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Got this Orange tree in Anna Maria Island Florida 4 years ago, wife planted it. Now have Minnesota grown orange and several orange blossoms.

Foxy!

Lots of grouse in Central Minnesota

Lol, little of both I think.

That's either a little shotgun or a bigass squirrel.

The old shotgun provides dinner.

Thought it would be fun to revisit this almost 2 years later. It's been a lot more work creating trails than I thought it would be. So it's been slow. We've got a few trails in the west half of my property, but so far the east half has been barely used. Last fall, extreme rain put a damper on creating any as most of my property was under a couple inches of water (or more). But this Summer and fall We've been going hard every few weeks. We got a camper (until I can build that cabin) and made an 8ft+ wide trail to get that back in the woods. The other trails are around 4ft wide (wi

A sad looking pine

Yes indeed, cancer sucks. I'm glad to hear you were able to make those dreams come true, Hugo. Nothing better than an elk bugle in the cool, crisp mountain air. I love it. I hope you sty healthy and have a great fall. Thank you very much for the well wishes. Scott

Anyone get out yet for some grouse that can share any reports? I don't hunt in the woods so I am limited to prairie grouse. Unfortunately my new pup isn't far enough along yet and not big enough for the rattlesnake vaccine so I will not be out on the grasslands any time soon with him. We are also dealing with above normal temps so I don't want to take any chances because I know the snakes will be out yet. Plus I don't like running dogs in this heat anyway let a lone a puppy who doesn't know how to pace himself yet.

Maybe. That’s what I would think too. Moose come in smaller sizes too.

Not sure what this is from but it is bigger than any deer bones I have come across. Moose maybe?

We get them around Emily, one landed right on my gun once. Landed on my stand railings many times. They do seem to be down in numbers the last few years.

I cold smoke cheese in my Bradley but only when the temps are around 50 or less. I don’t plug in the smoker itself. I just use the heat from where the wood pucks get heated.

What’s the farthest south you’ve ever seen gray jays? My brother in law has property just north of Cloquet, but I’ve never seen any there. I see plenty in Grand Marais and Ely. But I think the farthest south I’ve seen them is in George Washington State Forest, north of Grand Rapids.

Only you need to start calling it a "comal"....

Bonfire Me explaining Sillytown to a neighbor

To cold smoke you really need to keep the temperature under 90 degrees. This is pretty hard even when you use an AMNPS tray or tube in a smoker chamber. It can be done by putting a pan of ice between the AMNPS an what you are smoking, or by leaving the door of the smoker open a bit to let out the heat. The best solution is to make something similar to the mailbox mod, or buying a smoke generator. The attached photo is what I made (similar to the mailbox mod) to attach to my Pit Barrel cooker. I made it out of an old aluminum roaster with a couple aluminum elbows. It generates light blue smoke

Finally picked up one yesterday. Getting it seasoned this morning just have to figure out what to cook on it now Going to try some cheese steaks tonight. Breakfast tomorrow morning and then some hibachi. I already see myself getting the bigger unit. But this little one will be perfect for tailgate meal after a long hunt this fall and in the ice house this winter.

My rainbow trout turned out pretty good. My smoke time was just under 3 hours. I ended up finishing it off in the oven. The fish had a nice smoke taste to it. I used apple chunks. I want to use alder next time.

I would think most smokers would have a hard time not getting too warm for cold smoking. But you could get a pellet tube and put it in your smoker and see where your at temp wise and just leave your smoker off and just get the heat from the pellet tube.

Big Chief electric smoker, top self of smoker (a little lower temp on top shelves). I don't have a temperature gauge in there yet. After doing some reading online, I think my temp is closer to 160.