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That's what I use for venison sausage. I typically do a 70/30 mix.

Looks great!

Simple french toast with cinnamon bread and real maple syrup. No one got ill. So we're all good😀. Of and it tasted really good.

Leave this thread for a couple of hours or overnight and 5 more pages pop up. I have to begin writing down the last page of the last post that I read just to find where I left off 😌

Not a fan of Ball park franks. Hebrew national or nathans beef dogs are what we get most of the time. If your going with ball parks put them in the beans 😀.

It was an online recipe. Look for garlic parmesan stuffed pork chops.. I think that it is a Spicy Southern Kitchen recipe.

Last night we made garlic parmesan stuffed pork chops. Stuffing consisted of Applewood bacon bits, minced garlic, minced lemon grass, green onions, parmesan and cream cheese. coated the chops with a flour dredge and Panko. Browned both sides in cast iron skillet with olive oil and the bacon fat. (Marty this is a size 7 no label pan with a heat ring). Cooked for 15 mins at 350. Served with Thai lime rice (from the 90 sec bags), and Asian inspired zucchini. Zucchini was sauted in olive oil with onion, Asian five spice, dash of sesame oil, fish sauce and soy sauce near the end of cooking.

In case those interested hunters missed this announcement from the MDC. I spoke with folks that within ten years of the first reintroduction that a hunt for elk in Missouri would be possible. Now it is here (ok may be a year or two later than I predicted). There is still two years left on my prediction for a black bear season in Missouri. Waiting to see if that takes place . MDC announces Missouri’s first elk-hunting season coming this fall! Apply May 1 - 31 at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits, or through a permit vendor. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces it will offer Missourians the state’s first elk-hunting season in modern history starting this fall. At its April 8 meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved the issuance of five permits for hunting bull elk for the 2020 season. Four general permits will be for the public and one permit will be reserved for qualifying area landowners. Missouri’s first pending elk hunt comes after years of restoration efforts of the once-native species by MDC and numerous partners and supporters. For this first elk season, MDC has designated a nine-day archery portion running Oct. 17-25 and a nine-day firearms portion running Dec. 12-20. The five permits will be for bull elk and will be valid for both portions. All permits will be assigned through a random-lottery drawing. “The timing of the season was designed to come after the peak of elk breeding during late September and early October and to avoid the elk season coinciding with portions of the firearms deer season,” explained MDC Elk and Deer Biologist Aaron Hildreth. MDC will require a $10 application fee for those applying for the general permits. Qualifying landowners will not be required to pay the $10 application fee when applying for the landowner permit. Those selected for each of the five permits must pay a $50 permit fee. MDC will limit the random lottery to one application per-person, per-year with a 10-year “sit-out” period for those drawn for a general permit before they may apply again. If selected for a landowner elk permit, qualifying landowners will not be required to wait 10 years before again applying for a landowner elk permit. Qualifying landowners may apply once each year for a general elk hunting permit and for a landowner elk permit but are eligible to receive only one permit annually. The landowner elk permit is limited to resident landowners with at least 20 acres within the “Landowner Elk Hunting Zone” of Carter, Reynolds, and Shannon counties. Zone boundaries are shown in the application. The landowner permit is nontransferable and may only be filled on the landowner’s property. General permits can be used in Carter, Reynolds, and Shannon counties, except the refuge portion of Peck Ranch Conservation Area. Like the landowner permit, general permits are nontransferable. “The allowed hunting methods for each season will be the same as for deer hunting,” Hildreth said. “The permits will allow for the harvest of one bull elk with at least one antler being greater than six inches in length. Successful hunters must Telecheck their harvested elk, like for deer.” Appreciation of Area Landowners “Local landowners have been supportive of the reintroduction of elk to the area and many have worked hard to create habitat that benefits elk and many other wildlife species,” Hildreth said. While any qualifying landowner within the “Landowner Elk Hunting zone” is eligible to apply for a landowner elk permit, Hildreth encourages only those who have elk on their property to apply. “Although the elk population is expanding, there are still many areas in the Landowner Elk Hunting Zone where there are no elk at this time,” he explained. “If a landowner has not seen elk on their property, I would encourage them not to apply so the landowner permit can go to a landowner who has a better chance of being successful.” Apply and Check Online To apply for an elk permit, applicants must be Missouri residents at least 11 years of age by the first day of the hunt. Those selected to receive a permit must have their hunter-education certification or be exempt by age (born before Jan. 1, 1967) before they may purchase the permit. All applications must be completed online or at a local vendor. Apply for the random elk-permit lottery May 1 - 31 online at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits, or through a permit vendor. Qualifying landowners are required to submit their property information before applying through MDC’s Landowner Permit Application at mdc.mo.gov/landownerpermits. Applicants can check to see if they have been selected for an elk-hunting permit online starting July 1 at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits after logging into “Manage Your Account” and selecting “View My Special Hunt History.” For more information on elk hunting in Missouri, visit huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/elk. MDC Elk Restoration Efforts Elk are a native species in Missouri but were hunted to extinction in the state through unregulated hunting during the late 1800s. With the help of numerous partners and supporters, MDC reintroduced about 100 elk to a remote area of the Missouri Ozarks in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Most were cow elk with some calves and immature bulls. Their numbers have grown to more than 200, and their range has expanded in recent years to cover portions of Carter, Reynolds, and Shannon counties. The area consists of nearly 80 percent public land interspersed with tracts of private property. “Our plan was to offer a limited season for hunting elk in Missouri once the herd reached a minimum of 200 animals with an annual herd growth rate of at least 10 percent, and a herd ratio of at least one bull for every four cow elk,” Hildreth said. “Those goals have been met.” He added that MDC hopes to eventually reach a target population of 500 elk and will use hunting to manage herd size and location. MDC gathered public input on elk hunting during 2018 and 2019 at several public meetings in communities around the elk restoration zone and through online public comment periods. Learn more about elk restoration in Missouri at short.mdc.mo.gov/ZYJ. MDC will offer Missourians the state’s first elk hunt in modern history starting this fall with five hunting permits for antlered bull elk for the 2020 season available through a random lottery.

