Good luck to the hunters!! Looking forward to their story. I've been part of a few moose hunts (both as a permitee and a helper)now and they are some of my favorite hunting memories.
We triple grind all venison. Usually add ~15% weight of fatty pork...either pork butts or picnic roast or pork loin if it has a good fat cap. Basically whatever is cheapest and on sale.
Nice Laker!! Champlain I'm assuming? We catch a lot of them in Quabbin Reservoir. They put up a decent fight and shake their heads and roll around the entire way in. Smoked is definitely the best way to eat them. We catch and release them almost exclusively and only target them when we can't...
Your short list of boats was nearly identical to mine this past winter. Coming from a Sylvan that had a few leaky rivets, I knew I was looking to go all welded if possible. I looked at the Starweld, Crestliner and trackers for welded and Smoker Craft, Lund and Alumacraft for riveted. The...