BilletHead

Yes it was a long commercial. is this a way to say it is Ok and condone the large pleasure craft? I don't fish there or have a desire to but it is hard to argue with success on tourney results. Do fish adapt to their environment like all other animals? I have fished in places if you make a mistake on a cast of make any sounds that chance at the target is gone. I imagine if a large flotilla of LOZ boats ran around all day and you casted to the same fish that was used to every conceivable sound known to man it may be easier to catch? What say you LOZ anglers? BilletHead

Lee, Shock collar. Low setting, then just the tone after that. We are set up and she is in her blind right next to me waiting for commands.

Good looking dog there Ron, Those were both big birds. We are up and getting ready to try a smack down this morning. BilletHead

Bummer on he tooth. Check ups twice a year, insurance pays for them but don't like to go, BilletHead

They sure look a lot like a buffalo at that angle. Thanks for the picture. BilletHead

I made one from an old transom mounted trolling motor bracket. Kind of a bulky deal but you can cut off what you don't need. Put a small aluminum angle on the bottom and mounted transducer to that. Tape the wire up the shaft. Fully adjustable up and down plus you can tip it out of the water if needed. It was a minnkota so plastic shaft easy to drill and cut. Only thing is it sits a couple inches off the back of the boat and depending on boat and how fast you go there will be some spray while running. Pretty cheap investment if you can find a Junker trolling motor. Good luck, BilletHead

Looks good friend, Pictures included . Waiter there is a hare in my dish . BilletHead

10.5's but I can do an 11 with thick cushioned socks. Hey I have a better idea Scott. Tell him you have a whole pro staff in line. The OAF Pro Staff. Think of the advertising! BilletHead

Well I'll be you seen right., BilletHead

Yep! A guy just can't hide can he?, BilletHead

I did make rounds and bet I know what you seen. I am waiting for Mrs. BilletHead to be off to try that place. Actually have a better place lined up. Just need to make contact with the landowner for the go ahead! Am I off on my guess of what you seen? BilletHead

I love fried chicken skin. on or off the cooked appendage . Chicken skin bacon! BilletHead

So I did guess right on one of three tries . Good on you smalliebigs! BilletHead

Got it. So smalliebigs is a cross between Magnum PI and Daniel Boone. A modern day investigator and tracker . BilletHead

Netboy, A gallop T&A streamer rainbow pattern. Avtually pretty easy to tie up. I did this one a few years back. The pink marabou along the side has faded some. Articulated and has great action, Use a full sinking or sink tip line. BilletHead

Complete waders with boots or wading boots for stocking foot wades or those neato water tennies ? BilletHead

What's rendering? Fat's where it's at ! I think I have shared this before but for here it is again for those who may of missed it. Goose fat is the real deal. Been doing this with some of our birds that are not shot up too badly. We each got one yesterday both in our faces and we shot them in their faces. if you are keeping just the breast meat sides you can actually clean geese pretty fast but if you want to keep the skin for rendering it takes a bit more time. You have to pluck the breast real well including up the neck and towards the vent. The sides as far down as you can easily. If you want more product you could do the back also. After plucking and rubbing off the down as well as you can fire up the propane torch and start singing the tiny hair like feathers. Give the skin a rub to clean off the little black tiny singed feathers. You then proceed to pull and cut off the naked skin working fast as goose fat goes liquid if it isn't real cold out. Then fillet off your breast meat and if you choose the legs and thighs together. If you haven't shot into the cavity you can make a little slit and do some operating and remove globs of fat from around the gizzard which I did on one of these two birds. In the house now we wash the skin and see if there is any stragglers of feathers to cut or pluck off. Into a bag and to the fridge to get cold. Needs to be cold to dice up, real cold or it will start to melt and be tough to hold onto. Get a big skillet ready and begin to dice up the skin and fat chunks into about a quarter inch pieces. Pitch then into the cold skillet as you cut it up. When this is all cut up cover the fat in the skillet with water and place on a burner then heat the stuff up. Get a nice boil going. The fat will melt out and off the skin and the water evaporates. It will actually go pretty fast. Milky colored at first and then begin to clear up some. The sound will go from bubbling to frying. Don't let it get so hot it will start smoking. A nice slow frying sound. Watch it closely as you are almost done. Soon it will actually quit frying as sign all moisture is gone now turn off the burner. As you let it cool some get a filter ready. I use a wire strainer lined with a paper towel. Place over a bowl or something to catch the fat. I use a large slotted spoon to scoop out the cracklings and put into the lined strainer. After getting most of them out I pull the towel and cracklings out and place on a plate. Do not throw them away! I reline the strainer and begin to scoop or pour the liquid fat through the sieve. Here we have three cups of liquid fat, We pour the cool fat into containers. I like the little freezer jars. Leave some headspace and lid the jars up. Place into your freezer and it can be stored indefinitely. In the fridge a year or more. Use this like any other oil or even like butter. The fat is really neutral flavored. Great for baking instead of any other fat. Back to the cracklings. A light sprinkle of salt and eat them up. Yea man we are talking good. You could add other spices to suit your fancy if you wish . The jarred fat in this state will have a little color . In the freezer it will turn white, BilletHead