Hockey games would really be getting good this time of year. Don't miss professional basketball at all. Kind of missed the NCAA tourney, but even that was getting so overhyped last few years. Haven't been a big baseball fan in many years, though hope to still get a trip to see the Pirates in PNC park this year. Just to see the park and to fish the three rivers for buffalo .

So far here are fishing related things that I have missed so far due to COVID. The white perch run here in MD. The first portion of the shad run here in MD, PA, and DC. If they keep the stay at home orders in place through May, which I suspect will likely not get another trip for shad this year. A shore fishing trip with friends back in NC. The ones that really hurt are the following: Missed a March/April trip to the White and Norfork rivers with Livie and Sue. Was going to be the last chance for Livie to fish Dry run Creek before she turned 16. Will never be able to do that again with her. Maybe with my granddaughter but that is a far off wait and see proposition. A Maryland and Delaware fishing adventure with @Ham this April.

@tangledup what are you wearing when you fish these small spots? I tend to wear camo tops when I am fishing small trout creeks. Sometimes they see you and they're gone or too spooked to take anything that you throw at them. Other times they forget about you after 10 or 15 mins of no disturbance on your part and you can catch those fish. Also as you mentioned you can blow out a hole quickly. If you have made a couple or three casts that should have passed the fish especially if the fly line went over them, it might be best to move on. I am not as avid a fly fisherman as others on this thread. So mine are just observations form my own outings. If you dig through the Crane creek forum, Crane Creek redemption in 2014, I used a small portable turkey blind to get close to the creek without spooking the fish. I was fishing spin tackle using 2# Pline at that time, but shows what lengths I have used in the past to fool spooky fish.

Now for some perspective . Yep that's a dime. She loves these little Japanese food kits. Everything is gelatin based and mixed with water. Molds and accents come in the kit.

In the five years that we had chickens in Columbia, we had two chickens walk off and not get back into the coop in the evening. They never came back. Wooley was the only one that was killed by a critter while in the chicken yard/coop area. After her demise I had put a security bar on their door that kept everything out once it was closed. The door that we got to the egg boxes had bolts that would hold it closed. The roof to the coop overhung the walls so it would take a desperate and acrobatic coon to get to the fencing at the top of the coop.

Anyone seen Quaratine Quitchen with Alton Brown and his wife on YouTube? He has a pretty sizeable collection of cast iron cookware.

My wife bought me a black silkie for our anniversary a few years back. She didn't want to get me any fishing gear. Since we had a decent flock of chickens already, having another was not going to be a problem. So I called her Wooly Bugger . Had her for a couple of years. Broodiest chicken that we have ever had. She got killed by a coon one night. The coons took a beating after that night for sure. Used to trap them and release several miles away. After Wooly was killed, they all got a short trip to the end of the driveway for the trash man to pick up. I love the fact that silkies have that extra toe on each foot.

Did buy Livie a donut making/decorating kit for her Bday. Here's a couple that she made this morning.

We have no issue using the canned biscuits in a pinch . Looks good buddy! Since all our hens are laying, we would have thrown a over easy egg on top or those biscuits. Why I am gaining weight during this pandemic .

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Probably many of the same folks that can't tell a spotted bass from a largemouth bass .

Livie's Bday today. Corona effected everything. She wanted a grilled corned beef dish my wife makes but no corned beef. Instead bought a skirt steak and made fajitas instead. That's a 25 yr old lodge fajita skillet.

Stop it!!! I can't stand looking at good food😌! Too much is never enough on this thread. Post away buddy! We haven't had much to post lately.

Could use some. darn hand sterilizer and alcohol is drying out my hands.

Don't you mean Billy?!? My favorite Carter.😂😂

Awesome PB largemouth buddy! Congrats and happy B-day! Nothing better than making memories with your family!

Could not tell from this photo. I have never seen one in the wild. Definitely had got this had I seen these two photos or if it curled over and "died". Pretty cool snake for sure.