put a new floor in over the past month and finished it off by winterized it on Saturday.

To you people that have nice blue jays and like them I'm happy for you. For me they rank right up there with red squirrels and those things that have their own thread going called horrible people!

I used lowrance for many years but switched to a hummingbird helix 7 last year and it's much better than the lowrance.    Both are far superior to those noisy, epilepsy inducing round dial flashy thingies.  And Eskimo augers rule the ice. 

I have owned 2 brands over the years and I still really like my fl18. Mainly hole hopping for gills or crappies. Every time I get back home I put it on the charger and the battery lasts an lasts. If I do need one they are pretty cheap. Love watching the lines come up on the flasher. I use the small eye bolt on the side instead of the foam float. I hate dragging a lot of cable at thick ice so its very rare I have more than 2 feet of cable out. I prefer to stay a ways above the bottom of the ice. 

That's one of the main reason I run a Vexilar. I don't want to be the jerk that interferes with everyone else......

Was in Grand Marais for 6 days. Didn’t see one single grouse! Of course, it rained and snowed every day. So it was less than ideal conditions.

I've been shooting federal premium trophy copper in my .270 for the past few years.   I switched after the blue box federals didn't pass through a 3.5 year old buck at about 60 yards or so. I found the round just under the hide on the far side and only recovered the buck because I smelled him while doing a grid search. I've shot several deer with them and I have no complaints.  An added bonus is they shoot just like the blue box ones do in my rifle.  

Britt: Do you know where to view the Ruffed Grouse Society Invitational Hunt in Grand Rapids MN annual harvest statistics by year? Thanks.

Watch their interference disappear when you shut your marcum off 🤨

Rick was going to start that topic right after this one slowed down! 😅