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Underhammers were actually relatively common...not as much as regular side hammers, but the nipple fired directly down to the charge...not deflected in the drum like most sidehammers, so more reliable ignition. I always wondered if there was a problem with the primers falling off though.

I just sneaked a couple bites of the pickled heart for a pre dinner snack and it was delicious: It’s not going to be easy saving some for the Easter breakfast at church.

I have never sealed the jars. There are two plastic Tupperware type containers of deer hearts, that my wife pickled yesterday, in my beer fridge right now. I’ll probably start eating it tomorrow. Im going to try my best to save one container for our Easter breakfast at church next Sunday. Some of my buddies want to try it.

We will see multiple bears. Last year we had a huge male come by. They hang around for a while then move on. We do see a few Sows with cubs last year thgere were two that had 4 and 3 cubs. They sure love corn. In the 18 years I'm hunting here just my neighbor behind me shot one. It was small maybe 150 lbs. I have seen them at bow season but never connected.

We have young males come in, every so many years. It's a big deal to see a bear in this area.

Same here, once the snow melted things really started picking up around my place with the Turkeys out and about. Al

He was around all night then caught running in the morning.