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Everything posted by chowder
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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.
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Naa! Just go get another one!
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Great job! Congratulations, you will never forget that buck (and neither will dad).
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That's a slammer! NICE GOING. Did you take him right around there?
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Anybody w/ experience w/ both setups got anything to say that might help me make a choice?
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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.
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Keep the faith, great news!
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That's a pretty rugged looking rig that should handle snotty weather well. Good luck w/ her!
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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.
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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!
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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
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Nice buck! I took a heavy 8 the last day too, those last day archery bucks are hard won, way to go!
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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.
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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!)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Now I know I'm tired of deer hunting! Thanks for the video-nice job!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.