Old Ironmaker

Not a lot off topic but I have to ask what is your favorite way to cook up Deer? I will make snitzels (sic) with the loin on mash taters and a wild mushroom gravy. Also cut the ribs in 2" or so pieces on the band saw and make a stew with it like a French Canadian at the plant showed me, my favorite way. The whole shoulder or leg with bone in I make like a pulled pork low and slow with red wine, inserted garlic covered in white and red onions and some secret stuff called Montreal Steak Spice rubbed on it, sometimes an entire leg on the BBQ wrapped in foil. Marinated over night. I will always add rendered bacon fat. Everything but the snitzell low and slow.

How about this one to get to the Perch, fast, real fast. I just posted a photo!!!!!!

All I can say is wow. I'm interested in the big black Cat. I didn't know there were Panthers in Canada. If that's a house Cat it better live in a big house. What is it? All the wild life is amazing to see but those Bucks sure are beauties, and thick. And I love those Wolves, Coyotes, Bushwolf or Coywolf. I wonder if the skunk gave whatever was following it a face full. Actually I like them all. Thanks for the neat pics Chad.

Yea, but I have 30 years on you. I do know the per capita crime rates are much higher in the North, that's for sure. We don't hear about it in the media down here. Even here in Haldimand with a population of only 45,000 some crazy stuff happens that don't even make our weekly paper or the news in Hamilton that borders our county. If it happens on any of the 2 reservations it gets reported including Hamilton and sometimes Toronto, but when it happens off the rez often it gets a few lines, maybe. That in itself can be deemed racist.

It must be something, thanks Bill. I haven't seen any deer running across the roads this year at the main game trail and they are usually very active now. Plenty of Turkey but no Deer. I accidently hit a bird last week and went back to check on it, it was basically deboned, sad.

For some reason I missed this post. All good points Art.

Dan, I do know that Big Pine Key was basically wiped out during the storm. They took some of the worst of it. Ramrod Key is the very next Key south of Big Pine. If the owner says it's good to go I would have them send me time dated pics to show that. Then go from there. I have been going down to the Keys for 30 years, at least every other year. My first time was actually 76' come to think of it, what a difference from then to now and not a good difference. Those folks need business especially now like after every Hurricane to help them survive. Have a great trip and have some fried Conk for me.

I've seen very few hunters trucks parked on the road side this year and not many gun shots the week of shotgun. Usually there are trucks from one end to the other on the main roads here at the farmers back 40 wood lots and often I will see them loading the Deer in the trucks, not this year. I wonder why? Usually guys are offering me Deer if I will cook some for them (not all hunters can cook) none from this area this year.

Dan we went up to Bear Creek for years until the mid 90's. Dan and his wife took over from Dick and Donna around 1990 then I guess he sold. The in-laws families stayed there for years every summer, 4 cottages full. We ice fished there with Dan for years too. McCulloch's from Hamilton, we may have met sometime.

In 1976 the boys and I drove my bright orange 1969 Ford Econoiline van to Florida. We are sitting on the beach reading the Miami Harald and Bruce says "they are hiring Cops here". A few hours latter they are measuring us for uniforms. $10,000.00 a year not including OT and green card included, no questions asked. High School grads preferred!!!! I was making 20K as a shipping clerk in the Steel Plant.

M2B2, you should contact CTV to film a reality show up there. More s&%t happens to you in a month than most shows on TV in 6 months. You told me you grew up in the mean streets in the States then moved here. Which is it?

Art, I was one that was always in denial of paradigm shifts. In this world of ever changing world of paradigm shifts we keep up or be left behind. Your inclinations to stay the same is not in the best interest of staying with the times so to speak for the best interest of this site. My opinion only and apparently of those other here as well. I do not agree with you that any other than what we have will evolve into arguments and political discussion, why would it if everyone followed the OFC dogma.

