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Recent content by Blacktail

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    Silencing/camo-ing metal gear

    Thanks for the advice, guys. As raisins said, deer probably don’t see it, but other than a little dull red color on my bow, everything else in my setup is nearly invisible and I’ve been wanting to put the finishing touches on my hardware. If I get my act together in time I’ll show you what I...
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    Silencing/camo-ing metal gear

    Anyone have any tips for camouflaging and silencing climbing gear like Ropeman, Petzl RIG, ascenders?
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    Corned Venison

    Yep. Cook it just like you’d cook a piece of corned beef from the store. I put some beer, potatoes, carrots, pickling spice, and then add water or broth until the meat is covered. I set the crock pot to ‘high’ when I leave in the morning and turn it down to ‘low’ when I get home from work, and...
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    Corned Venison

    It’s so good, isn’t it? I brined a few more pieces last month. I never even packaged and froze them- just left them in the brine until I wanted to cook them. The last piece brined for over two weeks and it tasted great. I don’t think you can brine them too long.
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    Corned Venison

    I was planning on doing that pretty soon. Do you smoke it to a specific internal temperature like 145, or do you just leave it in the smoker for a certain length of time? What kind of wood do you prefer?
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    Corned Venison

    This is my first time corning venison and I’ve just eaten one of the shoulder roasts, and I recommend it. I also corned the shanks and one of the large round roasts from a hindquarter. I’ll let you know how they taste when I cook them, but I suspect they’ll be great.
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    New guy. Why didn’t anyone tell me I’d be addicted immediately?!

    Welcome! Hunting from a saddle definitely is addictive. I live in an area with hardly any deer and you can’t keep me out of a tree since I started. It’s a such a fast and easy way to set up when you find a good spot to hunt, and you carry minimal gear in the woods compared to other forms of...
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    Corned Venison

    Hey y’all, I’ve been wanting to ‘corn’ venison for years, and just tried it on a buck I killed last week. I used a basic recipe from ‘Allrecipes.com’ to cure it, and then cooked it just like you would corned beef, and it was awesome. I’m definitely going to do it again. I corned 5 pounds, and...
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    2021 Trash Talk!!

    Thanks NY (the state listed on my birth certificate). We have a 4X4 buck with one brow tine = 9 pt Eastern count. I have a CA buck tag, a CA bear tag, and a New Mexico cow elk tag left. I could whack another CA buck if the wind don’t shift, but I’m gonna save room in the freezer for the elk...
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    What's really needed for hunting?

    Wow, great question and great responses so far. I’ll add my $0.02. We all hunt with way more than we need. A license, knife, and weapon are the bare essentials. I used to hunt with a very cheap setup, and did just fine. But now I regularly haul 50+ pounds of gear into the woods, and spend...
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    How do you get in the contest and rules.

    Thanks, you too!
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    How do you get in the contest and rules.

    It was one of my most memorable hunts and I was hoping to get some time to give the story-writing some due diligence, but I’ve had my hands full butchering, processing, and packaging that beautiful buck, so this will have to do. My first thought is, wow, what a fast hunt, over before 8:00 a.m...
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    How do you get in the contest and rules.

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    How do you get in the contest and rules.

    Thank you! He was 160 live weight. Had a nice layer of fat under his hide.
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    How do you get in the contest and rules.

    Thanks!
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