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Post by oldhoyt on Dec 8, 2023 10:09:28 GMT -5
I've gotten the same look, but never for fudge.
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Post by oldhoyt on Dec 8, 2023 8:04:48 GMT -5
I'm fixed, been that way since the birth of my last child. That's another story I guess.
Rage heads are what I call a "Plan A" broadhead. They are reliable when you can aim and shoot right where you want - through the lungs, hitting only ribs without heavy leg bone.
Sometimes you need a "Plan B" arrow, and that's a broadhead that will punch through the scapula and leg bones without a second thought. A good fixed head will do that more reliably than a mechanical.
I shot my buck with a NAP Spitfire. Woody recommended them a while back so I gave them a try. They look like a Plan A head to me. I took a Plan A shot, but I ended up spining the buck. The buck had use of his front legs for a minute, but by the time I reloaded the crossbow he was lying flat on his side and not moving. That head really did a number on some heavy bone. I shot him again anyway for insurance and that head hit bone too. Was able to buy new blades and rebuild the heads. The ferrules stayed straight.
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Post by oldhoyt on Dec 8, 2023 7:51:10 GMT -5
I grind mine with 10-15% pork fat by weight. The grocery store gives me the fat from trimmings at no cost.
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Post by oldhoyt on Dec 4, 2023 7:24:59 GMT -5
It's a beauty Clark!!
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Post by oldhoyt on Dec 1, 2023 12:38:51 GMT -5
Some of you have probably heard of this already, but we just had it at work today and it's worth passing along. It's a good way to clear out all of last year's venison in the freezer.
It's not an exact recipe, but it is easy.
Put a venison roast or two in a crockpot.
Add 1 (or 2 of the following depending upon the amount of meat) dry packet au jus mix, dry packet ranch dressing mix, stick of butter and a jar of pepperoncini including all juice (hot or medium as you see fit).
Let it go 8 hours on low or perhaps 4 on high heat setting. You want it to shred.
Eat with mashed potatoes, bread/rolls, rice, whatever.
Feel free to take it in any direction you want by adding onions, other vegetables, hot chilis, etc.
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Post by oldhoyt on Nov 28, 2023 10:17:00 GMT -5
That'll buff right out.
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Post by oldhoyt on Nov 27, 2023 9:56:13 GMT -5
The schwacker is designed to be able to puch through ribs on entry, then open inside the deer and leave a big exit for trailing. Looks like it worked.
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Post by oldhoyt on Nov 17, 2023 13:48:06 GMT -5
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don’t want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something. I like refried beans. That’s why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they’re just as good and we’re just wasting time. When someone hands you a flyer, it’s like they’re saying here you throw this away. Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something. This shirt is dry clean only. Which means… it’s dirty. I don’t have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who’d be mad at me for saying that. I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn’t work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality. I haven’t slept for ten days, because that would be too long. I think animal crackers make people think that all animals taste the same. You know, I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later. I order the club sandwich all the time, but I'm not even a member, man. I don't know how I get away with it. My belt holds up my pants and my pants have belt loops that hold up the belt. Who is the real hero? On a traffic light green means ‘go’ and yellow means ‘yield’, but on a , it’s just the opposite. Green means ‘hold on,’ yellow means ‘go ahead,’ and red means, ‘where the hell did you get that at?
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Post by oldhoyt on Nov 10, 2023 13:09:31 GMT -5
I Hope everything turns out alright Woody.
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Post by oldhoyt on Nov 6, 2023 14:21:36 GMT -5
Thanks M4M!
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Post by oldhoyt on Nov 6, 2023 14:00:52 GMT -5
I live in Granger, IN but mostly hunt in Michigan. This past Saturday AM the deer were moving good. Saw a small buck cruising just after good shooting light, an unidentified deer a little while later. I don't rattle often (hardly at all) but I figured I'd give it a shot and be a little more aggressive in trying to pull a deer in. I had rattled at 8 AM and nothing showed. 9 AM came and I rattled again. Not really banging the horns together, but more grinding and twisting while pulling them apart to get the sound of them sliding against each other, and then followed up with some grunts. I hung up the horns and jokingly told myself there ought to be a buck coming any second. It seemed like a minute before I heard something coming my way. Then I could see him all puffed up hooking brush as he made his way through the thick understory along the edge of a wetland about 50 yds away. I saw his rack and said to myself, "Good enough for me!" He kept coming straight at me until about 20 yds, looking for those bucks he heard fighting, and then finally turned enough to give me a shot. I buried the top crosshair on the Tenpoint scope and......THWACK!! I don't know how, but I spined him. He went down but his front legs were still working somewhat. I attempted to re-cock manually, but that wasn't happening in my climber. I got out the cocking lever (Thanks Woody for sending me your old cocking device!!) and by the time I was reloaded the deer was lying still at 30 yds, with his back facing toward me. I sent another bolt anyway and the deer seemed to flinch at the impact. Then all was still after that. The Buck was a nine point, with a split browtine. A little outside the ears and carried mass all the way out to the tips. Disregard the old fat guy holding my deer up.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 26, 2023 8:07:48 GMT -5
I told my girlfriend she drew her eyebrows too high. She seemed surprised.
