We bone out the deer. The fat and bloodshot meat is saved for the birds. I save the rib cages for the birds too. They pick them clean. We grind a lot of the boned out meat and make various types of sausages. My favorite is a mettwurst we make. We save the heart and liver for the birds. I hate liver of any kind and heart tastes similar. My wife makes a great stroganoff with the ground venison. It makes a great chili too.
more than a couple out-of-state set demonstrators at PA Trappers Rendezvous have jarred their entire upper bodies when trying to sink a digging hammer into our "soil".
it's not ALL rock, but we have more than our fair share.
Follow doctor's orders especially about showers and care of the incision. It's important to prevent infection. I had 4X at 50, and again 16 years later. It took a lot longer to recover the second time around due to the age difference, so they said. Be SURE to keep a pillow handy to press to the chest and "hang on" when a cough is coming on. NOTHING is more important than his working toward his recovery. He must leave all other duties to someone else or can them.
If you are running long extensions(5-6’ or so) 18” stakes will work. They can’t really pump it straight up out of the ground. That being said, all my stakes are at least 24” long just in case I get in soft ground it’s nice to have the extra length then. They also double as water line stakes.
Yep I miss running traps with my boys. Started taking both of them when they were really young and then we kept ant it all up through when they all took off for college and careers. Man those two got pretty good at shucking coon and skinning coyotes too. I miss their help. They could make sets faster than me once they hit high school. I hope they both had fun all those years.
In regards to the preceding posts on gang setting, do you feel too many different attractions in an area is detrimental? If there are four sets tucked close together and each one has a different smell or visual aspect (bone, scat, feathers, ect) does that put up a coyotes defenses? If you have ever walked into a place like a Hobby Lobby store or a department store in the mall the cacophony of smells is a bit off putting. Do coyotes perceive too many combinations of smells the same way? Do you recommend one primary lure at a location and supplement with some urine and droppings i.e. "low key" flat sets? Or do you use multiple lures at different traps in a gang set location?
Kinley this is Illinois the land of Chicago corruption I’m sure it is illegal. Figure like this the tag was 9 bucks and the cites was 9 bucks and they wonder why when I can’t get a tag I shoot them and toss because I don’t care about their vagus bs