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Supposed to say cooked in cast iron, not cornbread.  That was some good cornbread though!

I usually take my 1911 to the deer woods with me.  I'm wanting to take one with it but the right circumstance has not presented itself yet.

Found one of the pictures, cropped it, and enlarged. Not too fuzzy. Seems that the skunk ape and chupacabra pictures were lost in a hard drive crash :rofl: Anyone have any idea what this thing is? I thinking it may be a pheasant hen?

Just wondering what the majority of people here do when they encounter a sign.  Please be honest, your answer will not be public.

I've spent a significant amount of time in middle and east TN (Knoxville area.)  If you are into outdoor things here are some things to think about when deciding middle vs east TN.   Middle TN- Much better deer hunting   East TN- wider variety of game but quantities are lower.  Mountains, and it can be a bit cooler in the mountians than in the mid state.  Trout and small mouth fishing are better here.  Kayaking, mountain biking, and hiking opportunities are much better.    For me I hang out in East TN most of the time and make a couple of long weekend deer hunting trips to Mid TN each year.  I do miss being in the woods nearly everyday of the deer season like I did in Mid Tenn but I guess you have to make a sacrifice somewhere.   I really like where I live because I can be in downtown Knoxville in 35 minutes, or drive 35 minutes the other way and be miles from electricity, cell service, and other signs of civilization.

I wouldn't imagine that people who eat donkey would care too muc if there was a little fox meat in it as well.

No doubt a pheasant, question is is it an escape?  I've seen what I believe to be pheasant hens a couple of times here in Blount County.  I even got a picture once but it's on my other computer with my skunk ape and chupacabra pictures.  I'll see if I can dig out later.

I was employed by Sears from 2005-2010, in that time their quality really took a dive.  I think it was in 2009 they annonced through an internal memo that all Craftsman production was being moved to China, in their words "To give our  customers more value for their dollar."  So now if you have a 10 year old Made in the USA hand tool and it breaks you get a Chinese tool as a replacement.  I know that they would do ratchet swapping thing for most of the time that I worked there, if you insist that you wanted a new ratchet they would always give you one back then, though you would be offered a remanned unit first.  The 1/2" and 3/4 ratchets are easy to build, the 1/4" ratchets are a pain in the butt and usually don't last long after a rebuild.  While working at Sears I amassed a pretty good sized tool collection while taking advantage of sales and my discount.  I just feel that I'm left hanging should I break something now.    On another note, I've kind of sworn off Sears over the past few years.  A couple of months ago I was on a motorcycle trip, ironically with a friend from my Sears days, who had been laid off from Sears the week before.  My wife called me and had a family emergency out of town and had to leave the next day to see a sick relative.  Our daughters portable DVD player had died and my wife asked me if there was any way we could buy her another one before the trip.  (Once you've given a 4 year old a DVD player and headphones for road trips neither of you will want to travel without them again.)  Anyway, I get online from my hotel room in Missouri and check several local stores trying to find one that has a portable DVD player in stock.  Sears is the only store in town showing an in stock status.  Ironically my buddy that is traveling with me filled online orders in his Sears days.  He describes the process to me, a guy in the store should immediately get an alert that there is an order.   He will retrieve the item from stock, place it in pickup for me, at which time my debit card will be charged, and I will receive an email informing me that the item is ready to pick up.  My wife tried to pick it up the next day but it was not in stock, even though their website said that it was.  I never received an email, and my card was never charged.  I mean I could have gotten that kind of service from Craigslist.

My earliest shooting memories involve a .22 and tin cans.  Some of my fondest are shooting old skillets hanging from trees.  My daughter isn't old enough to shoot yet but she gets a kick out of watching me shoot balloons with a pellet gun.  Old produce and eggs have always been a favorite of mine.  Soda crackers are good and cheap.  Once a kid is good with a .22 empty shot shells can't be beat, still one of my favorite .22 targets.  Won't work with a .22 but tannerite couldn't be beat for keeping it fun.

No game here today.  Had hog jowls, black eyed peas, jalapeno cornbread, and fried potatoes, most of which was cooked in cornbread.  Pretty dang good!   On another note, I had always heard that Grandpa Jones was quite the butthead in real life.

I never considered people selling guns out of their trunks to be a problem.

Love those things!

I've spotted two liars on TGO this morning alone.  Not lying about anything that really matters, seems they just want some attention I guess.  Still don't get why people feel a need to lie on the internet to feel important.

That's neat, I've never gotten the chance to hunt quail but always wanted to.  I find it ironic that when my grandparents were growing up they hunted quail all of the time but rarely, if ever, saw a deer.  I've killed more deer than I can count but I've never shot at a quail.

I spent 2 winters heating my house solely with wood.  I cut and split every bit of it myself, the first year I split it all by hand as well.  Never got a good saw, just used a cheap Poulan and wore it out.  I enjoyed the work, being out in the woods, running the saw, even the back breaking hauling, and stacking.  I enjoyed the fires as well.  I've since moved and no longer have a fireplace.  I miss it like crazy, I feel like a cheating yuppy flipping a switch for heat.

Yep, with his blatant record of poaching and hunting out of season I wouldn't be surprised if he has ever possessed a license.

Wearing a suit to work.

Back about 10 years ago when it seemed that it was a lot more popular to buy cars off of E-bay my family bought a few.  I think that was before gas got really expensive and it wasn't that big of a deal to fly 1000 miles away and drive your new car back.  My brother bought a truck that was about 10 years old.  Looked good in the pics and my brother asked the dealer if it had any rust to which the dealer replied none.  So my brother flies up to Connecticut gets off the plane and the dealer meets him outside of the airport with the truck.  First thing that went wrong was that brother had already had a check made for the winning price of the auction, the dealer told him that there was a non negotiable $300 doc fee which had not been listed in the auction.  Upon walking around the truck he fond rust completely through in both rear fender wells.  When he asked the dealer about he just replied "We wouldn't call that rust here in Connecticut."  Basically my brother told him that he wasn't paying the doc fee but would still take the truck at the auction price, or he would go buy another plane ticket home.  He drove the truck home. 

I know Andrew as well, great guy.  His place school is about 10 minutes from me.

A friend of mine got into them big a few months ago and it's become a hobby to him, he even builds them now.  I don't know a whole lot about them, my buddy, like Tanker, has said that if you are going to get one get a good one.  To second Tanker again there is no tar in the vapor.

I used to hunt the far west part of the state, IMO you want a rifle that can reach out a bit.  Can't go wrong with a .270 or 30-06 because they do the job well and if you can find ammo for anything you can find ammo for those two.  This is only my opinion but I would stay away from the Remington 770s, a friend has 2 and thinks they are the best thing since sliced bread, that tells me that he has never picked up another bolt action rifle.  The actions on these rifles are very rough.  The actions on my 91/30s are much smoother and I gave $70 for those. 

Why would you use a 50 Beowulf for middle Tennessee deer under 125 yards?  A little overkill is it not?

All I'm getting right now is Guns and Ammo, which if I were paying for I really wouldn't bother with, I get it as a gift subscription.  I mean who really needs another review on a 1911 or an AR-15?  I've found that most gun mags have a strong bias towards which ever manufacter sent them samples that month, so I don't really find them credible.  I used to get Field and Stream and Outdoor Life and enjoyed both.  I got TN Wildlife as well and it was good.

Thank you I will be posting some submissions for sure.

I've wanted one of those for years.  Looks like a lot of fun.