Doc

Happy belated birthday.

I have found so many gut piles where the guys have left the hearts and livers behind. It is too bad that no one ever taught them the delicious treasures these organs can be. But I suppose that not all tastes are the same and some hunters just may not care for them. Kidneys are another delicacy, but unfortunately not one that I have developed a taste for. As I understand it, you simply boil the piss out of them and they are great to eat. Anybody got a good recipe for kidneys?

Look at that beast. Imagine what he will look like next hunting season.

Yeah.........Why wouldn't horse meaty be good? They eat just like a cow.

Thanks guys. It's the big 80 years. Now that's officially "FRIGGEN OLD". Sorry Eddie, I know you got me beat, but let's face it, there is something about 80 that is some sort of milestone. Damn! I never thought I would ever see that age, and still be out there wandering around the killer hill out back, hunting and stuff. Got a big dinner at Nolan's in Canandaigua coming my way from the wife. I see a fillet mignon & lobster tail coming my way. Thanks again guys for the birthday wishes.

I wouldn't be surprised if this post gets absolutely no replies......lol.

The absolute best tasting fish that I have ever caught and eaten was walleye. Mild flavor, great texture to the meat

We had a pheasant one time that was spectacular. The only problem was the few lead shot pellets that we missed. I had a mallard that came out pretty good. i don't know the recipes that made those taste so good. My wife comes up with the cooking techniques, and she's damn good at it. Another meat that might surprise people is deer liver and onions. To me that is the best part of the deer.

Is there any good recipes that make a carp edible. And I'm not talking about the pine board recipe. I have tried to eat the critters a couple of times and was never able to finish the meal because of the nasty taste. I caught one once that had black colored meat. I threw it out before I even finished cleaning it. I caught a small one out of Hemlock lake, and the taste was terrible. They are fun to catch, but I haven't found a way to make them taste like anything that a human should eat.

Of all the fish you've ever caught and eaten, what kind offish was was the best tasting. Any great recipes?

Of all the wild game meat, what is the best tasting wild critter that you have ever eaten?

Looks like a great place to hunt! You might want to have a few plots out in the goldenrod that you keep mowed as well as the pathways. Don't mow the whole thing. There's a good chance that the deer will use the goldenrod as a bedding area occasionally, and start feeding in the greenery that sprouts up in the mowed down plots. I have an area just like that and the deer love it.

The best meat that I have ever had was domestic rabbit. We raised a bunch of them, and they were delicious. I have had wild rabbit also, but there is no comparison. Wife breaded and deep fried the tame ones just like colonel Sanders would do it, And to this day I still remember that flavor.

Have you checked the ridge line along the ravine for trails and sign? It looks like a great route for deer to travel to get from one ag field to the other. That white spot (Fo) does look like a great place to get that whole field covered with rifle. For observation purposes if nothing else, to see just where the deer come out into the field. Is that whole field covered with goldenrod? There is some strange looking pattern in the field that looks like some of it has been mowed already.

By the way, is the new stand for this year or next? Also, what kind of sign (and where) have you seen throughout the area Trails, rubs, scrapes, and actual sighting (where and what time of day).

What kinds of crops are in the north and south fields? The trees to the west.....Are there acorn bearing oaks in there? Are any of those areas in or bordering thick dense brush? I am trying to get an idea of where the bedding areas might be and the feeding patterns. Also, are these stands for gun (rife or shotgun) or for bowhunting? That will determine how far from the deer the stand should be located. Is that creek-bed a deep ravine with steep sides? What is the normal prevailing wind directions? Is the area generally flat?

Understand that these idiots that are constantly passing bills such as this are not in their positions of power by accident. They are people that we elect either through ignorant direct voting or not bothering to vote at all. This state didn't get to be the National joke that it is without the willing help of the states voters.

Possible answers to the above question: Those in charge of such things are eager to find alternatives to hunting....Any alternatives. The inclusion and proliferation of coyotes, or any predator provides assistance in that goal of not relying on hunting so much for animal population control. It helps anti-hunter forces. You have to wonder if even the DEC isn't starting to be concerned over the inability of hunters to control deer populations as our numbers and our intensity fades year after year. So those things that would cut coyote numbers may be seen as counter-productive to future population control of the growing deer population problem. Just some random thoughts and possibilities regarding Grouse's question of why coyotes seem to enjoy a special protected status among all wildlife.

There is more than one reason to build your own ammo.

OK. Today I went to a gun shop and asked this question. He said that no permit is required as long as you don't have the components to make it go BANG! The black powder pistol is not considered to actually be a firearm until all the components are together to make it fire (as in hunting or target shooting). The guns that I am talking about are commemorative pistols that are in a locked in a fancy wood box with a glass window in the cover for viewing, and have never been fired, and likely will never be fired. So there should be no permitting requirements. While trying to find out about this, I went through a lot of NYS gun laws. I now understand what you pistol owners are complaining about. They have pistol ownership tied up in knots that make it likely that anyone who owns a pistol is likely breaking one law or another.

Is there any requirement for a pistol permit for black powder commemorative pistols?

We should be so lucky to get a Trump clone for governor. But, that will never happen here in NYS. No one who would upset the status quo apple-cart in this state will ever be elected. The pinko crowd is too eager to elect whoever promises them the most freebies. The whole culture of this state has been manipulated to favor the "give-away establishment". We all let it happen, and it will take a miracle to vote in someone who is not promising the freeloaders a continuation of the government handouts on backs of the employed. Yes, that is a defeatist attitude, but it is the reality of what is driving people and businesses out of the state. We need a Trump-style governor to straighten up the direction of this state.

Rough year this year. We logged the place in the spring, and they took every Oak that was harvest size, and unfortunately those were all the ones that were acorn bearing size. This year the deer didn't appreciate that change too much. I guess next year I will be hunting state land a bit more. I am hoping that the deer will start using my land a bit more as the browse starts to fill in to the open areas that the logging created. I think it will make some pretty good bedding areas around the tops too. We'll see. So, it wasn't a great year for me.

I got hearing aid a couple of months ago......Big money for the two of them. Not the kind of thing that you would want to lose out in the woods. So My son and his wife were up visiting, and I was giving him a hand unloading his stuff. He walked up with his hand out and asked me, "Is this yours? it was one of the damned things that dropped out of my ear, and I hadn't even felt it go. That's how easy it is to lose them. I went back and the gal tweak the fit a bit and they seem to stay in alright now. But it sure did spook me from wearing them out in the woods. So I paid a lot of attention to Farflung's response about tethering them to my collar. Good idea! I think I will work on some nifty way to do that.

Hochul is a blithering idiot, but her stupidity is dwarfed by the majority of New Yorkers who voted for her. We had a chance to bring sanity back to this state, but apparently there just are not enough people who think we need it. It's not the idiot liberal politicians. It is the voters that can blame themselves.