Surf and Turf

Those are some good looking bucks! Might not be safe to go into the woods alone with those bruisers running around, let me know if you ever need backup, Ha!

Good job on getting your Tom! Also nice job of processing him, looks like a professional plucking job!

Congrats, looks like you had a great hunt with a couple of wall hangers!

Congrats on your deer! Takes a lot of skill to take one with a bow!

Congratulations on a successful hunt!!

Congrats on your hunt Moose slayer, no luck pure skill! Impressive for the three of you to process and recover from 600 yards away. My back is aching just thinking about it. We were up the week of 17th opener. First skunk in over 10 years, never even caught a glimpse of a moose or a single response. There was a large group of locals that had been hunting the area hard the week before we got there and were still "hunting" while we were there, which limited where we could even go.

I got all excited just seeing the camera shots. Wait till they walk under your stand!

Looks like a worthy adversary!

Nice, looks like there might be a bat in the middle?

Yeah, I don't think I'd do that now, although don't mind oysters once in a while. Definitely don't like roughing it any more than I have too and more. Yes, love eating fresh fish and grouse on our moose trips too. We often cook up a bit of liver from a young spiker, but I've never been a bit fan of the stuff myself. I don't think I've never had bannock but sounds interesting. For the clay wrapped sucker, did you eat the clay or the sucker? I would think it would be pretty much a toss up, no? Ha

No kidding Smerch, that's what happens when you make a spur of the moment decision to go on a fishing trip after school on a Friday afternoon. We only brought necessities for the trip, our gear which always included beer and whiskey, but no food, not even chips, figuring that we would eat fish. We got our camp set up started drinking then about midnight got the severe munchies. There was a large pond right beside us and you could hear the frogs croaking, so we decided to catch some snacks. We waded around in the shallows with a coleman lantern and stick clubbing frogs along the way. Once we had a good number of frogs, we cut the legs off put them in a pan poured some Molson's Ex on them, but couldn't get the stove going. We contemplated getting some wood to make a fire, but after a sampling of the marinated frog legs, hunger and the booze over ruled good judgment. (which it had a tendency to do in may cases over the years lol) The next day we got into some little stream specks which don't have much meat on them to begin with. On those trips we always brought along .22's to shoot ground hogs, we contemplated roasting one of those but luckily came across a rabbit which we roasted on an open fire, nothing better than rabbit flavoured charcoal for lunch, with a side of freshly caught speckled trout!

Hmm haven't had frog legs in a long time. I can't help with locations as haven't seen any bullfrogs in a long time. Got me thinking that it would be cool to try to find some. Last time I had frog legs we caught them in a pond at Allen Park close to Durham where we were camped on a speck fishing trip while in high school. We clubed a bunch of them but ended up having to eat them raw soaked in luke warm beer as we couldn't get the coleman stove working. I'm sure they would be much better breaded and deep fried.

Looks like it may be some sort of a conveyer system for aquatic weed harvester?

Very familiar with the song, but that is the first time I've seen the video. I'm with you Smerch, I much prefer classic country and classic rock too. Funny, my kids couldn't stand my music when they were younger, but now in late teens and twenties they are coming around to it too.

It must be real if it's on the Interweb, no? lol

Thanks for the reminder, I totally forgot.

Another fun fact about cats is that their faces which they love to deposit in children's sand boxes carry a parasite that can cause serious health risks. If my dog defecated in the neighbours sandbox and gardens I don't think they would be impressed. Domestic cats were bred by people to be companion animals and as such can easily be controlled by a leash or closed door. And when Fluffy does become a fox's dinner, then the owners are horrified and demand that the city does something about the foxes.

Hmmm, I don't believe anyone is advocating trapping or killing anyones pet cat. Domestic cats are not part of "nature" any more than a dog is. There was a documentary done a few years ago where they put camera's on people's house cats. When they showed the owners the footage of "Fluffy" killing on a regular basis, the owners were horrified and vowed to keep theirs indoors, go forward. Wild animals kill to survive, cats will kill for fun. If you have a cat and are interested in conservation, which is the topic of the this forum, then you might be interested in what they are up when they are out and about, that's all.

Growing up we had a cat that terrorized the local wildlife, used to bring home squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, etc. Only one time did it bring home a rat, which got a ride on the bus to school with me...(amazing how much fun you can have with a dead rat) lol. Any cats out in the bush were viewed as vermin back then.

Not a tracker for theft, but I bought an In-Reach Mini, satellite communicator a few years back. It has an emergency button that will summon help as well as being able to send text and email messages. In initially bought it with moose hunts in mind but, when I'm out alone on Erie especially trolling, I have it in my pocket and my inflatable on. Cheap insurance at $20 per month subscription.

Crazy for sure and sad that these “gang bangers” have no regard for human life. Their goal in life is to be a rap star, with drug dealer as a back up career. The Federal government has our back though with new legislation freezing handgun sales and eliminating mandatory jail time for gun offenders at the same time. I’m sure those two measures will solve the problem🤬

Even crazier is that if you have an Indian Status Card you pay every less. Just goes to show you how much tax the government is hosing us with.

Some beautiful fish there, looks like you had a great trip. Haven't done a real Algonquin canoeing trip since high school during the May 24 weekend in 1986. Had some big temp swings during that trip too, cold and wet, then hot and eaten alive by black flies next.

That's quite a beard. You should have opened the back door and tried to call him in.

I'd say about 30yds The are a big bird but since you are aiming for their head/neck it's actually a pretty small target.