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Hope you do. Let me know if you like it.

You can use venison as a substitution. IMHO, Antelope makes THE BEST wild game chili. In a large saucepan add 1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive oil. Heat to medium heat. Finely dice one Vidalia onion. Add onion to saucepan with one heaping tablespoon of minced garlic. Stir to thoroughly coat onions and garlic with oil. Add 1 lb ground antelope or venison, stir to coat and add 1/4 cup of Cooking Sherry. Stir and brown meat thoroughly. It will break up in small pieces and not clump if you do it right. DO NOT DRAIN. Antelope and Venison is very low fat unless it was added by the butcher. (if you have ground with beef fat added, don't use it for this recipe) Almost all the juice you see is from the onions, garlic, oil and sherry. This juice is important for the taste of the chili. Add two regular size cans of Rotell Green Chilies and Tomatoes CHILI FIXINS. (You don't need to add any spices or salt if you use the CHILI FIXINS. The Chili fixins should be right next to the regular Rotell at the grocery store) Add one can of Black Beans. Cut between 30 and 40 pepperoni slices into 1/4" wide strips. (You can use a knife but I usually use cooking scissors and cut the pieces off directly into the chili while it's cooking) You can add a half can of beer at this point if you want or leave it out. It will be good either way. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer (uncovered) about 20 minutes. Top a bowl of this chili with shredded cheddar cheese. This stuff keeps well refrigerated for about a week. Add a little water if it starts to get too thick from reheating and refrigerating. Here's the grocery list assuming you already have the ground antelope or venison (I'll stress again the importance of it being the no fat added variety.) 1 Vidalia Onion 2 cans Rotell Green Chilis and Tomatoes CHILI FIXINS 1 can of black beans 1 Small bottle of Cooking Sherry 1 Small Jar of minced Garlic 1 Pack of Sliced Pepperoni (the kind for pizzas) 1 bag of Shredded Cheddar Cheese (for garnish) Hope someone here actually tries this recipe.

Prayers sent! That really sounds bad

Really pretty. I like the open mouth pose.

Bead blasting can really screw up a gun if it is not done right. As far as refinishing a stock goes don't try and use combo stains that contain polyurethane. Absolutely do use a pre-stain conditioner the wood will accept the stain much better if you do.

Way too go Jim! Anti-hunters believe hunters are an egotistical lot seeking to prove our power over animals. Anyone who has hunted a lot gets shown often who is the most powerful and we know, it isn't us! You were shown that on this trip. Sounds like a great time.

Hunters Safety Vest might work for you but personally I don't trust those push and snap buckles. I've used those buckles to strap stuff down before and in my experience although they are strong they don't withstand shock very well. Summits Seat of the Pants harness is more cumbersome to deal with. But it is a very secure and solid system.

My sister called and asked me. What kind of fox is that? I said, "A dead one!" "I got some good pictures and then put a bullet between his eyes." I reveled in her disgust and admonitions for being such a cruel heartless jerk before I admitted I actually didn't shoot the fox. Ha ha! Psyche! I have to admit, after all these years it's still great fun. Big brothers never tire of teasing baby sisters! Now I get to look forward to the call from my Mom telling me to stop teasing my sister! :ROFL: Ain't family great!

Only every spotted a couple of these while hunting. This is the first time I had a camera. Couldn't get any closer.

48 degrees? I wouldn't even worry one tiny bit!

No it's not.

I hate to hear about Kaeden being upset. I'm proud he's thinking about the future. So many do not. Smart kid.

Nastiest job I ever had was when I was working in Hospital Food Services. They made me do the dishes one day... These were the dishes returned from meals after the patients had "finished" their meals. Let's just say some (I lost count) patients ate all their food and sent it all back on the tray anyway (big surprise, that's what sick people do) I told them I would walk out the door never to return if they ever asked me to do that one again (they didn't). Nasty, nasty, nasty... After that experience, it's real real hard to gross me out.

Many Walgreen's will refill your existing cartridges for much cheaper than you can buy new.

I voted. Can't wear party affiliated T-Shirts at the polls so I chose this one.

In this election more than any other, the number of "unreturned" absentee ballots will be very suspect.

What a horrible tragedy!

I agree. Some folks think they have to use it on the carbon before they glue in the inserts. That's ideal, but you can use it to true up an insert that's already glued in. It will make a difference. If I'm building arrows, I'll also true up the nock end before I glue the fletchings on.

The link I posted has the codes to beware of. UPC 0 36077 11240 7 and lot code 1928S1.

Candy Recall It's for real. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/2008/20081008e.shtml

Over 42 inches of just mass measurements is seriously impressive!

Whiskyswamp and GWSmith have a valid point. The toughest bone in a whitetail can stop ANY arrow and many kinds of bullets from various cartridges COLD. A couple key stoppers are the spine itself, the shoulder blade and pelvis. I've gotten complete pass throughs with 55lbs and had it stopped cold shooting 92lbs. Both cases were with the same fixed blade (very popular brand) broadhead. 63lbs should be plenty of gas to drive through whitetail road. Even with mechanicals. Though many mechs tend to hang on the fletching on the exit side and then drop. Technically, with an entry and exit hole it's still a pass through. A perfectly broadside shot that avoids the heavy bones should zip right through. In my experience, quartering shots have a tendency to "funnel" the arrow towards a solid piece of bone.

Very nice! Passing him last year and taking him this year is pretty sweet!

Donald Duck's pants are down!

In college a hunting buddy of mine slipped while he was walking in the woods with his horns and fell on them. He didn't fall all that hard, one of those going down hill and suddenly you're sitting type falls. Most folks think nothing of that. Still they punched a hole right through his insulated coveralls and gave him a good jab. I'll stick with the bag.