it.
I parked over a swell in the ground one night on a stand and had a coyote run smack dab into the side of the truck. Probably thought he was going under a bush. I heard the BONG and turned with my light to see him stumbling off dizzy into some thick brush.
I had a lot of fun watching people in my rear view mirror as I would sit at red lights. I had our company logo and the silohette of the howling coyote and crow from our logo blended into the camo. You could see kids finally realize what they were looking at and they would start tapping their parents on the shoulder excitedly pointing at my truck.
I am a believer in camo on vehicles, but wish it could be done without the repetitive pattern that shows up on a surface that big. Probably doesn't hurt with the animals...just is a pet peeve of mine.
UBB.classicTM
6.3.0