Pawpaw butter – second try
I resolved this year to not hunt until I made Pawpaw butter. Last year I wasted time messing around and hardly got any and was only able to make a […]
Tree stand ladder conversion
The title doesn’t really explain what I am after in this post. I have hang on tree stands and stick ladders as our main hunting stands. The normal ladders are […]
Large skinner knife.
I like my large sweeping drop pointed knives for butchering and skinning. Longer knifes work good in the kitchen but they feel like a hindrance and just a chance to […]
Reloading and casting for the 30-30
I have a very nice Marlin 336-A in 30-30 that was made back in 1951. I inherited it from my Uncle as his boys did not want any rifles living […]
Venison bacon
So, I had a bunch of extra ground deer meat in the freezer this summer and I did not need any more bologna. So I used 10 pounds and made […]
Powder bottles mounts on Lee Powder measurer
So I just tripped over that the Lee Perfect powder measure has the same threads as the Hodgdon powder bottles. I asked a bunch of other people online and most […]
Pan lubing bullets
So I started casting 452 bullets for making 45 Colt cartridges for my conversion cylinder for my Pietta 1858 revolver. So I ordered a Lee 452-200-RF 6 cavity mold and […]
Deer Tallow
Another one I took pictures for and forgot to do anything with. I shot a fat doe after Thanksgiving in 2019 and saved all the fat to render for wad […]
Rooster cull for 2020
So I have been really neglecting this blog that past 6 months, or so. We culled these rooster in early December and with hunting and Christmas I just saved the […]
Paper cartridges for the cap and ball revolver.
So I have graduated to making videos and as such I take less pictures because my iPhone is recording the video. So this is more of a video post and […]
Confessions of a fisherman, hunter and tinkerer 