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Maybe that pack of tenderloins was mislabeled? Who knows.....nice moon tonight!

Well the meat was excellent. The girls loved it and so did I. Very tender and mild tasting. A+

My neighbors camp does that they are from Maryland.

I agree but the travel distance back and forth and the time it takes limits me from doing it. We have processed plenty of deer in the past. 9:00 they go on the grill if I post happy faces all good!

So my daughter is home from college so I thought I would make "inside tenderloin" tonight. I'm only posting this because the first tenderloin was not so tender! lol Here is the meat on a 12" plate. Look like the right cut? Sure looks it. Talking about packages of meat mis marked and all has me suspicious. 2.5 year old buck Steuben county.

Just saw his brother anybody said he is doing fine. His sister somebody baked him a cake! Happy birthday!

Have a great day!

Got it and thanks a whole bunch!

So don't put the drain by the house? Get it up behind trees in that ditch and daylight it out on leftside towards road?

back of cabin

slope towards the road slightly left. Not sure on soil. I believe clay. When the place was built the builder asked for some of the top soil and said underneath is clay.

So the line came up about 3/4 inch last year and 1.5 inches this year. I'm hoping the line didn't break. The area of the frost heave is an area where the water drains towards. Property wasn't graded properly when the cabin was built 11 years ago. I like the idea of the insulated board over the pipe.

There is a ditch there. It is always wet.

Question to you guys. I included a picture here. So I get the frost heave in the back of the cabin by the bathroom. I would imagine I put the french drain about 18" down 2' off the back of the cabin? This sound correct? Also I dig trench, lay fabric soil separator, put in some stone then pipe covered in the soil separator sock back fill with more stone. Tuck both ends of fabric and back fill some more. Does the top of the trench stay gravel or do you put a layer of topsoil back in?

We have seen fawns during the January shot gun season down here on the Island with spots. Then again there is so much shit in the drinking water......lol

Wow what a great love story. Thank you for sharing it just made my day! My parents were married for 65 years when dad passed last August. Mom is still with us. God Bless!

I thought they changed that law to allow sunday hunting? I even texted my buddy who has a camp there that they changed it. here it is: Modifications proposed for the 2019-20 seasons include: moving the opening day of the firearms deer season to the Saturday following Thanksgiving, creating an 13-day season that includes three Saturdays; *Sorry it was prelim info. Just the date change no sunday hunting allowed.

Out of likes thank you so much! Built a deck with my brother and had Lamb shank by my wife and a custom cake by my daughter for dinner! Life is good........

Sister and Brother in law won a contest. This was their day!

Sorry for your loss.

I'm a bit disappointed in the meat this year. 2.5 year old buck. Had the inside tenderloins tonight and they were like a regular cut of steak. On the grill 3 minutes each side. A bit tough but still good. Maybe I got back someone else's deer! lol Back to shooting young does and button bucks next year! lol

and the Blowfish????

Back in the day......OMG I'm dating myself, I went to this elderly gentlemen's house and listened to his deer hunting stories. After an hour and a half he gave us our certificate. I swear to this day I have done everything by the book and never shot anyone! lol This was 40 years ago life was just so much simpler then.

Great article I really liked it. My daughters who have really never hunted ask me what it's like out there. I started them too late, theater soccer it all got in the way. One kid that came to the cabin at 14 is now hunting elk out west. I mentored him for two years. He shot his first deer on his first day of a deer hunt with a bow. He had come back for a few years and harvested a buck. Then went off to college. He will be back for a hunt I'm sure. I just love knowing he is doing more for our sport being 22 years old and hunting elk in the midwest. Sure I gave up stand time to be with him but it was all worth it in the end. I can honestly say that when I retire to my hunt camp in a few years I would hope to find a young hunter wanting to be mentored in the sport.

Could be if you like!