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All my kids have birth dates that are easy to remember because it is in conection with some start/end of hunting season of differente kind.
Here is my oldest son now 20 years, the pic is taken on his birthday 6 years old. season opening the day before.
His mom would not let him atende or come along on opening day,
She argued he is only 5 years.
Vell the day after we didn't ask, went out with his new knife and outfit, and got lucky.
She was a bit angry, but as he said : " mum i'm a year older now it was yesterday I was 5, and you said yourself I only had to be 1 more year."

PAUL

He has a quick mind (thinks fast). He must be like his parents - smart ! A good looking young man as well. Thanks for sharing the pic.

Paul, my Grandson started hunting with me when he 4.

Here they are the two people that probably has been the most important in keepeing my habitat together.
My wife and my "Hunting steward"
I don't think they know how importante they have been in my strugale the last 6 years, hope I can make them understand my thankfulnes and pay them back. see the thread tick if you wonder what I'm talking about.
From to to day forward I think its a new world
PAUL

My youngest son on his first under watter dive at age 4 months, he is turning 3 yeares end of january next year.

Paul,

You are a lucky man. Typical beautiful Scandinavian wife. Typical happy looking Scandinavian friends. Handsome children. It is no mystery why Norway keeps being voted as the best place on earth to live.

I couldn't help but notice your "Edit Reason" above. Your English is great. Today, I mentioned to a friend that we had a new Pond Boss member from Norway. I told him that you write with a Norwegian accent. He was puzzled. What I really like about your writing is that it reads just like I would expect it to sound if we were sitting around a big roaring fire talking and enjoying a glass of Aass and some fine rakfisk on fresh lefse.

Ken

Edit:

My post got me to thinking it is time to prepare some fish for the holidays. I don't try to make rakfisk or surströmming. They are too explosive. Instead, I make pickled trout and bluegill using sweet wine, vinegar, salt, and onions.

Preparation for pickled fish:


Pickled fish on rye crackers:

Mmmm... That food looks good! I love trying new regional dishes!

I youst had to put up a trap (conibar 160) after seeing all the tracs in the snow on the ice off my pond.
So I set it up monday afternoon, then yesterday afternoon
(less than 24 hours) it looked like, it was sett off, but I couldn't see anything in it.
This morning I went up to resett it,and gues what.
It must have been flying in, no wonder I couldn't see it from distance.
Trap is set straigt up from pond aprox 90-100 yards from my house

? pine martin looking for squirrels.

I haven't seen sqirrels for a couple off years so ?
This pine martin was only 1 kg a yearling, I set the trap again cause from the tracks he was not alone, at least one more(grown)

Neat picture Paul

It must have been moving pretty quick to get that far thru the trap before it closed!

Agree good picture