it was our first Easter in Minnesota and there wasn't a scrap of meat to be had between the 4 of us that were sharing a small cabin in the woods along with 3 dogs. we didn't have shit for groceries either. we had a sack of potatoes, some butter, some spices; we had depleted our stock of canned goods the week before, thin ice restricted our fishing abilities and of course we'd emptied our fish locker along with those canned goods.
just so that you understand the employment opportunities here, our two major industries are logging and summer tourism, summer is a very short season and loggers mostly hire family members as workers to beat the workmans compensation insurance which runs @ 100%, if you pay a guy $600 per week then you pay $600 per week to your workcomp ins company. so those jobs ain't really jobs per se.
we were sort of desperate to put out a feast but had no options aside from poaching. lo n' behold a friend swings by and mentions a flock of wild turkey that he just passed along the roadside a couple of miles away. my bro dropped me off with a loaded Winchester 12ga. pump so that I could creep along the woods edge and get the drop on them, a passing pickup truck driver saw what I was up to and scared the birds off, I wasn't gonna catch up to spooked turkey.
dejected we head back home, I was doing 50 on a rough gravel road when a good sized yearling whitetail runs out in front of my Wagoneer, I hit the brakes, the doe hit her brakes and the only part of her that I hit with my bumper which didn't even bend was her head, she was dead by the time she hit the road and zero body cavity damage which is often the bane of roadkill that damages your vehicle.
Stuck that deer in my jeep and down the road we went to call the game warden, told him of the hit and that we were gonna butcher the deer right away, he chuckled and wished us a happy Easter.
we ate like kings, several cuts each, back strap tenderloins, shoulder roasts, steaks; heart & liver soup, baked potatoes & gravy and a friend brought us a big bag of frozen mixed veggies. like we were drunk on proteins we repeated as much of that feast as possible over the next week until the venison ran out.......
I'm not doing anything special for this Easter, it's a friends birthday today & I offered to treat him to dinner tonight, so that's gonna be the extent of of the festivities for me. When you no longer have any family some of the holidays just seem to blend into their particular season.
Hope you all have a happy Easter & Passover holiday
just so that you understand the employment opportunities here, our two major industries are logging and summer tourism, summer is a very short season and loggers mostly hire family members as workers to beat the workmans compensation insurance which runs @ 100%, if you pay a guy $600 per week then you pay $600 per week to your workcomp ins company. so those jobs ain't really jobs per se.
we were sort of desperate to put out a feast but had no options aside from poaching. lo n' behold a friend swings by and mentions a flock of wild turkey that he just passed along the roadside a couple of miles away. my bro dropped me off with a loaded Winchester 12ga. pump so that I could creep along the woods edge and get the drop on them, a passing pickup truck driver saw what I was up to and scared the birds off, I wasn't gonna catch up to spooked turkey.
dejected we head back home, I was doing 50 on a rough gravel road when a good sized yearling whitetail runs out in front of my Wagoneer, I hit the brakes, the doe hit her brakes and the only part of her that I hit with my bumper which didn't even bend was her head, she was dead by the time she hit the road and zero body cavity damage which is often the bane of roadkill that damages your vehicle.
Stuck that deer in my jeep and down the road we went to call the game warden, told him of the hit and that we were gonna butcher the deer right away, he chuckled and wished us a happy Easter.
we ate like kings, several cuts each, back strap tenderloins, shoulder roasts, steaks; heart & liver soup, baked potatoes & gravy and a friend brought us a big bag of frozen mixed veggies. like we were drunk on proteins we repeated as much of that feast as possible over the next week until the venison ran out.......
I'm not doing anything special for this Easter, it's a friends birthday today & I offered to treat him to dinner tonight, so that's gonna be the extent of of the festivities for me. When you no longer have any family some of the holidays just seem to blend into their particular season.
Hope you all have a happy Easter & Passover holiday