President Lincoln was approached by a woman after a political speech… If you were my husband I would poison your tea. Lincoln replied...if you are my wife I’ll gladly drink it.
My grandfather has the heart of a lion and a lifetime ban at the zoo.
A roman walks into a cafe holds up 2 fingers and gets 5 coffees.
I was sitting in a bar one day and two really large women came in, talking in an interesting accent. So I said, "Cool accent, are you two ladies from Ireland?" One of them snarled at me, "It's Wales, Dumbo!" So I corrected myself, "My apologies, so are you two whales from Ireland?"
Q: What do cheap hotels and designer jeans have in common? A: No ballroom.
A teacher asks her class what their favorite letter is. A student puts up his hand and says 'G.' The teacher walks over to him and says, "Why is that, Angus?"
It was two o'clock in the morning and a husband and wife were sleeping when suddenly the phone rang. The husband picked up the phone and said, "Hello? (paused for a few seconds) How the heck do I know? What am I, the weather man?" and slams the phone down. His wife rolls over and asks, "Who was that?" The husband replies, "I don't know. Some guy who wanted to know if the coast was clear tonight."
I wonder what my parents did to fight boredom before the internet. I asked my 17 brothers and sisters and they didn't know either.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 24, 2023 14:56:50 GMT -5
I've gone rifle hunting with no bullets AND bowhunting without my quiver of arrows.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 12, 2023 12:23:14 GMT -5
A woman gets on a bus with her baby. As she passes the bus driver he says, “whoah!, that’s got to be the ugliest baby I’ve ever seen!” The woman walks to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her, “The driver just gave me the worst insult!” The man says, “You just go right up there and tell him off". The woman says, "Really, should I?" The man says, "Darn right, now go on, I’ll watch your monkey.” My wife said to the Gym instructor “Can you teach me to do the splits?” He said, “How flexible are you?” She said, “I can make any day but Tuesdays.” A guy says to his doctor, "Doc, I can’t stop singing the songs ‘Delilah’ and "What's New cat". The doctor replied, “Hmmm.....sounds like you might have Tom Jones syndrome.” The guy says, “I've never heard of it, is it a rare disorder?". The doctor replied, “It’s not unusual". I decided to go on a whiskey diet. I’ve lost three days already. My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll just see about that. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. “But why?” they asked, as they moved off. “because,” he said “I can’t stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.”
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 11, 2023 12:32:44 GMT -5
When I was a kid back in NH, we'd icefish on a small pond. The action was usually pretty fast, and before too long we'd have dead shiners laying on the ice at every hole. Once when I was tending to a tip-up, my buddy called to me saying, "Something black is coming out from the woods toward you." I figured he was joking but I turned around and there about 15 feet away was a mink. Had never seen one before, but I knew what it was. I tossed him the live shiner in my hands. He grabbed it quick and went back to the woods. I figured the fun was over and re-set the line. I walked back to my buddy and as we sat there jigging and watching for flags, that mink kept coming back out, checking from hole to hole for more shiners. He ate good that day. We fished there quite a bit and we didn't see him every time, but did see him more than once. They're pretty cool critters, until they want to eat something you'd rather they didn't.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 6, 2023 13:54:07 GMT -5
45/70 with cases cut to 1.8", 300 grain Barnes TSX.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 5, 2023 12:27:27 GMT -5
Father: Son, I guess I need to tell you this. You were adopted.
Son: I knew it! I want to meet my biological parents!
Father: No son, we are your biological parents. Your new parents will be here in 20 minutes to pick you up.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 5, 2023 6:42:01 GMT -5
A buddhist monk walks up to a hotdog stand and says, "Make me one with everything".
Same monk is making his morning toast. He opens the margarine tub, and there in the margarine and crumbs he clearly sees the face of Jesus. He says, "I can't believe it's not Buddha".
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 3, 2023 13:34:58 GMT -5
Tomatoes are about done. I'm picking summer squash and zucchini as I planted them after I took out my cukes. Still have eggplant, chilis and green onions in the garden.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 3, 2023 12:01:19 GMT -5
I made a wild turkey salad and brought it to work yesterday. I used two breasts and two thighs from a hen that a friend shot last fall. Wrapped all the meat with bacon and smoked until just done.
I cut everything fine, so it's almost like a spread as opposed to a chunky salad. We ate it on saltine crackers. My recipe includes a good shot of cider vingear as well as chili peppers. Had a good bite to it.
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