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chowder

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  1. Nice one- good for you for staying alert, I've taken a number of bedded bucks and does on the way to and from stand.
  2. Great job! Congratulations, you will never forget that buck (and neither will dad).
  3. That's a slammer! NICE GOING. Did you take him right around there?
  4. Anybody w/ experience w/ both setups got anything to say that might help me make a choice?
  5. The only tangle I have had w/ 300'+ copper off the Church boards and the wire dipsy happened when the dipsy tripped from a speed increase and drifted up, then we got a steely on the 300' copper. We did get the fish but we lost a lot of wire. One thing that will help w/ preventing tangles w/ inlines is to run Mag dipsies and set them on 1.5. If I run slide diver spoon rods out on 2.5 or 3 I always put my core and or copper out on the big boards. Either way you can't turn around very quickly that's for sure.
  6. That's a pretty rugged looking rig that should handle snotty weather well. Good luck w/ her!
  7. Set your drag on the lighter side w/ the church boards. The board will set the hook and the drag will alert you to a fish. Don't put the copper or the core in the release, if you have problems w/ the release holding you can splice in a section of heavy mono between core/copper and the superbraid backing using albright knots, or use a rubber band around the release. One thing I don't like about the inlines is sometimes a King gets the board under water and things can get dicey when it starts planing around and creating a lot of resistance.
  8. Didn't get a chance to get out during the regular season till yesterday but it worked out ok when I got a crack at this big bodied 9 pt chasing a doe. He would not stop but he turned towards me once giving me a brief opportunity for a shot in front of the shoulder and across & thru the boiler room and I took it. No tracking required!
  9. Landing Zone & Big Easy; What did you guys go w/ for shaft length on the Kickers, and how did you decide on location for the bracket? Thanks-Andy
  10. Nice buck! I took a heavy 8 the last day too, those last day archery bucks are hard won, way to go!
  11. When the average white male applying for an entry level job starts showing a work ethic that resembles the average hispanic's work ethic please don't hesitate to let me know.
  12. Ray,the reason I suggested just adding 2 more rod holders/ side if you all ready have 1 ratchet+ the track is that the rod tree is going to eat up almost as much space as 2 more rod holders. If you are starting from scratch I think I would go w/ the new Traxtech 3 holder tree on a short section of Track (I am assuming your riggers are all ready mounted in a spot you are happy w/) using a healthy size backing plate. If you do this you will truly cleanup the sides of the boat. The further back you go w/ mounting that tree will eliminate some of planer line's tendency to snatch a rod into the drink on turns. I think I would steer away from the "fixed" trees b/c the holders are going to catch a dock piling or something else eventually. Mine are just a piece of track welded to a piece of aluminum w/ a flange on it that fits into the track mounted on the boat. Then I put 3 extra rod holders that came w/ my Islander into the track w/ the foot, this way when they are not in use they all adjust to stay inside the boat. When I adjust them out each one is set at a different angle to keep my planer rods seperate. If you are planning to run a slide diver or shallow dipsy rod in conjunction w/ 3 planer rods in the winter/spring you might want to think about the 4 rod tree, but it looks like $800 for the pair (ouch!)
  13. Sorry no pics. If you have enough track though I would think pretty hard about just adding some more Bert's ratchet holders. At $90/unit x 4 your gonna spend 1/2 what a pair of most of the commercial tree units cost.Look at it this way; In the spring you wont very often want to be running dipsies + 3 flat lines/ side and in the summer you won't often want to to run 2 dipsies/ side + more than 1 copper or core off the boards, either way you look at it if you all ready have 1 Berts ratchet/side and you get 4 more, you really got things pretty well covered.
  14. I think most of the units out there can handle a dipsy rod in the bottom holder (as long as you use a backing plate when you install) but for that kind of $, I'd get the traxtech- it's got a lot more features! I built a set of 3 rod trees for a small fraction of what any of the commercial units cost.
  15. Hello Jim, I also have a 19' Islander, if you have any questions about setting up the boat or techniques this is a great place to get ideas.
