Mike Schulz wrote:

put the pike on here!!!

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buckybadger wrote:

Buschman have you ever carved a walleye or have any available for purchase?

I do have a pike/musky carving out of white cedar and could send you photos. No walleyes right now. I do plan to carve one here one day.

ThunderLund78 wrote:

I assume you do commissioned work, though? Or is your yard and house just full of carvings?

I am not running the saws as much as I was a few years ago. I have sold quite a few and need to sometimes.

I have quite a few in the yard and at the house here.. I do sell some but usually is not my intention when I pick what to carve… I just get a bug in my head to carve something and do it.

Thanks for the kind words guys!

I know a good floor guy over here in Cottage Grove. I know quite a few people he has worked for an they all were very happy..

Malicki Flooring LLC 651-955-1183. Talk to Barry.

ThunderLund78 wrote:

Buschman, do you have a website with all of your work?

I do not.. Just a backyard hobby carver. I don’t want to advertise and give the impression I am doing it for a business or anything like that. It would be different if I was doing it for a living but already have a day job and real bad fishing habit that takes up most my time.

I dont want to drown this post with photos but have to put this one on here.. Think this was my favorite carving I have done so far. When I started carving this was my ultimate goal. Took a 9 ft piece of white pine that was 34 inches in diameter. Worked on it for 5 weeks.. This was a couple years ago now

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Here is a super cool one that I carved last summer.. The shark is black walnut and the base is eastern red cedar drift from the Mississippi. I used copper rods for mounting and soaked them in salt/vinagar to get a patina on it. Took more time to carve this than a 6 ft eagle but was worth it.

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Mike Schulz wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Droptinex2 wrote:</div>
I absolutely love seeing this post! Bushman awesome artistry!
I do some carving, but not with a chain say. Here’s a few pictures

dang that is some awesome carvings too!!! man you guys are good!!

X2.. Good work Droptine!

Here is a cool carving love or hate wolves.. Fits the topic. This dude does amazing work.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1360291462076261/?s=single_unit&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZUrd9_OKZJUilRQxswtbhBZbJLeihhaFHtPVpkrdV1sxtG_h5GfYAGAE4VMS8PjBZUBfqZwKgP5DFAFu40qUGOjZMdrWB-3xb8KWflkAVDluWvNWBcg_clgsiWEnuYoCFmXGAULAjMH89-vfBU9_hZ6YWeoTZEHsuNDx2_dLN1m9_680KRHGGEeVslXj1IILEHQggdiccdcN4qUVOSVjwQxvEjR5HsOLgE73ZbpniGsx6LOf2tJjtRIbXqHOnc5aug&__tn__=H-R

Matt Moen wrote:

Head to Head was all artificial when they were running those tournaments a few years ago. When they got beat down on pool 2 the guys might’ve wanted live bait but otherwise it didn’t seem to matter to them.

Matt, it was fun watching this one when they had it here on 2.. They did get their butts kicked!! I thought they would have figured out something better than they did. Thats for sure.

JEREMY wrote:

Its to cold to head up to Duluth and look for some now.

Where are you located?

I will say this.. Duluth is not that good of an area to look. Agates were formed in lake superior but most were moved out and deposited south of Duluth. People have found LSA all they through Iowa. Best starting point is Moose Lake and south of there. Even the mpls/st paul metro area is a much better choice that the Duluth area.

Transportation and warehousing here.. I started when I was 18 years old and still here 26 years later. Moving America they say… haha.

Nice finds Marty! I have always wanted to get out west and poke around some day..

Carnaval games!! That game with the bb gun and red star on the paper.. Cost me just as much as your football team and all I have is some white pieces of paper with a speck of red on it! Gets me every year!

Browndog wrote:

Lot’s of really good options on Airbnb.

We are going down in April for Spring Break with a couple of families and got a big house right on the beach. Can’t really go wrong as there is something for everyone.

I agree! My wife wants to be cheap and get a budget hotel… I was leaning on getting away from the busy strip and finding something like this for 2 days on the beach. We did stay in Gulf Shores for a week a few years ago. Surf fishing was fantastic!!! It was nice being right there on the beach.

I had 5 bucks on the camera last week. One of the young guys lost a spike side. That seemed odd for a young one to drop so soon but maybe not?…

buckybadger wrote:

Just ordered a copy. I have never read it but it sounds like it’s worth the $12.

I just did the same!

I agree! Wife and I were watching it here too. South east metro.

