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VERY nice.. food for the table, not much you can do sometimes and it's all part of the game.

Got a double barrel.. one with bird shot.. one with slugs?? That Doe balanced like that for over 5 minutes eating the buds off the Sumac !!

Thanks Paul! Like I said it might just help someone down the road and I thought it was worth the time to take pics and post.

So all we know about you so far Glen is that you stutter ! Classic cars.. fishing.. we could probably get along! lol Welcome aboard, where you from?

I almost hit a 'yote running across Black Creek Drive by Kodak 3 weeks back. In our yard.. I see a few coyotes EVERY day. A couple Red Foxes and I also still see 50 turkeys and 5 deer.. EVERY day. It'll balance it self out, all by itself. If you're losing livestock... shoot the damn things, but otherwise let nature take it's cycle. As for pelts... My father got fired from the clerk postion at the Lanark MNR in the late 70's... for mouthing off at the Christmas party about how many pelts where coming in the front door, collecting their $25.. going out the back door and being given back to the "cousin" to bring the same pelt in again the next day.. and the next. Maybe that was the start of the downfall of the MNR !!

Very nice Steve!

Yah had to bring that up eh...Ummm I'm not going this weekend Joe!

Say what? "Toys".. you sit out on a sled seat up there in -36C weather, with a wind, like I did the first 3 years and you'll buy a portable hut pretty quickly! Finder.. provides depth and entertainment, sometimes marks fish! lol As for is it worth $1000 for a trip? I wouldn't know, I can't decide if it costs me a LOT more than that, or just the $200 in gas it took to go up and back!

Also just found a free download for the service manual for the Tecumseh engine. http://toprake.com/index.php?module=documents&JAS_DocumentManager_op=viewDocument&JAS_Document_id=8

Well after a few false starts I was finally able to get on my way to Temagami. Solo unfortunately, with all the "can't goes", but been there done that before. The trip up was the first trailer tow for my new F150 and I've gotta state that Ford has sure taken all the fun out of towing an enclosed trailer in an 80K wind. Automatic sway control.. puts brakes on various wheels and controls throttle when needed. Built in electric brake controller.. programable for numerous trailers. My old 4.6litre Triton Screamed up the highway.. it never skipped a beat but was always LOUD. This new 5.0 hemi head coyote engine.. almost silent and effortless. Set the cruise and go and the neatest thing Ford did for you.... when towing a trailer the engine actually downshifts automatically when stopping to use the engine as a brake. As many gears down as it thinks you need based on momentum change and trailer "push". Great stuff.. I'm impressed with it and its ability. Gas mileage better than my '03 with the 4.6 also which is a + at $1.31 a litre in Sundridge! Truck is averaging 13.2 litre use/100km solo. Trailer.. with this "parachute" being the worst one I own.. 22.3 litre/100km. Great driving right to your dock! I did forget how much work it was solo to get moved in though. Usually have a gang of labourers around to help with this. That dang wind wall of Leah's works like a snow fence (when it's not killing hummingbirds). Man.. this is gonna take at least another beer! So about 3.5 hours later, I finally had my stuff carried up and took some time to survey the damage around the place. Beavers took out about 18 trees, 6 of them Leah's Maples and she's gonna be pissed. Saturday morning, bright and early, 10am!! I got out with my neighbour so he could test drive his brand new Clam Nanook that I picked up for him off of Walleyejack! He loves it Al and is very happy with OUR transaction! Caught nothing and marked absolutely nothing on Saturday. I had one hit about 10:20 am out of the blue, but that was it. Sunday we made the run to Kokoko and took the adventure up Kokoko Bay to get there. I don't recommend that route for a newbie if it's snowing at all and don't have perfect visibility, or you aren't absolutely familiar with the layout of the bay. Two areas of open water if you miss the bush trail to avoid them! Set up on Kokoko. What a wonderful place.. never marked a fish, which is absolutely mind boggling based on history! Was a guy in there fishing at least 7 lines with live minnows. He had them stretched so far apart he was driving his sled back and forth for 4 hours to check the lines. He caught nothing and I hope he ran out of gas getting back up the lake and out Red Squirrel Rd. Monday I was finally able to get a current day text message thru and back to Walleyemaster. Rob and his friends Jeff and Jim met me half way down the NE Arm. Jeff Neat that Jim had the exact same sled as mine. Rob - Walleyemaster just realizing he has good signal and 300 dang emails from customers! lol So I bragged to them that I knew this spot well and we should be in 40 FOW.. and I drilled my two holes and set up. Based on that they drilled 6 or 8 holes and then I informed them we were in 16 FOW. They all laughed at me and made some jokes, and then I said.. "I marked a fish.. hey.. I've got him on!". They just laughed, but then I threw it on the ice! lol Nothing after that, even after a couple moves! Tuesday I went out again with my neighbour... 70 to 80k gusts! So of course we chose to set up in the openest part of the NE Arm. There for 2 hours and tired of the wind nose and trying to hold our huts from going over the holes, we packed up to find 1 foot drifts behind our huts. Was bare ice when we got there. We tried the night bite closer to home and have nothing to show for it, other than the neighbours wife coming out to see his new hut and promptly sticking her leg right to her crotch into one of the holes. Sure glad she didn't fall forward and break her leg. Wind was howling again on Wednesday am and it was -21C to boot at 8am, so I elected to pack my stuff and go home. Wednesday night supper was DELICIOUS! Trip might have been more fun with a few more lads and laughs, but all in all it gave me time to clear my head..kill a few brain cells and get ready for another 6 months more or so of family madness.

