We've been in a drought down here since mid-October....until past few days. But, the 3" we got was over a 3 day stretch. The branches & creeks still ain't running.

Only one beaver call since Labor Day and it was pond beavers.

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They're popping up here too. I have four sites in town that I need to get to.

Our recipe is similar. No juices.....but does include currents and pickled spiced peaches in the mix.

Mince MEAT is a traditional Christmas holiday desert........as animals were butchered this time of year for for the holidays, plus it was now cold enough to hang beef in a shed or somewhere without refrigeration. It aged on the hook. Just go cut off what you needed for that meal. What was leftover in the Spring when weather started warming up was canned. Offer an old timer some canned beef....the kind with a suet cap on it......and watch his face light up. They remember.

In our world, the meat for mincemeat came from scraping the head.....cheek meat and such. Noting went to waste. Now days, it's a big chuck roast. Cooked up, then shredded or chopped fine. Like gooseberry pie, mincemeat tends to be a love it or hard pass. Really no different that a pastie, except it's fruit instead of taters or rutabaga.

Not sure exactly what your trying to do. When I had steel stakes frozen in to hard to pull. In places I had to remove before spring field work started. I would pull the trap and place a board or chunk of wood big enough it wouldn't move. Then go back early spri g before field work started pull those stakes.
Cables stake that I could leave for the next season. My cables all have 6 inches of chain below trap. I tied flagging in the chain and leave them in place. Most of the ones I leave in place are out of the way place es easily returned to.

Mac

Cattrapper77,
You are better than good!

Down here in the deep South, the Natives used agatized coral they found embedded in the limestone along the rivers. Some gorgeous translucent stuff, especially after it has tumbled thru rock shoals for a few thousand years.

It was posted several years ago.

More rain and snow for us this week, and very cold temps. Once the weather levels out I’ll try to get my line out. Between work and the weather it’s been a struggle this year.

Yes sir Thanks for asking. Any Bait, lures, traps, money whatever you would like to donate There will be 4 veterans and all donations will go to the guy's. The money we receive will be used For food and gas for the event. Used or new traps are always nice to give the guy's. I will be giving them some traps myself. I try to buy some different traps thru out the year to give them. Anything you send will be Appreciated. I really can't say which items are needed more than others. Anything you donate will be great. I do know that several of the guy's that have attended in the past 3 years use the coyote and bobcat traps and lures to catch predators on there property or deer leases. So that kind of equipment is definitely well used by the majority of them. Thank you for your interest and support.I also see alot of interest in snares we set alot of snares when we are out on the trapline with them. Once they catch an animal in one or see one caught in a snare they are on it. Last year we snared a coyote and a bobcat them hands were fired up about that. we teach them how to build snares at night on my setup out in my shop they show alot of interest in snares once they see them work. I hope that helps. And thank you sir.

Good friend always took his Marlin 336 in 35 Rem.

I read digging down and putting a fre inches of salt around your ground will help keep it moist the salt pulling in the moisture. But I never tried it. Always used an 8' ground rod for my portable set up. Just pulled it up when I moved it around by wrapping it with a chain and a hi lift jack or the 3 point on the tractor.

Just as long as you don’t get a 6.5 Creedmoor.

That thing can’t kill anything.