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Ooo...that skillet looks fantastic. I should have taken a photo of this in the skillet...deer filet marinated and wrapped in bacon...slow cooked in oven and finished on grill.
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Managed to beat the rain yesterday morning for a quick hunt in one of the local WMAs. Maiden voyage and first shot for a 1970 vintage Darne V21 I just acquired. We weren't there for a half hour before this rabbit bolts behind the dog--wish I could brag on Gilley here, but he flat missed that rabbit. That's just as well since he's not steady to flush, and I'd likely have had no shot otherwise. He at least got a retieve out of the deal and the chance to try bolting down the offal when I field dressed Bugs. Had to pry his little jaws open to make him disgorge that mess. Based on the photo, he's happy to take full credit. Our hunt was cut short after just one shot when the RST shells I was using jammed the gun shut! I'll describe that in a different post. [/URL] [/URL]
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Ooo...that skillet looks fantastic. I should have taken a photo of this in the skillet...deer filet marinated and wrapped in bacon...slow cooked in oven and finished on grill. Maybe a new thread to tide folks over until the next hunting season would be a wild game food thread. Recipes with them would be even better.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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Bill, nice looking gun and pooch. Gilley looks quite pleased with himself. Gil
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Thanks, Gil. Yes, he's in his element and just got to actually carry a rabbit rather than just chase it! BW
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Final day of this year's duck season down here. I hunted with my number 3 son Trent on my favorite local pond this afternoon in the rain. Not much there today but we got a hen Ringneck and Trent shot a hen merganser after I pulled off of it. Stella the lab retrieved both birds. Nice way to end it.
No telling how many duck seasons I've ended just the same way and in the very same pond. I spotted about 10 blackjacks, four bluewings which did not offer a shot, and a small flight of ruddies. Also had a Bald Eagle watching proceedings from a pond-side tree top...Geo
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Never hunted wild chukars? Just a walk in the park if you've got a death wish. Besides what you see there is an abundance of all sorts of sticky bitey things, including rattlesnakes. This is from several years ago along the Snake River (Hells Canyon) in Idaho. In many places with one misstep a feller would have ended up as fish bait. What fun! Two of my hunting buds can be seen in blue shirts. And folks, that picture is looking straight up and a long way! I believe Hells Canyon is the deepest canyon in the U.S. Joe, Great pic. A little late, but I found it scrolling back a few days. I have to say, I never wanted a bird, or, for that matter, a mess of birds, that bad. Hope you keep your feet under your backside out there. I can manage to fall on perfectly flat snow covered ground from time to time. You won't run into me there, anytime soon, I can promise you. Best, Ted
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Last week I took some time to travel to some old hunting grounds. It is good to know time does not displace all things. Ithaca Lewis, Qlty 1, 16ga, 26". Still working as advertised.
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The SC woodcock season closes out tomorrow. Our season closed out today. We had waited until today as the temps were down from yesterday, but unfortunately, the cold front arrived windy which gave the dogs fits. We hunted my Abby and Willa and Floyd's Pop and Sadie. We normally don't hunt 4 dogs, but since it was the last day for us, we gave it to the dogs. I can imagine the panic of the woodcock, twittering "The Britts are coming." The wind gave the birds the advantage. We hunted private property near Floyd's which is less than 10 miles from where I live. We hunted here 15 days ago and found a dozen birds in a little over an hour. Today we found 5 birds, all wild flushes without a single point. We managed one bird. The area is threaded by a Tupelo swamp and is well known in this area as it goes on for miles across many property lines. Here's a photo of the swamp. Note the swelled butts of the tree trunks. The Tupelo "butt swell" was prized by old time Louisiana duck decoy carvers as it could be carved green without checking. It is also the wood preferred by Floyd for carving his bird carvings. He prefers to let it dry before carving. He harvests the wood from this swamp. Not only is Tupelo a preferred wood for carving, the tree produces blossoms loaded with nectar which attracts honey bees. Tupelo honey is the gold standard of which all other honeys are judged. There was a reason Van Morrison's song, Tupelo Honey, contained the line "she's as sweet as Tupelo honey." The landowner's hives (called "gums" by old timers locally) are under this live oak which is a rock throw from the swamp behind the photographer. I only had one other in range opportunity besides this bird. Those who shoot the Ideal will understand the befuddled panic in attempting to take the safety off these guns on an unexpected flush. I had one such flush today. Abby had found a bird a 100 yards out. It must have flown before I could get within 50 yards of Abby judging from my Fenix 3. Assuming it was the same bird, I suspect it landed between us and I almost stepped on it. The safety flummoxed me. After decades of shooting a tang safety, the Ideal's "off safety" direction operates in the opposite direction of a top mounted safety. Below is a photo of the habitat surrounding the swamp. No rivercane, but plenty of saplings. I imagine this looks like some of the habitat in the north. Well, to book end the woodcock season, I can't think of anything more fitting than a photo of one of Floyd's woodcock carvings, carved not only from Tupelo, but as sweet looking as tupelo honey.
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GLS, Looks like you had a fine end to the season. That swamp certainly looks absolutely unforgiving. Although we have some in Michigan that can make for good woodcock hunting, I make it a habit to only skirt the edges far clear of the swamps. The woodcock carving looks beautiful. Karl
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