Outdoorsman Thread

[Quick Steel]

Those kabobs are to die for. Mmmm!

[Ivoryman]

DFW to SEA to ANK
Here are a few aerial pic's,
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Great shots my friend. I was enjoying looking them over. Then I realized that your shot of Century Link Field dates it. Not Century Link anymore, it's called Lumen Field. That's practically my back yard. Great seeing the neighborhood from the air. Thanks for the nice shots. You did well from the tiny little plane window.

[1967redrider]

I guess there's some truth to, "spring water doesn't freeze."

[Old Hunter]

group 1 is complete....got 9 more tomorrow!!

Scott, looks like the adventures just get better and better! Merry Christmas my friend! OH

[TripleF]

Those kabobs are to die for. Mmmm!

They were indeed!! And the BB Gun got more use than anything else Thanks again my friend!!!


Group 2....a few photos...

[1967redrider]

Awesome pictures, Scott! Had to page back and check out your first post. Looks like the kids had a good time, and I bet you enjoyed teaching them too.

So you took 9 groups out for outdoor adventures?

[TripleF]

Awesome pictures, Scott! Had to page back and check out your first post. Looks like the kids had a good time, and I bet you enjoyed teaching them too.

So you took 9 groups out for outdoor adventures?

No. Two groups. First was on M,T, 2nd was on T,F.

[TripleF]

group 1 is complete....got 9 more tomorrow!!

Scott, looks like the adventures just get better and better! Merry Christmas my friend! OH

They do indeed!! Merry Christmas to you!! Knice to hear from you!!

[jmh58]

I guess there's some truth to, "spring water doesn't freeze."

Thats crazy.. Learned some thing new!!
Thanks John..
John

[Colonel26]

RedRider, it looks like y’all have meet for a year already in the freezer!

Our modern gun season here was a bust. Every day, either I didn’t seen anything I’d jump them going in no matter what time of day i tried to get in the blind. I’m going to work on clearing some brush and junk trees and frost seed some clover. Maybe that’ll help some.

[garddogg56]

Looks like a great day Scott

[Colonel26]

Time to think some junk trees and get ready to frost seed some ladino clover the last of February.

[1967redrider]

RedRider, it looks like y’all have meet for a year already in the freezer!

Our modern gun season here was a bust. Every day, either I didn’t seen anything I’d jump them going in no matter what time of day i tried to get in the blind. I’m going to work on clearing some brush and junk trees and frost seed some clover. Maybe that’ll help some.

Good eatin', Colonel.

[treefarmer]

Yesterday afternoon, I was blessed with a buck stepping out of the woods about 5:00, had about 15 minutes of legal shooting time left. It took him forever to turn sideways enough for me to feel comfortable to take a crack at him. It finally happened:

A big, bodied deer.

Some unusual points

Fat as a pig.

It is easy to say the rut has not yet got in full swing as this buck was extremely fat. The ones that are harvested out in February are usually poor as a snake from chasing.
Y'all remember the old song on "Hee-haw" years ago about bad luck, "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!"? That's the way I felt last evening trying to dress this deer. For some reason my chain hoist locked up, my block and tackle was all tangled up, couldn't get the deer up high enough to work on him. Finally gave up and got some starter fluid and was able to crank the tractor, what a mess! Was going to quickly use my water hose thinking the frozen pipe was a small leak and found out, after I got sprayed, there is a big crack in the line going to the ice machine. But I got it done.
Today I'll get an extension ladder and get the chin hoist down from the old oak tree and figure what's wrong with it.
Needless to say, I wasn't prepared for all that took place yesterday afternoon.
Treefarmer

[Unk]

Nice buck, Treefarmer.

[jmh58]

Congrats tf!!!
Niceun!!!
John

[edgy46]

Great looking buck.

[philco]

Phil that's a very nice buck, especially for your area. Congratulations!

