I had a good hunt the other day with a couple buddies, we managed to bag 7 squirrels. After a day on the ice with 6lb it was time for some comfort food! I already had the squirrels cleaned and in the fridge ready to go. I did some final trimming
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Bear ham! Massachusetts has a bear season and we live near some of the best hunting areas. My buddy does a killer job of making these. It's his own brine modified over the years and then smokes it on a Yoder YS480. Everyone that's ever tried
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A little freezer search this morning while wondering what to have for dinner produced some nice beef ribs. I decided to keep it real simple, I just trimmed them up a tad and seasoned them up with salt, pepper, and garlic. On the smoker @ 225
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Here's a few more pictures from our foggy 9-21 trip. The first one is of 6lb and myself in my boat, my buddy took the picture once the fog lifted a bit.
I had to deliver some fuel for the gravel pit that I fish at this morning at 6:00. It was slightly overcast and the water was dead calm, just a beautiful morning. I couldn't help but think how much I'd rather be fishing instead of working.
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After this mornings short trip I decided it was time to re string ( I knew it was time but was procrastinating). While I was doing that one of my buddies was going to Wally World and I had him pick me up a Berkley C-Series Crappie pro rod 7'2",
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Our local sporting club opened Wednesday night skeet shooting today. So of course I went and had a great two rounds, shot my first 50 straight using my favorite 28ga Remington 870. Shooting is followed by dinner (dogs and burgers for the opener),
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Winter sure has been clinging on here in the northeast, we had 3-4 of snow four days ago. Yesterday and today we had some nice days in the 60's, so I figured I'd wet a line this evening from the bank. I hit the waters edge at 6:45, temperature
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So I've been wanting to try my hand at making pork belly burnt ends, so I gave it a go today. Watched a few videos of course. Pretty simple and they came out spot on. Nobody was home so I took the pan around to a couple buddy's shops around
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Got to the (new) honey hole tonight with a good friend, on the water about 5:15 nice calm night , overcast, water temp just about 66. First cast netted a nice 13". Many to follow as well as plenty of bass, my buddy (kinda new to crappie
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So I have a friend who an avid fisherman, however the crappie have been a bit elusive for him, he's got plenty of gear just needed some guidance and a confidence booster. Most of his gear was a bit large and the colors were too flashy for the
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