The USA has labelled both Canada and the EU as threats to their "National Security" in order to justify new duties declared by their military Commander-in-Chief on the international trade of steel and aluminum. So I suggest that USA made products such as firearms and ammunition should be sold exclusively within the USA so Canada and Europe can help our esteemed neighbour defend themselves and improve their national security. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that Canadians and Europeans...

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For a while, my wife and I had been discussing/planning on buying some land to have a little piece of dirt we can call it our own. So, after months of looking in Middle Georgia, and not liking the areas, or the prices, she finally found 26 acres about 35 minutes from our house. We went and looked it with the realtor, and my wife fell in love with the property from the moment she saw it. To top it off two deer jump off the bush and greeted us as we walked in the area.

We did a survey...

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My brother will hardly gut an animal anymore, deer or pigs. He claims he can get all the meat he wants off an animal by skinning, then boning from the outside of the chest cavity. He even does it with doves, just thumb nailing the breast meat away from the breast bone--quick and clean. For larger birds, he uses a knife--still, from the outside.

I asked him about the inside filets, next to the backbone. He claims he can reach inside from the top, though I haven't seen him do it, and cannot...

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In May / June of 2025 I hunted with Monterra Safaris in the Limpopo and had the taxidermy done by Bullseye. I had to rearrange some other mounts in the room but got everything to fit. Okay maybe I was able to sneak a couple into an extra bedroom with blessings from an understanding wife. The new ones are the Golden Wildebeest, sable, blesbok, bushbuck, eland (euro), and the gemsbuck. I love how every one is a...

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My wife tells me I’m a “prepper” I prefer the term hillwilliam myself ( hillwilliam noun similar to a hillbilly only better educated and with more teeth )

With that being said I do split my time during most of the months I’m not commercially fishing between logging and preparing for the following winter. This year has gone quite well harvested over an apple bin full of potatoes out of the garden. Got enough various other vegetables preserved in various manners to see us most of the way...

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