Looooooooooong Weekend

[brads70]

I'm kinda curious to try bear meat too. Had a co-worker once give us  a nice moose roat and I was so surprises1 We all liked it, kids too ( I have picky eaters here!) They still ask for moose when ever the topic come up

['Cuda Hunter]

well, being from the south, I take my meat and put it in ice water.
Then I change the ice water at least once a day for 1-2 weeks.
When I switch the water and ice, I massage the meat a little , get the joints moving and what not.
after a week or so, the meat has lost most of it's blood and soaked up water.
Adding a little weight to the meat and removing alot of the game taste.
If your family liked moose, they should like bear also.

One of the hardest things to impress on folks is that if you have eaten wild game once, and it was not good, is that the next time it could be really good.
The chef and processor make a huge difference in how an animal taste.
Not to mention, what ever they were eating for the season, or their whole lives, can change the taste.

My family is very picky eaters also.  However, they loved my mule deer, white tail deer, and my mountain lion.
Make sure they are hungry, in the right frame of mind, and cook it good!  They'll love it.

Oh, i'm rambling.  Sorry.  Guess I need to go get my late start hunting elk today.   

[msbaugh]

well, being from the south, I take my meat and put it in ice water.
Then I change the ice water at least once a day for 1-2 weeks.
When I switch the water and ice, I massage the meat a little , get the joints moving and what not.
after a week or so, the meat has lost most of it's blood and soaked up water.
Adding a little weight to the meat and removing alot of the game taste.
If your family liked moose, they should like bear also.

One of the hardest things to impress on folks is that if you have eaten wild game once, and it was not good, is that the next time it could be really good.
The chef and processor make a huge difference in how an animal taste.
Not to mention, what ever they were eating for the season, or their whole lives, can change the taste.

My family is very picky eaters also.  However, they loved my mule deer, white tail deer, and my mountain lion.
Make sure they are hungry, in the right frame of mind, and cook it good!  They'll love it.

Oh, i'm rambling.  Sorry.  Guess I need to go get my late start hunting elk today.   

I also soak my game in ice water... ice milk or buttermilk really helps with waterfowl.  Gets a lot of the game taste/blood out.  Usually replace the milk once and let it soak overnight. 

I went with my buddy down to the King Ranch a couple weeks ago... his dad manages operations down there so we decided to go shoot a Nilgui.  We stocked this one for about an hour, a really fun hunt.  These animals are huge, fully gutted this one weighed 400 pounds! I have about 150-200 pounds of meat from it... It's a really really lean meat so I mix the ground hamburger meat with 15% beef then get sausage made with 60-40% pork mix.  It's to die for! Nice bear, congrats!

['Cuda Hunter]

Thanks,

  That is one cool animal there. 
Curious if that is a trophy sized rack?
I would love to taste african animals. 
What do those things cost to shoot?

[dodj]

They're still yummy.

Congrats on your bear Josh.     Looks like a 'cinnamon' black bear.

['Cuda Hunter]

Yep, cinnamon.  Thanks!

Another couple of days and I will start eating him.
Can't wait!

[msbaugh]

They're actually native to India, but the population is endangered there.  There's more wild population here in Texas than anywhere else in the world.  I wouldn't know how much it cost, I got the hunt for free! The King Ranch is the largest ranch in the U.S. over 500,000 acres of low fence free range hunting.  Unfortunately, unless you pay good money or like me know someone who works there you're not going to get a hunt.

It's not a trophy size, a good mature bull, but nothing jaw dropping 

[Topcat]

You guys that hunt, do you go fishing also?

Colorado and the upper rockies must have incredible fly fishing.
Giant Sturgeon on the Smith river. 

['Cuda Hunter]

I tend to go down in elevation when I fish.
Something about the lack of fight from cold water fish.

I have done some fly fishing and stream fishing though.
It's nice to go camping and catch brookie from the local creek.
I was close to the bushnelll lake on the Sange Di Criso Mountain range yesterday. 
There is supposed to be great fishing in the bushnell lakes.
Check it out here.   http://www.fishingworks.com/lakes/colorado/fremont/bushnell-peak/bushnell-lakes/
Where the green trees meet the grey rock is where I hunt.right at the end of the road.
I will be there tomorrow.

Wednesday I will be here.  http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-189846-Colorado-Middle_Creek.html
I have caught many trout out of these beaver ponds and the stream.
OH yeah, lots of elk and bear.

So, yes, I do fish more that I had realized.

I live on the Arkansas river and rarely fish the river. 
 

[dodj]

You guys that hunt, do you go fishing also?

Sure do!
Lots of walleye in my area. After September 15th, bird season starts, so sometimes my buddies and I bring shotguns for bird hunting on the way to the lake, jig for walleyes for a couple hours, then shoot birds on the way home again. We call it "Cast 'n' Blast". 

[msbaugh]

You guys that hunt, do you go fishing also?

Colorado and the upper rockies must have incredible fly fishing.
Giant Sturgeon on the Smith river. 

Redfish, Trout and flounder all the time down here on the bay

[Topcat]

Well here we are....another loooooong week-end! 

God I need it and I know all you are too.

Hope it's a good one.
Go catch some fish or tell us what game you hauled in. 

Fire up the Bar B.   

['Cuda Hunter]

Your right, here we are again.

I will be working the entire weekend.
There are a ton of people from other states that come here for Memorial Day.
Everything is crazy out there on holiday weekends.

Back to 14 hour days...

[dodj]

Well here we are....another loooooong week-end! 

God I need it and I know all you are too.

Hope it's a good one.
Go catch some fish or tell us what game you hauled in. 

Fire up the Bar B.

Went out fishing with family and friends for the long weekend. Winter took it's time leaving Ontario and maybe the walleye spawned a little later. Most of the walleyes we caught were 24" to 30". Big females. Great fun to catch 5-10 pound fish all weekend but had a tough time finding the 15" to 18" eaters.

[msbaugh]

Just moved to Covington for work which starts Tuesday for me.. Unfortunately the Challenger will get no attention for the next 3 months while I'm going offshore to the rig and working so much. Beer drinking this weekend though!   

They let you fish of the rig so maybe ill have some cool stories to tell!