Pat Riot

It used to be, hence my comment.

Get yourself a decent pellet smoker - not a Traeger. I have a Louisiana Grill, which the company that makes them originated in Canada. Anyway, slow smoking some of those steaks at 190-210℉ for about 40 minutes then quick sear them and you will have some tender juicy swamp donkey steaks. Swamp Donkey Love that name.

All of our surplus munitions went to Ukraine and Israel. Now those surpluses need to be replaced. Hence, all the smokeless powder or the resources to make smokeless powder spec’d for military small arms munitions.

Forty’s post reminded me of two guys I saw struggling to push a two wheeled game cart with a big mule buck like a wheel-barrow through a muddy field. They did not look happy and they were griping at each other. I yelled over “Would you like some help?” One yelled back “Heck yeah, please” ”Try pulling the cart.” Life got a little easier for them… I was going to also tell them that they should have gutted the deer first, but I didn’t want to kick them in the shins. They had a rough morning.

What’s an F’ing Gee Guy?

@Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 those are some impressive photos. What does moose taste like in comparison to venison or beef? Quick funny story: My Dad and one of his buddies went to Canada to hunt moose. They had no idea what they were doing and apparently hired a guide with the same knowledge. They got skunked, but on the last day of their hike with guns my Dad’s buddy had to go tinkle. He went behind this tree and while he was standing there doing his business a bull moose came up behind him. The moose was smelling him as he stood there scared out of his wits and he couldn’t stop peeing. About a minute after he was finished the moose snorted against the back of his neck and turned and walked away. Apparently his gun was leaning against the far side of the tree and he was afraid to move because of all the stories he’s heard about bull moose stomping the heck out of people. Apparently the locals regaled them with stories of the dangers of moose at the lodge where they were staying. They didn’t get a moose. They never went back to Canada to “hunt” moose.

No idea what that is.

I haven’t dragged a deer in quite a while. I must be a terrible hunter. Anyway, I dragged a deer about an eight of a mile once. Regarding the guy and the bear. A guy I worked with lived elk hunting. He hunted alone. He finally got a tag in Idaho. I guess he’d waited years to get one. So, he goes to Idaho and shoots an elk. He cut the elk up and carried a portion and the antlers out as the sun was setting. He returned in the morning to carry some more meat out. Trouble is there were two grizzly bears divvying up his spoils. He took a photo and left. The photo resides under the rack in his living room. Edit: the deer I dragged an 1/8th of a mile wasn’t mine. I belonged to this older gent who claimed he had a bad ticker. I helped him gut the deer and drug it out for him. He promised to give me some of the meat. I loaded the deer into his truck bed and he drove away. Never saw him again.

Thank you @Subdeacon Joe

Also, let me add, if you invade my space with a drone I am going to invade your drone with some space, if you get my drift.

In 2017 I had a neighbor that was flying his drone into my yard and I am pretty sure the cameras were looking into my home. The first time I walked out back and the drone flew off. The next evening the drone showed up. I aimed my Mossberg 500 at it while standing in my living room and it flew off. So it was looking into my house. The next day I was talking with a neighbor and he told me who owned the drone. I went to the guys door and knocked. When he answered I told him that if I saw his drone looking into my home again I would shoot it down and then I would take the drone to the police station and file a complaint about him being a pervert. He never flew his drone around the neighborhood after that. There was a website that you could list your property as “Off Limits” to drones. It would only work for drones and controllers with GPS, but I am pretty sure the supposed 500 feet of air space that WAS your property is no longer your property according to the FAA.

I have got the best squire ever! He keeps showing up with all these cool weapons.

Anyone?

I had a bass boat on a trailer come past me on a 2 line highway. It went off road and blasted into the side of a residential garage. Apparently two guys set the trailer hitch on the ball but hooked nothing up and then headed to the lake. They didn’t even raise the tongue wheel. Luckily no one was hurt. There were kids playing in the front yard of the house just before the trailer & boat made its grand entrance. All the kids had just run into the house to get popsicles. The driver realized his boat was no longer behind them and came back. A Sheriff’s patrol car showed up moments later. Guess who had been drinking… I had to go to court a couple of weeks later and tell what I saw. The driver had several DUIs under his belt. He went to jail for a while. Luckily his insurance paid for all the damage to the garage and the car inside. It occurs to me that I might just be an idiot magnet…

I used to have a tee shirt that had “Intercourse Pennsylvania” boldly printed across the chest. Certain “Officers of the Deck” wouldn’t allow me to leave my ship wearing that shirt.

We were warned. Supposedly Vihta Vuori does not have this issue.

I saw some guys at a campground tie their load down like this. They were packing all their stuff into a short bed (5’ long bed) truck and passed ropes through the ghetto spoke rims on dey truck. I yelled over and told them that they bought to rethink their tie down job. One dude actually told me to mind my own business. I laughed, popped a top and sat down to watch the show. The moron convoy pulled out with two cars in the lead and 2 idiots in the truck. The cars left the campground and took off. The idiots in the truck apparently had to smoke a bowl or something then they started the truck and started to go when “Scrunch, Eeeeeeeeee, Pow! Wham!” It was glorious. The ropes tensioned as the wheels rolled. The load compressed then “POW” something in the load exploded (air mattress that wasn’t deflated) then Wham! One of the tie downs separated and the mechanical end whipped over and put a beautiful dent in the ghetto truck. The idiots jumped out and ran around like they had bees in their pants. They stopped and assessed the situation. Capt. Attitude yelled over and asked if I could help them out. I responded with “Nope! I am minding my own business.” They looked dejected for some reason. They dinked around a while then decided to just go “…this stuff won’t blow out, right?” I found out later from the Forest Ranger that they got down the 5 mile rutty trail (dirt road) and pulled out into the highway and all kinds of stuff blew out as they were doing 70 in a 45 and got pulled over for speeding and littering. Morons.

The media also drives fast results. No public employee or elected official wants any scrutiny or pressure because the media is hounding them for the results. By the same token the media doesn’t push an issue unless their favorite party isn’t winning, if you know what I mean.

You can say that again.

I like Universal powder for my 115 grain 9mm loads. My stash is running low so I decided to email Hodgdon to see if and when that powder might be available. This is their response: Thank you for contacting us. Universal along with all extruded shotshell powders are out of production. We do not have an estimate on when they will again be available. We do not anticipate any production in 2025. It wasn’t what I was hoping for.