Johnsfolly

Dutch congrats on a great day of black and white bass successful fishing! Sounds like a great trip.

Ketchup - Nice looking buck. I would be happy for him to ride along home with me. I hope you get a chance at him tomorrow ! Looks like I am flying solo myself tomorrow and also kind of blind on public land.

Congrats on an awesome deer! At my house that would have lead to an outlay of coin to get that sucker mounted and on the wall!

JD - we are praying for you and pulling for you to win this battle. Keep strong!

If you fish the Roubidoux, some of the best action comes when they are discharging from the water treatment plant. Get lots of hits on red midges.

Great Job buddy! I say it every year but I have to get down and fish SELA. Redfish have been a bucket list fish for me and I would love to catch a couple like those that you routinely catch☺.

Tim you got some coverage in the article. Glad to see you connect while out there. I'll try to stop by next time I am down at RR. Looking forward to hearing about some C&R fish down your way. Don't know if you guys had enough rain to get the fish to move.

Flysmallie takes and posts great photos. He'd be the guy I would listen to in terms of gear to use to take the photos as well as editing software. I use my phone but really rely on my old Olympus Stylus (both water proof and drop resistant) to get my photos and usa Picasa software to adjust color and contrast as well as cropping photos.

Bobcat and gray fox are two predators that I would like to harvest and get mounted. I would love a mount with the bobcat reaching up for a flushed quail. The fox I would want mounted in a reclined position. One year I had a gray fox within 10 to 25 yards of my stand and gave me sgot opportunities on three different sits for deer. I never saw it after the opening of furbearer season. The one time I saw it climb 10 to 12 feet up a hickory tree to look up at a squirrel nest in that tree. That was pretty cool to watch.

Bring a guy that wants to catch a brown in Taney! I happen to know a guy ☺.

Even tbough they are long arming, those are great looking fish!

Still a nice brace of stripers! Congrats Dan! Glad to see you getting good use of that new boat.

That's a great looking McCloud! Congrats on your successful Crane fishing trip.

I have seen a couple here in Missouri and one in Georgia. My friend shot a giant bobcat last year just outside of town here in Columbia. I drew my bow on one a couple of years ago. As it got within 15 yards of me it just disappeared. I never saw it again.

Don't know about the Lanterns. My pet peeve is the political signage left after an election. I believe that if you lose the election you should have to clean up all of those signs☺! Will never happen but a man can dream!

You need to get a bigger net☺!

12 lbs... Now I'm jealous ☺! I would love to catch a brown over 10 lbs. Must have been awesome to land a fish like that one. Love your new "trophy" photo! That is a sight that you cannot see in a city or inside watching TV.

My Betterhalf pulled out a dozen fingerling sweet potatoes from vines that were planted mid summer in a large pot by our garage. We should be done until we start our plantings for next year.

Congrats on your brown trout success! That is a great photo! I have not caught a brown over 6 lbs and have not yet caught a brown in Taney. You got both of those on the same fish!

Looks great RPS! Now I wish that I had some fish!

I agree BH. I won't be leaving them for the coyotes ever again.

Ketchup - I hope that you and your wife are successful. Harris122 - good luck next week. ciRe - that is a great buck! congrats! MOPanfisher - I've seen your wife's success photos and expect to see plenty again this year. Good Luck! I will likely head out with Livie and maybe my Betterhalf. We have access to only a couple of pieces of private property. The one property closest to our house was sold this summer. The others are going to be hunted by a bunch of other friends of the land owner and are 3 hours from our house. Though these properties have some of the largest deer that I have seen in the field while hunting, the prospect of camping just to hunt a possibly crowded area is not appealing. The area where I shot my doe is within city limits and we cannot gun hunt. So we will gamble on public land. Haven't scouted much and never know exactly how many folks will be hunting the same areas. We will likely go to an area on Saturday where I have taken several deer in the past but is getting more pressure the last couple of years. Mainly because I can find my way to several stand spots without needing lights. Then may scout out some new spots Saturday afternoon for a possible Sunday morning hunt. Everyone going out for rifle season be SAFE! Can't wait to see more success photos!

So tonight we tried the deer heart and my favorite cut of venison, the tenderloin! We followed Steven Rinella's grilled heart recipe (thanks BH for the suggestion). We made a simple marinade with white wine vinegar, olive oil, and montreal steak seasoning and marinaded the heart for 5 hours. We kept the heart cold prior to grilling it on really high heat from the coals. The tenderloins (tend to stick on the grill) were cooked in a cast iron skillet on medium-high heat. The tenderloins were rubbed with olive oil and coated with a spicy montreal seasoning. Both meats were cooked to rare / medium-rare. Served with sauted onions and zucchini and white corn. Getting requests to go out and bring home more hearts ! Should have thought about having a glass of red wine !

DANG that looks very good buddy! Did you follow a recipe or came up with this on your own? We like butternut squash soup and I really want to try this one!

Thanks everyone. It was a challenging trailing job, but worth it if you are able to recover the animal. I have had two other challenging trailing jobs for other shooters and those did not result in our recovering the animal. We grilled the heart and the tenderloins, my favorite piece of meat from a deer (see what's cooking thread).