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Post by beermaker on Nov 27, 2019 18:13:26 GMT -5
Knight has always been top notch. Tony Knight really created a winner. I still got my Wolverine from about 1993. Has been upgraded to musket cap. Always accurate and goes bang. Nice compact little gun. I miss using it. Killed many deer with it. Have since went to high performance smokeless mz's, and no going back now. I assume you are referring to the Savage smokeless? Any idea what a stainless model with camo stock is worth? I bought one several years ago and have never had it in the woods. I just don't have the time or desire to get out late-season.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 27, 2019 16:57:21 GMT -5
What's wrong with a crocheted beanie? A friend made one for me to wear on my elk hunt. As far as the alcohol stuff, I don't drink so I have no comment. Well, my fault for lack of clarity. He was wearing a heavyweight hat inside a well heated building. It would have been much better suited for elk hunting if not paisly colored.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 27, 2019 16:33:15 GMT -5
There is a fabulous new brewery in New Albany called Our Lady Of Perpetual Hops. The Catholic brass isn't very happy about it, but they tried the legal route to block the name and lost. If your beer drinking aspirations are above Bud Light, then make this place a destination.
I was there the other day watching football (only thing on) when a young couple with one of the individual's parents walked in. The mother ordered a pale ale, the dad and girl an IPA. What did the boyfriend order? A freaking White Claw! I was embarrassed for the dad. Either his son is a pansy or his daughter's boyfriend is, I never figured out which one was his child.
So here's an extremely attractive young lady drinking a fine beer in a brewery while her goofy boyfriend is drinking carbonated alco-water while playing on his phone. Did I mention that he was wearing one of those crocheted looking beanies? I don't get it.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 27, 2019 16:02:29 GMT -5
Good advise from onebentarrow. I HIGHLY advise against a heavyweight base layer if you are doing much walking at all. Think about it...the base layer is what you can't take off. When Under Armour first came out 15+ years ago I bought a set of the cold gear base layers and nearly had a heat stroke one morning. I still have the set, but only wear it when plowing snow in extreme cold. I always wear the lightest layer I can get away with on the way to the woods. I'd rather start out cold than start out warm and end up a sweaty mess, which WILL lead to freezing my a$$ off. I made that mistake a few weeks ago when I underestimated the walk in. Anyway, I'd buy a light set of base layers and spend my money on quality outer layers. Hunting clothes are an investment. It blows my mind when guys I know will spend good money on a one-time form of entertainment, but won't spend a little more for a quality jacket or bibs that will last many years. I took the wife to a concert a few weeks ago. Tickets, dinner, beer, babysitter, etc. I could have bought a Sitka jacket and been money ahead.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 27, 2019 11:25:09 GMT -5
Smoked Cornish hens for us. My parents are getting older and don't eat too much. The kids will only eat enough turkey to earn dessert. Frankly, I don't care that much for even the best traditional turkey, fried or baked.
I'd be much happier with wings & beer than anything.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 27, 2019 5:51:56 GMT -5
Supposed to be 30-40 mph winds here by daylight. Glad I decided against scheduling a day off.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 27, 2019 4:30:35 GMT -5
If you have a Sunbelt rental store nearby, their commercial-grade dehumidifiers and floor blowers can work wonders. Home Depot probably has something as well.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 26, 2019 17:58:53 GMT -5
I just talked to a buddy that hunts in the metropolitan Holland-Selvin area. He said bucks have been chasing more the last three days than the two weeks before. Just passing along some information.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 26, 2019 16:41:44 GMT -5
There are many different ways to look at this scenario. Yes, public land is PUBLIC land. However, if I KNOWLINGLY set up near another stand, who wins if we both show up on the same day and decide to stand our respective ground? Probably the deer. I'd rather stay home than get up in the morning and drive to hunt an area when I KNOW there is a possibility that someone else may be there. That's assuming that I set my stand KNOWING that someone else is already set up in the area. If I'm the first one there and someone else shows up, that's the UNKNOWN chance I take.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 25, 2019 6:58:36 GMT -5
I decided to go for a walk yesterday to check cameras and get some exercise. I won't be hunting for at least a week, so I was not concerned with leaving scent. My first stop was at my best and favorite camera. Gone! I still can't believe it. I'm the ONLY one with hunting permission and keep an eye on the place. I know it wasn't the landowner since he is my employer. Oh well, considering how many years I have been running several cameras unsecured, it was going to happen eventually.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 23, 2019 11:42:13 GMT -5
There's no good way to say this. After hunting for 30+ years and harvesting a good number of deer, there is no way you will see me in the woods when it's 39 degrees and steady rain is falling. I just go back from running some errands and that's exactly what the conditions are here.
