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I live in an area with a large population of people who have a Polish background, myself included. There is a small Polish food store which does a lively business. In that store they carry a variety...

I like raw oysters and clams. Growing up in New England we commonly ate cherrystone,little neck and whole quohog clams with a dash of tabasco.

I do have a proclivity towards sushi and sashimi.

Nice images of mushrooms. Like I posted it seems to be a bad year for mushrooms in Massachusetts. Well. Maybe the part I live in.

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Anyone here pick wild fungi for the plate?

I am always on the lookout for edible mushrooms when I am hunting or scouting. As a rule this time of year the chicken of the woods are...

I bought a couple of pounds the other day at Wegman's. This was the last batch for sale and I had to pick through some mushy ones. They make a great salsa.

Nice. From what I understand H&R stopped making them when the tooling wore out. From what I read the cost of tooling replacement wasn't worth the profit made from their sales. Too bad as it is a nice...

Yes. Here in Massachusetts we're restricted to cage type traps except we can trap beaver with a damage control permit and 220 conibears.

I did catch one beaver, a big female, last winter with my...

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One of the dangers of watching too much Youtube is that you get exposed to all kinds of ideas from others and it begins to make you think a bit.

It seems that there is a current fad...

Smith and Wesson Performance Center Victory 22 lr autoloading pistol. It came with a carbon wrapped barrel along with compensator and rail. I did have to get an aftermarket rail as the factory...

As a child and later teenager I camped a lot in a three man dome tent. I forgot where I obtained it but that thing followed me all over the country. Pretty easy to set up and it did not take up a ton...

Not for nothing but I prefer my older clothing for a big reason. It has labels "Made in USA" . I hate seeing so much made overseas. I know it is the way of the world but that does not mean I have to...

Excellent hunt. Congratulations.

Interesting data on black bear attacks. I am surprised that there hasn't been one in Massachusetts with our growing black bear population. Keep in mind this state is more urbanized and compact so...

Nice. Too bad we can't do that here in Massachusetts. Very strict laws on that matter.

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It has been a while since I posted due to many life changes and challenges. So I plan to sell a couple of molds.

1. MP 44 caliber brass bullet mold. This four cavity brass mold has...

Today is opening day in Massachusetts but I am off to work and it is shotgun or muzzleloader anyways. I wished handguns were allowed for deer. If you can use a sabot slug why not a Contender or big...

When I did the testing, the weather was almost tropical in nature. Heat indexes close to 100 F . High humidity and for some reason we had a plague of giant horseflies at the range. So I did not stick...

One of the activities that has recently intrigued me is hunting with a muzzleloading handgun. Now many will think that they are woefully under powered for anything larger than 75 pounds but such is...

This is an interesting thread. I have thought of reloading 22 lr for one purpose. To make a higher powered 22 lr for sole use in a Ruger Single Six or TC Contender. I hunt on public land and if you...

Great posts about one of my favorite pastimes as a young man. Many people think that coon hunting is something more of a Midwest of Dixie activity but believe it or not there was a lot of coon...

I was going to add a comment about Massachusetts. You can't use a handgun for deer or waterfowl but with a license to carry and the appropriate hunting license you can shoot small game, varmints and...

This is very interesting. My Dad and I live in and hunt in a shotgun deer state, Massachusetts. Factory sabot slugs have become so expensive that we're apprehensive to shoot many. Last night we...

One thing that could work is to use the RWS flangeless musket percussion caps and a larger nipple. I use that on my single shot handgun and get reliable ignition. I suspect that a machinist could...

That is a very interesting handgun. Have you ever chronographed any loads? It looks like a great hunting pistol with the right caliber/load combination.

Has anyone here ever sifted black powder or muzzleloading propellent like H777 using brass screens? I have heard of some people using screens to create a charge with more uniform granulation, thus...