So I'm sitting in a tree with a rifle right now

[madville]

Waiting for a deer, turkey or hog to walk out into this field I'm watching. I'm bored, it's cold and windy and my one typing finger I have poking out of the glove is numb, ask me anything. (you can see what a serious hunter I am because I'm surfing the internet and tapping all over my IPhone Mainly come out here to spend time with my dad and brother)

[Brickbat]

1. Enjoy, and good hunting!

I'm jealous! I came to deer hunting late, and I love it.

[zappaman]

2. You have wild hogs roaming around?

Tasty!

[madville]

4. Too many actually

I saw a big sow with 10 piglets yesterday

[zappaman]

5. Well, enjoy this recipe!

http://www.craftbeer.com/recipes/beer-candied-bacon

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. Aim small; miss small.

Good luck and I hope the first thing you see is a feral pig... preferably a young one under 200 lbs.

[madville]

11. I'm kind of picky about the hogs

I like them around 100 pounds and to be fairly clean, I hate fooling with them when they are caked in mud and other "stuff" lol

[cherokeeprogressive]

20. Going boar hunting with a friend later this spring here in CA.

Agree with the clean part.

Good luck!

[villager]

6. Perhaps the only truly honest way to be a meat eater

n/t

[madville]

15. I've always loved venison

Grew up eating it at least twice a week

[villager]

46. Last time I was close, was eating some elk that a friend had hunted

The various steaks and burgers lasted a couple winters in his family freezer.

I don't eat much meat -- fish when I'm out, poultry sometimes, as a guest -- because I don't want to support turning living beings into industrial "products." The process, in turn, dehumanizes us (as well as wrecks the planet).

But that honestly obtained elk of his was, I will grant, fairly tasty stuff.

[riversedge]

49. I will eat game meat....

such as turkey, venison, whatever I can hunt or fish. I figure they have a fighting chance. Not bought meat in about 30 years. beans and rice a lot.

[villager]

51. That seems like a good balance. There's really no way to support industrial meat production...

...while holding on to progressive, or humane, values...

[riversedge]

54. thanks. I just can not

even think about animals caged up--just for humans to eat. my sister has laying hens so I get some eggs once in a while.

[erpowers]

68. Grade A vs. Other Grades

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I was thinking about eventually buying some chickens/hens in order to get my own eggs. However, I saw a clip about egg production. A part of the clip pointed out that only Grade A eggs were sold in stores. The other grades were used for other stuff. So, when people grow their own animals for eggs what do they do about grades? Is there a real difference in taste between grades?

[GGJohn]

79. We haven't really noticed a difference in the taste,

but we feed them Scratch and Peck Feed, it's non GMO 100% organic, our chickens like it and reward us with lots of good tasting eggs.

[GGJohn]

57. It was a visit to a factory farm that prompted us to swear off

store bought meat. We now grow or hunt all of our meat and poultry, and we catch our fish at Mormon Lake.

[villager]

59. That's the way to do it. If Americans don't "downsize" their meat consumption, the biosphere will

...do it for them.

And not in a very gentle way.

[safeinOhio]

65. The only red meat I bring into my house is

wild game, goat and lamb.

[rppper]

77. Venison sausage and chili! Mmmmmm...

I've always felt the "gamey" nature of the meat adds to the flavor of both...any stew for that matter. Good hunting!

[Warpy]

7. Well, meat on the table and/or in the freezer would be nice, too

Hunting in cold, miserable conditions would never appeal to me in any way. Fishing was more my thing and I'd bait my own hook and gut & clean my own fish, thankyouverymuch. If it came down to hunting in winter vs. no meat, I'd plant more beans.

So good luck to you.

[madville]

26. Got the freezer pretty well stocked

Got a nice 8 point deer during thanksgiving and still have some cobra, redfish, flounder and triple tail I need to work through.

[Hutzpa]

41. You must be doing it as an hobby then

because there is no way I'll be out there hunting in freezing temperatures just for fun, for food maybe.

[madville]

43. It's well stocked

Didn't say it was full yet

[Hutzpa]

45. Oh okay then

makes sense.

[Brickbat]

53. Had a stretch of 10 degree weather for our deer season this fall.

It was still fun. There's no bad weather, just bad clothes.

[Hutzpa]

55. Sometimes even with good clothing

it can be tough especially if you're starving. Starvation and cold do not go together.

[Brickbat]

58. Starvation certainly makes a lot of things difficult and unpleasant.

[BeyondGeography]

8. Some reading material for ya

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2009/11/pee-or-not-pee-your-treestand

[2naSalit]

39. !!!

Priceless!!

[BeyondGeography]

47. This sounded helpful to me

from MLH wrote 5 years 2 months ago

Oh, if you do use a bottle, best to use a cola bottle so that the color difference is obvious.

[2naSalit]

52. I must confess

I didn't read it but suddenly thought about how the power of suggestion effects one's ability to hang in there, so to speak, and just how long it would be before the poster in the tree will have to engage in that thought process now that you've mentioned it.

...know what I mean?

[NBachers]

56. From the comments:

"I see you've been using a Diet Mountain Dew bottle as your…uhhh…"repository". Isn't that somewhat redundant?"

[Mosby]

9. dont you need a permit or something?

[madville]

12. Yep

I buy a Sportsmans license here every year, it covers everything hunting and fishing

[Jackpine Radical]

10. Sounds kinda like my style of hunting.

I quit a few years ago, but over the last few decades it became all about how to stay comfortable in 10º weather and not so much about shooting a deer. Every year my stand got a little fancier. I ended up in a 6x10 shack on a trailer, complete with propane heater & hotplate. My hunting buddy & I built it one fall.