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Rockey is good...

Did you say you wanted to get your Cialis Cleaned and Oiled? Place on Hwy 90.. No?

Chemo #6, full week Monday to Saturday, starts 8am Monday morning. She's worked her way UP to 96lbs!

Thanks.. up to the eye black pattern and bills are the same... and in that shot can't see their bill bumps (that only the Mute has). I counted the trumpeters spring and fall, from the air, for years for the Wye Marsh introduction program.

Great news Kelvin ! Best I've heard here so far inbetween the pissin and moanin about material things!

Great shots Brandon !!! Now about them swans.. is that first shot black and white? as otherwise those are Trumpeter Swans.

I see you and Paul have the same disease...

Just though some might find the info useful if their auger starts acting strange!.. but yah, you did touch it last!

What was the thread about Paul??? Don't let the animals get you during Winternet, they piss and moan about the stupidist things at times here... yet fail to look at some of their own posts/comments that are worse than what they are beating you for.

I should have probably called you up to help me... you drilled the last holes on GBay with it!!!!

While using my auger over the last week it was getting more and more dangerous. The auger would either stay engaged after letting go of the throttle, or just as you'd set it down running so the next guy could use it the auger would re-engage and it would run away. Came to the point it was just staying engaged and was predicatable, so we kept using it vs breaking a sweat to use the manual! I tore it apart today. Not much to be scared of in their folks if you are having issues with yours. Pull the 4 bolts that hold the handles on first.. get them out of the way and then pull the remaining 2 bolts. Here is the housing off and the main driven gear and shaft. The small bearing in the housing is supposed to support the end of the drive shaft that the engine runs with centrifugal "brake" shoes. What I found is that when Jiffy assembled the auger there wasn't enough of the drive shaft engaged into the lower support bearing and it wore/rounded the end of the shaft off. This allowed the shaft, now supported by only the top bearing, to tip back and forth. Explains how it started out engaging when laying the auger down... shaft tipped and it's drive cup touched the centrifugal shoes engaging same. So I was originally going to weld/build up steel and then turn the end of the shaft to fit the bearing, but I found I could just punch it out of the clutch hub. I then turned it around and pressed it back in but about 1/4" less than originally found for more engagement into the support bearing. I then TIG'd a couple blobs in the spline to keep it from going in any deeper, but I can still knock the shaft out if I have to replace it again at a later date. Tapped the upper bearing back down into place Greased up that driven gear plate like I'd found it on disassembly.. and put it all back together. Runs like a charm again !!

Yep.. what Bill said.. 2004 pump/sender/etc you can get for $188 and free shipping. Did you try your second key kenzy??? Is the red security light blinking in the dash when the key is in and turned on?

It sure is Brian.. 4 more fish for the table!! lol Great day out Emil, glad the boys are enjoying the outings.