I'm not quite 50, but lots of those stories I remember having to do when I was a youngster as well. The open oven door, the wood stove heat that was either colder than ice or hotter than blazes. Wet shoes/liners/hats/gloves lined up under the wood stove to dry and coats hanging along side...
Will it kill a deer? Yep! Is it the best option? Nope! Frontal shots regardless of weapon used, normally result in the gut cavity being perforated and many times the bullet or arrow ends up in the hams. Field dressing gut shot deer is distasteful to say the least and marinading the meat in...
While stationed in Jacksonville Fl, the biggest concern with respect to a dog was the dog carrying sand and salt water into the car and destroying the interior. Dogs tend to taste the water and then leave it be. Call it instinct or whatever, but I've never seen a dog quench it's thirst in the...
You better be careful there Guy. You're dangerously close to losing your bungee cord sponsorship. They seem to be conspicuously absent in your list of possible attachment items.
I think that stuff works too good as evidenced by the numerous melt marks and holes I've seen on many of these types of clothing items. I'd probably spring 79 bones for a water/wind proof jacket, but for the most part I'll stick with my carhartts. They go through buckbrush, cattails, trees...
Made a deer stand out of a semi sleeper and it was a HEAVY buggar. Much of the floor supports, at least in the one we used, was made of steel. The fiberglass in the walls and ceiling isn't the lightest either. We used 5/8ths inch plywood to cover the big opening, make a door, and put in a...
Some light rut activity this weekend, but the bucks are still tolerating each other. My bow hunter took a tank 5 1/2 yo 9 pointer that was only a couple of feet from two smaller 8 pointers when he was shot. Very little posturing, chasing, or other peak rut activity observed, but he did hear...
Early and Late Ice is fickle, can change quickly, and can be downright life threatening at times. No fish is worth getting wet for IMO. If you venture out, use your head, a spud bar, and enough safety equipment to get you back safe. Be Smart and Stay Safe!!!
Give Mama KDM a call. She's about the most frugal and efficient vac pac operator I know. She's got thousands of pounds of wild game packaging under her belt. I'm sure she'll have some tips and tricks she's learned over the years she could share with you.
It might be a good idea to include the option of spearing. I don't have much interest in chasing flags on DL, but have a spear shak set up and I'd be right interested in doing some spear slinging in DL. It would be fun to be able to have a buddy sit opposite me at a spear hole so we each could...
This floor of this blind is 10-12 ft off the ground. When I was sitting up straight, the top of the window was about 4-6 inches below my chin. To be comfortable when I was sitting, I could see a strip of ground between 15 and 30 yards from the blind. To see any farther, I had to duck my head...