sorry it is not with my Excal! It's Excal from here on in!!
That's the way I felt, too........ until my wife deep fried a mess of breast fillets I figured out real quick they taste just as good with a load of shot to the head, and they aren't exactly the easiest critter to hunt, anyway!
A hearty CONGRATULATIONS on a good clean kill with the legal weapon of your choice! And if you nail one with the Excal - you can be extra proud, they aren't easy to get close to, and a bow or shotgun takes a lot of skill (and in my case a healthy dose of LUCK!!!).
Congratulations Sandman, 1 tag left? I may not get another tag and end on a happy note. I've gone a few years without getting a deer so i may quit for now while i'm winning this Turkey game
Thanks all.....I do feel a little bad though about the harvest! I had really hoped that my buddy would have been the shooter! I had set him up in the spot where I thought the birds would be......but they proved me wrong and bed down behind me!
There's a flock of about 30 birds out at the property with several half decent Toms so with any luck I can get a crack at one of them with my Excal...but then again I am quite content with the one we already have in the freezer!
A question or two for those who have been chasing "old big toe" around for a few years:
1) I skinned the Tom this time around and I was wondering can I still cook him the traditional way?
2) Does anyone have any links and/or info as to how I prepare my fan for mount? I have both last years Jake and this Tom's fan in my freezer?
Here is a pic from one of my other mornings out....this little fella landed on my knee to help himself to some of my wife's homeade buttertart!
Congratulations, Sandman. Fine looking Tom, make some good eating.
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We did not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
It's Excal from here on in!!
I figured out real quick they taste just as good with a load of shot to the head, and they aren't exactly the easiest critter to hunt, anyway!
