Outdoorsman Thread

[Dinadan]

Thanks for the info about the onions, Colonel.

Very cool photos from your walk, JMH.

[jmh58]

Thank You Garry, John and Mel.
John

[TPK]

Nice critter pictures guys.

Does outdoor cooking qualify for the Outdoorsman thread? My brother and his wife raised chickens and had them butchered recently, so I decided to fry a whole one up in the turkey cooker with some wings. 6 lb bird cooked at 325° for 30 minutes, did the wings for 15 minutes. Dry rubbed the chicken and wings prior to frying, turned out deliciously perfect. Crispy skin and moist on the inside.

Hmmmm! Looks delicious!

[cudgee]

Beautiful wander and a lovely one to wander with.

Thank You Floyd!! She is the best!!
John

You are a lucky man.

[cudgee]

Nice critter pictures guys.

Does outdoor cooking qualify for the Outdoorsman thread? My brother and his wife raised chickens and had them butchered recently, so I decided to fry a whole one up in the turkey cooker with some wings. 6 lb bird cooked at 325° for 30 minutes, did the wings for 15 minutes. Dry rubbed the chicken and wings prior to frying, turned out deliciously perfect. Crispy skin and moist on the inside.

Looks sensational. . Post it on the unofficial AAPK cookbook as well.

[Colonel26]

Nice critter pictures guys.

Does outdoor cooking qualify for the Outdoorsman thread? My brother and his wife raised chickens and had them butchered recently, so I decided to fry a whole one up in the turkey cooker with some wings. 6 lb bird cooked at 325° for 30 minutes, did the wings for 15 minutes. Dry rubbed the chicken and wings prior to frying, turned out deliciously perfect. Crispy skin and moist on the inside.

Awesome! Looks real good. Those turkey fryers are wonderful. They do real good catfish and shrimp boil too!

[Colonel26]

Wonderful pics John!!

[1967redrider]

Will do, cudgee.


They do a mean Low Country Boil too, Colonel, and since it's just boiling water I'm not on edge.

[jmh58]

Beautiful wander and a lovely one to wander with.

Thank You Floyd!! She is the best!!
John

You are a lucky man.

Yes I am.
John

[jmh58]

Wonderful pics John!!

Thank You Wade.
John

[luckydog64]

Nice pictures JMH. Fire towers use to be pretty common. Rare to find one still standing now a days. Have lot of memories of climbing them. Bear sightings are getting to be a regular thing around here Quick Steel. Hunting with dogs is most popular way. Only certain dog breeds are allowed.

[jmh58]

Nice pictures JMH. Fire towers use to be pretty common. Rare to find one still standing now a days. Have lot of memories of climbing them. Bear sightings are getting to be a regular thing around here Quick Steel. Hunting with dogs is most popular way. Only certain dog breeds are allowed.

Thank You!! Was a little windy when we were up there.. We have a couple around here that people can climb and view to area.. Kinda Kool !!
John

[Samb]

Nice pictures JMH. Fire towers use to be pretty common. Rare to find one still standing now a days. Have lot of memories of climbing them. Bear sightings are getting to be a regular thing around here Quick Steel. Hunting with dogs is most popular way. Only certain dog breeds are allowed.

What breeds are allowed?

[luckydog64]

section 10 has list of dogs. https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Law/KAR ... Form=&.pdf

[Unk]

Anyone else seeing a lot of snakes this year? My friend / neighbor has killed 4 copperheads this month. My dog was bitten by a copperhead Sunday night (he is fine now). I have been searching the backyard with a spotlight every evening since Sunday, and saw a 5 ft rattler last night (he got into the bushes before I could get him) and killed a copperhead last night and again tonight. Also had saw two rat snakes in the last week, but let them go.

[cudgee]

Anyone else seeing a lot of snakes this year? My friend / neighbor has killed 4 copperheads this month. My dog was bitten by a copperhead Sunday night (he is fine now). I have been searching the backyard with a spotlight every evening since Sunday, and saw a 5 ft rattler last night (he got into the bushes before I could get him) and killed a copperhead last night and again tonight. Also had saw two rat snakes in the last week, but let them go.

Why do you think there is a lot of snakes around this year ???