Onions and garlic here… I do the cooking at home about 4 days a week and somehow about every meal has onions and garlic in there. I have never really thought much about it either till now.

I am surprised this thread is running yet. Good work not running it into the toilet.

I have received all my shots necessary but do not get the flu shot or mRNA shot. I have only received a flu shot once and that was for reasons mentioned above. To “protect” someone in my family who was in recovery from cancer. I personally do not think it helped anything. Ended up sick as a dog that year.

I have young kids and my wife teaches early childhood with a dozen plus around her every day. Seems like natural immunity works so we stick with that these days. I would rather eat buggers and lick door handles than get those shots currently.

Glenn, I read those wolves are more into Elk antlers. However that is debatable..

BigWerm, I have been hunting metro again for two years now. We had a big kitty walking around here on the east side of town last fall. Never did get it on camera. Only found tracks but was 100% a big cat.

The DNR site is funny when reading about cougars. They imply there is no population in MN. Just some individual cats from ND/SD that show up time to time on a trail cameras. I half believe this but they sure do downplay the frequency of sitings IMO..

Happy new years boys and girls! Looks like we are going to freeze back up for a bit here on P2. I was happy we got a break from the weather in December. The last 4 weeks has been good. Numbers for me were low but size was great. Caught quite a few over that 28 notch.

Here are a couple photos. Not great pictures. I was fishing solo a few nights and trying to get photos with the phone while alone is tricky.. Looking forward to 2025. We have a good year class of big fish going into the new year.

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I do not use fluorocarbon anymore. Honestly I have more luck with Berkley XT for leader material under 20lb test.

Red Eye wrote:

Wonder how the tribe’s input will factor in?

Sounds like it already had an impact. They said there were “political issues” in the Red Wing plans. I am assuming this was related but only a guess.

Gitchi Gummi wrote:

For me, the cost of a quarter of beef is only one part of the equation when deciding if its worth it. Quality of the beef compared to store bought meat makes it a no brainer. From time to time I will eat store bought beef and get reminded again why buying local raised beef is far superior. It’s not even close. You get what you pay for.

Agreed, this goes for pork as well. Our family raises two pigs every year. The cost is actually higher than going to the store and we process ours at home. But quality is no comparison.

BigWerm wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Gitchi Gummi wrote:</div>
if its not access to firearms, why are school shootings so much of a problem for the US but not anywhere else?

How about if it is access to firearms, why doesn’t Switzerland have the same issue as the US? And why didn’t the problem exist in the US prior to the 90’s?

I am sure this will be an echo to most people here. I had access to firearms my whole life. Just about every one of my friends houses were the same way. Our parents and thiers would let us grab the shotgun anytime we wanted and use some of their shells. We never had this problem when we were young (80’s-90’s) I guess I will stand by the idea that the guns are not the problem. Blaming the gun is just an excuse.

I really dont know why this exist now. Wish we did! I am sure there are multiple reasons that are not similar to eachother. I just know it is not the guns that are to blame. Thats all. We have some way bigger issues that need to be in the spotlight and I have no idea how to identify and correct them.

recordhunter wrote:

Pulled out of Lions Saturday morning and after I got on plane and rounded the first buoy I hit something under water

Were you heading upstream or downstream? I would guess you were going upstream. Up past the 1st bouy they had material for mooring equipment from the last spill at the refinery. You would have had to been up inside the dam to find it though.. Going downstream outside the cans has been clean. Super clean this fall. Just curious if it was up or downstream of the launch.

Reef W wrote:

North Pole Restaurant in Newport I think. It’s not that big though, you might have been smaller

Even cooler is a catfish he has mounted in the drug store connected to the restaurant. If you walk into the drug store there is a 44-45 inch flathead mount on the wall facing the restaurant.

Advanced Sportswear is the store in that little stip mall selling sweatshirts.

Hunting up at the family farm was pretty good for our crew. We filled 2 of 4 buck tages. My brother inlaw and niece both got 3.5 year old bucks. Best part of the weekend was my niece and nephew. They hunted together for the first time on opener. 7:25am they had her deer laying in the field ready for us to pickup. Was great to see them work together and sure they will remember it forever. I head back up on Wednesday and hope to bring a doe home if a mature buck doesnt show up.

This deer with the goofy rack was so beat up from fighting. It was incredible how many wounds he had on that left side of his face, ears and neck. Its hard to see in the photo but he looked like a pin cusion when we took the hide off.

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