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I pulled some cards yesterday and SOB the drop tine buck made it through! I never saw him all season, I did kill one of the 8pts, and my buddy got the other 8 pt, but we never saw the drop tine until these pics.

Corned Venison with Roasted Potatoes, carrots and onions. Turned out pretty dam good, even my wife had seconds helpings. Can't wait for Corned Venison sandwiches tomorrow! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Got out this morning with cousin.hit up oatka creek.conditions are pretty good for the upcoming april 1st opener.should b stocking this coming week or so i would think.only fish caught and a solid brown at that.didnt get length or anything.hard enough trying hold the feisty thing for a quick pic then back in water.caught it on a small hair jig 3 feet under a float.hit in a deep pool

Venison tacos tonight I’m not a corned beef and cabbage fan. I do have a corned brisket soaking in water a couple days to pull out some salt. It will go on the smoker in the morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Corned briskets foiled Chicks on Taters on Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rare night out for dinner with only mrs TF Amuse bouche. Slice of beet , balsamic reduction with a little goat cheese. Popovers , calamari with with diablo cream sauce. Pork belly and baby bok choy with tangy balsamic bbq sauce. Wife got short ribs with pasta and mushroom cream sauce. I got tuna and basmati rice , soy and a spicy maple dipping sauce. Solid meal. Carte Blanche in Hamburg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Marinated Grilled chicken with salad,blue cheese crumbles and Greek vinaigrette. Enhanced with a Chard.

Been a crappy day, but still had to eat. Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

Murphy's Irish stout braised corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots, whole grain mustard and horseradish on the side Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

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Baked seasoned chicken thighs served with homemade macaroni and cheese with our own garden grown canned tomatoes with fresh green beans and a tossed salad. Mac and cheese has cream cheese, velvetta, and Colby jack.

I finally had 2 minutes of spare time so I went out and pulled my cards and replaced batteries. Man was I glad to see these guys made it through! I don't think i ever had the 2nd one on camera before.

Late breakfast nom noms

Seemed appropriate.

Hayburner Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Beautiful day 70 deg. on the deck with an Ole Fashioned getting ready to BQ some chicken for this evenings meal.

This is an article of me back in July of 2010 for whatever its worth. http://www.recordonline.com/article/20100113/HEALTH/1130318

St. Paddy's calls for something barrel-aged.

30° temperature and 20mph winds out in Oswego today but I toughed it out and caught a gorgeous buck Steelie to show for it! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

From Today's Rochester D&C Newspaper Andreatta takes quadruple dog dare from gun nut I never turned down a quadruple dog dare in middle school, and I’m not about to start now. So, I’ve accepted one from an angry reader to print what he purported in an anonymous letter to be “truthful statistics” about guns. “Thought you would like to see some truthful statistics in regard to guns,” he wrote in a letter postmarked March 6 with no return address or signature. “I quadruple dog dare you to print this in your column — I’m certain you WILL NOT!!” Well, I’m showing him, aren’t I? I can hear him now: “I know you are, but what am I?” I’m publishing his rant not because of its truthfulness, but to illustrate the tortured, dog-whistle politics- laced logic that’s informing the gun debate for a sizable voting bloc. Logic like his is partly why nothing gets done. Mr. Dog Dare’s letter is mostly a cut-and-paste job of a viral June 2017 Facebook post by gun-worshipping rocker Ted Nugent. That post has been shared 119,000 times, suggesting it has infiltrated the news feeds and minds of untold millions of Facebook users. Refuting Nugent’s most outrageous claims would require more space than I’m inclined to devote to a quadruple dog dare. I’m thinking readers will spot the holes in his arguments on their own anyway. Suffice to say, though, that Nugent crafts fallacy after fallacy from sometimes questionable data to make a case for maintaining the status quo. Consider his non sequitur that “65 percent (of gun deaths) are by suicide which would never be prevented by gun laws.” While it’s true that upward of 6 in 10 gun deaths are suicides, it doesn’t follow that those suicides were inevitable. Then there’s his appeal to authority that “15 percent (of gun deaths) are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified.” Justified? All of them? Tell that to the family of Walter Scott, the South Carolina man whose killer cop was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Don’t even get me started on his false equivalency likening the lethal power of guns to double cheeseburgers. I’ve condensed Mr. Dog Dare’s letter here to the “truthful statistics” for brevity. Readers can find the full text of it on my Facebook page. Mr. Andreatta — Thought you would like to see some truthful statistics in regard to guns. I quadruple dog dare you to print this in your column — I’m certain you WILL NOT!! I refer you to the last line of this message — “control” — NOT “gun.” One more thought — NOT ONE of these incidents was perpetuated by an NRA member — NOT ONE! What does that say about its members?!? Just thought you ought to see some REAL facts and figures. NO ONE will ever get my guns. My family and my possessions are protected by my friends — Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson and Mr. Winchester. There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed. U.S. population 324,059,091 as of Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Do the math: 0.000000925% of the population dies from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death: ❚ 65% of those deaths are by suicide which would never be prevented by gun laws ❚15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified ❚ 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons — gun violence ❚ 3% are accidental discharge deaths So technically, “gun violence” is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Well, first, how are those deaths spanned across the nation? ❚ 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago ❚344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore ❚333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit ❚ 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years) So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause. This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. That is an average because some States have much higher rates than others. For example, California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1. Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in See ANDREATTA, Page 15A ontinued from Page 2A comparison to other deaths? All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a crime but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, rape, assault all is done by criminals and thinking that criminals will obey laws is ludicrous. That’s why they are criminals. But what about other deaths each year? ❚ 40,000+ die from a drug overdose — THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT! ❚ 36,000 people die per year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths ❚34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities (exceeding gun deaths even if you include suicide) Now it gets good: ❚ 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. You are safer in Chicago than when you are in a hospital! ❚ 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. It’s time to stop the double cheeseburgers! So what is the point? If Obama and the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease,even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of livesannually of all gunrelated deaths (including suicide, law enforcement, etc.). A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides. So you have to ask yourself, in the grand scheme of things, why the focus on guns? It’s pretty simple: Taking away guns gives control to governments. Thus, the second amendment was proudly and boldly included in the U.S. Constitution. It must be preserved at all costs. Remember, when it comes to “gun control,” the important word is “control,” not “gun.” This is the mindset that supporters of progressive gun reforms are up against. I quintuple dog dare them to keep up the fight. David Andreatta is a Democrat and Chronicle columnist. He can be reached at DANDREATTA@Gannett .com. An excerpt of a letter quadruple dog-daring D& C columnist David Andreatta to print 'truthful statistics' about guns.DAVID ANDREATTA