I've said it many times. I have no use for rain gear or a 40ft ladder.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 22, 2019 17:37:30 GMT -5
I have at least three and would not hesitate buy another if needed. I've always thought Nikon was the best value.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 21, 2019 18:47:42 GMT -5
I had a 2004 Tundra and the same issue. I bought the sensor and a Haynes or Chiltons repair manual to locate it with. It took longer to get organized than it did to change the part.
I originally went to a dealer and was quoted around $400 for labor and the "special order" part. I called my brother, who works at a Toyota plant, he correctly called B.S. and sent me to the local Autozone. I think I spent less than $100 on the part and maual.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 20, 2019 6:57:41 GMT -5
My second bow-kill ever was from the ground. I sat in a tree stand on the edge of a woods for several evenings and deer would always come from a property that I did not have permission to hunt. There was a pond in the middle of the field on the property I did have permission to hunt and the deer would slowly migrate across the field, get a drink, and then it would be dark by the time they made it to my area. I decided to sit on the pond dam in some tall johnson grass. Sure enough, the field filled with numerous does the first time I tried the strategy and I harvested one. I was able to drive my truck up next to it and was on my way home before dark. That was Halloween about 17 years ago.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 19, 2019 16:24:22 GMT -5
I just did the survey, but only because of reading this thread. I saw no need in opening the confirmation email, so I knew nothing about the survey.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 17, 2019 19:14:00 GMT -5
Well had 2 mature doe and a year-long walk in front of us about 80 yards in my buddies back yard yesterday evening. Uncle shot and hit a tree. Went to HNF this morning, grunted several times and had a mature doe and year-long come in from an angle I wasn't prepared for. Year-long walked 3 yards behind me and the mature doe stayed to my left. I swung around to the easiest shot which was the small 1 at 25 yrds. Shot her in the front shoulder, she dropped. Thought alright I nailed her. She got up but hurt and ventured over to my uncle. Boom, he missed and she went up a ditch line. Found blood, tracked her for 1/2 mile and lost blood and no deer. We went shooting this afternoon and my scope was hitting High and Left. Resighted for 50 yrds and its a nail driver. I didn't want to give up on that deer this morning, so we split up and did about a 200 yrd circle combing the area but still came up with nothing. Something tells me that I could or should have done more but I feel that I did all I could do with what we had to go with. If one hunts enough, it's bound to happen sooner or later.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 17, 2019 18:57:03 GMT -5
How do you know you're getting the meat from YOUR deer back? EXACTLY! And the same for scrub's comment. Refer to all of my posts about why I process my own. Now, I absolutely understand that not everyone can or has the interest in processing. I am also clear that there is no realistic way that anyone trying to make money at processing can do it without "batching" sausage, jerky, etc. My main motivation, other than enjoyment, for processing myself is how I have seen others care for the deer after the kill. Enough said.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 17, 2019 9:20:30 GMT -5
Another party will simply "water down the vote." Hello Bill Clinton, thanks Ross Perot. Matt Bevin, incumbent KY Gov, got beat by 5k votes. The Libertarian got 20k. I'd bet, that without the third candidate, Bevin probably would have won by at least 10k. Make no mistake about it, Bevin also got beat by his own mouth and social media habits. I hope someone paid real close attention to that...
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Post by beermaker on Nov 17, 2019 6:36:25 GMT -5
Congrats..... now you car watch the race tomorrow! Go Ford! Yeah! who ever set the deer seasons for opening the same weekend as the weekend of the championship race. Must be the same idiot that schedules my daughters' swim meets, school plays, and dance recitals.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 16, 2019 16:10:44 GMT -5
I use pork butts when making sausage, bacon, and salami. At least 20%, deepening upon how fat the pork is.
I made some salami for a friend a few years ago and he insisted on NOT adding any pork. It was dusty dry and fell apart. He is a CPA that makes a boatload of money, but has zero common sense.
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