I'm surprised TOTW's mink oil doesn't cost a fortune.
Liposuction would be very difficult to do. Mink have very small lips.
Liposuction would be very difficult to do. Mink have very small lips.
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Well, they do after the procedure, but the little guys just don’t learn to eat right and start en exercise program. In a few months they are right back to where they were before.
From what I’ve gathered, and tell my young son, the minks are not harmed in any way when the oil is extracted. They are gently wrung over a bucket to extract the oil. This is very much like a massage or trip to the chiropractor for humans. It is enjoyed by the minks.
Rodgers Ranger
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ROTFLMAO!!!Rendered mink fat.
I understand Track’s mink oil is humanly gotten from over weight mink via liposuction, this makes for slimmer healthier mink and practice is PETA approved.
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Funny! I just got 2 tubs of TOW mink oil and it got me to thinking. I've seen Minks. They're not that big, and not that fat. Youd have to have s BUNCH of them to render out 8oz of pure fat. Are there giant mink farms, like chicken coup houses with thousands of them, just eating and fattening up for future mink oil production?
Rendered mink fat.
I understand Track’s mink oil is humanly gotten from over weight mink via liposuction, this makes for slimmer healthier mink and practice is PETA approved.
hmmmm....not sure, I don't go that way very often. I will check and let you know. Glad you are coming down for the shoot, look forward to meeting you.
Went down that road yesterday. It is open all the way from 127 to the club. Hope to see you at the shoot.
Rodgers Ranger
32 Cal
Hey NO Deer, Thank you!!! I hope to make it as well!!
Rodgers Ranger
32 Cal
Hey No Deer, Looks I can not make it tomorrow
. I have things to tend to here at home. When is the clubs next woods walk? All the best, Rodgers Rangers....Tony
sorry you could not make it, but even if you had been available to come, you probably couldn't have anyway due to the weather. Only 12 guys showed up, only 4 brought guns, and only 2 went out to shoot LOLOL. But, we had LOTS of great food, and a nice warm fire, under a big fly so we stayed dry.Hey No Deer, Looks I can not make it tomorrow
All the best, Rodgers Rangers....Tony
Our next scheduled woodswalk is the weekend after Memorial Day, May 29,30, and 31. This is our spring open shoot, camping, shotgun and line shooting also.
Rodgers Ranger
32 Cal
At least you had a good turn out eh? LOL
The weather put the brakes on what I had to do here. Next shoot is memorial day weekend? That is a busy time for me here. Thanks for the info.All the best, Rodgers Ranger
At least you had a good turn out eh? LOL
All the best, Rodgers Ranger
It is actually the weekend after Memorial Day. The holiday is early this year.
Rodgers Ranger
32 Cal
Hey No Deer, That is weird! I have known it to be the last weekend in may. LOL I hope to be there!
All the best, Rodgers Ranger....
Rodgers Ranger
32 Cal
I have a few accoutrements I am putting together, shooting bag, ball blocks, shot bag, flint wallet, etc... My son made a really cool elk antler handled hunting knife that will go nicely with my shooting bag! Need to get my flinter tools replaced too... pick, brush, napper.... Got a beautiful set of powder horns at the Cadillac gun show a few weeks ago... Have been to Kenockee Tradin post lately?
Great!! look forward to seeing you.
Hi Rogers Ranger, I have a .62 cal. French Tulle I've hunted with for years and wouldn't trade it for any other gun. Hand built by a friend years ago. I've killed multiple white tail bucks and does in NW Pa. , then took the ol' girl to Colorado and took a mule deer buck in velvet, 2 days later got a 6x6 bull elk, then a week later got a doe antelope. Now back in NW Pa. and hopefully going to bag my 1st turkey with the old girl! I even took it coon hunting and shot a couple with it lol! I personally shoot 90 grain with bore butter in all sorts of weather. I feel confident at 60 yards. but it all depends on how much you shoot and what you feel good at. I use pillow ticking hand cut patches. For shot shooting I use hornets nest for wading. It works very good and wont burn so it won't catch the woods on fire. I personally shoot my black powder guns over snow to find out how much powder to use. If you see unburnt powder in the snow then just cut the charge down 5 grains at a time until it burns clean on the snow. Good luck!
Look "your load" is gonna be the one you have to workout with your gun. But for my 24 gauge New England fowler 75-80 grains is the sweet spot. These smoothies shoot big balls and you have to get them moving. Keep up the good work and let us know what your gun really likes!
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I couldn't get groups till I went with .610 ball and no patch. 80 grains 3f, wad, ball, wad. Shoots 2-3" groups at fifty yards.
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Id like to find a smoothbore like this in a 20 g
Rodgers Ranger
32 Cal
So far every one has been a complete pass through, double lung shot, and they all went less than 40 yards. I am in Laingsburg, about 30 miles NE of Lansing. Our gun club is located here also, Lansing Muzzle Loading Gun Club. We have several open shoots each year, our next is the Winter Woods Walk, on Jan. 11. Come on down for some good shooting and great eating. If you have never been to our club, we are very proud of our woods walk, we feel, and have been told, that it is one of--if not the best one-- in the state.
Hey No Deer,
Guess who?? Lol. How have you been? Where do you get your Muzzleloading supply’s? Kenockee Trafing Post is quite a trip all the way over there. Good place for sûre, just wondering if there is some place closer to Lansing area? Hopefully get a deer with Tulle tomorrow..
All the best, Rodgers Ranger
