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  1. RG_Adult_Onset_Hunter

    Insta pot?

    I might be the only person alive who does not want an instapot. I own a pressure cooker for canning, and I have a heavy oven safe pot for braising. Perhaps that is old school of me, but I have found that most convienience items come at a cost. Machine rolled noodles for instance, do not taste...
  2. RG_Adult_Onset_Hunter

    Big game cal.

    I personally use a .308 for big game (as a general all around caliber). It's a solid all around performer and is very friendly to skinny guys like me who can't handle a lot of recoil. That said, I was recently at the range and struck up a conversation with a guy firing his .300 Win Mag. Like me...
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    My First Deer Part 4 (A Shot I Never Should Have Taken)

    My saddle arrived a week or so into the season. This was the new plan I needed. I had spent several weeks staring at the various trees on the property trying to select the best one to use. I wanted something near the travel pathway of the deer, easy to get to from my access point, and with some...
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    What would you cook for 20 people?

    I love how many people have responded to this one. Getting people to try new things can be a challenge. While I personally detest culinary xenophobia, I agree with most of the folks here in regards to making the food approachable. Venison neck tacos would be high on my list of things to make...
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    Wild turkey recipe.

    Do yourself a favor with turkeys and part them out. Breast meat and thigh/leg meat do not cook at the same speed...this is a reason you have been a fan of "dark" meat your whole life. After that, there are a ton of great ways to handle wild turkey. My personal favorite methods are as follows...
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    Iguana (Chicken of the trees) - Anyone ever try this?

    This sounds fantastic. I have always wanted to try this, but I have never been in an area where I can.
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    EOY '19 - What Worked, What Didn't?

    Shotgun after a failed turkey hunt. But I plan to do it again with a 22lr, or a Judo Point. Jackrabbit is great eating when handled well, just ignore the advice that "rabbit is suitable for chicken applications". Treat Jackrabbit like it's a mule deer shank and you will be VERY pleased with the...
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    Any saddle hunters on HT?

    It might be worth noting that since we are talking about climbing methods, height is really relative to hunting pressure and the winds. If there are more people in stands and saddles in your area, the deer are going to look up more, and you will need to get higher. Also if your wind stinks...
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    My First Deer part 3 (Opening Weekend)

    I got up early and made my way quietly to my blind in the predawn black. The path was less crunchy than the rest of the forest because I had raked all the detritus of the forest out of the way. I knew each range to each tree by heart at this point. I simply had to stay still and wait. Staying...
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    My First Deer Part 2 (getting ready for opener)

    Yeah, that is stress inducing for sure.
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    My First Deer Part 2 (getting ready for opener)

    I found a bow in my garage. It was grandpas old Indian Archery recurve from the 70’s. It was missing a string, and clearly the arrows were way too short for me. I had the money to invest into new hunting gear, but I liked the idea of trying to get my animal with a recurve. This is when the folks...
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    Stoveless backpack meals

    I dry a ton of fruit throughout the summer so I can eat it all year round. Dried hierloom tomatoes are my personal favorite snack, it's like a fruit roll up for adults. That said I take a mixed bag of dried fruit and nuts on ALL my back country outings. It makes for a pretty solid supplement to...
  13. RG_Adult_Onset_Hunter

    Deer - lets see em

    This is my first ever deer. Taken this year with archery equipment.
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    My First Deer

    I have a blurry picture of a man in camouflage kneeling in the dark, his left hand reverently holding the antler of a downed deer. The man had no regard for the camera, or the dark, or even much the blood that recently soaked the earth in front of him. He only had eyes for the animal that lay at...
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    EOY '19 - What Worked, What Didn't?

    Worked: Turkey E-scouting for Fall birds. My first turkey this year stood exactly where I hoped it would at the time I had hoped it would get there. It was so "according to plan" that it was almost spooky. Saddle hunting. Man what a difference for concealment when you draw your bow. Spot and...
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    Any saddle hunters on HT?

    Nothing really....except the damage is sometimes considered illegal on public land. On private it's regarded as one of the fasted climbing methods.
  17. RG_Adult_Onset_Hunter

    Two blade or three

    I am using a 3 blade Wasp Drone. I was honestly astonished by the level of damage from such a small cutter. Even with my lower poundage bow, I got a full pass through on a quartering away shot. The deer did not make it more than 30 yards. I would write off quartering towards shots with my setup...
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    Women’s hunting apparel

    My wife also likes her First Lite gear. It is warm and comfortable, which at the end of the day is all you need to go hunting. That said, it seems like good gear that is not chauvinistically pink is VERY hard to find in women's sizes (this applies to all gear, not just clothing). My wife has...
  19. RG_Adult_Onset_Hunter

    Need a recipe for whole deer shanks

    As with most of the other people on the post, braising is the key to good shoulders and shanks (neck too). I coat my shoulders in a blend of ground chili peppers (not for the heat, for the flavor), sear the outside, and slow roast them in home-ade hot-sauce, beer and turkey stock. 200 degrees...
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    I was hoping there would be a recipe section. (Spicy Turkey Nuggets Anyone?)

    I was a debt collector for more than a decade; as a result of this I have some experience bringing people bad news with decorum. That said, I can't help myself when I hear someone bad mouth wild turkey. If you think wild turkey tastes bad you simply need to learn how to cook. It's great meat and...
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