I have a no show employee at 7PM so I call the home. Kid answers the phone and I ask where is so and so? Kid starts crying and I get his wife on the phone, she starts bawling and can hardly speak. He was just sentenced to 7 to 10 years for sexual abuse to a minor and the minor was his step daughter. Say what? One of the best guys I had on my crew. He did tree cutting for many guys in the dept. for years, everyone knew him. What are you supposed to say after someone tells you that? 3 years latter my boss, his boss and his boss calls me in to say he will get parole if we give him his job back and he's going on my shift. I could have been fired for insubordination after I went off on them, he would be killed on the job if they brought him back to his original dept. Usually the ex cons were shipped to the opposite side of the plant. My managers were Engineers airlifted into their positions from University and no clue how things worked on the floor. I gave them an education as I went through the entire employee list, 10% to 20% at least were ex criminals or criminals with court cases ongoing and or gang members of one ilk or another. We had 12,000 hourly Union employees then and 5000 salaried employees. 400 in our dept. Many of these ex cons claimed Comp after they fell down the stairs unexpectedly. In the 70's and 80's it was The Wild, Wild West there. FishFarmer remembers those days. But nowhere as bad as a plants I went to in Gary Ind. Armed guard escorted you to the restroom, in the main office building. How can one limit involvement when you are their supervisor or manager. I could write a book, oh wait I am.

It was just a suggestion on my part. A discussion amongst mature adults need not be immature. I mentioned it because the many sites I frequent are going that way, and I reiterate NO Politics, Religion or member bashing of any kind are allowed there either, and there isn't any of the aforementioned. Things like announcing a new child, a milestone anniversary, a vacation, just non fishing related stuff many guys here do not appreciate and are vocal about it at times. It is called "General Discussion" here not "Fish Discussion" for a reason I imagine. Just my observation that some here do not appreciate anything non fishing and I get that. If you owners are good with the status quo we are all good.

If you want to get a 200lb Doe all you need to do is drive the I-90 through what they call the southern tier of NY state and into Pa and Ohio. The side of the highway is littered with massive deer in November, big Deer. It's illeItgal to stop on the interstate to load road kill unless you hit it, 10 years ago at least.

You are 110% right Acree. A million and a half hits too late. There are corporations like BP and or Cabela's out there already that have copied it and applied for preliminary patents in the US I'm afraid to say. Money talks and great ideas given for free walk. They are probably already developing an App for the smart phone to tell you a fish is on. Too bad for the guy really.

Better get more than a smile there Santa. Nice ride.

Maybe time for a forum for other stuff. I am a member of a serious boating site and they have a forum called "Dock Side Chat" where anything other than race, religion, politics and boats are talked about. Just a suggestion. I'm sure the powers that be have thought about it. I do have empathy for the hardcore fishing guys here that put this site on the map. Perhaps some that were here but left will come back, hopefully.

What a nice thing to wake to, and what a marvellous view. I wonder about the CGG's purpose as well. When they have the 444 Walleye tourneys out here the water is covered in boats coming out of the Marina's and well over 100 at times at wide out throttle and there sure aren't any safety escorts. What does the acronym TOWARF stand for? By the way the pace down east sure is slower than a hay wagon a lane and a half wide out here. I bet you miss driving the 400 series highways eh der Bey fer holy jumpin Geezus?

I don't like Sail Boots. It seems the few times I was invited out there wasn't any wind.

Are you serious? I won't respond on the grounds it may incriminate me. When you are born, raised, educated and worked in Hamilton your entire life until retiring to the country everyone is bound to know both petty and serious criminals. I had more than a few convicted criminals in my crew at the Steel plant. Including arsonists and murderers, nice eh? Back then guys could get early parole if they could get their jobs back at the plant. Years ago my sis in law was called for jury duty for a murder trial. She was very upset because she remembered meeting the accused at my place. All she had to do was mention that at jury selection and the defence couldn't get her out fast enough. My Fathers moved from Hamilton to Abruzzi Italy when he was 3 years old in 1930 with Nani his 2 brothers and sister. My Grandfather apparently went to College for 15 to 25. That's all you are getting from me Acree, you are going to have to buy the book when it comes out. The ironic thing about moving away here on the Lake is everyone else from Hamilton thought it was a great idea too. More Hamiltonians in Selkirk than Selkirkians. The voters list looks like a docket at the John Sapinka Courthouse.

Moose walks into a bar Bartender asks, "Why the long face?" Moose walks into a bar in Toronto bartender says "What an ugly horse." Seriously for a moment. I have to ask what is a Moose doing so far south? I have never heard of it.

Great replies, thanks all. Mike you never know, I might just have to invade the west in the near future. Living on the Erie shore we know all about bad driving conditions, I just stay home. Hopefully soon it will be "we" just stay home.

I have heard guys put them away anywhere from MT to full and everywhere in between. I use ethanol free gas and fill it and out in some gas treatment.