Oh yeah !! Nice looking lake. I hope it is longer in the other direction

There was this one time when the air taxi service didn't want to take us in because the lakes were locking up. We talked them into it against their better judgment. My typical judgement. The lake wasn't too short but the open water was. Landing wasn't a problem but getting off the lake a week later was. I thought we were going to flip the plane (206) when we hit the ice. Got out on the floats with axes breaking the ice to get the plane turned around. Taxied back to shore where the pilot booted me, my buddy and the packs/bear hide out and told us to hike to a lake at a lower elevation that wasn't iced up quite so bad. He'd pick us up there if he could get the plane off the lake. He made it, barely. So did we.

Nelchina Basin @ around three thousand feet. Late September/early October.

Yep I've seen that same situation before. Shuttle gear and game to a longer sand bar or lake. Also saw one that chose badly. 206 on floats into the drink. Too heavy, too high, too short.

Yep.

If I could I would just bone it out.
In Mn, which is where I'm refering to, unless the law has changed and this was straight from the GW back in 2016, "must take all body parts along out with you, only entrails allowed to be left behind and at least one front quarter must remain attached to the head/ neck region".
Now this law may have changed...

In WI, and correct me if I'm wrong...
I believe it went from, if you wanted butcher in the field you to having to take everything along out with you other than the guts ( this was up till 2017 I believe ).
now, I believe, your NOT supposed to take any bones or hide or along out with you any more. Only the meat and head and cape are allowed if you're field butchering.

I never worry about it when I'm at home in WI. Always pretty close to home with lots of help it's really only when flying solo in MN. that it gets to be a problem.

Thanks to all for the reviews of the Wyoming saw. Looks like the real McCoy!