Arcade Hunter

True that Nomad... I like to get an early start when I can something, or do as much prep work the evening before.

Do some research on the canner that you would lke to try.... I settled on the Presto (23 or 27 QT) dont remember off hand the exact size, but its the big one. I did a trial run with butternut squash to figure out the ins and outs etc. I also bought a few extra racks for double layering the jars... Presto doesnt give you an extra. Grab yourself a Ball Blue Book too. Ball aligns with USDA pressures and processing times which have been tested for food safety. You cannot can with an insta pot but they are awesome for cooking roasts and veggies etc. I use mine often especially if I am strapped for time. The old standby crock pot will be used if I am going to be home all day... Ill start a roast in there at 10 am or so and eat at 6.

I have always wanted to make venison bone broth... if I do ill surly post up some pics.

It takes a little practice for sure. Ive got it down to a science on my kitchen stove... I use the smallest burner. Once it gets up to pressure, it hardly requires a flame to keep it there

Good luck Dan! Cant wait for some more updates!

lol... Todays modern pressure cookers are very safe to use and usually have redundant safty reliefs and a lid lock. You dont want to attempt to open it under pressure and the lock prevents that. You do have to sit with it to monitor the pressure however. If you drop pressure in the canner to below your target (USDA determined as per your altitude) you have to reset your processing timer and start over.

Jay...Ill hook you up with a sample jar. You will thank me

If you havnt tried it before, you dont know what you are missing....

9F will likely have extras also

Happy birthday

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

2022 Journal.. Early doe season Plagued with back issues so I couldnt attemp to go out until Thursday after work. Thursday evening about 7 PM.. took a lob shot at a big 8G doe and needless to say, complete miss. Kicked up a buck a little later on. Friday evening, hunted the same field, just a different side of it due to the wind. I was tucked in behind thick brush to help conceal me. About 7:15 or so a doe pops out of the hedgrow about 30 yards upwind of me. I cocked the hammer on my CVA Wolf and didnt that deer hear the "click". Now she's looking right at me and takes off. I saw 2 big bucks at the opposite side of the field also. Saturday morning I met my son in law there... he was already in place along a field edge deeper in property. With the back issues I have been hunting very near the parking access due to it being very difficult for me to walk. I got a text from SIL and he said he was pinned down by 2 doe that just stepped out into the field... too far for him to shoot at. I told him to drop a pin and made the grueling walk back. On the way in I caught sight of a bedded buck's antlers and saw a big doe grazing, well out of shot range. I worked my way to a spot where I could see the 2 doe in the field but I was still too far for a shot so i kept creeping closer till i was close enough according to the pin he sent.....and they had slipped back into the woods by the time I got there. Saturday evening I went to a closer to access parking spot, I had nothing in range but saw 4 deer before closing time, I believe they were all does. Untill OCT 1st..........

Great video Brian.

Ive been going to Newstead town hall in Akron the last couple years. Theres never a line to wait in and they are very good at this. They go to lunch from noon till one so no one is there then... Ill go around 11 am

Im pretty sure I got that out of my system lol

@wolc123 Is the Buck and Doe shop open for the early doe hunt? I know MJ Acres in Bennington is taking deer now . Good luck with the rest of your season!

Happy birthday!

I never thought I would either but the opertunity presented itself. It was great to be out there for sure!

First time out this season was last night... less that 60 minutes of legal left and a big doe steps out in the field in front of me at 200 yds. Watched her for quite a while and the closest she would come in was 170 YDS.. took a shot with the muzzy free hand... a clean miss. Ill be getting shooting sticks soon. I generly am not in a long shot position like that where I hunt but I had to try. It was great to get out

Indeed you have. You will enjoy this one

Happy birthday folks

Thats a darn shame. There are folks that would love to have the meat, Myself included.

too bad you cant take a bear in CT. I wonder what the reasoning for that is... seem like there are too many of them