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T Inman;
Top of the morning to you and all the rest of the good folks who've kept the wonderful feast for the eyes going.

While I'm reluctant to call out particular photos, that mulie buck is my personal "Holy Grail" which I've been pursuing here in southern BC for the best part of 4 decades. I've been blessed to take some decent mulies and some pretty good whitetails - usually as consolation prizes while I've been looking for that non-typical mulie!

Anyways wonderful thread all and sincere thanks.

On a bit of a different direction - our meat cutter closed shop in '89 so we bought this ancient rebuilt upright freezer that had too small a compressor in it - perfect as a beer/deer fridge.



We figured out how we liked it done, had some young friends ask if I'd teach them and it snowballed a bit. Think we've done about 175 deer/sheep/black bear and a handful of moose since then. Here's the difference in two mulie necks - about the same age bucks - the one on the right had a better rack. Go figure.



Powered grinder that my late father in law fabricated from an old washing machine. It's got oiled oak bearings in it because as Seymour said, "If it'll work forever on a threshing machine, you won't live long enough to wear it out", So far he's correct.



After years of replacing the 4 sided Browning rubber disc pretty often, I installed a Lovejoy. Bought a spare rubber biscuit and the parts guy said, "You'll never need it, but I'll sell it to you". So far he's correct.

My late father was watching me wrestle with butcher paper one night as he was helping me cut up a deer. On the way out the door he muttered, "I'm gonna build you something that'll work better Dwayne", which he did along with the tape dispenser. Yet again he was correct.



Each time I cut meat or run that grinder, I'm reminded of how blessed I was to have wonderful, handy and creative mentors in my life like my late Dad and Father in law.

Thanks all.

Dwayne

All;
The late Greg Cameron - crossfireoops on here - used to put up with this one guy who'd ask the stupidest questions about metal and plastic welding, machining - all sorts of stuff.

I don't know why he put up with him, but he did and even sent a book all the way up across the medicine line.



One could ask, "How do you miss someone you never met in person?"

Well, I'm not sure, but I most certainly do.

Dwayne

Those dayum straws at Taco Casa! Ugh!

Beaver, fisting cows, for years !

All;
Most all of us have addictions, mine might be rimfire rifles.



Might be axes though come to think of it.



In progress



Smaller ones.



Tomahawks that I cold grind from old roofing hatchets.



Dwayne

Very enjoyable thread guys. Great pics, nice work!

They are kind of like crack.

Wife and large King Salmon, caught on Manker Creek, AK.