NYBowhunter

I agree i could never do that , it requires much more patience than i have. They are pretty big but surprisingly very light, just move very slow...lol

Not sure on the count, id assume in the thousands. Uses elmers clue and just takes his time, really dont see any glue once it dries. He uses wooden dowels to make the round columns, he wraps paper around the dowel than lays the toothpicks over the paper, once dried he pulls the toothpick columns off the dowel. Its very tedious work. My little guy was so eager to learn and my dad was so so happy to teach him. Was really cool to sit back and see them both having fun.

Prayers sent.

One of my boys learning from his Nonno.

At dad's for dinner and this is his latest toothpick creation. A castle that stands about 3 1/2 feet tall , took him about 7 weeks to complete. I definitely dont have his patience...lol..sorry pics are sideways.

Anytime, just need to travel into Brooklyn.

Pasta, octapus, stringbeans, rabbit and stuffed tomatoes.

Spinach, couscous, shrimp and salmon.

Congrats, thats a beauty!!!

If im not mistaken your in Otsego county. Im on the Otsego/Deleware county border. Its very possible we might be encountering the same group of idiots. The DEC officer did tell me that the dogs cant tresspass that much i do know, however the key is that these guys can only release hounds on property they have permission to hunt on. But that does not give the hunters the right to tresspass or to retrive thier dogs where they dont have permission. Problem is these guys do not have permission from me or my neighbors. If by law they cant shoot from the road and once they step off the road they are tresspassing, then why the hell are they walking the roads with shotguns. Thats my gripe, i dont need these local idiots shooting into my property while im trying to hunt or doing whatever with my family.

Thats the obvious, i think we are all capable of knowing that a dog will run anywhere without boundaries. Im not blaming the dog, i love the sound of hounds. Its the irresponsible owners. Ive had a couple of choice words with some of theses guys. Nothing ticks me off more then seeing these guys walking on the street with shotguns and his buddies driving the roads, while i'm trying to walk my property with my young kids. Trying to teach them ethical hunting and them having to witness these idiots. Lets just say that the whole neighborhood must of heard me. Guy had the nerve to ask me who i was and was nasty, lets just say that was the last time he got loud and his buddy encouraged him to stay in his car. I know where he lives and the DEC has his info. To be honest i would probably give them permission if they asked and i knew when they were running the hounds. The guys this weekend was a different crew than the guys from last year, atleast these guys werent walking the roads. They were smart enough to stay in thier pickups and keep driving. I even got a wave...lol

Funny you mentioned this topic. By me the locals feel they dont need to ask permission, they just release the hounds. Just this past weekend i was up at camp prunning some apple trees that are set about 30 yards from the road and i hear hounds across the road on my neighbors property (mind you none of my neighbors gave these guys permisson) and then comes the locals in thier pickups cruising the roads. A coyote came running off my nieghbors property and crosses into my property not 10 yards from me hauling ass, then came the hounds 10 minutes behind him. The encounter was pretty neat, im just pissed that these guys feel they dont need to ask permission.

Wife made a killer meal tonight, homemade mac and cheese, asparagus and baby back ribs. Dessert is tiramisu. Man i"m stuffed.

Sorry for your loss.

Protein powder is fairly cheap, i purchased mine online a couple years back. From what im told it can also be bought at vitamin shops like GNC. I've had great results with the prague and protien powders.

Most all franks, kilbossa, deli cold cuts all contain nitrites. The cure i use in my soppresatta is prague powder # 1 along with using non iodized salt. I also use a dark red wine , protien powder (binding agent for the fat and meat) along with my many other spices. My mixture of meat is 55% ground pork and 45% ground venison. I dont use instacure 2 (which i assume is similar to the prague powder) and i dont use dextrose or bactoferm. Without the protien powder its difficult to get that marbling effect and you typically will see a seperation of the fat from the meat ( which i dont like).

Welcome to the forum....Live in Brooklyn, have my camp in Deleware county, hunt both Deleware and Otsego counties.

Screw you...lol

Getting hammered here in Brooklyn, thier talking 10-15" . TIme to start the snowblower. Seems like the city for last 2 years has been getting much more snow than upstate.

Wow, get well soon.

Thanks everyone. The Mrs. made me a very nice meal, rock crabs for starters, cavatelli with broccoli and beef tenderloin. My mother in law made me this wonderfull cake and the wife and kids got me this great pocket knife.

Thanks all. Gonna have a nice dinner at home with the family.

Real nice knife.

Just got done making italian sausauge, used 20 lbs venison and 25 lbs pork . So with this batch of fresh sausage and the soppresatta i made previously makes a total of 100lbs of sausauge. That's it for this year, im pooped...lol