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WILD turkey legs, never tried domestic ones...............

Interesting to read this today. Somebody else must have looked in the freezer and found last spring's wild turkey in advance of this year's opening day. I found a pair of wild turkey legs, with thighs attached. Usually, I use the legs to make a pho, but I thought, this is really flavourful meat, but tough as nails unless you go low and slow. (For those of you who don't hunt wild turkey, a lot of folks just breast our their birds and discard the legs because they are full of tendons, and if you roast them, you need to cut them with a hacksaw....) ANYWAYS, I cooked the legs off in a slow cooker, then made "pulled" wild turkey legs. Fabulous! Here's the recipe: Doug’s Slow Cooker “Pulled” Wild Turkey Legs Ingredients (all highly approximate): 2 wild turkey legs and thighs 2 cups beef broth ½ can Diet Ginger Ale 1 tbsp of cider vinegar 1 tbsp honey Fennel Rosemary Cinnamon Seasoned salt 6 cardamon seeds 1 medium Vidalia onion, chopped coarsely Place the broth in a cold slow cooker and add all of the remaining ingredients except the legs, and mix well. Lay the legs in the broth mixture, with as much of them as possible in the liquid. Cook on high for 6 to 8 hours. Remove the turkey pieces and allow to cool, then strip the meat away from the bones and tendons, and pull it into bite-sized pieces. Put the meat back into a non-stick pan, add about 2 cups of the slow cooker broth, and a half-bottle of BBQ sauce, and mix thoroughly. Serve on fresh buns, or French fries. The meat is completely tender, moist and flavourful. Serves about 6.

I am sure this is true, but the report noted that there are large infestations of gobies on the SLR muskie spawning grounds - perhaps this is not true of other bodies of water? Wondering, for example, of Lake St Clair...........

Darwin at work..............

I think you hit the nail on the head here. Muskies aren't likely to eat gobies in any significant number, and there are millions of them in the SLR, including large populations (according to the article) on traditional muskie spawning areas. Perch and smallmouth are getting BIG slurping up unlimited goby buffets, but they do not appear to be putting a dent in goby numbers yet. Nevertheless, I am heartened to see that John Casselman figures there will be a way forward. Doug

Brian, is that you doing a cameo as the man narrating that clip? 😁 I see that sign on the wall: WHALE OIL BEEF HOOKED. Say it quickly........... I am GLAD we have a guideline in this province for eating sportfish. I do consult it from time to time, especially if I am fishing a new-to-me area and intend to catch a meal or two. Hmmm, Quinte walleye: mercury, mirex, PCB, insecticides and dioxin, yum yum!!! I am guessing that the MNRF is NOT responsible for advising the public about consumption limits for commercially caught fish, but that's just a guess. Doug

Highly unusual to see four cubs. Twins are common. Four is clearly too many for the sow to handle!

Not sure about BRAVE, but definitely HARD CORE..........

Anybody who does a shore lunch in shorts and sandals is HARD CORE.😉 Good read, Andrew! Doug

one word: AWESOME

Good stuff! I am sure the ice road is one hell of a lot better than taking it in by BOAT! 😉

I assume your ice road is still in good shape? Doug

scumballs..............

OIM, you might want to check your math..............8 C is about 46 F. 73 F would be about 23 C. But yes, spring is here, and it's ruining the ice fishing! Doug

Yep. But I had puff pastry in the freezer ready to go! Should have used it to make bear sausage rolls..........

The texture wasn't right for the contents. Think cream puff with chunks in it. 😮

Well, after I saw that rolled pizza made by misfish, I decided to try it with puff pastry. It was an interesting experiment. But I don't think I'd try it again.....🙄

PS) NICELY done, Brian! Want to trade some whities for some perch? 😉 (For any nitpickers out there who want to tell me that is illegal, I am JUST KIDDIN') Doug

what's a razor?

I have frozen cooked pasta - fusili and rotini - but they did not freeze well, they were all dried out when I thawed them. HTH Doug

the SECRET ARSENAL!!!!

Chris is one of the guys from this site I hope to meet in person some time. He also gave me some advice for a trip we did a couple years ago - including a marked map! Doug

That's the one! But I did discover that a tracked Argo doesn't actually go EVERYWHERE. The day we bogged the Argo, then shoveled slush on Mountain Lake to make a path to get out cured me of that belief.

There were four of you trying to get through the door at the same time. The MOST excited was Mac, and I bet he had a racing stripe in his underwear afterwards.

Go in by one of the back-country access points: https://www.algonquinpark.on.ca/visit/camping/access-points-for-backcountry-canoeing.php and contact the park for advice about fish species. Brook trout anglers are famous for being tight-lipped. In the spring, you WILL experience black flies, in numbers that have to be experienced to be believed. Good luck. Doug