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Nice job Steve Lots of fun hunting with the hand cannon. I love my Rem XP100 in .35Rem and have shot a lot of deer with it. Congrats on the first of many! Shawn

For muscle meat: 1/2 cup bourbon, 1/2 cup water, 1/4cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup soy sauce, w 2Tsalt. Mix well and marinade for 48hrs. I've only used this in a smoker and haven't tried it in the dehydrator. For ground meat, I've tried most of the Jerky Cure flavors and have always gone back to the Mesquite flavor of Jerky Cure. This is what I use in a dehydrator. Good luck, Shawn

WTG fisherman21 A successful fisherman and now successful hunter - welcome to another addiction. Thanks for sharing. You will always remember your first. Shawn

Nice job Tom Shawn

Nice buck and hunt with your son! Congrats on your success and memories made Shawn

I "Finally" had a plan come together after a frustrating bow season that had me second guessing every move/decision to try and out smart a couple of nice bucks we had seen on trail cams. This past Saturday, I shot at a doe midday and while looking for blood we bumped a nice 8pt bedded with 4 doe. They were in a bedding area on the property that I've finally convinced the group to leave alone in an effort to keep deer on the property. After not finding any blood, we re-created the shot and found where the bullet hit the ground showing that I shot over her so we tip-toed out of there, but bumped 4 more deer out of this 5 acre bedding area. I couldn't stop thinking that he would probably be going back to his harem and where I could be to intercept him. Sunday morning brought South winds again which was perfect for a ground blind we have in an area that could potentially intercept deer sneaking back into the bedding area, so at 6:15am, I snuck in there. At 7:30, I was again second guessing my decision when a nice buck walked out of the pines into an opening about 60yds away apparantly on his way back to the bedding area. I quickly brought my 30.06 up and got the crosshairs just behind his shoulder. After the shot, he managed to go 40yds before piling up. Upon inspection, I was very surprised that the bullet didn't exit the deer. I'm not shooting top of the line ammo, but would think that a 165g soft point Rem bullet would pass through at 60yds. The autopsy and skinning showed a broken rib and "innard soup" but no exit and no damage to the other side of the ribs. Once my buddy saw the buck, he confirmed that it was the same one we bumped out of there the day before. Gotta love when a "plan" comes together. Good luck the rest of the season, Shawn

Very nice Congrats! Shawn

Nice buck and story to go with it! Congrats! Shawn

Happy Birthday Jerry! Hope it was a good one! Shawn

Damn!! Congrats on a beautiful trophy! Shawn

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Shawn [ Post made via BlackBerry ]

Very sorry to hear of your loss Scott. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Shawn

Very cool Tom! I used to be really good at word searches in 5th grade. Course, I was much smarter then..... Shawn

Happy Birthday Andy! Enjoy your day! Shawn

Now that's how ya do it Mitch!! Nice job father and son. Shawn

Nice job Tristan!! WTG! Shawn

Beautiful buck! Congrats! Can't wait to hear the story behind it. Shawn [ Post made via BlackBerry ]

Gander Mtn in Henrietta has some, but not a lot, so I'd hurry. Shawn

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bob! Hope it's a good one for ya! Shawn

Nice buck Steve Sucks about the yotes Shawn

Congratulations Logan! What a great first buck Shawn

Way to stick with the recovery and congrats on the reward - nice buck! Shawn

Not a lot of rutting activity here in 9N this weekend. Seems to be a week and a half late this year. Bucks still workin scrapes, rubbing trees, with small bucks chasin each other around. Mid afternoon to dark has seen most activity. The standing corn is taking a beating. Shawn

Very nice! Congrats! Shawn

Nice buck - congrats! Shawn