Grouse

I don’t know what venison flavored whiskey would taste like but I want to try it.

Elon Musk produced this documentary and put it on X for anyone to see. Society isn't trying to get kids to enjoy wholesome activities like hunting.

Moose hunters pose with their rifles & bull. Ontario, Canada circa 1930.

"I grew up deer hunting with no trail camera or cellphone. I climbed up in a wooden ladder stand or you sit on the ground with your back against the tree. You shot the first buck you seen , be it a spike or 8 point. There was no ”target buck”. No social media shaming. You drug it out by hand unless you were rich enough to afford a 3 wheeler. You took it usually to a country store and checked it in. Always some old hunters gathered around the tailgate congratulating you. Those were some of the best days I ever had hunting! I feel sorry for the people who will never experience this." That's how it was when I started in 1970. It was a magical time to be a deer hunter. You were lucky to get ANY buck, and a big one was a miracle. Yet we always looked forward to going deer hunting, even when we only got to go 2 days a year, the opener on Monday and the last day on Saturday. Our stands were all wood and only about 10 feet in the tree. Blaze orange was cool. We carried one knife and it was a fixed blade on your belt. We sat through some really cold and wet weather and never thought about quitting. I miss those days and the young, strong body of my youth.

More damning evidence has emerged surrounding Hunter Biden's illegal purchase of a firearm. Both images and text messages from his iPhone show that just days prior to his purchasing of the gun, on October 12, 2018, Hunter was purchasing illicit drugs. According to a DOJ filing: "The defendant took photos of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia on his phone. Also prior to his gun purchase, the defendant routinely sent messages about purchasing drugs." It further notes that Hunter "messaged his girlfriend about meeting a drug dealer and smoking crack" the day after the gun purchase. Furthermore, Hunter admitted to his then-girlfriend that he was "an addict." This evidence proves that Hunter lied when filling out a background check to purchase the firearm. Usually, Joe Biden wants to, er, crack down on such crimes. Not this time.

Thanks for that info. That is a big grouse too. I've seen many big ones in the ADK.

Ragged Lake, Maine circa 1887

The Hur report points out multiple violations of the law that are felonies and should be prosecuted but tries to excuse those crimes as insignificant and unworthy of trial because no jury would convict on the basis of incompetence. Hur points out the crimes and then states what defense would be used to avoid conviction. That is literally unheard of in the history of US law! The whole report is a coverup. More proof of how corrupt this administration and Democrats really are. Then to say the president is too much of a doddering old fool to be convicted, playing on the bleeding hearts of Democrat voters, actually admits the 25th Amendment must be used to get him out of office. But if the GOP tries to do that, the leftists will fight it. The simple truth is, voting for ANY Democrat is a vote for your own demise. They are going to start WWIII and get us all nuked.

An old hunter and his dog in Mason County, Kentucky, 1890.

A hunting party and their boat on Lake of the Woods, MN circa 1913