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2022 Meat Pole

Postby forkyshooter » 03 07, 2022 •  [Post 1]

Hope to see people knocking em down this year. Figured it was time to get the 2022 meat pole going!
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Re: 2022 meat pole

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 03 07, 2022 •  [Post 2]

Thanks for getting this rolling Shooter!
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby forkyshooter » 03 10, 2022 •  [Post 3]

yup, no problem
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby Lefty » 03 27, 2022 •  [Post 4]

The sled full of Yesterday's spring snow goose conservation hunt.
As of today we've cleaned 80 snow geese, Ross and blues.


Last night temperature was in the teens.
So much easier handing meat.

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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby forkyshooter » 03 28, 2022 •  [Post 5]

nice
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby wawhitey » 05 05, 2022 •  [Post 6]

Being as how this is a virtual meat pole, does the animal have to be dead, or is "catch and release" acceptable?
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 05 05, 2022 •  [Post 7]

Whaaaaaat? Is that the one you had on cam? Fricking SWEET! What do you have to do when it’s collared?
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Postby wawhitey » 05 05, 2022 •  [Post 8]

WapitiTalk1 wrote:Whaaaaaat? Is that the one you had on cam? Fricking SWEET! What do you have to do when it’s collared?


Different cat. It was already collared. I was fortunate enough to tag along on a tree / tranq / recollar mission. Pretty awesome experience getting my hands on one that was still alive, then watching it run off after.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 05 05, 2022 •  [Post 9]

wawhitey wrote:
WapitiTalk1 wrote:Whaaaaaat? Is that the one you had on cam? Fricking SWEET! What do you have to do when it’s collared?


Different cat. It was already collared. I was fortunate enough to tag along on a tree / tranq / recollar mission. Pretty awesome experience getting my hands on one that was still alive, then watching it run off after.


How cool is that!
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Postby 7mmfan » 05 06, 2022 •  [Post 10]

That is very cool. Not many people with photos of them with hands on a live cat.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby Tigger » 05 06, 2022 •  [Post 11]

Way cool Whitey! That is a once in a lifetime experience.

Unfortunately, you have earned 2 WaptitTalk demerits for posting a live animal on the Meat Pole thread. For this transgression, you have to clean the corporate jet for 2 weeks. Ewwww. Lefty used it last..... :o
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Postby Lefty » 05 21, 2022 •  [Post 12]

looks like fun,,,

What the purpose of that cat being tracked?
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby wawhitey » 05 25, 2022 •  [Post 13]

Big boar down, idaho unit 1
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 05 25, 2022 •  [Post 14]

I was waiting for this. Nice job mister, great looking bear!
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Postby 7mmfan » 05 26, 2022 •  [Post 15]

Awesome, well done!
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Postby wawhitey » 05 26, 2022 •  [Post 16]

Hey i cant find the 2020 meat pole anywhere and i wanted to pull a pic off of it. I can find all the old meat poles up to 2019 in the archived section, but no 2020. Can anybody drop me a link?
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 05 26, 2022 •  [Post 17]

20, 21 are there now. Thanks for the course correction.
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Postby wawhitey » 08 05, 2022 •  [Post 18]

Old dry washington sow today, called in with fawn bleats. Probably shoulda turned her sideways for the pic, looks a lot smaller than she was.
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 08 05, 2022 •  [Post 19]

The bear thumper barks again, nice job mister.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby 7mmfan » 08 09, 2022 •  [Post 20]

Yeah how did the gun work out? Obviously well enough.
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Postby wawhitey » 08 12, 2022 •  [Post 21]

Mmm, long chicken.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby 7mmfan » 08 12, 2022 •  [Post 22]

wawhitey wrote:Mmm, long chicken.


That's a good one
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 08 12, 2022 •  [Post 23]

wawhitey wrote:Mmm, long chicken.


Nasty creature, did you call it in? ;)
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Postby wawhitey » 08 16, 2022 •  [Post 24]

WapitiTalk1 wrote:
wawhitey wrote:Mmm, long chicken.


Nasty creature, did you call it in? ;)


"Chipmunk distress"

https://youtu.be/cmjrTcYMqBM
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Postby wawhitey » 08 16, 2022 •  [Post 25]

Speaking of chipmunks, funny stuff today. So unfortunately the female end of my waist band strap buckle disappeared somewhere between my truck and where i park my quad 6 miles later. About noon decided to go look for it. Couldnt find it. Decided to go home where i knew i had a spare. After closing the tailgate / ramp of my atv trailer i found out a chipmunk had taken up residence in one of the hollow steel pipes. Couldnt coax or scare him out, so i figured he would go home with me. About 3 or 4 miles down the road i look in my side mirror and see himdoing the spiderman, so i pull over and finally managed to get him gone. Timber tigers crack me up. Sure are funny little buggers.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby 7mmfan » 08 16, 2022 •  [Post 26]

