John, I'd like to take this time to wish you and Eileen a Happy Thanksgiving. You all have provided a tremendous service to the "Fire". Your always honest and tireless answers to questions and Eileen's service thru her cook books and hunting adventures. I imagine there are recipes of hers being cooked for tomorrows celebration. Anyway, there's no way one can measure the positive influence you two have made on the "Fire". powdr

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Agreed.

Great post, OP. John and Eileen are great to have around. Here, and in print also.

John and Eileen,

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving

Yes, indeed. Happy Thanksgiving.

Amen!

John and Eilleen, all the best for a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family...

Hey Rooms,

Happy Thanksgiving from our home to yours.

kd and Ol' Deadeye

Well stated, powdr.

Thanks, everybody! Hope you all have a great and safe Thanksgiving too--especially my old roommate kududude and his "roommate." Hope you both are doing well.

OK, who's this kududude you've got a man crush on? powdr

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Agreed!!!!! You have also graciously helped through Facebook PM as well. I appreciate your time.

Happy Thanksgiving

Mike

Here here!

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Todd

Have a great day tomorrow, John and Eileen.


powdr,

I know who he is, but a bribe of a Ferlacher sidelock drilling couldn't drag it out of me.

To kudude and Mrs. KD, my wishes for a fine and peaceful holiday to you both.

Haven't been around as most on here, but thoroughly enjoy John's posts. Haven't had the opportunity to try Mrs. Eileen's recipes, but it is on my bucket list and hope it happens sooner rather than later.

May God bless all, as we have so much to be thankful for. Eddie

Friend Bruce,

And our sincere wishes that you, your lovely bride and Owen (and puppies) have a GREAT Thanksgiving.

kd

Thanks John and Eileen! Have a great Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving to Mr & Mrs Mule Deer and all here on the Fire.

I have learned a lot from this forum, especially from John and like everyone else I am thankful for his contributions. What I want to know, MD, is did you eat wild or domestic game on Thanksgiving Day?

We have wild game for Thanskgiving quite often, but this year we cooked a domestic turkey, since due to unfortunate circumstances we didn't get to go turkey hunting this spring, and didn't have a wild one left in the freezer.

A few years ago we started a new "tradition" at our house. Thanksgiving week is the last of Montana's 5-week rifle season for deer and elk, and by then we've been hunting since at least early September. We're getting a little weary, and while we may go out Monday and Tuesday, we don't like to fight the crush of last-minute hunters that normally occurs from Wednesday through the weekend. Instead we're ready to take it relatively easy, or at least as easy as two obsessive-compulsive people can.

So we cook Thanksgiving dinner on Monday afternoon, keeping it simple, and live off leftovers, including various recipes Eileen develops for turkey later in the week. This weekend we also "celebrated" by cutting up the mule deer buck I killed on the 16th, which had aged sufficiently--and almost topped off this year's freezer. (We have two 15 cubic-foot chest freezers, one next to the kitchen, filled with meat from previous years, and another in the basement, which we try to fill up during the present year. The mule deer almost topped it off.)

Of course, all hunting doesn't end with Thanksgiving week. I'm leaving for South Texas pretty soon, and am assigned the task of "harvesting" enough wild pork to completely fill the basement freezer. We'll also be hunting birds through December.

John and Eileen have added so much common sense to this forum and it's greatly appreciated.

John's books have saved me $$$$ with the great reloading data and tips.

Thank You John and Eileen.

Thank you too!