I know that nobody owns the lake but it would be pretty bad manners IMO to drill holes and leave glare ice right in front of someones door.
I always put back of shelter into the wind and put an anchor in front of the sled. My tow rope is hooked to the sled with 2 detachable clips that I can hook to a third eye bolt on the back corner of the sled to anchor it in really strong winds.

Sounds great

Looks like the Primos is it then. Thanks Ken

Anymore info on the big buck? Rumor has it he was from Munising, Mi. up here in DA UP??? Ken

The most important thing to remember is to fully and carefully field dress your deer. That means to get all of the entrails removed without contaminating the surrounding meat and then to fully wash the chest cavity to prevent anything that is unwanted from staying there to ferment the bacteria caused during the field dressing job. Also you want to prevent the blow flies from getting to your meat by covering it with black peeper or to use the commercially available cheese cloth wrappings. Ken