There is not a lot of tenderloin on an elk but it is by far the best part of the elk. I marinate in some yoshiba,chinese mustard herbs, and dried chipotle. I cut the loin in about 2 inch thick steaks and allow to marinate until the steaks reach room temp, about 1 hour, I find with any red meat I like to have it at room temp when I grill it because it cooks better. I grill them for 3 minutes a side to get medium rare, with the low fat content of wild game you should not over cook as it will dry it out. Add some crumbled blue cheese and grilled asparagus and it is on, this was my dinner tonight.
GREAT thread!!! I'm late to the party, but here's a few from this fall in Michigan: September is our early goose season: Some October Grouse from the West end of the UP: Blurry shot of my lab retrieving a hen woodie: Thanksgiving Day mallard: Last day of Michigan's regular duck season 12/6 (Hen mallard and drake black duck): Some random scenery shots: Hope you don't mind the long post...
How many people have been out to the game farms to take a crack at the pheasents and chukars. I keep meaning to get out but my dog is getting pretty old and i don't want to push the pup too far. Got a place out by us that does a 4 bird standard, but for 15 bucks a pheasent. Thats the best I have seen in a long time.
Love it. I beat the shit out of it, drop it in the mud, use it as a paddle, etc. and it works fine. As with all Nova's there is a little slop in the action and it's a tad heavy, but nothing that can't be ignored. And for $350, it's one of the best deals, as far as pumps go, that's out there. $15 is pretty reasonable. A lot of places, especially this time of the year, start charging $18-$25 per bird. Has the pup been intro'd to gunfire yet? How old is he/she? You don't want to push a dog under 6 mos for fear of making him gunshy, but I have friends that have broken dogs at 4 mos. I never get tired of watching bird dogs work!
Steelhead Advice Recently got into fishing the last year and live in the Pacific Northwest. I have been mostly going after trout but wanted to start trying to land some Salmon and Steelhead. Anyone here with some experience have some good advice for a good Steelhead setup and just in gerneral for a rube at the art of angling..Any help would be muchly appreciated. Thanks
So when you call your boss in the morning and it turns out you don't need to go to work, what do you do? Go hunting! Too bad no rabbits were out today. What could have been a successful small game hunt ended up being a day trudging through the snow (and brush and downed timber and cedar stands) like an idiot. It was up to my knees at times. I should have brought the snowshoes out. I did, however, find a few good places to call coyotes. They are uneducated around here, as I almost shot one yesterday while driving around and saw several tracks today. Lots of deer on the move too.
Urban lakes in private communities stocked with koi and carp where you can site fish and drop a fly in front of them and watch them eat, it doesn't matter where you are it is fun. Caught these guys on 4x tippet with a yellow sinking egg fly, lead the fish and set the hook when he eats it, not fish were injured in the process.
Went out saturday for our late season goose/duck opener. Sat in a cut corn field that was holding 150-200 birds daily. HOLY SHIT was it fucking cold...9 degrees with -12 wind chill. Not a fucking single bird flying. I didn't even bother getting out Sunday as the weather was the same. Have until January 31st for geese but it will be hit and miss from here on out.
My father sent me a bunch of photos from this set. The incident occurred on a series of linked ponds that's down behind our farm in Western MA. This is why you never want to be the one to "test" the ice with your vehicle. and when the truck gets caught on the ice as they pull it out... Pretty sure insurance doesn't cover this.
Most insurance companies will cover you the first time it happens. After that, you're usually shit out of luck.
Write off? Nonsense, that'll buff right out. But seriously, I'm assuming they were ice fishing? Wouldn't they cut a hole and check the ice thickness before driving out on the ice? I know it's just one picture, but that doesn't look like ice I would even play hockey on.