I find that I often enjoy watching the little critters during my time in the woods as much or than I do big critters. Squirrels I can take or leave but chipmunks, birds, rabbits, weasels, etc.. I enjoy watching
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Postby wawhitey » 08 16, 2022 •  [Post 27]

7mmfan wrote:I find that I often enjoy watching the little critters during my time in the woods as much or than I do big critters. Squirrels I can take or leave but chipmunks, birds, rabbits, weasels, etc.. I enjoy watching


I hate squirrels with a passion. Obnoxious little $#@×##$

God invented the .22wmr to deal with squirrels

Chipmunks are cool though. Theyre fun to watch and easy to make friends with. A couple crunchy granola bars is all you need to be best buds with every chipmunk near your camp.
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Postby wawhitey » 08 17, 2022 •  [Post 28]

The finest of meats
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Postby Tigger » 08 17, 2022 •  [Post 29]

Loyyyins. good lookin' loins!
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Postby 7mmfan » 08 17, 2022 •  [Post 30]

Looks tender
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 08 17, 2022 •  [Post 31]

Tigger wrote:Loyyyins. good lookin' loins!


Dean, Rory, do not tempt him. He’s eaten most every thing that walks or crawls at one time or another ;).
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Postby wawhitey » 08 17, 2022 •  [Post 32]

Tigger, i left the loins for you. I can drop you an onx pin so you can retrieve them. 100°f today and tomorrow though, so id suggest lots of spices qnd cooking it well done.
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Postby 7mmfan » 08 18, 2022 •  [Post 33]

wawhitey wrote:Tigger, i left the loins for you. I can drop you an onx pin so you can retrieve them. 100°f today and tomorrow though, so id suggest lots of spices qnd cooking it well done.


Just throw it in the crackpot with some soy sauce. It'll cook right up.
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Postby wawhitey » 08 18, 2022 •  [Post 34]

Taking a little breather on a hot ugly packout: editing my text as i see it kind of gives the impression those pics were taken during my break. No sir. Couldnt pack that bear out whole no matter how much ya payed me. She was in pieces on my back when i posted that. I mean, im totally badass and all, but even i have my limits :lol:
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Postby 7mmfan » 08 18, 2022 •  [Post 35]

Watch out that bears got a gun! Nice one was that the chocolate from this morning?
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Postby 7mmfan » 08 18, 2022 •  [Post 36]

Dean you're working too hard. This is in the river behind my hotel right now.
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Postby wawhitey » 08 18, 2022 •  [Post 37]

Different bear than the one this morning im sure. Walked out a deadend atv trail this morning and the first bear crossed it and headed straight up hill to the top of the mountain. The bear i killed was about a mile further west, past the dead end, and downhill of the trail. So the always enjoyable uphill packout in 100 degree heat, gotta love it. But i just knew if i snuck down to that shady water hole id find a bear somewhere nearby. And i did. Still hunting down there resulted in a 20ish yard shot just a hundred or so yards west of the water source. It really pays moving as slow and quiet as possible through the timber in good bear habitat
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby 7mmfan » 08 18, 2022 •  [Post 38]

Well good work. I don't have that kind of bear habitat around me so I don't get to hunt that way. I either have to climb into alpine meadows, watch lowland clearcuts, or go to fancy hotels along the river.
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Postby wawhitey » 09 09, 2022 •  [Post 39]

Another yote. Idiot was in my lawn like 5 yards from my house this morning and i managed to open the window and shoot him as he ran into the timber.
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Postby 7mmfan » 09 09, 2022 •  [Post 40]

That was a poor decision on his part. I saw a coyote out my front window the other day as well. I don't think my neighbors would respond as well to a rifle blast as yours do though.
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Postby Lefty » 09 09, 2022 •  [Post 41]

Putting the smack down on those put yotes

Today I was talking with the rancher and asked if he had someone working the coyotes. He jumped in" Did you see one"
I told him I havent even heard one .
The he states " Yeah Avs pretty good"
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Postby wawhitey » 09 09, 2022 •  [Post 42]

7mmfan wrote:That was a poor decision on his part. I saw a coyote out my front window the other day as well. I don't think my neighbors would respond as well to a rifle blast as yours do though.


"They" (i really only have one neighbor) respond quite positively to a gun shot. I was pretty sure she was out working in her yard to the east of me, and shot with a suppressed .223 from my west window, so i emailed her, curious if she noticed. Heres how my neighbor feels about it.
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Postby 7mmfan » 09 09, 2022 •  [Post 43]

Good neighbors. In reality many of my neighbors would probably be fine with it. They'd bat an eye for sure but be ok. Suppressed would help a lot. Full blast 7mm mag is pretty surprising.
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Postby Swede » 09 14, 2022 •  [Post 44]

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This was the last load packed out. The ATV was where I set it after packing it out on my pack frame.
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Postby 7mmfan » 09 15, 2022 •  [Post 45]

Nice Bull Swede. Any photos at the site of the kill?
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Postby Tigger » 09 15, 2022 •  [Post 46]

Awesome Swede! I am so proud of you! You WERE paying attention to my teachings!