[madville]

19. My dad had one similar to that years ago

Had a recliner in it, he called it The Condo

[rogerashton]

13. Come to my place.

I've had to run a pair of deer out of my backyard twice today. They held a sleepover here last night.

[madville]

18. Have them in my 1 acre backyard also

Ate all my white acre peas and okra last year when I was away a few days.

[shenmue]

14. What if you see a unicorn?

Do you need an extra license for that?

[madville]

16. Or what about a Bigfoot?

The doesn't say you can't shoot it I guess j/k

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. You shouldn't text/post and hunt

You could misspell a word and shoot a Chipmunk or something.

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. Where you at, Wheel Man?

[A HERETIC I AM]

84. I was in the bunk when you posted...

Now about 20 from the AL line headed west. I take over in Biloxi at about midnight or so

[oberliner]

22. What part of the country are you in?

Just curious.

[madville]

24. Near the FL/AL state line

Been cold all week, 22 at my house Thursday morning

[Duckhunter935]

23. Stay warm and safe

I do hope you can get something. Hogs are taking over and need to be thinned to elimination.

[GGJohn]

27. I bagged a wild hog a few weeks ago,

about 150 lbs., butchered and dressed it, donated a good portion to the local food bank and froze the rest.
We have the damn things all over AZ, no regs on hunting them or how many we can harvest.

[Duckhunter935]

30. They are out of control in Oklahoma

they ruin about everything and can be hunted as a pest

[GGJohn]

34. Same in AZ,

they're considered pests, that's why there's no regs or limits.

[panader0]

64. Hogs? Or javelina?

[GGJohn]

66. Feral pigs but we just call them hogs.

Javelina's are considered big game here in AZ and require a hunting license, whereas feral pigs do not.

[panader0]

69. Out of curiosity--where in AZ are there feral pigs?

I live in the boonies outside Sierra Vista--lots of javelina but I have never seen a feral pig or wild hog in my many years here.

[GGJohn]

72. Sent you a PM.

We live up around Flagstaff area.

[SummerSnow]

82. I love bacon

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. ugh. poor animals

[GGJohn]

28. What do you mean poor animals? eom

[Liberal_in_LA]

37. some animal is about to have a violent death

[GGJohn]

40. Yep, to sustain other life,

I donate a lot of my kills to the homeless shelters and food banks so the less fortunate have food to eat.

It's not like deer, hogs, turkeys, etc. are endangered animals.

[madville]

44. It's also organic

No antibiotics, no steroids, etc. It's about as all natural as one can get.

[GGJohn]

48. That's the main reason we grow our own veggies and fruit,

and raise our own livestock and hunt.
I flat out refuse to buy meat or fruits/vegetables from the supermarkets.

[madville]

50. I'm planning getting some chickens this year

At the very least for eggs and maybe an occasional meal.

[Duckhunter935]

32. Good tasting

unless the boar is to old. Invasive out of control and need to be controlled.

[Fred Sanders]

33. Hunters in trees with IPads...what a sight that would be. Deer are probably laughing at a distance.

[madville]

42. More than a few probably have slipped by me

Used to bring a book, now I just bring the IPhone

[cwydro]

71. Bwahaha !

[Katashi_itto]

29. Keep an Eye out for Dick Cheny.

[Duckhunter935]

31. make sure you say it right

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeny

[madville]

36. Not many quail or lawyers out here n/t

[GGJohn]

38. All these years I thought it was Dick Cheesy.

[Blue_In_AK]

35. Moose is delicious,

but I guess you don't have them down there.

[Duckhunter935]

60. Love

Mooseburgers. Had them all of the time when up there TDY. Moosewurst and sausage yummy too.

[Blue_In_AK]

61. I like it because it doesn't taste gamey

like caribou or venison. Just sweet and delicious.

[Drahthaardogs]

85. Caribou reminds me of liver

Fine grained very dark a little spongy. I never foung it strong tasting unless it was a rutting bull. They drink urine from the cows thus become inedible.

[Brigid]

62. For you:

[aikoaiko]

63. Make, model, caliber?

Glass or iron?

[madville]

74. It's a 1969 Browning BAR in .243

Has a Simmons 3-10x44 scope on it. Browning Automatic Rifle sounds a lot tougher though (it's semi-auto, that's just what BAR stood for back to WWII).

[aikoaiko]

78. That's a classic.

I always wanted one in .308

[rogerashton]

80. The military model was full auto

though it did not deliver a lot of rounds. I fahred one at ROTC camp. Sorry about the dialect.

[Hangingon]

83. Not the same gun.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

67. Hunting is wrong!!!

Send me some venison, will ya? Mmmm

[rogerashton]

81. If God hadn't meant for us to eat animals,

She wouldn't have made them out of meat.

(Thanks, G.M. Ford.)

[freshwest]

70. Just don't be drinking, hypothermia will set in and you might fall down and break a leg!

And break the iPhone, must'nt forget how expensive those things are...

[Hell Hath No Fury]

73. I hope you have a really crappy hunt.

[Telcontar]

75. Me too! Cause I'm stuck at a family obligation and cant go

Otherwise, I'd be glad to be hanging out in the woods looking for dinner

[madville]

76. Just saw a nice bobcat

Got to watch him for a couple of minutes through the gun scope while he stalked around the edge of the woods. No bobcats were harmed