Marc Z

pics when done

the colours in the grasshopper pic are ace is that processed or natural?

no such thing as under-cooked duck. You can think of it like steak, it's best char-grilled and crispy on the edges and pink with slight red in the middle. All living things will be carrying bugs. Farmed birds are a lot more susceptible to them from the confines of their life, hygiene etc. In jerky making marinades and salt kill most bacteria and the dehydrating process removes moisture and therefore prevents bacteria from forming.

no mate, they're hot smoking the sausage, to cook it. The jerky they're doing it dehydrated... But yes, agreed 100 percent, poultry and wildfowl are totally diffrent meats, don't eat uncooked white poultry ever.

That looks like it came out a treat! I personally wouldn't bother mincing it and using a gun, I prefer the natural shapes. Jerky seasoning mixes can be quite expensive, all the ingredients are pretty easy and cheap to get separately. Really good tip is to partially freeze your jerky meat before slicing it, means you can get really neat thin cuts without the meat floppin' about. Check the youtube link i just posted in the 'Goose jerky' topic for a good recipe for all game meats. MZ

anything you can eat pink is perfect for biltong or jerky, all red meat, duck/goose etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n8zJhxnGkE

And Canada? Most of these stories are from the south, and nothing that wouldn't/couldn't happen in the UK

The quality of sound on CD over MP3 is enough for preference

I mainly stick to Radissons, can get some decent deals. Thanks for the inadvertent heads-up about he game, I'll check it out. lol at the ticket prices.

dvd is just a type of storage. Obviously you can't use a DVD in an CD player for music playback, but for just data it's perfect. But really, just get a memory stick, it'll cost less in the long-run.

clearly no-where's perfect, though I personally don't want to live my life based on "If I get ill...". I don't want to put up with people blatantly sponging off the state. I would want to move abroad for the better quality of life, not the necessarily the quality of the health system.

Not just side to side either, whole lot of up and down too.

I'm 26, currently a theatre technician (arts not medical) so not sure how "needed" I would be out there but I could definitely find work. Was a qualified tree surgeon before this. Think I'd like to get a job in Cabelas I love the cold, so Canada does appeal. Plus the thought of sharing your world with elk and the like would be incredible. I'm sure all of this is still available out there... it's a pretty big place. Plus, turkey at Christmas...

I feel the same. Would be looking north, somewhere like Pennsylvania. I find the culture and hospitality really appealing, family values and all that. Plus the sporting opportunities.

I'm not, yet, but has anyone here done so? If so what are your experiences, good bad or ugly? Similarly is anyone else contemplating it, if so what will it take to make the leap? I appreciate that the grass isn't always greener, but its going brown quite quickly here.

Each to their own. Religion is a powerful thing in the right (or wrong) mind. Perhaps their faith outweighs their fear.

whether I hit them or not is another matter entirely.

Spent a nice couple of days up with Fenny over the weekend. It's a 1.5 hour drive from my house to Fenny's door, which meant an early start to get there for 6am, but it's always worth it. Weren't even finished setting up and had the birds wanting to drop in around us. I should think the longest lull in shooting was just enough time to eat a sandwich. Should have shot a lot more birds, my first day shooting this year and fear a little rusted. This is my Friday mornings bag of 32, some decoying well but a lot of challenging shots (that's my excuse anyway) Big thanks to Fenny for sorting me out with the shooting, top man.

wonder if she could manage 2 cocks?

What camo is that?

Superb, enjoy the ride

ah, missed a free ticket on my own topic! found out I'm not working that weekend so I'll be there sunday, need loads of new kit to replenish and replace, and I get paid the day before Gagging for a hog roast now too.

Cracking scenery MZ

Thanks to shaun for the invite, top quality day, Pics to follow