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Quarter squirrels. Brown in olive oil and garlic. Then add to a crock pot and simmer with onions and some water. Cook for a few hours. Then add carrots and celery for the last hour. Falls off the bone and very tasty. Never heard of eating the brains, but I have heard of eating the cheeks. Never tried the cheeks. i always try for a head shot and the cheeks are often shot.

3rd one - best of luck.

Moose meat is one of the best. I brought back 300 pounds from my moose. It took my friend and I 21 hours to debone, butcher and wrap. I did leave some meat with him and another local.

RIP - One of my favorite Yogi quotes........"Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical."

Beautiful buck.......I wish every hunter gave thanks when he or she is fortunate enough to harvest an animal. In today's messed up world, it's nice to see someone with a solid set of values.

This one will get a Euro mount and go on the porch. The picture does well for him, but he is not that big...maybe 300. Looks bigger than 300 - Congratulations on a great bull. And I agree on being able to pack out elk in my 70s - hoping for the best.

Great hunt. Congratulations on a DIY moose hunt. I have done it and you are 100% correct - the weather can be nasty and the work begins after the shot. It is hard to believe how big these bulls can get. Do you know if you were in an area that allowed wolf hunting. Given the opportunity, I think most natives would shoot any wolf they could. Just curious..........why do you guys add fat to each portion before you freeze it? I always try to trim as much fat away from all of my cuts. It seems like fat is the fist thing to go rancid after 6 or 7 months in the freezer.

Congrats on a very nice bull. Tough packs out always seem to make the meat taste better.

There are some great deer in 3C. Congrats.

Great buck and congratulations to hunterdan! All three of these bucks are very nice. Hoping to draw that tag next year with 23 points.

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For sale - Full 8 pound container of Winchester WSF Smokeless Powder. I will not be reloading any time soon. I imagine someone can use it.........$130. Located in North Phoenix/Scottsdale.

On late rifle elk hunts I have always had on some red or orange. Generally, I carry a pack that is red and brown. I feel safer, as I have spent many elk hunts still hunting through the pines. Even on mule deer hunts in the pines, I think orange/red is a good idea. On whitetail hunts, where most hunters are glassing, I wear camo. The orange camo is a great option for both adults and kids.

SO glad your dog is ok. Where is the 24 hour clinic? Union Hills and what crossroad? One of my dogs encountered a toad while we were hiking around Greer one summer. I am not sure what types of toads live in the White Mts. It looked like a desert toad. The toad shot out some type of liquid from around it's eye. It was a long time ago, but think it was red in color. My dog had it in his mouth. He dropped it right away. We used all of our water to flush his mouth out as best we could. We still had to hike back. The dog was about 50 pounds and I carried him back to the truck. flushed his mouth more and then took him to a vet in Pinetop. My dog didn't react at all like your dog. So, the fluid the toad shot out of his eye must not have been toxic. But, I had always heard that toads can kill dogs, so I didn't know what the symptoms would be. Oh and yes, people do try to ingest toad venom to get high. Back in the late 80s when I was in college, I ran into a few folks who smoked toad venom. Seems awfully risky to me.

Nice - I can't wait to get back to Alaska. I spent some time along the Andreafski River and on the Yukon.

I have never seen frame sizes in XL. Usually, they are either inches or cm. My current bike has a 19 inch frame. It has been years since I have looked at Mt. Bikes, so maybe sizing designations have changed.

What size frame?

Five year old Yellow lab, 70 pounds. We feed her just under 1 cup, three times a day. She has been getting Taste of the Wild, Sierra Mountain with roasted lamb. Her coat is by far the nicest of all the dogs I know. Very shiny and no smell at all, never. Cost is $50 per 30 pound bag. We fed her Natural Balance for about 3 years. It was a very good product, less expensive. But, when Dick Van Patten sold it to Del Monte, the food was no longer made in the USA and the formula changed. It smelled awful, so we made the change to Taste of the Wild.

We were just north of Payson on Thursday. They aren't ripe yet. Some bushes had a few ripe ones, most were still green or slightly red. I picked about 20 of them and less than half were sweet. I thought more would be ready. I would say 2 more weeks.

Beautiful ram. Congratulations.

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This was a great story, but I got lost a little bit towards the end. Does the puppy still need a home? If so, is she still up here in the Valley or back down south?

A former student of mine, who will be going to MIT in September, does webpages. She is a great kid and very reasonable. She can use the money for college - MIT is not cheap! She is smart, but not so smart that you can't have a normal conversation with her. She did alot of webpage stuff for our school. Her name is Nina and here is her website with information. If you contact her, tell her you got her name from her high school counselor........ nerdlynet.com and can be reached there or at nerdlynet1@gmail.com.

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