It's really easy to get to the area behind the sinuses and leave the sinus bones in. This is the first thing I do after getting the brains out. Take a long screw driver and stick it in thru the back of the skull, point it to one side of the sinuses and tap the back of the screwdriver until you...
I ended up trying Febreeze but all it did was make it smell even worse!! then I grabbed some enzyme spray and that knocked the smell right out.
I'll tell you what, moose rut smell is rank!
It was PIA, I just used a propane burner and an oval tub which really needed to be a size bigger but it seemed there was a shortage of tubs on the market so I had to make do with this one. I also had to cut a couple blocks of wood to put under each end of the tub so the weight was distributed...
I finally made a Euro plaque for my moose, I used some 2" thick pine and did a little carving design and inlaid some marble.
This pic was before sealer
This is a better pic
Sand burrs are really bad in some areas of NM this year, the only place I had seen them before was in Kansas, these stickers are absolutely the worse sticker to deal with, they will stop a dog in their tracks. I'd rather pull cholla cactus out of his paws every 15 minutes!!!!!
I am guessing...
One other thing was the sand was pretty wet which means he was sweating up a storm. I could imagine the buildup of sweat with non vented but I still think sweat would be better than sand, if the holes are where the sand is coming from
Yea, the dog let me know when they were full. I wondered if the holes were sucking in sand each time they flexed or if the sand was coming in thru the top.
I own some Lewis boots and this year was the first time I needed to use them on my dog, I have watched the videos for putting them on but I still had an issue with them so for those of you that have used the Lewis boots I have a question.
How the heck do you keep all of the debris and sand from...
Your meniscus sounds like what I had. June 3rd 2020 I had it cleaned up, they took about 30% of it. They told me 4 to 8 weeks and I should be good to go, 8 weeks later I was still wondering WTF. I had a Gila wilderness elk tag for Sept and only one month left so I worked hard with rehab and put...
Access sucks, there are literally only a handful of access points that everyone has to use. Backpacking in is one way to do it but water becomes the issue, you gotta pack in water or you have to scout the area fairly close to your hunt to see if water is available somewhere. I would also plan on...
Right on John! I haven't forgot about you guys or the Chukars cause you all became part of the memory. Would love to see a pic of your bull, I just remember it being a nice one............
Hopefully you'll be around next year cause it probably won't happen this winter, it's gonna take some pre...
When the bear took the bait bag we both heard the soft jingle of the moose calls as he was thinking about taking it, I can't totally remember if he heard us say something as they jingled and thats why he took off fast but that scenario was a fun part of the experience. I find it interesting that...
People worry about going to Alaska and wearing waders all day every day, El Hombre Del Norte (AKA Rick) will wear them 24/7 if he has to.......enough said
Thanks for the kind words Rick, it was a pleasure to hunt with you!! With the way everything went down we both proved to be seasoned...
Thanks!
I would have been sick to lose an entire load of meat!
I would also say I was a bit bitter since one year earlier in the Gila I had bears take a 1/2 an elk from me. I might have to look into a lightweight fence to pack in on my elk hunts, the place is swarming with bears. They got my...
You bet!
I brought home 425lbs of meat and a 64lb of antlers for around 600.00
I had to donate/share one front quarter because I didn't have enough time to debone it, I am good since it went to the local folks. It was also a very clean quarter, some of the jack offs donated meat that looked...
Right, we hung the meat at the kill site mostly because we didn't want to do the night time boat ride full of meat.
I was ready to wrestle him, I know that was not real smart but I was feeling possessive of the meat cache and I couldn't help myself. I was pretty sure it was a smallish black...
That's all I wrote but the 2 days getting back to the hanger deboning meat and getting it ready to ship was hectic to say the least. Everyone seemed to be coming out at the same time.
Once I flew home I had to drive to Denver and pick up the meat because AAC didn't fly to Abq, it was non stop...