B-man pro-tip here

Skip the carry bag all together on any pop-up and use a couple-three cinch straps. Way faster, easier, lighter, and less headaches

Also, am I the only one that wishes someone would make a true 1-Man ultralight/compact hub shack?? Something like 48×48 that weighs 10-12 lbs?

I’ve had an Eskimo quickfish 2 hub before, wish they made something smaller for long walks where weight counts and small enough to fit into backpack on a snowmobile ride.

Also worth noting, TheReelShot is an awesome company, Russel G. is the man!!

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^^^^ 10-4 Griz

If that’s the case I’d go with Seaguar STS in 15lb

It’s a true leader material (far tougher than fluorocarbon line) but also half the price of Blue Label and more supple.

It’s all I use and never disappoints.

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

If it’s a Swiss cheesed well known community spot it’s one thing, but…

If I’m on a lake and there’s not another fisherman within a 1/4+ mile, then one drives/walks up and starts fishing a hole I just drilled??? Yeah, not cool in most circumstances.

There’s no way in H-E-L-L I’d ever pull that on someone. There’s a lot of water to cover, and that guy drilled where he did to get away from the crowds/community spots.

If you feel like that guy is “in your spot” before you got there, instead of butting in, use that opportunity to explore for a newer and better spot (that’s what I’ve done and it’s paid off more than once)

I got my wish of 1″ of snow just south of Duluth

A lot less than the forecast called for.

I mentioned earlier that the kids had a 2 hour delay this morning, the first flakes didn’t start falling until 9 am

It’s said that fluorocarbon isn’t ideal for spinner rigs because it sinks.

Looks like Arctic Cat is shutting it down for good now

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2 hour delay for the kid’s school tomorrow

3-10″ forecasted for my house, depends on what the lake decides to do to the storm.

I have my fingers crossed that we get 1″

CaptainMusky wrote:

That is a pretty dang big buck for sure. I cant answer the question as to whats a lot because I generally quarter them and then have a place do the rest. I keep the backstraps and tenderloins however. Do you go after the rib meat and stuff that most leave?

I’ll sometimes trim the brisket and flanks out (did on this deer), but as for actual rib meat I do not.

Not sure how or what people actually do with that, I’ve sliced a few out before and they look like fatty bacon with hardly any red meat. No way I’d throw it into my grind?

Randy, the link you posted is broken…

I clicked the middle one a hundred times and all I got out of it was a boner

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the Bears take the Vikings into overtime the last time they played??

Now that’s embarrassing

That said, I don’t see any NFC North teams making it to the big dance with how they’ve all played lately and how beat up the Lions are.

Hoping somebody does, but I’d be surprised to see it lol

Dutchboy wrote:

Does the game look as bad on TV as it sounds on the radio?

It’s worse

The Bears have shot their own paws off 10 times and Darnold is lucky to not have 5 picks.

I was in until you said they didn’t have any stickers

Randy, we’ve never met but I can tell you’re a great parent and son!

Keep your chin up buddy, plenty of better days are ahead

Randy I’m glad to hear your family is okay.

Thoughts and prayers to all involved, and I hope one day these events can stop all together.

A mental health issue combined with the copy cats is never a good thing.

When I was a kid it was bombings all over the news. One guy after another, copying the next. Government buildings, the Twin Towers, Kazinski, Olympics, etc. One whack job after the next repeating whatever made headlines.

I’d give anything to be able to go back in time and stop the first mass school shooting if it would be able to curb what’s happened since.

BOOM!!!!

Flags in Carton County today

6-8″ of ice

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Randy Wieland wrote:

My wife only lets me decorate the trees outside

^^^^^^ If you know….you know

Glad you found her

Meanwhile, the Vikings have been in ONE NFC Championship game in almost the last 50 YEARS…

They lost of course.

