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RAH #528839 12/14/20 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by RAH
I do like being in the woods, but, as I age, I am often not so eager to sit in a stand when it gets really cold...

I'm with you on that 100%. I lose interest real fast once my fingers and toes go numb from the cold.

I solved that problem after we bought the property we live on now. Built a condo stand that's boxed in on all four sides, and put a roof on it.

Then I bought one of those Mr. Heater catalytic gizmos that screws onto a 20lb propane bottle.

Now I can sit out there all day long without getting cold.

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Originally Posted by DannyMac
I just urge you folk to separate some muscle, down to the singular, clean it of silver skin and sinew, cure it in solution for about four days (Morton's Quick Cure is easy, otherwise use a calculator [Amazing Ribs] for the pink nitrite salt). Soak a day in fresh water to pull out some salt. Smoke it good, robustly! It will sweat moisture...when sweating is over, check for 160F plus. This stuff is hard to screw up, unless you burn it. Slice across grain very thin (or not). Tender! This can be a great bar snack if you're not selfish. Still waiting for someone to share an Axis tenderloin (50/50) or any shoulder or butt. LOL!

I do something similar with the backstrap meat. Clean it up good like you said, cure it in a pastrami seasoning recipe, then smoke it to 125°.
After it cools slice it thin, pile it on whatever kind of bread you like and stick it under the broiler for a couple minutes.
Makes a right decent sandwich.

Most times I'll cure and smoke both backstraps in one shot. The bulk of it I'll vacuum-pack and then freeze for later.

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Thinking about starting to use those chemical hand/foot warmers when it gets really cold. I like to sit in different ladder stands over time to keep things interesting, but wind can make things uncomfortable when temps drop. Have not tried them yet though. May also convert an old wagon running gear into a movable raised box stand as well, but I have more projects than I seem to be able to complete...

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Originally Posted by RAH
Thinking about starting to use those chemical hand/foot warmers when it gets really cold. I like to sit in different ladder stands over time to keep things interesting, but wind can make things uncomfortable when temps drop. Have not tried them yet though. May also convert an old wagon running gear into a movable raised box stand as well, but I have more projects than I seem to be able to complete...

RAH, I have a handwarmer "muff" that I always wear around my mid section and I put a large chemical hand warmer in it. Any time the temp is getting to the low 30's and lower I have it on me. Saves from having numb fingers.


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I have shooting mittens with pouches for the chemical warmers but have never used them. I also think that I have room in the toes of one of my sets of boots with enough room. That set of boots did note come in wide sizes and I have wide feet, so I have a lot of toe room in front. Done hunting for this year, so will have to see what next year brings. Snow is accumulating this morning...

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My daughter and son in law bought me heated socks a few years ago. My first thought was, how well can these work? They are rechargeable, and actually work ok. Fine for a tree stand or goose pit, but I won’t wear them quail hunting.


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Just make sure your feet don’t get sweaty. I used the electric socks and had to walk back to the house, about a mile, with wet feet.


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That is always an issue, even when just dressing to sit and then having a long walk in and out. I get cold hands and feet very easily, whereas my wife is never cold. Fortunately, both of our kids are like their mom. On the other hand, very hot Summer days are no problem for me.

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Originally Posted by Dave Davidson1
Just make sure your feet don’t get sweaty. I used the electric socks and had to walk back to the house, about a mile, with wet feet.
Exactly, that’s why I won’t wear them on a bird hunt. Sitting in a blind, stand, or pit. They are great, long walk, not so good. It’s hard to get too cold on a bird hunt. Wear too much and you are soaked in sweat. Now, standing around after dark, dressing birds on the tailgate of a truck....


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I think that's about all I should put in my little pond.
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Neighbor pulled his 23rd muskrat out of our shallow twin duck ponds so far this season. I knew there were a lot in there based on how they hammered the emergent plants. His last set caught 5, so I am guessing that there are still more in there. Have some in my other 3 fish ponds as well, but he has only trapped 2 of them once and caught a couple there.

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My favorite part of deer season is enjoying the rewards of a successful hunt.

I've got a small batch of jerky going in the Traeger today.

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A customer and landowner of a property I hunt talked to the guy that hunts the adjoining property. Turns out that guy traps too, and since the season opened here (11-15) he's trapped 22 coyotes off of that property.


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I see a lot of yotes and hear them too, especially when the train whistles at night. It used to bother me, but now I am happy they help keep the deer herd in check. I can only take out so many does to offset the dead gut-shot bucks that I find each year. Only solution for favoring trophy bucks and a healthy herd is overall population reduction. Based on the size of the late season deer herd, I have cut things down by about half over the last 5 years. The survivors look fat and happy. Unfortunately, raccoons are now showing up with distemper which will likely hammer the yotes as well. Depressed fur prices have reduced trapping allowing some fur bearer populations to explode.

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