Burris is running a nice 2 for 1 deal on some of their scopes. They have that great lifetime warranty too. Just an FYI in case someone is looking.

My Sweet 16 picks.

Can't wait to see what he looks like this year.

Corned beef brisket with a can of Murphy's ready to go in oven to braise for 6 hours or so (one Murphy's for the brisket and one for me). Had to cut it in half to fit in the pot. I'll post up the finished product tonight. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

One of my daughters gave us tickets to the Bill Engvall show at the Kodak Center Theater . We had front row seats and the show was great . Imagine a comedy show that could be so funny without any dirty language . The show lasted over 1 1/2 hour . Engvall is or was part of the Redneck Comedy Tour .

Done!

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Corned beef and cabbage done in the Instapot.1hour and 40 minutes start to finish,not sure I like cooking cornedbeef this way seems like the brisket will be one of to things over cooked or not cooked enough.

Having an Empire Brewing "Live and Let Rye" IPA - one week old in my growler and still carbonated. Very good beer. Roasting potatoes, carrots, onions in the oven, to go with the Corned Venison I made this week. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY FROM AN ITALIAN![emoji1132][emoji1132][emoji1132][emoji634][emoji634][emoji634] Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I was chit chatting with the owner of Wildwood Archery and asking about joining a league next year, knowing that the indoor leagues all end in April or so. He told me that a team on Thursday night had just recently lost one of their members and if I wanted to sub for the next four weeks that would have me. This past Thursday was my first night and I shot a 249. I believe that is my raw score since I don’t have a handicap yet. I was pretty happy with my shooting,. My best round was a 23 and I don’t think I shot below 19. It was also my first night with the new arrow rest. I had a whisker biscuit on it but the new drop down just came in and the owner put it on for me. I have no idea what model or manufacturer. About half of the guys on this night shoot traditional which was fun to watch. Anyways, now I have no reason not to shoot at least 1x a week for the next few weeks. Very nice group of guys, glad I asked when I did, working out perfectly for me.

Good shoot this morning. 24 killed. If I could have been able to get into the hedgerow to hide it would have been a great shoot. The snow was just too deep. I had to try to hide behind a berm but most of the birds busted me. Nice low fliers in the wind too. Tomorrow is another day!!!!

Live from the Southtowns Walleye Association trout pond at the Hamburg outdoor expo. A nice healthy rainbow trout caught on a pink maribu jig. Hopefully the first of many. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

Overpowers the potpourri

My coyote gun is a lightweight. Polymer lower, carbon handguard, carbon fixed stock, carbon pistol grip pencil 16” barrel no muzzle device. With a leupold 2-7x28 it’s 6lb 13oz with 5 rounds in the clip Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Second the .41 magnum. Also vote for revolver. Good luck.

The mango habanero doesn't really give a taste of the mango, is more like a sweet taste with first bite, then the heat kicks in. But the heat isn't over bearing. I make my own sauces some times, but the problem becomes what people want, like, and can endure. I haven't found a happy medium for anything beyond mild for people. So, I mainly just buy base sauces and then add to them for heat as needed. Saves a lot of time when you have people who say they can handle the hottest wings you can make. So you put some habanero's ( seeds and all ) in a blender with EVOO, and add some Ghost Chili extract. Seen many grown men cry from this recipe ( and call me names I hadn't heard of before ), even back when I would oven roast my wings and spin them.

very interesting thread for sure and yes the advancements in prosthetics over the last 20 years is phenomenal.

I'm pretty sure that deadfalls are not legal either . I don't know if snares and deadfalls were legal at the time I learned about them from the book. I was kinda young and I never thought to ask I guess..I don't know who I would have asked anyway.. It was a different time.

Nobody likes a quitter, Biz!

Starting this now for tomorrow.

Care to retract your statement. Lol

FINALLY using the deep fryer for the first time! Chicken wings, and onion rings! Probably needed a few extra mins, no? Will post more pics, im excited, having a good time!

Booked our Florida keys trip for this year last night. So ill add alot at the end of june. Cant wait!

Is water wet?

I have the RX 1200 i , it works great . It even picks up black targets . A couple guys i shoot with have trouble ranging black targets in the woods with what ever it is they are using .

Beautiful day 60 deg. calls for a Vodka an Tonic with lime.

Did you see "The cars that built America" ? Also a good one.

Been a long time! I finally knocked down a mature buck here in my home State of Pa. Killed him the second Monday of rifle season. Friend and I still hunted toward one another along the "military crest" of a ridge. He bumped a bunch of deer and this beauty came along. Forty yard quartering to shot with the .270 dropped him in his tracks. Elated to say the least! A lot of luck involved but I did work hard to create some luck. Want to thank everyone for their input back when I started this topic. Sorry the photo came out sideways. I tried fixing it but had no luck.