Johnsfolly

Dan glad to see you breaking in the new boat! Little striper slime doesn't do any harm. Congrats!

Nothing at Folly farms but a last flush of tomatoes! Didn't get a fall planting done.

Thanks buddy for making sure that my brown trout was still swimming☺! Do wish that I could have been able to fish with you guys. Just didn't work out. I am jealous of both the brown and that giant drum. Can't wait to see what you guys catch tonight!

Sounds like you guys had a great hunt! I started on this thread this evening and am assuming that there might be a huntung post☺. I'll be looking for that next.

Gavin that looks fantastic! Let us know when dinner will be served.

Congrats buddy nice bunch of quackers! Looks like all greenwings! Got my mouth watering☺.

Great photos and congrats on a bunch of nice crappie!

I also believe that the fish numbers may be down. I would suggest the float to cover more water. Or at least water that hasn't seen a lot of wading boot traffic. Good luck! Hope to see some CPR from you trip (catch photograph release).

I havent been bow hunting very long and have always wondered when is the best time to begin using doe in estrus scents. Is now (Nov 1) too early? Should I wait until next week or two? Do you find that this scent keeps does from coming in?

Way to stay persistent on the tracking job! That's a nice deer! Too bad about the spoilage. I would bet that one of those does may bear the brunt of that lost meat sometime in the near future☺!

I guess technically it's a carped pumpkin☺. Trying for a bass but it got away from me during the carving and left a carp. Tried doing this carving free hand just using a paring knife. Need to get better tools. Maybe next year I will gig a bass or two for models☺.

It has been our experience that they tend to swim counterclockwise in the pond near us. When we have ice fished you could see the fish move around the lake as people would catch them going down along the bank. Then 15 to 25 minutes later another round would come through.

Those are awesome river bass! Congrats on your October beauties!

Happy Halloween OAF - Had to put on my Game Face to get out for a last fall turkey Hunt. No Luck on turkey this evening. Now its taking care of the trick or treaters in the neighborhood. Good thing we got out pumpkins !

Great bunch of fish! Congrats on getting on those whites and that walleye!

Couple of slob catfish☺! Great pair of fish!

Awesome deer. Tell him that his grandson did a great job! I got Livie close but she didn't get a shot on a doe 55 to 60 yards. She is still a bit upset about the situation. Only got out on Sat. We'll see if she will want to get out again. I believe that her tag is good for the general gun season and for the late youth season after Thanksgiving.

We mixed a couple of different recipes to make wild turkey tetrazzini (food network and MDC recipes). So I can't give details on what was actually all included in this dish. Will say we used the turkey breast from my hen and a mixture of wild mushrooms (Asian beech and maitake mushrooms purchased from the store - haven't been too successful in fall shrooms this year ).

If you are just interested in Crane there might be closer places. If you want to fish a couple more streams, I have stayed at the Super 8 in Monett several times. You'll be within a half hour of Crane, 20 plus minutes from Roaring river, and 15 minutes from Capp's creek. Was refurbished a couple of years ago and is still clean. If you stay there I would recommend the Bayou for cajun food just across the road from the hotel.

As long as it is chilled and still not warm when you eat it. I am definitely up to trying venison tartare. Only issue would be whether there was an issue with the shot that could taint the tenderloins. Will just have to find out this year. The local asian market carries quail eggs to top the tartare☺. Will just have to find a halfway spot to meet you and the Mrs once we do try it.

Maybe the tenderloins once the deer has been gutted, but not the liver ! I have had the courage to eat and actually enjoyed some pate. I think about keeping the liver almost every time I clean a deer, then think about a bad liver incident at my grandmother's house as a kid. That was a mess .

I haven't tried heart, but have thought about it several times (a couple of nudges from watching Meateater). If I (we) am (are) successful and have a deer heart or two, will likely try it this season . Maybe even with peas!

Last night was intended to be leftover night. We had leftover wild rice from last night’s dinner. I dug around the fridge and found some deli ham, green onions, and some mushrooms. Decided on a fried rice bowl. I chopped up the ham, onion, and mushrooms and cooked on med-high to high heat with a little olive oil. Moved that mixture over in the skillet and did a quick scramble of two Folly farm fresh eggs with a bit of teriyaki sauce them mixed all the ingredient together. I added the rice and then seasoned with some garlic powder, sesame oil, little more teriyaki, and Asian five spice mix. Cooked until the rice was warmed through.

Mitch it may be an iPhone security setting issue. I have a Samsung android 4G not so dumb phone and am able to stay logged on for my phone and my PC.

So tonight we tried a new squirrel dish, Rosemary Parmesan Squirrel (recipe from MDC website). So we followed the recipe for the most part. Instead of water with chicken bouillon, we used the Folly farm chicken stock. I did cook the squirrel for about 25 minutes instead of the 15 min suggested by the recipe. Also we didn't have any onion soup mix for the sauce. I mixed onion powder, dried onion pieces, our prepared jerk seasoning, and a couple of dashes of worchestershire sauce. The wild rice mix that we used was Lundberg Wild blend rice mix that we picked up at our local HyVee. This was a nice mix of different grains and had a nice toothsome bite. We also fried some of the Japanese pie pumpkin to serve with the squirrel and rice. I will say that since there is not much of a braise on the squirrel, this is a dish that is best with young squirrels. A couple of pieces were very tasty, but tough.