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Although I’d rather be eating venison heart + eggs... you gotta eat what you have. Loaded egg taco.

I was out for 2 hours this morning... good temp, good wind, zero deer.

I finally broke down and ordered a doe decoy... that’s about the only hunting gimmick I didn’t have. Time will tell if I actually use it, and if it draws any bucks into bow range.

Fresh liver sliced thin, dusted with flour, then sautéed with onions is good. Throw those 2 on a sandwich with bacon and it’s great. At the end of the day it’s still liver, so it will have that metallic taste that turns a lot of people off.

Nothing wrong with keepin it local!

Eggplant rolls, chicken parm, salad and salt bread. Plus a Wegmans cookie cake to make it official.

Pulling out all the stops for tomorrow... Even our wine had a deer on it tonight.

It’s a non-issue... Buckle should’ve been reported to Department of Agriculture, not DEC.

Did you ask about the gloves?? It was like 70 degrees today!

Can’t blame my son anymore... there was a stud buck under my stand this morning while I was sleeping in, and assuming it was too hot for them to be on the move.

Ha! My plan is to put one of those guys on the nursery wall! But over the next week and a half... first buck who gives me a shot is getting an arrow. I’m not good enough to be picky.

Shake & bake chicken thighs @Bionicstyle!

If you have a baby, don’t check your cams after they are born. Especially not the Sunday morning after they are born and you are still at the hospital. You might resent them forever. Just kidding... great to see bucks on the move during the day.

I had the two button bucks circling my stand all night begging to be shot. Their mother was nowhere to be seen. They better smarten up before December or one of them is going in my freezer.

I don’t expect to see much tonight... but not hunting for a week would set a bad precedent with the wife.

Let my know if Amazon doesn’t come through, I’m sure I have extra. What’s the legality of lending x-bow bolts under the safe act??

Everything bagels with eggs, cheese, avocado and black pepper/brown sugar bacon from the smoker. Not a bad way to start the day. Working around the house for a few hours then hopefully sneaking out for a PM sit.

Awesome!!

What else comprised the Year of Biz? Baby born, personal best buck, and a SuperBowl win. Hmmm, one down, 2 to go!

First meal of the new baby vacation. Smoked rib roast with baked potato and @Bionic topper. I apologize in advance for the excessive dinner, beer, and (god-willing) harvest posts.

Bills win! Baby Jack is clearly a good luck charm.

Close! I cooked at 225 until it hit 120. Took it off to rest while the baked potatoes finished. It’s on high heat quick, then it’s dinner time.

This might be the first celebrity death that makes me sad. Iv watched Jeopardy since I was 6-7 year old. RIP

My father-in-law congratulated me with a case of beer and a chunk of beef. How do I cook it?? I’m thinking like prime rib. Hot first, then low and slow. It’s a 3lb bone in rib roast. I’m gonna do 10 min at 450 then turn it down to... ??

Update... his name is John Michael and he’ll go by “Jack” just like his grandfather and 93 year old great-grandfather. We didn’t know the gender so that’s the surprise. Labor escalated really fast, and even though Im sure I could’ve delivered on the side of the road... I’m extremely happy I didn’t have to. Mom is a champ and is doing great. All the staff at Highland were amazing, and we only had to stay there 24 hours. I work at Strong Hospital and it’s always a strange feeling being on the patient end of things. I couldn’t be more happy and proud. This little guy better be a hunter, because he’s now heir to 2 nice properties and enough guns to arm a small country. Thanks for all the positive thoughts! Now GO BILLS and go kill some deer for me!!