Gobbler Nation

Sounds like my experience. I changed to a vortex venom three seasons ago. I think I missed more birds in the three years leading up to that than I had during the 20 or so years before. I can't blame all of it on my vision because I just shot too fast on several occasions at birds that were about to ...

Sounds like fun. Congrats.

Hobbes, I apologize for not commenting sooner on the thread. Actually been trying to ignore it. Montana has a super special place in my heart. Have family and friends in Manhattan/Bozeman. Every year we drove up to Hinsdale/Milk river to hunt with other families and friends. Without a doubt it's no...

I use them in the bottom of my sleeping bag. I'll have to do it with my phone next time it's this cold.

Could not find the bull. We finally had to hike back down before we turned into popsicles. The lowest temp that I saw on my truck was 1. The highest was about 13. We may have regretted killing a bull there, but we'd have done it. I may go back looking for one in there soon since I don't think anyone...

IMG_20201024_170803770.jpg Definitely not a good photo, but that's somewhat on purpose. :) I found a bull while glassing. He was too far to make it to him before dark. We'll look for him in the morning and hope no one else saw him. Ive been in there before, actually just a few weeks ago in archery....

My oldest son's apartment building/parking lot.

Shane, You guys go through some type of time warp or what? Looks like January out there! Your partner has got a good idea. Good enough for bears! Good time for cookin' and eatin', instead of hunting! It feels like we have. I'm about to head out and do some glassing. It'll take a lot to get me out o...

We are going to sit this morning out. It's still snowing sideways.
No complaints from my hunting partner

More good looking food. My youngest son would be perfectly happy eating rice every day of the week. This is how most forums are. There will be a spike in turkey discussions in about February. The majority of folks are hunting deer, elk, waterfowl, upland, etc this time of year and aren't talking tur...

That thing is a pig.

It won't take us long to go through it, but this is only my second antelope.

I'd have to go light on the onion, but crab salad is always good. Especially on a hot day when you'd rather not run the stove or oven.

I've not had a problem with it. We wrap in Saran wrap then freezer paper, but burger doesn't last a year here very often. I did find some of last year's burger burried in the freezer a week or so ago that we just ate. I've left big packages for grinding also but prefer to get it over with.

18 packages, so an average of around 1.2 lbs.

Swampstalk wrote: ↑

October 20th, 2020, 7:56 pm

Vension roast.jpgGround stuff looks great. We do venison hamburger occasionally with pork fat or bacon. Did a bacon wrapped roast in the smoker last week.

Looks good.

Looking good.

Cool story Swampstalk.


I just finished grinding antelope.
20 lbs of burger before adding a couple pounds of pre-ground beef suet. Beef suet added and reground to blend. I'll wrap and freeze tonight.

Opening of the General Season (rifle) is looking fun.

Looking good

Cool! Congrats on the buck and time spent with your son.

Finished stew last night in a classy plastic bowl. I did not add the milk and used potatoes instead of rice. Granddaughter ready for the snow this morning.

timbrhuntr wrote: ↑

October 18th, 2020, 10:59 am

Jealous !! Ya spoiled and lucky SOB lol

I try to keep in mind how lucky I am to be in Montana.

ICDEDTURKES wrote: ↑

October 17th, 2020, 7:08 pm

Hobbes_mobile wrote: ↑

October 17th, 2020, 6:58 pm

That looks really good. I love a good pork chop.

Have you had cured and than smoked

Probably not,but it sure looks good.

That looks really good. I love a good pork chop.