[doglegg]

Yikes!!! Unk, Weatherford is proving to be the snake capital of Texas!!!

[Unk]

Anyone else seeing a lot of snakes this year? My friend / neighbor has killed 4 copperheads this month. My dog was bitten by a copperhead Sunday night (he is fine now). I have been searching the backyard with a spotlight every evening since Sunday, and saw a 5 ft rattler last night (he got into the bushes before I could get him) and killed a copperhead last night and again tonight. Also had saw two rat snakes in the last week, but let them go.

Why do you think there is a lot of snakes around this year ???

Hi Cudgee

I don't have any idea. It just seems they are worse some years than others. I had a friend down in Magnolia that was bitten on the foot by a copperhead last month. He spent the night in the hospital and sent him home in the morning. All they did was observe him.

The copperhead on the left in the pic bit my friend last night on the finger. His hand is all swollen up today to about his mid-fore arm. He didn't go to the doctor, but he did stay home from work today.

[cudgee]

Anyone else seeing a lot of snakes this year? My friend / neighbor has killed 4 copperheads this month. My dog was bitten by a copperhead Sunday night (he is fine now). I have been searching the backyard with a spotlight every evening since Sunday, and saw a 5 ft rattler last night (he got into the bushes before I could get him) and killed a copperhead last night and again tonight. Also had saw two rat snakes in the last week, but let them go.

Why do you think there is a lot of snakes around this year ???

Hi Cudgee

I don't have any idea. It just seems they are worse some years than others. I had a friend down in Magnolia that was bitten on the foot by a copperhead last month. He spent the night in the hospital and sent him home in the morning. All they did was observe him.

The copperhead on the left in the pic bit my friend last night on the finger. His hand is all swollen up today to about his mid-fore arm. He didn't go to the doctor, but he did stay home from work today.

Thanks mate, you watch where you step and stay safe, and keep an eye on the dogs. Don't want to be morbid, but over here the biggest cause of dog death is snake bite.

[Unk]

Lol, killed another one tonight - the one on the middle. That's 3 consecutive nights! We are really watching our step around here after dark. They seem to come out around 9:30 - 10 pm.

[Unk]

Well, we had a dry spell on Saturday and Sunday - didn't see any copperheads. I guess the snakes took the weekend off. But I was walking over to my truck this evening and found one coiled up under the carport right by my door. Then later we found a small one on the front porch of the shop. That's 5 copperheads in 6 nights.

I skinned the one by my truck. And I am finishing up another skin with some glycerin. I may attach the skins to some leather backing and make some handles for my walking sticks.

My buddy's hand is all healed up from the bite last Thursday - just a couple of blood blisters where the fangs got him. We shot 100 rounds of sporting clays yesterday, and his hand was fine. In fact, he beat me.

[1967redrider]

A girl at work got bit by a Copperhead in her driveway at night 2 years ago on the ankle, I think she stepped on it getting out of her car. She was fine after a trip to the hospital, but she says snakes still hang around in her area at night.

[jmh58]

Found this guy on the trail with us yesterday!!
John

[tongueriver]

I used to fool around with snakes when I was a kid but any more they give me the creeps. About 30 years ago our little family was unloading the car at a pleasant boondocks site along a river I know about (the Tongue River, oddly enough). The dog was eager to start messing around in the bushes, of course. The next thing I knew I was watching a big bull snake licking my dog's nose, and then, believe it or not the dog licked the snake's nose. They both thought that was good enough and went their separate ways. True story.

Meanwhile, the real reason I came here was to ask for recommendations to buy a ferro rod (I think they call them). I have never used one but would like to give it a try. Thanks!

[Dan In MI]

Meanwhile, the real reason I came here was to ask for recommendations to buy a ferro rod (I think they call them). I have never used one but would like to give it a try.

You reminded me that I need to test mine out. Mine is a little bitty thing from Wazoo Survival Gear:

https://wazoosurvivalgear.com/collectio ... -with-hole

Wazoo also offers them in a toggle configuration and with no holes at all. A ceramic scraper is available, too. They seem to have placed compact size and easy concealment very high on the priority list, so I'd suggest attaching a ring and/or lanyard to it if you go that route. Hopefully I'll be able to give feedback on its performance soon.