Hunting and Bipolar

[trackerbacker]

Coon was good to eat. Most people would probably believe it was beef brisket if they were told that’s what it was, seasoned only with salt. With BBQ sauce added it’s nearly indistinguishable. The meat is tender, slightly greasy, sweet, and has a very mild flavor. I could not detect any aroma from the raw flesh, and when cooked only the fat has a slight odor, not unpleasant. In my area they mainly eat the same field corn that cows eat, so seems to make sense.

The meat before being shredded.
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Had BBQ coon sandwiches that were really good.

Used to go to a wild game dinner every year when I was younger, there'd be every type of meat imaginable there, and the BBQ Raccoon was always one of my favorites out of everything.

Yall need help.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Yall need help.

Yesterday I used the rest of the plain meat on tortillas w/ onions, salsa, Mexican cheese in a flour tortilla. It was even better than BBQ coon sandwich…I’m starting to talk myself into catching another trash panda

 

[Pucky Freak]

Glassed a marsh at daybreak and didn’t turn up anything interesting. I did see a kingfisher catch it’s breakfast on the first attempt.


Later I sat my evening treestand, and was able to finally connect my dad’s shotgun on a deer. https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/se...ctions-for-hunting.320887/page-2#post-3652068


Pass through and ricochet. 380 gr. slug destroyed the deer’s liver - he only made it about 80 yards.

 

[Pucky Freak]

An interesting note on the button buck - he was sexually mature. Stubby antlers above the skin, relatively large body size, unusually fat for a fawn, active tarsal glands (the one on the right leg is visible in the pic), and enlarged testes. I’ve read about fawns doing this but have never seen it until today.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Bought a couple doe tags for southern IA in an area I’ve never set foot in. Evening ambush with the monopod/trekking pole and my handgun. I fell asleep and awoke to drawn-out breeding grunts beyond the brushy cover to the left of the frame. A doe or doe fawn ran out of there and I never saw the buck - I think he kept low in a washout out of sight.

 

[Pucky Freak]

December surprise! My wife thought she was putting on a few holiday lbs, but visit to the doctor last month showed positive pregnancy test. Fertility clinic had previously told us we couldn’t conceive. JK, LOL, apparently! Biggest shock was ultrasound on Friday showed baby is due in just 5 weeks We’ll have to go buy back all the baby stuff we donated to Goodwill, haha.

Hasn’t really sunk in yet for me. My wife couldn’t be happier. She has always wanted to carry a baby.

 

[trb]

Congratulations!

 

[Jbotto]

Super congrats to you both!

 

[SwaggyD]

Congrats!!!!!

 

[Otter1]

Congratulations to you guys!!!

That’s awesome!

-Eliot

 

[CouesKelly]

Congrats! Great news!

 

[Nameless Range]

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December surprise! My wife thought she was putting on a few holiday lbs, but visit to the doctor last month showed positive pregnancy test. Fertility clinic had previously told us we couldn’t conceive. JK, LOL, apparently! Biggest shock was ultrasound on Friday showed baby is due in just 5 weeks We’ll have to go buy back all the baby stuff we donated to Goodwill, haha.

Hasn’t really sunk in yet for me. My wife couldn’t be happier. She has always wanted to carry a baby.

That’s a Happy New Year. Congrats!

 

[Bowmannate2000]

Congrats on the baby news!

 

[duckhunt]

Congratulations

 

[vanish]

Biggest shock was ultrasound on Friday showed baby is due in just 5 weeks

Ok, I'm confused. You made it 7.5 months without noticing anything?!

 

[Bowmannate2000]

Ok, I'm confused. You made it 7.5 months without noticing anything?!

My wife had morning sickness almost instantly with each pregnancy . Some women are lucky and don't have to deal with all that.

 

[TheBenHoyle]

Congratulations!!

 

[Bhoesl]

Congratulations!!

 

[Nick87]

Big congrats!

 

[elkduds]

What a Christmas miracle, congratulations!