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A pile of smoked wings while watching my birds kick Pitts ass! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just bummed that they were out of their Riot IPA[emoji22] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just take a trip south and pop a couple piggies. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

About my least fav part of a deer. It goes into trim for burger for me. There is someone on this site who promises to swap me the loins outa his deer for the ribs outa mine cause they are the best part!! yik. Im sure he will tell you how good they are!!

My brother made a stop at the Alchemist last week. He promised me some soon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I find 10/31-11/14 to be the most active. I take every Friday off in November but I hunt every day anyhow at least one watch!

Yea my WR Fuller got me junk! Houston looked incompetent at best. Brady is very replaceable in Belicheats system.

I feel everyone who shoots and eats deer should at least do it a couple times. You should have that experience and it helps you understand what you should be seeing if someone does one for you. In the old days we cut them all up ourselves. I remember packaging venison well before I hit double digits in age. I have done a couple by myself and it takes me a long ass time compared to someone who does it a lot. With all the other things I have going on and I would rather be hunting so I take them to the butcher. But I would only do this if you have a kick ass butcher. Too many hacks out there. Oh and boneless is the ONLY way to go.

Unfortunately I did not have extra to can this year. I usually can a couple batches and it is some of the best eating there is. I cold pack as well and salt and mostly pints as well. I warm up with a can of mushroom gravy and some mushrooms and serve over noodles.

We use a scale on all our deer. It is not an expensive one and we calibrate it before and after to make sure the readings are pretty accurate. I like to figure out what age classes average in the areas we hunt. How the averages change over time and what may be the cause......It also makes you a lot better judge of what deer weigh by looking at them. And you can figure out what you should yield in meat.

Super, good luck to him and you!!

Core I am thinking the same thing. This would be a super easy way to get caught for the clerk. They know exactly who did the transaction. I ALWAYS make sure to watch the register and I hate /avoid stores where I can not see each price. I also check my receipt before I leave the store.

I think I tired him out! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Gotta love the loons. https://vimeo.com/183330624 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My son and I got a real short trip out up in the Cedar River Flow this weekend to scout out a possible tent camp for deer. Soccer really limited our choices so we left Sat afternoon and drove 3+ hours, canoed maybe 2 miles. We have never been here so I had a primitive site in mind off the map that we located and set up camp in a light rain. It was not much of a site but we were low on time and unfamiliar with the area. It did stop to enjoy dinner and a fire for a while. We hit the sack and it rained all night. It let up in the am and the woods around the site were just too thick. We decided to eat, pack up and explore. A ways down we found a perfect site on a point and hiked/ scouted for a couple hours and saw some nice country. We then canoed explored some more before heading out. I think we canoed 4-5 miles. homemade smoked Canadian bacon and eggs Bald Eagle Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The season is rushing up on us. This summer has been so hot I am behind on my "to do" list but looking at the weather coming up I will be doing it mid day during October when it's 80 out. The plan this season is to get one early for me and stay away from the southern half of my property which I am saving for my sons' first deer hunts on youth weekend and then he will hunt crossbow last two weeks of bow. I want him to get some experience with those first before he goes compound. I am really excited he is old enough to deer hunt! Right now it looks like I may have lost my neighbors property which really hurts. So my season may end up a bit more public this year. And the look for a lease or land moved up a notch. I've got no special hunts planned. I did not draw Vermont moose yet and we have been collecting preference points to do the GA gator hunt next year.

I use a backpack most of the time since I stand hunt most of the time. I like some others don't need my pockets all jammed with stuff. Plus I strap to it layers walking in to stand, drink, connect strap, snacks, binocs, scents, folding saw, drag strap, rattling equip........... I am a big Badlands fan. They are expensive but a 100% lifetime guarantee does it for me.

Mossberg 500 12g Ithaca Deerslayer 20g Marlin 30-30 Remington 710 7mm mag TC Triumph 50 cal ML Compound Bear Whitetail II Compound Diamond Marquis Crossbow Mission Sniper

Burr Oak I believe.

Up in the Dack's 200 is the bench mark for a Big buck. I have seen a few scaled in the 200-215 range and one in the 230s. Personally myself the biggest was 186 dressed weighed by the DEC shot in bow season SZ near Syracuse. The thing that struck me was how tall that buck was. Also barely any fat he was shot the day before gun. Back then you had to get a new tag in person so I missed opening day Monday morning downtown at the DEC office getting a new tag.

Second to last venison loin left. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That is 100% mountain lion!! There you knew someone was going to do it!

I usually have them all cleaned out by now. Need to clean out all the sticks that fall over the year so I can ease in the dark quietly. During season I may now the one trail be find the house to some stands mid day when it's 80 out. I do that a few times year around and no issues. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ah heck lets go trifecta Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ok I'll have one of those too I deserve it!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk