Hoot Gibson, how've you been?

treevet

How you been Hoot? How's the wood pile stacking up (joke intended) this year?

hoot gibson

treevet . im doing great . my work has slowed down . i have about 20 or so pickup trucks of wood rady to burn this winter , ( we seem to have started early with the colder weather). been killin deer with the stick and string . getting some meat in the freezer . wont start on cutting more wood till after december is over . hows things been with you and yours ? h

treevet

Everything is good. Seems like it went from 70 degrees to 30 degrees daytime temp with nothing in between. I cleaned the flue and stove out last week but was going to do the chimney later. I lit it and the whole basement then house filled with smoke and I had to shut it all down. I think I got a squirrel's nest up in there and when it stops raining I'm gonna go up there and get it out with my cherry picker. Wifey wasn't real happy about that one.

What is the story on the "stick and string" deer killer?

hoot gibson

well vet , i hunt with a piece of osage with bamboo on the back of it . my own homemade shafts laced wth turkey feathers , and tipped with an obsidian head i knapped . h

OutofMytree

Hence the avatar.

Obsidian heads? That's wild!

treevet

The song "A Country Boy Will Survive" By Hank Jr. comes to mind.

newguy18

Or dueling banjoes.

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hoot gibson

the only stringed inst. i play is the bow and arrow , and the boy setting on the porch playing the banjo looks like my sister

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TreeDimensional

Hey Hoot, did ya get that big buck yet? How many lbs do you figure that bow is?

hoot gibson

the draw weight on the bows i hunt with are around 60 lbs pull at 28 inch draw. i havnt gotn a buck yet . just eatin doe meat . lol. our gun season starts this coming monday . h

Garry Brockley

Hoot how do you cook your venison i have one piece left from a doe i killed and fancy trying it a bit different, i usually cook it slow in a pot with the lid on, half an onion touch of water and juniper berries.

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hoot gibson

galbe . some i make jerky out of . ground alot for burger , and the steaks i fry first hot , tokinda seal up the outside , then low heat and cook them slow . i usualy make jerky out of the roast . dont like meat cooked in water . h

Garry Brockley

would love to make jerky out of this just never been shown the best way any tips?
i only put a table spoon full in the roast to kep the meat moist not boil it ew thats not good

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Banjo kid from deliverance at 52.

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hoot gibson

i used to slice my meat in strips for jerky . but now i grind it and run it through this caulking gun kinda thing . made about 40 lbs of jerky last week befor drying . gets real small real quick . i use a dry seasoning on mine . dont care for the liquid smoke stuff in a bottle . i have a home made dryer and it takes about 18 hours or so to dry 5 trays full . jst makes a good treat when your out in the woods somewhere or when your wife has to go to one of those fancy eating places . i also dry mine really dry , so it dont have to be kept in a refigerater. h

TreeDimensional

Hoot, now I feel bad for not going hunting this year, it's the first time in 30 years I haven't gone out. That sounds like great tasting jerky. You make yours like I like mine.

Feel free to send me about 20lbs.

hoot gibson

you guys dont have any deer in canada , do you??

TreeDimensional

LOL Hoot, I live in huntin' heaven. The world record whitetail was shot about 55mile from me. There are 35 mule deer living in a field one mile North of my farm. We have about 50 swamp donkies (moose) walk through our yard a year, and the speed goats (antelope) are hearded up. The last few weeks I have seen 2 heards of about 35 in each, all around the farm.

Nope, finding a critter to shoot at isn't the issue! Finding the time to git-r-done IS.

Garry Brockley

Right we need a treeworld outing to your farm for some shootin drinkin and jerky making.

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road trip

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Count me in.

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Garry Brockley

Sorry treedimensional i think i have just invited the whole of treeworld to yours. well it's only 2000 or so people, better get the kettle on. hey hoot can you bring some of yer jerky

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LMAO, But you can't get anywhere from here, I wonder if it works the other way. JUST what I need, a whole bunch of pissed arborists with guns! And they say doing tree work is dangerous!

hoot gibson

knew about the area you live . just making a joke . dont think i will be able to make the outing . might get spoiled . wouldnt know what to do with all the big knife handles those deer of yours carry on there head .id have to make bigger blades . h