New York Hillbilly

For the sixth attempt, and now from my phone. Thank you fellas for the birthday wishes! : ) I just got a new computer the other day for my birthday and it worked great until tonight. Something went nuts with it so I’ll have to make an appointment with the IT people. Go figure! After 13 years with my old one, I finally updated and now this. Urghhh! Thanks for remembering me! NYH

Happy Birthday belated!

Happy St Patricks Day !

Happy Birthday.

Holy $H!T! Thanks a lot! In my almost 50 years of hunting, I never did like going to or leaving my stand in the dark. You just cured me for good. I now think I will officially join the 10am until 2PM hunting crowd! lol

Great catch. Look at the size of those perch!

Its not limited to Alexa and your cell phone. Our computers and televisions these days also have applications that need to be disabled or they do the same monitoring. They track and collect information on you to target advertising specific to you, and to sell to others. I have even heard the refrigerators and other appliances that have Bluetooth/Wifi/Smartphone connections have the same tracking capability. Spooky crap to be sure! Hello China!

Happy Birthday!

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I’ve never done or eaten deer tongue, only lamb and beef. If I had a bunch of them I would give it a whirl.

As a youngster, I used to love it when my grandmother made pickled cow tongue. It was almost impossible for me to wait the time frame recommended before you eat it. I guess it's a old timey type thing. And, other than on this site where people pickle heart, I don't know of anyone else who makes or eats pickled meats. They also used to sell lamb tongue in small jars in the supermarkets from time to time, and I loved them. You can't find the lamb tongue anywhere these days, not even online. My kids used to crack up laughing and get all silly yelling, "gross Dad" , as I teased them with a lamb tongue hanging out of my mouth. lol

Used a slightly modified version of Wolc deer heart recipe to do cow tongue. Looking forward to eating it after a week or 10 days.

Holy smoke! Isn't that Corporal Klinger and Colonel Potter?

lol Good! The plastic coated one's make lousy toilet paper!

Maybe he was just helping out gray squirrels identify as red squirrels!

I never excepted the PM to jump ship when the exodus occurred. While it bummed me out to see some leave, I was glad to see the arrogant, name calling, self proclaimed medical and political experts hit the road. While me and my family were under enormous pressure taking care of patients, and with me working away from home on the front line taking care of veterans with serious mental health and medical needs the entire "The War on Covid", I had to listen to many sitting home on their asses getting paid spew their hatred, ignorance, and venom. And, when one went so far as to personally attack me and reference me as a Nazi when I expressed my American patriotism and I did not jump on the hey I'm a Ukrainian bandwagon, I knew I had enough. Again, one only need go back and read the old posts to see which members were in the end on the side of things that turned out to be correct. I have no ill will for many who left, but I must be honest and say there were several who I feel were, or at least tried to be, the real destruction of this site and I am glad they left. In the end, I think they failed at that mission to bring this site down and some can't let it go. I hope the one's who got it all wrong and now share personal responsibility for voting for this world mess, have a shred of integrity and can look into their kids and grand kids eyes and say I'm sorry. But I doubt it! Where you and I differ FS, and that's ok, we just seem to see things differently in this regard. I do enjoy hearing about people shooting squirrels, rabbits, big and little deer, how to pickle heart, how the garden is doing, etc. I even like to hear when people "saw 9 deer tonight with two being small bucks not big enough to shoot". I like to hear about all kinds of things related to the outdoors from people who like to share their thoughts and experiences. There were a couple people that left who I really admired with their skills at making venison sausage and such, and would have loved to have learned from them. I'm still working full time at my age in a very hectic, challenging, physically and emotionally draining profession, and my time to be in the field is limited, so I do enjoy getting the connection even through the eyes of others. I don't have anyone to hunt with anymore since all grew up and moved away or died. So the deer camp experience I enjoyed, for me is gone. Young or old, I'm happy as can be for someone when they shoot a doe, a spike, or a huge rack buck, because to me it's all good. If someone has the lifestyle that allows them to be able to spend lots of money and time locating a big buck, and access to the property, and they can grit it out and kill the deer, I would high five them. I would high five and congratulate you FS! But, I suspect most people don't have the good fortune of endless free time and money even if they have the skill set to accomplish the same thing. So, I high five and congratulate anyone who has a successful hunt and a smile on their face. : ) P.S. I have several really nice bucks mounted from my younger days, as well as a full bear mount, bear rug, a bunch of racks and hides all gathering dust on the walls of my garage. They mean nothing to anyone other than me and when I die will probably just get tossed. Just like money, they say you can't take it with you. But I'm hoping I will be able to take my memories. And you know what? My favorite deer memory was my first deer taken, a spike horn, with a Robinhood Little John bow, and my retired Army Major uncle lifelong hunting partner, now long gone, putting his finger in the blood and streaking it on my face as a ritual, and the look of pride on his face. That's my favorite hunting memory, not any of the wall hangers in my garage.

Get ready for the trolls people! Just watch how many of the pot stirrers start showing up here again.

Wow! What a monster!

What a sideshow!

I gave permission for a fella at work for him and his buddies to hunt my property with their hounds this weekend to run coyotes. I told him I brush hogged much of the fields, so they should be able to get decent shooting, and I left my gate open so they can have easier access. He was appreciative, said thank you, and said he would let me know if they are successful. Fingers crossed they take a few out!

Feral cat! Lol

Happy Birthday belated!

When I’m in Alaska it’s crab for me, followed by salmon, cod baskets from Rocky’s in Kasilof, and then halibut. In NY it’s perch fry’s in Ogdensburg, NY. I also like native trout (not stockies) , and Springtime bullheads.

Agree!

I would not have liked that when the teeth thing happened. Lol. I’ve seen them scoot up a tree in no time flat hunting squirrels.