  16. Big Easy, do you find that this style bracket puts the kicker in a place that makes netting more difficult? I have seen a few different pictures of some custom brackets like this and they do appear to stick out the back a bit. Do you strap the kicker down in transit or trailering? Thanx! -Andy
  17. I'm leaning pretty hard towards putting a kicker on my I/O Starcraft Islander. Looks like the payback is 3-5 years on the gas (+better/easier speed control + backup security) depending on what I spend. I've talked w/ Hank and have been doing some internet prowling on numerous discussions about kicker installations and I still don't understand a couple things; 1. If I get a kicker w/ power trim can I go w/ some kind of really rugged one piece bracket w/ a "sink" in it to allow the motor to tip forward? It seems like this would be the sturdiest/ least problematic route to go but it's probably a bit tricky to determine the exact location for the plate on the transom (at this point I'm leaning towards the Merc 9.9 pro kicker w/ extra long shaft) 2. I haven't actually seen a bracket like this on the market, almost everything is adjustable and looks like junk except the OMC!- Does anybody have a setup like what I'm talking about or is there some hole in my concept that I can't see? 3. How much of a pain is it going to be to hook up the E-Zee steer rod ( I have an auto pilot) to the main drive? Thanx
  18. Now I know I'm tired of deer hunting! Thanks for the video-nice job!
  19. Sorry it took me so long to get the rib recipe up, it's there on recipes. Now I gotta find the time to post my smoked venison pot roast recipt- now that's the REAL DEAL!
  20. RUB: 1/4 cup paprika 1/4 cup fresh ground black pepper 1/4 cup coarse sea salt 1/4 cup sugar 2 tblspns chili powder 2' ' garlic powder 2' ' onion powder 2 ' ' cayenne pepper (DO NOT GET THIS IN YOUR EYE) MOP: 1 Beer (I like to use Saranac Black & Tan) 1/4 cup cider vinegar 1/4 ' ' veg. oil 1/2 med onion (chunked) 2 cloves garlic 1 tbl spoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tbl spoon of the rub from above. Glaze: 11/2 cups ketchup 1 cup beer 1/4 cup cider vinegar 1/4 cup minced cilantro 3 tbl spoons packed brown sugar 2 ' ' Worcestershire sauce 2 gloves garlic, minced 2 teaspoons gound cumin 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 ' ' Tabasco Ok, night before smoking apply 1/2 the rub to the ribs, put ribs in plastic bag & in fridge Next day, get the smoker to temp ( I like 210) Get out the ribs, hit them lightly again w/ the rub & into the smoker mop the ribs every once/hour I fill the smoker w/ as many as I can get in there. IMPORTANT- if you are going to hunt while the ribs are smoking don't leave too much beer w/ the person who is supposed to mop them. ALSO- always hunt downwind of the smoker- I got a nice 6 pt two years ago on the last day of muzzle loader using the smell of the smoker to cover the rub scent that was on me! smoke ribs for 3 hours or so As the ribs approach 3 hours in the smoker (this when I dragged in the 6 pt and found the beer gone...) You need to heat the glaze in a saucepan carefully to reduce and thicken it. Brush the ribs w/ the glaze 1 or twice durint the last hour in the smoker (stop basting w/ the mop when you start using the glaze) Kids like to slobber even more glaze on the ribs so that's where any extra can go.
  21. Good luck to all! Spent Mon,and Wens afternoon at the club's rifle range w/ 2 of my sons($$$$) and I think I might be ready to transition to the smoke pole but I want to see one son competing in a swim meet in Watertown on Saturday and another one has the leading role in a musical this weekend and family will be here for the performances too so, I guess I'll give the deer a break till Monday.
  22. Back about 10 years ago I had one come steaming in at me after I had just gotten down from a stand after dark in a thickly wooded area. I was crunching around on very dry leaves and he must have been close and on the trail of a doe I never saw. Long and short of it was I wound up shooting him right in the center of his chest at about 10 yds w/ my old 870 Remington pump. I felt bad about it at first b/c it was definitely after sunset and he actually had just come to a sharp stop. I guess survival instincts are hard to overcome.
  23. Jeepers, you guys are kind of freaking me out w/ these yote stories! I've been hiking out 2 or 3 miles in the dark for 20 years often enough after gutting deer and figuring it was all in my head to be a bit scared. A friend of mine(who unlike me can consistently make 250 yd shots) and I do some predator hunting using .222s and it always seems like they don't want to be any where around humans.
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