I only got a little beaver trapping in this fall, and I couldn't stand leaving these logs on the bank so they came home.
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We had a few picnics to end the summer, let the brats play on the water in the canoe and they're new kayaks while I cooked some beaver!
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If they keep their acts together, and do enough choring, we get to do fun stuff.
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With a dry batter of Bisquik and garlic salt those little stockers fried up nice. If I can get trapping their carcasses will get used as bait.
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I am digging my changes in butchering! I leave much more meat on the bone, clean off much less sinew and put more in the instant pot or cook the soup low and slow.
Here I'm searing the heck out of some shanks and knuckles that I left some meat on. Then simmered in the soup pot for about 3 hours and change...
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It was FANTASTIC!
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He got a bit confused, and broke the plug off in the Tundra.
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Thankfully it came right out with a borrowed easy out!
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Between work and distance education for the kids due to Covid I've had trouble getting everything ready to trap. I've had to confirm the warming systems are working on the VK so I can plug them in, and installed a new trickle charger...hopefully it'll start better at 20 below now. I've been slowly giving it a once over, man you can tell the engineers aren't end users. I had to replace a tire on the trailer and while I had it jacked up I figured I'd spin it and listen to the hub...it was bad! I pulled the bearings out and they fell apart in my hands! Glad I caught that in the yard, put new bearings in both hubs.
I always enjoy everybody else's journals, thanks for sharing, be safe out there!