Fall 20/21 Days Afield Thread

[2FUNKY]

Could ya do us a solid over here and send some to the West. Pretty slow in the valley.

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Trying my hardest to shoo them out of here.

[Patarero]

Trying my hardest to shoo them out of here.

Dead hens don't lay eggs 2Funky, talking about the Canada's here. Covered up in bluebills today. Dog likes it when they fall on the ice and she doesn't have to swim and subsequently turn into an ice cube. Not the mallards we were hoping for. Ton of green wings still around.

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[2FUNKY]

Dead hens don't lay eggs 2Funky, talking about the Canada's here. Covered up in bluebills today. Dog likes it when they fall on the ice and she doesn't have to swim and subsequently turn into an ice cube. Not the mallards we were hoping for. Ton of green wings still around.

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You lost me on your first sentence. I don’t shoot many divers anymore, unless a nice Can or Redhead shows up. Haven’t seen teal in a while here. My buddy did let some pintails slide on his side the other day, if I would have known I would have killed them, I even called what they were and where, feck. He instead shot a mallard on my side, .

[FreakofSnow]

Been a minute since I've been in here. Looks like lotsa folks had some good days a field. Got a nice buck in a trophy unit as well as a few speed goats in eastern MT.

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[The Reverend Floater]

Been a minute since I've been in here. Looks like lotsa folks had some good days a field. Got a nice buck in a trophy unit as well as a few speed goats in eastern MT.

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Goddamn, my man! Nice buck!

[2FUNKY]

What a stomper!! Wow!

[Patarero]

You lost me on your first sentence. I don’t shoot many divers anymore, unless a nice Can or Redhead shows up. Haven’t seen teal in a while here. My buddy did let some pintails slide on his side the other day, if I would have known I would have killed them, I even called what they were and where, feck. He instead shot a mallard on my side, .

Inside blind joke....same here. Hold out for drake cans and redheads.

Nice buck!

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[The Reverend Floater]

And....we're back. Siete mallardos se muertieron este manana.

[Phall]

These two put me at 75 on the year, calling it. Freezer overfloweth. Big batch of duck leg curry coming up.


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[The Reverend Floater]

These two put me at 75 on the year, calling it. Freezer overfloweth. Big batch of duck leg curry coming up.


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Those ain't no local ducks. Biguns!

[Phall]

Yep, the fatties are hitting the river but the river is locking up, you can walk down the middle of it on 4 inches of ice in parts. Had a hell of a year so happy to hang it up, play with the pup, and ski


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[teleee]

Something a little different. Really cool to watch the dogs work. Not mine I was just an observer.



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[Phall]

Nice! Hopefully you can finagle yourself a steak or loin, heard it’s fantastic.


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[ncskier]

Got the youngin on the Provo with wife and older son on a freezing day. 12/30. Caught a decent amount of browns


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[Phall]

Mid winter on the provo can be so damned fun with some midges. Hit up noseeumfly.com and get his midges, run a 22-24 behind a 18 mothershucker and light them up.


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[Patarero]

Blind with no peephole for the dog. "I'll be out here in the snow where I can see what the hell is going on."

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[MiddleOfNight]

Fleshing day.



Tanning is the most fun project I'll never do again.
He says for the hundredth-ish time.

[yeahman]

Tanning is the most fun project I'll never do again.
He says for the hundredth-ish time.

What do you make with the hides after tanning? Got anything you can show us? Just curious.

One thing I did with my deer this year is rather than grind the burger with 10% beef fat as I usually do, I did it with 15% pork fat. Wow, it's really rich and good. I'm a convert. This is a tip I read about in the Montana Outdoors wild-game recipe column.

[MiddleOfNight]

Yea all I've ever made are furs and skins to drape on the bed or hang on the wall. Mostly just for my cave.
Ms Middle has done a few art projects. I made a few fur-insulated coffee mug koozies once, can't find a pic of that but it was fun.
Haven't figured out how to 'cure' it to make useable gloves or anything cool yet. These three are going to be hairless tans like the one on the left in the pic. Prob just hang on the wall, remember the hunt. Also started dabbling in euro mounts last year - maybe my retirement gig will be taxidermy, if I ever actually get it figured out.

One thing I did with my deer this year is rather than grind the burger with 10% beef fat as I usually do, I did it with 15% pork fat. Wow, it's really rich and good.

Yes!! - that's my exact ratio. Same % with elk FTW.
I trade with a local pork guy, so I know I'm getting good stuff. Bambiballs, burgers, elkurritos, meat sauce ... i'm drooling.

[thebirdhunter]

Skiing sucks but fortunately lots of birds still around here.

[Patarero]

Classy

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[The Reverend Floater]

Shot another 7 in under 30 minutes today. This season is bonkers.

[ncskier]

Chilly in South Carolina.


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[Dhelihiker]

Its been a good year so far, I got sweet trip on Sunday that a buddy won through CWA. Ive ben eating good!




TAR BELLY!!!!

[The Reverend Floater]

Its been a good year so far, I got sweet trip on Sunday that a buddy won through CWA. Ive ben eating good!




TAR BELLY!!!!

That looks like a lot of fun.