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Then build a fire and roast a piece on a stick. Nothing like a taste test.

I'd probably put a bag of ice inside the cavity while it hangs. I usually do that anyway if it isn't really cold out. Should be some good eating there.

If it didn't get out of the 50's I'm sure the meat should still be fine. Would be better had he been gutted but that's ok. I'm sure the water kept him pretty cool so I personally wouldn't have a problem processing that one.

Congrats. A buck and fishing on the same day. Can't beat that. I went for the last hour and didn't see the first deer. However I did hear 3 or 4 shots off in the distance. First real activity I've heard all week so maybe that means they are starting to move.

The first thing you need is a bigger gun safe. Once this first one gets in your blood there may be 35 more rifles following you home by this time next year...

That's doing the best you can with what you've got right there. Turned out nice. Was that a kit gun you built or was it factory? I'm digging the dark finish.

Well, don't know if it's true or not, but I had one take away from this story. Once deer season is over, and I'm squirrel hunting with a sling shot, I'll be trying jaw breakers for ammo. Never know it just might work.

We used to make our own atomic fireball in Lawrence County TN back in the eighties. It came in mason jars though...

Don't know about the MC but that's the first hawk I've seen with a wedge. Should clean up to be a pretty cool hawk. If it were mine I'd have at it...

Why is that 40 not a shooter? She's too purdy to ignore.

Sounds exciting. Nothing like finally seeing one anyway. Haven't seen one yet. Been trying to go all day so fixing to head out for the last hour of daylight. Maybe you'll get another crack at that big boy soon. Best of luck with it.

Go back to the squirrel thread from 2020 James started. Lots of guys shared recipes and pictures. Had no idea there were so many ways to cook a squirrel. They were a staple food at my house growing up but we only ate them chicken fried or in dumplings. Both are great but a lot more can be done...

Good for you. You'll be glad you did.

Dang it. Now I have to...

Good write up and congrats on a nice deer. Good looking rifle too. I'm using the same load as you but the rifle I started the season with only has a 24 inch barrel. Good job.

Well brother there are alotta worse ways to spend an evening. Wish my wife liked to fish... I haven't seen any rubs this year in the particular spot I hunted this weekend. That spot pictured is less than forty or fifty yards away from my shop and very close to the road. It's a pass through spot...

Last year, around November 1, 2023, I loaded my main deer rifle and the backup rifle in anticipation of last year's muzzleloader season. Then shtf and I was gone for four months. Then, upon my return, another situation came up that basically kept me mostly away until about the first of...

Went yesterday morning from 6:00 to about 12:00. Then had to take the boss to town. Got home and went back from around 2:30 until dark. Didn't see any deer at all. Lots of squirrels but no deer. Also, other than a guy way down the ridge target shooting for a few minutes, never heard any shots...

Not just at a successful shot. I've been known to Just walk around singing that song. Drives my wife crazy.

Nice gun and cool story. Glad to see I'm not the only guy that packs a muzzleloader while out doing other stuff.