here you go buddy , http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/outdoors/2018/01/26/definitely-not-catfish-birthday-trip-yields-huge-taneycomo-surprise/1065765001/ BilletHead

Good deal John, Jon, Johnny and Pete. So when someone hollered to Peter, Rabbit is coming he knew it was he one of you were hollering to but when someone hollered hey John, Jon or Johnny there is a bunny coming it could of been real confusing right? . Nice hunt and nice story, BilletHead

Seems there is no rest between seasons anymore. Just think it will be teal season in eight and a half months . BilletHead

Something we haven't done in a couple three months. Goose fajitas!, Cooked in the holey wok over charcoal and oak splits. The contributing goose got cleaned, sliced and seasoned before he could cool off. Put in the fridge to rest in spices before cooking. Pretty fresh eating, BilletHead

Down to the last two days of duck season, Time for Mr. and Mrs. BilletHead to wrap it up together. I knew there were few around in BilletHeadVille and was wanting to give the geese a break. We would be setting up at a small pond between a big field with another pond where the birds were feeding and a loafing pond where they rested during the day. The birds had a routine but a few would be sitting here off and on throughout the last few days when I would drive by. Was really hoping we could take a few and we did. Yesterday we took five, In the edge of our duck decoys I added a few goose floaters and it paid off for this morning, Another duck season has come and gone. More quality time with Mrs. BilletHead. Although the numbers taken by us were not as good as last season because of the lost time in our area due to the big freeze and lock up of our hunting area. We got some fine eating to dine on. Fresh mallard yesterday . It is really sad pulling decoys on the last hunt that and not hearing the plop as you have thrown them out many times before. We never know when that last hunt will be. Anything can change between seasons. I know some of you guys have retrievers. You have your golden, yellow, black and chocolate varieties. I shot a picture for you guys of mine. She is a fine one. A gray haired retriever. She is house broke, very little shedding, obeys simple commands , doesn't bark either, BilletHead

Well the official annual goose fest was a slow one as it was during the big freeze so we did a redoux. The girls were working so this was a guys hunt of two days. Last Thursday and Friday. Since the big nice warm up and the southerly winds howling in the canada geese began pouring in. When Brad arrived Wednesday afternoon I took him for a short scouting trip. His eyes got real big seeing the numbers around. There was one pond in particular that was being used heavy. They were not roosting there just daily loafing. Day one this would be the set up. A really flat pond with short grazed fescue. No cover at all but this is what the birds like as they can see along ways for predators making it a safe place. I cut three thirty gallon bags of long fescue for putting on the layout blinds. Up early Thursday morning we set up and prepared for the hunt. Groups of birds going in every direction. Quietly and I mean making little sound and they wanted very little calling. We pulled in two early groups and took out our six birds. Brad with the results, As we were picking up more wanted in and as we got back to the truck others were landing, Day two we decided to go to same place but set up where the birds really wanted to land from previous day. We wanted them even closer in our face head shot distance. So adjustments were made and it was a quick shootout with very little meat damage , Good hunt with a good friend and it made up for the freeze up hunts from a few weeks back, BilletHead

Heck Lancer I will not ask for a plate to go like MoPanfisher Pat and I will be right up, what time is dinner? , BilletHead

Guess you didn't have it your way. Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsauceletticecheesepicklesonionsonasesemeseedbun .Holdthepickleholdtheletticespecialordersdon'tupsetusallweaskisthatyouletusserveityourway! BilletHead