Recent content by tomturkey

WBM If I remember right after around 40 years I asked him how I could legally transport my pistol. Legally I think I could open carry it back then. Not being able to even take it out of the house with out a CPL was totally wrong. Now days I can legally carry it cancelled on my own property.

Years ago I had a Michigan concealed carry permit when it was easy to get. Simply got to the Sheriffs Dept., do a little paper work and walk out with your permit. I forgot to renew mine one time. I called the local State Police. The officer that answered the phone told me I could not even...

If I was to hang a gun over a fireplace it would be the Damascus triggerless double barrel that belonged to my grand father. it has a very weird butt stock. It has no cheek piece. The stock drops away the comes back to fit your shoulder. Surprisingly with out the cheek piece it comes with your...

I worked and managed the biggest Fur sale in Michigan for years. When prices were high a guy sold 200 xl and xxl coon for $50.00. My son that was helping me bag the fur coming off the table was trying to figure out how much that was. I told him $10,000 and to get these bagged as the guy had 150...

A stolen gun was recovered in Michigan a while back after over 40 years. Itwas retuned to the of next of kin of the person it was stolen from as he had passed away.

Beaver meet is the highest protein meat there is. I have served up to 10 lbs of loin at Trappers Conventions over the years. The main dish at both of my sons graduation parties was beaver stew. At one of them the principles wife said it could not be beaver. I had to take her to show her the...

Chip Thanks for the information on the use of sinew. How you get it and use it was interesting. I have always thought of using the sinew off of the whitetails I shoot. I generally take it off of the back straps before I bone them off of the deer. I never realized that that was sinew on the back...

A friend called me one afternoon that she had seen cougar tracks on a two track in a wild life management area. I went and took pictures of the tracks. When I showed the pictures to the cougar specialist of the Mi. DNR he tried to make dew drops from the tree above the tracks into toe nail marks...

I got invited to hunt with her family by a woman I worked with when I turned 14 in 1957. I continued to hunt with them for years. It was not until 1961 that I saw my first buck. I had been siting against an ole pine stump for a long time. As it got light a car stopped and dropped a hunter off 40...

I quit watching any thing Nugent when I watched him shoot a nice tom one day and go back to the same blind the next day and do the same thing. I can almost guarantee that he shot them both over bait. Why would turkeys come in running to a spot two days in a row and start pecking the ground if it...

I was siting at the vets with my year old lab laying at my feet when a young couple came in with about an 8 week old pit pup. It started growling and snarling at my lab. They thought it was funny. It was all I could do to keep from going over and slapping the owners along side of the head. I...

I will have to see if I can locate the beads as they are stored since I moved to a different house. Then it will be if this computer illiterate old guy can figure out how to post a picture.

I have been chasing turkeys for around 30 years. At first it was like winning the lottery to draw a tag. After not drawing for around 5 years back in the late 80's I drove 4 hours to pick up a left over tag in the UP. I was able to get access to a huge farm through a friend I new up there. I...

That is great. They are probably want to skip Christmas dinner and go shooting.

Merry Christmas to all!! Especially to those working to protect our freedoms and safety this day. It is so great to here every one saying Merry Christmas again instead of happy holidays that had to be said for so many years to not offend some one.