All About Pocket Knives

dlr110 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:49 pm DFW to SEA to ANK
Here are a few aerial pic's,
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TripleF wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:19 pm group 1 is complete....got 9 more tomorrow!!

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:03 pm Those kabobs are to die for. Mmmm!

1967redrider wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 2:35 pm Awesome pictures, Scott! Had to page back and check out your first post. Looks like the kids had a good time, and I bet you enjoyed teaching them too.

So you took 9 groups out for outdoor adventures?

Old Hunter wrote: ↑Sun Dec 25, 2022 11:39 pm

TripleF wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:19 pm group 1 is complete....got 9 more tomorrow!!

Scott, looks like the adventures just get better and better! Merry Christmas my friend! OH

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:38 pm I guess there's some truth to, "spring water doesn't freeze."

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 9:03 pm RedRider, it looks like y’all have meet for a year already in the freezer!

Our modern gun season here was a bust. Every day, either I didn’t seen anything I’d jump them going in no matter what time of day i tried to get in the blind. I’m going to work on clearing some brush and junk trees and frost seed some clover. Maybe that’ll help some.

treefarmer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:51 pm Yesterday afternoon, I was blessed with a buck stepping out of the woods about 5:00, had about 15 minutes of legal shooting time left. It took him forever to turn sideways enough for me to feel comfortable to take a crack at him. It finally happened:thumbnail (1).jpgthumbnail (2).jpg017.JPG019.JPG
It is easy to say the rut has not yet got in full swing as this buck was extremely fat. The ones that are harvested out in February are usually poor as a snake from chasing.
Y'all remember the old song on "Hee-haw" years ago about bad luck, "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!"? That's the way I felt last evening trying to dress this deer. For some reason my chain hoist locked up, my block and tackle was all tangled up, couldn't get the deer up high enough to work on him. Finally gave up and got some starter fluid and was able to crank the tractor, what a mess! Was going to quickly use my water hose thinking the frozen pipe was a small leak and found out, after I got sprayed, there is a big crack in the line going to the ice machine. But I got it done.
Today I'll get an extension ladder and get the chin hoist down from the old oak tree and figure what's wrong with it.
Needless to say, I wasn't prepared for all that took place yesterday afternoon.
Treefarmer

treefarmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 2:24 am Thanks for the kind comments, Fellers!
This deer hunting situation used to be rather easy but as the years creep up on me it is getting much harder. There is a lot that goes into having venison in the freezer year after year. Food plots, feeders, stands, it's a year-round project that suits an old, retired redneck very well. The rub comes when after the trigger is squeezed, things must be done immediately. Used to be a simple task to dress one, let him hang if the weather permits. But now it's done with rest periods between tasks. Last night was a real nightmare with the hoist not working. The weather has warmed and this afternoon I had to break the deer down for aging in the ice chest. Again, there were lots of rest periods this afternoon doing a job that used to take maybe an hour. I guess I started out tired as I had worked most of the morning fixing the water lines that broke during the freeze. Got the water on, plugged in the old ice machine and it went back to working. The bin was still almost full of ice as the weather has been so cold.
I noticed last evening how fat this deer is after pulling gobs of fat out of the abdominal cavity. When I broke him down this afternoon, I took some pictures of the fat covering to show its' thickness:003.JPG004.JPG001.JPG
Treefarmer