[Colonel26]

Yesterday afternoon, I was blessed with a buck stepping out of the woods about 5:00, had about 15 minutes of legal shooting time left. It took him forever to turn sideways enough for me to feel comfortable to take a crack at him. It finally happened:thumbnail (1).jpgthumbnail (2).jpg017.JPG019.JPG
It is easy to say the rut has not yet got in full swing as this buck was extremely fat. The ones that are harvested out in February are usually poor as a snake from chasing.
Y'all remember the old song on "Hee-haw" years ago about bad luck, "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!"? That's the way I felt last evening trying to dress this deer. For some reason my chain hoist locked up, my block and tackle was all tangled up, couldn't get the deer up high enough to work on him. Finally gave up and got some starter fluid and was able to crank the tractor, what a mess! Was going to quickly use my water hose thinking the frozen pipe was a small leak and found out, after I got sprayed, there is a big crack in the line going to the ice machine. But I got it done.
Today I'll get an extension ladder and get the chin hoist down from the old oak tree and figure what's wrong with it.
Needless to say, I wasn't prepared for all that took place yesterday afternoon.
Treefarmer

That’s a nice one for sure!

I know well about that kind of luck. I had to bring a battery out of an old truck to put in my tractor that left me walking out in the woods last night.

[Colonel26]

After putting a battery in the old tractor, I’m back at it cutting out these trees. I did bring my body guard with me today though just in case I get attacked by a gang of squirrels or possums or such.

[C-WADE7]

Spending the week at Scout camp with the troop and forgot the serving spoon for Dutch oven cobbler so I pulled out the Mora and a small gouge I had and remedied it.

[Ripster]

From kabobs to whittling spoons some great Stuff here everyone !
Treefarmer, way to stay after it ! Nice Buck ,that’ll help fill the freezer for the winter .

[treefarmer]

Thanks for the kind comments, Fellers!
This deer hunting situation used to be rather easy but as the years creep up on me it is getting much harder. There is a lot that goes into having venison in the freezer year after year. Food plots, feeders, stands, it's a year-round project that suits an old, retired redneck very well. The rub comes when after the trigger is squeezed, things must be done immediately. Used to be a simple task to dress one, let him hang if the weather permits. But now it's done with rest periods between tasks. Last night was a real nightmare with the hoist not working. The weather has warmed and this afternoon I had to break the deer down for aging in the ice chest. Again, there were lots of rest periods this afternoon doing a job that used to take maybe an hour. I guess I started out tired as I had worked most of the morning fixing the water lines that broke during the freeze. Got the water on, plugged in the old ice machine and it went back to working. The bin was still almost full of ice as the weather has been so cold.
I noticed last evening how fat this deer is after pulling gobs of fat out of the abdominal cavity. When I broke him down this afternoon, I took some pictures of the fat covering to show its' thickness:

The left back strap has been removed

That's a bunch of fat on the outside of his ribs! So much fat makes it more difficult to process as we remove all of the fat that we can.

Shoulders, hams, backstraps and trim all goes in a big ice chest. The box is tilted toward the drain that stays open, ice is added as needed. Will age for at least 10 days before processing.

Treefarmer

[philco]

Phil that ole boy has been eatin' good in the neighborhood. Don't think I've ever seen so much blubber on a deer.

[Colonel26]

Thanks for the kind comments, Fellers!
This deer hunting situation used to be rather easy but as the years creep up on me it is getting much harder. There is a lot that goes into having venison in the freezer year after year. Food plots, feeders, stands, it's a year-round project that suits an old, retired redneck very well. The rub comes when after the trigger is squeezed, things must be done immediately. Used to be a simple task to dress one, let him hang if the weather permits. But now it's done with rest periods between tasks. Last night was a real nightmare with the hoist not working. The weather has warmed and this afternoon I had to break the deer down for aging in the ice chest. Again, there were lots of rest periods this afternoon doing a job that used to take maybe an hour. I guess I started out tired as I had worked most of the morning fixing the water lines that broke during the freeze. Got the water on, plugged in the old ice machine and it went back to working. The bin was still almost full of ice as the weather has been so cold.
I noticed last evening how fat this deer is after pulling gobs of fat out of the abdominal cavity. When I broke him down this afternoon, I took some pictures of the fat covering to show its' thickness:003.JPG004.JPG001.JPG
Treefarmer

Did you say you’re processing a deer or a steer? Man, that’s a lot of fat!