Hunting and fishing in Minnesota

I miss venison. I love it. My Mom used to can it and its unreal that way. Venison sausage. Delicious. Growing up in the U.P. of Michigan we had it all the time. Freezer was always full of venison steaks.

Good for you Pops.  Glad you get to enjoy some time with him now.

@"StickyBun" said: I miss venison. I love it. My Mom used to can it and its unreal that way. Venison sausage. Delicious. Growing up in the U.P. of Michigan we had it all the time.

thats something I have never been able to eat is canned meat.  I am sure its fine and all, but it just reminds me to much of 8th grade biology with all the little dead animals in the jars with formeldahyde.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"StickyBun" said: I miss venison. I love it. My Mom used to can it and its unreal that way. Venison sausage. Delicious. Growing up in the U.P. of Michigan we had it all the time.

thats something I have never been able to eat is canned meat.  I am sure its fine and all, but it just reminds me to much of 8th grade biology with all the little dead animals in the jars with formeldahyde.

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"StickyBun" said: I miss venison. I love it. My Mom used to can it and its unreal that way. Venison sausage. Delicious. Growing up in the U.P. of Michigan we had it all the time.

thats something I have never been able to eat is canned meat.  I am sure its fine and all, but it just reminds me to much of 8th grade biology with all the little dead animals in the jars with formeldahyde.

Its amazingly good. Canned pickles, beets, etc. It just preserves it. Its not like you eat the venison out of the jar, you cook it just like you would if you took it out of the freezer and let it thaw. 

I was back in Minnesota for the weekend to do a little bow hunting...  passed up two nice bucks waiting for the "big one".  This cold weather had them moving before the storm on Sunday.  Good luck and shoot straight, Pops.  Keep us all updated if you guys get some deer and/or fish.
BOOM

So YOU were the one who brought the cold weather! :)

Good luck and have fun Robison's!  Shoot a big one and catch a creel full!

Without pics it didn't happen pops
Be safe and good luck

@"Akvike" said: Without pics it didn't happen pops Be safe and good luck

Unfortunately I haven't learned how to do this yet. And no deer for now. We had some shots but they were either small young does or young bucks. We both passed this time. Hopefully next week we get another chance. If not we'll probably come back next month. Now it's off to due some fishing up North, i know we'll score there. Going to our annual fishing destination.

@"96POPS" said:

@"Akvike" said: Without pics it didn't happen pops Be safe and good luck

Unfortunately I haven't learned how to do this yet. And no deer for now. We had some shots but they were either small young does or young bucks. We both passed this time. Hopefully next week we get another chance. If not we'll probably come back next month. Now it's off to due some fishing up North, i know we'll score there. Going to our annual fishing destination.

Hey, great idea Jimmy! Especially the last part. Nah, i wouldn't do that...........or would I?

We're not talking a dick cheney moment here are we?

I mean I don't like this call of not retaining 96 but overall I'm fairly happy with him----so nothing more than a winging ok

I'm curious how far north you guys have gone up into Minnesota to hunt and fish. I always imagine you're havin' fun down in the (warmer) southern half of MN and was kind of wondering what the furthest north you've been up here is.

@"BlackMagic7" said: I'm curious how far north you guys have gone up into Minnesota to hunt and fish. I always imagine you're havin' fun down in the (warmer) southern half of MN and was kind of wondering what the furthest north you've been up here is.

We were hunting in southern MN. Now we are headed to northern MN to fish. 50 miles from the Canadian border. Smallies are eating get ready for the winter. It's awesome getting a bite almost every cast. Especially since we just got through with a tournament on a lake we fished 2 1/2 days to get our first bite and 5 days of prefishing for the tournament and 2 days of the tournament and i caught 1 keeper bass and Brian caught 1 in prefishing and zero during the tournament. Worse lake I've ever fished on. The pro that won it had 26 lbs. (3 day total) to win it. Our results weren't unlike 230 others. 

Pretty cool Pops - take that time in and enjoy it; I hear the weather should be fair until Saturday. Not Texas warm, but warmer than it's been up here for the past couple weeks

@"96POPS" said: Hey, great idea Jimmy! Especially the last part. Nah, i wouldn't do that...........or would I?

I heard nothing....

@"96POPS" said:

@"BlackMagic7" said: I'm curious how far north you guys have gone up into Minnesota to hunt and fish. I always imagine you're havin' fun down in the (warmer) southern half of MN and was kind of wondering what the furthest north you've been up here is.

We were hunting in southern MN. Now we are headed to northern MN to fish. 50 miles from the Canadian border. Smallies are eating get ready for the winter. It's awesome getting a bite almost every cast. Especially since we just got through with a tournament on a lake we fished 2 1/2 days to get our first bite and 5 days of prefishing for the tournament and 2 days of the tournament and i caught 1 keeper bass and Brian caught 1 in prefishing and zero during the tournament. Worse lake I've ever fished on. The pro that won it had 26 lbs. (3 day total) to win it. Our results weren't unlike 230 others. 

Speaking of hunting, check out this story from 1940...
http://sportingclassicsdaily.com/day-the-duck-hunters-died/

 

@"Ralphie" said: Speaking of hunting, check out this story from 1940... http://sportingclassicsdaily.com/day-the-duck-hunters-died/

 

I am from Winona and remember my parents and grandparents tlaking about the Armistace Day Blizzard and about Max Conrad.  The airport in Winona is named Max Conrad Field.