Country Fun!

Field & Stream held a contest for the best hunting tattoos, and the top 25 are pretty impressive.  Sometimes it’s not enough just to live a country fun life – you also have to show the world through your body art.

Someone who loves turkey hunting — I mean really loves turkey hunting — has got to have something like this:

If you’re a bigtime handfisher, you’re used to having catfish all up on your arm.  So it’s only natural to get one tattooed there for good:

These are a little on the small side, though, and other people decided to go big or go home.  This elk-and-moose scene covers the guy’s entire back.

Make sure to check out the edges of the tattoo, where it looks like the guy’s skin has been cut open to show the big game on the inside.  That’s definitely Country Fun.

Not everyone brought their A game, though.  This tattoo just isn’t very impressive.

The best of them all, though, is this one.  Clearly this guy loves two things in life: deer hunting and Chevrolet.  When it came time to pick one to get put permanently on his back, he couldn’t bear to leave one out, so they’re both there.

Noodling — fishing for catfish with your hands — is exploding in popularity.  There’s going to be a show devoted to it on TV, and just three months ago it was legalized in Texas.  You hold some bait in your hand, wait for the catfish to bite your hand, and start battling it.  This says it all:

Deer season is opening across a lot of states.  Is it country fun to decorate your truck with hunting junk, or is it just plain pathetic?  What I have in mind here are the gimmicky stuff like Truck Antlers:

Is this really something that makes your truck look cooler?  Or do your friends start asking questions. Here’s how it’s supposed to look:

I’m not impressed.  Mind you, the truck antlers come from the same people who produce this weird little robotic deer that goes on your trailer hitch and holds his arms up to surrender when anyone gets to close.  Think I’m kidding?  Here’s the video:

Is there anything country fun about this?

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers coach David Bennett reflects on newfangled technology, Australian punters, and becoming an internet sensation

Coastal Carolina coach David Bennett’s “we need more dogs speech” set the tone for motivational country fun, but let’s not forget Bennett’s in-state colleague Dabo Swinney at Clemson.  In spite of the Tigers’ loss to Georgia Tech this weekend, Dabo has become synonymous with Post-game Euphoria Country Fun:

When I say “wedding,” do you think Mossy Oak?  If so, the folks at camoformal.com are here to help.  They have something for everyone.  For the bride, there are subtle options like this one:

Just a touch of camo, please!

More aggressive brides can go for the whole enchilada:

Guys have options too.  Why bother with the boring black tux jacket when you have options like this:

Any tie should blend right in!

Options for flower girls too, of course:

There’s just one week left of the State Fair of Texas.  Last year’s fair saw buffalo chicken in a flapjack take top prize for the Big Tex choice awards.

As we await this year’s winners, here are some past favorites.

Chicken Fried Bacon

Fried PB&J and Banana (2009)

Fried Coke (2006)

Deep Fried Butterballs (2005)

Brian Bosworth may have flopped in the NFL and on the big screen, but as a Sooner, he pushed the envelope of Country Fun style.