It’s actually amazing they are still a team, and somehow they’ve kept a lot of fans since their inception

If you’re a Purple fan in the Packer thread, I don’t mean to hurt your feelers. It’s just time for an intervention, join the dark side and you’ll be a lot happier human being

I’ll bet anyone here a $100 that the Packers will win another Superbowl before the Vikings ever win their FIRST one

“We may take 3 years or never make the leap”

If there’s ANY chance you’d won’t move soon, I’d start setting posts tomorrow.

In 3 or 30 years you’ll get some money out of it.

In 3 or 30 years the building WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE to build.

If it’s a dream of yours and the missus is on board- DO IT

Heated garages and shops are priceless, expensive, but priceless

I see there are a bunch of types of PowerBelts, do they all suck? The ones I bought are 295 grain aero-tip coppers

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-18 here right now

Just checked the chickens, they’re alive but pissed about their frozen water. Gave them some new water and added a caged heat lamp.

Their two 200-watt infrared wall heaters that apparently don’t cut the mustard in the extreme cold. But when they’re on the roost the heaters don’t have much to reflect onto.

Thanks for all of the advice guys and PM replied to Jimmy

deertracker wrote:

That’s why I quit using shockwaves. Never had a blood trail. I use Hornady XTPs now. It’s like a blood highway.
DT

I’ve only shot a few deer with them before but never had a problem?

The good thing is I don’t have many left, time to switch it up I guess

Are PowerBelts any good?? I picked up a bunch of them on an end of season clearance a couple years ago (for like $2 a pack), think I have 4-5 packages

Figured they would be cheap for the kids to practice if nothing else, but I’ll hunt with them if they work!

Thanks for the kind words guys, it was a ton of fun

After the shot I could hear him crashing right away, but was surprised to find literally zero blood trail. I had to go back and decipher his tracks, followed them to where he laid stone dead.

I found my sabot today while cleaning him, he was slightly quartering to me, it crushed his left shoulder, a rib, both lungs, opposite rib, then stopped under the hide on his right side. It didn’t expand worth a crap, but he died in less than 5 seconds.

Shooting 250 grain Shockwaves with 100 grains of American Pioneer pegs. I took a practice shot before I left home (to get fresh powder into the gun for the new hunt), but was surprised to see minimal expansion. Hit exactly where I was aiming, so I don’t think the powder was the problem??? Wondering if maybe the shoulder deflected it hard and caused it to tumble through instead of expanding?

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Got it done today with 2 minutes left on the second to last day of WI muzzleloader!!

I still had my WI gun tag to fill (we used Ben’s tag on my gun buck while family/party hunting opener)

Public Land, no cameras, no bait (even though it’s legal in Douglas County).

Just a little scouting, a little patience, some warm gear, and a ton of luck lol

75 yard shot, he crashed hard 50 yards later part way down a ravine. Not a big rack but one of the biggest bodied deer I’ve ever shot!

Mom dropped off helpers to get him out of the woods

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wormdunker wrote:

the tech they are building into the 40 is pretty special though, game changer.

(I’m assuming you’re tongue in cheek)

I just watched a video about the FLX 38, the features compare very similarly with the Humminbird Ice-55 (which was released only 16 years ago lol)

I’ve only done them a handful of times, but here’s ideas (some have already been mentioned).

Your own favorite camping chairs
Bluetooth Speaker for your phone
Old school pocket radio
Poker Set, Dice, etc
Chess Board (if you guys play)
Small folding/portable table
DeWalt/Milwaukee Fan
Lots of beer

For some passive but interactive entertainment I highly recommend listening to “Game On Suckers” (it’s Meat Eater trivia with Steve Rinella). There’s also a handful of kids episodes (Meater Eater kids trivia), a few good hours of educational listening if your critter is young.

I had a nice chat with our county assessor.

House/Property valuations have been too low, “so they’re playing catch up”

And

Tax increases are needed because they’re currently too low.

——–

So they inflated property values and increased the rates at which those properties are taxed.

I’m sure every penny will be put towards a good cause and I’m sooooo glad to be a part of it…