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  1. 7 hours ago, fasteddie said:

    Back then , the best time to shoot a deer was around 9:30 - 10 am . Hunters would get up off their butts and head back to their vehicles to get some coffee or sandwich . That would get the deer moving . Lots of hunters in the woods . Also I don't recall ever seeing anyone with a backpack back in the 60's . 

    I would always be sure to be on my stand from 1000 am to 2:oo pm for that very reason....Hunters got cold and had to move...Or they heard a shot in the direction of thier buddy Joe and decided to check on him..Or they went back to the truck for lunch, etc....They moved a lot of deer and I shot my share around mid day on high traffic days like upening day first Saturday, and Thanksgiving Day...

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  2. Sitka blacktails were the next  target on my list  back when I was doing out of state hunts....

    Unfortunately, age and  $$$$  ran out before I made that hunt..

    They are supposedly the very best tasting venison of all the NA species..They also make beautiful  mounts because they have IMHO the prettiest capes of all the deer species...

     

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  3. Way to hammer em Lee  !!!!   Still running that Burrville Bomber  ??

    BTW....I want to tell you once again how much it meant to me to have you and Judy, Andrew, and Larry show up at Sis's service...

  4. I just watched it again...What a great depiction of  coming of age in the 1960s....  The little town  I grew up in was so similar, albeit on a smaller scale... Not a smart phone in sight, either...hehehehe..   We even had our semi- outlaw fraternity, " The Shifters".....Nearby Corning had two, The Viscounts and The Epicureans....

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  5. 49 minutes ago, fasteddie said:

    I have one of the Jon-e hand warmers in a cabinet in the garage . Those things would get real hot ands you could get a skin burn if not careful . The problem with them is they smelled like lighter fluid . 

    I got a significant burn on my leg from carrying one in my front pants pocket... glad it didn't shift a couple of inches to the left......

  6. On 2/13/2023 at 6:37 AM, airedale said:

    Back in those days not many folks had the luxury of owning a pickup truck, most just had a car of some kind. Deer were strapped to the fender or stuffed in the trunk if possible.

    I remember stuffing the Buck below into the rear of our late seventies new Ford Fiesta hatchback, man the wife was pissed.:O

    Al

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    Nice 'fro, bro....Hehehehe....  Back in the 70's my sister borrowed my truck for a couple of days and left me with her little two seater sports car...It was bow season, and of course I had to pick that time to kill a buck.. I had to call a buddy of mine to come with his truck and haul my deer home for  me.....

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  7. 14 hours ago, New York Hillbilly said:

    I was curious about the pigeon, because I had an uncle who talked about dove hunting and eating their breast meat. I wasn't sure if pigeon might be similar. I tried shooting pigeons once with a buddy many years ago, around his corn cribs. I couldn't hit a damned thing. lol. That's why I was so impressed with how many you got. Must be a pretty good shot!

    As Al said, doves and pigeons taste similar, but pigeons tend to be much tougher than doves...They are easy to clean,  just pull the skin off the breast and cut the breast away... One good way to do pigeons breasts is in a crockpot...A layer of breasts, a layer of sliced onions, salt and pepper...Then pour a cup or two of dry red wine  over the meat and cook it all day on low....It almost reminds me of roast beef....

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  8. Cool......Back in the  1970s a buddy and I  killed a bunch calling at night with an electronic caller that used 45 RPM records... Best night we ever had we shot 8....Rarely called a red into shotgun range, they seemed to be more wary than the greys....They would come to where  we could see thier eyes and squall, but seldom came within shotgun range...Greys were bringing $50 a pelt and reds were bringing $75....We killed a lot with a 20 gauge side by side and #4 shot, which was effective out to about 35 yards,  but when the prices went higher we used my Browning  A-5  3" mag to take advantage of those 40 and 50 yard shots...

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