SOMA's most elusive trophy captured

That's not a smile... that's a grimace.





Good luck... have fun!



P.S - leave it to Mike to hold the Frisbee upside down.
 
Close, it's actually the beginning of a snarl/grimace. The frisby is actually a 1 and 15 minute rain gauge, and predicting tool. The way it works is you take the fifteen minute result and multiply it by 96 to get the expected 24 hour rainfall with the 15 minute method and 1440 with the one minute method. The conversion is printed on the inside and a graduated scale on the sides. The writing is a little small but it is otherwise a well thought out tool. There are even instructions on how to empty the gauge printed on the under side. I was just finishing the 15 minute test and the gauge was 1/2 full. According to the chart that falls into the normal range, and it has some instructions about treading water.
 
Ooooooh that's a clever cover up!

And the orange mug was the "move camp" gauge then. When it fills in 30 mins, drink it and proceed as normal on the north coast. However a 15 minute fill means a rodeo is inbound.

Actually... I think I need to rethink my story for the sake of the brochure, it never rains on the north coast. Conditions are entirely like this below, with only fresh, sprinkling showers- just enough to make rainbows and nothing more. The abundance of sunshine and rainbows is second to some. Bears are always hunted under sunshine and rainbows as well, further proof in pictures below.


 
The move camp gauge is experimental, but may prove useful with a little calibration. The field test Is inconclusive.

The 15 minute rainfall predictor is ready for the market. The deluxe version is slated to have built in hour glass type timers and a rear view mirror to provide early warning of a bear drinking out of the move camp gauge. The move camp for bears function is of varying degrees of utility and depends heavily on there being a bearless location to move to. Otherwise it's just an opportunity to decide whether you like your bears or want to take a chance on the new ones. It's not an exact science; more a time for quiet thought.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Damn...that's a fine looking area.

I thought I had it good riding my motorcycle to work today...until I saw this thread.
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You do have it good! There's more to this story principally of the weather variety, and the bears weren't quite as cooperative in assisting their demise as they could have been. That's where SOMA's mandate starts.
 
wow on all accounts great view sweet looking river and a wild looking bear ,love the color of that hide ,,,,congrats ,,,Dutch
 
Awesome! Good job Angus... good job Mike!

I assume the full story will be forth coming with all of the adventure and techie details... you must have a full body brochure shot of the trophy and Mike had better muster up a smile for that one!


P.S - any of those bruins in bow range?
 
The Bears could have cooperated more. They went from walking through camp and in front of camp to walking behind camp for instance. I thought that was borderline rude, even for a bear.
 
Bow range? Heck, the day before the season we had 4 in bayonet range. Granted, they weren't the right ones and the season didn't open until the next day but still...it was interesting to have to back away from or go around bears.
 
Indeed if a fellow wants to cuddle with big brown bears and enjoys the smell of rotting fish it's pretty well heaven. Barely rains to boot. I think a new term has budded in my mind, not "in the salt" but "Sitting on the salt." Waiting on weather the salt bags get to know our posteriors well.

 
No smile on you either! You guys are too cool... I'd be grinning like a school girl at her first tea party.
 
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