Did you, uh, ever find the thread we had dedicated to you? :lol:
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Postby Swede » 09 15, 2022 •  [Post 48]

The black part of the photo above is the abyss. This guy died in a terrible place to butcher. There was a steep drop off to the right of the pic it was steep above and there were no trees in the area. Fortunately, it was not a bad pack out. I did that by myself in a couple of hours. My brother who is partially in the pic said the meat from this bull went 230 pounds.
BTW: Tig., thanks for all of those pointers you shared. Maybe someday you can give me some onsite butchering and packing tips.
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Postby Thegreatwapiti » 09 20, 2022 •  [Post 49]

Congratulations Swede!
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I took the picture, my brother in laws bull!
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Postby Swede » 10 07, 2022 •  [Post 52]

One man has an hour to quarter and bag an elk. If you can skin, take one apart and bag any mature elk in one hour, you can give me instructions. Better yet, come around and show me how you do it. Just get all the meat and keep it clean and hair free.
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 10 07, 2022 •  [Post 53]

Boom! Nice work guys ;)
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Postby Billy Goat » 10 24, 2022 •  [Post 54]

Swede wrote:One man has an hour to quarter and bag an elk. If you can skin, take one apart and bag any mature elk in one hour, you can give me instructions. Better yet, come around and show me how you do it. Just get all the meat and keep it clean and hair free.


amen to that! I guess I could quarter an elk in an hour if I was using a sawsall, but it'd be a mess!
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Postby Lefty » 11 07, 2022 •  [Post 55]

Ok someone tell me,, why do my photos rotate!!!
Ive tried rotating them , flippin g my phone around ,,, Whats going on


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Postby 7mmfan » 11 07, 2022 •  [Post 56]

In my experience it's a size thing. Try taking a screenshot of the resized photo and post that.
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Postby 7mmfan » 11 08, 2022 •  [Post 57]

I'll add mine to the meat pole. Here is the Blacktail from a week and a half ago.
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Postby 7mmfan » 11 08, 2022 •  [Post 58]

And here is the spike from Idaho. Sure hope this pole holds....
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 09, 2022 •  [Post 59]

Darn nice BTail mister, nice work.
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Postby Thegreatwapiti » 11 11, 2022 •  [Post 60]

SUPER PROUD DAD!!! My 13-year old boy filled his tag this morning! First BUCK of his life!! Legal shooting time was 6:41AM and he shot him at 6:48AM.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby Tigger » 11 11, 2022 •  [Post 61]

Where is that "Like" button when I need it???

Aww, I know that feeling you have. It is one of the best feelings in the world. Enjoy it!
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby Swede » 11 11, 2022 •  [Post 62]

Congratulations to both son and dad on that nice buck.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby 7mmfan » 11 11, 2022 •  [Post 63]

Fantastic! Great work to your son and you for getting him out there.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 12, 2022 •  [Post 64]

Boom! Congrats to the young hunter and his guide.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby wawhitey » 12 17, 2022 •  [Post 65]

This guy winded me and decided to pull a tactical evasive maneuver. I barked to stop him and he wasnt having it. Had to take a standing offhand 140yrd shot at a running yote with the 243. The exit wound was quite spectacular, so i kicked a little snow over the gory part for the sake of keeping the meat pole relatively civilized.
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby Tigger » 12 21, 2022 •  [Post 66]

It is a rare man who thinks about pictures that way Dean (covering up the gore). My compliments.

-Dean
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby Thegreatwapiti » 01 17, 2023 •  [Post 67]

Took my first crack at polish sausages this weekend. Ended up with 70 weiners. Frickin delicious!!
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby MidwestHunter » 01 28, 2023 •  [Post 68]

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Cow elk wasn't from 2022, was 2021 but I will share as that was my first elk after blowing my golden opportunity on a nice archery bull in 2017. The meat has lasted past 2022 :lol:
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby Swede » 01 30, 2023 •  [Post 69]

Definitely a nice cow Midwest. I get a turkey every year too, but mine come ready for stuffing and popping into the broiler. :D
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby MidwestHunter » 01 30, 2023 •  [Post 70]

Swede wrote:Definitely a nice cow Midwest. I get a turkey every year too, but mine come ready for stuffing and popping into the broiler. :D


Probably cheaper that way, but less exciting. :D
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Re: 2022 Meat Pole

Postby Swede » 01 30, 2023 •  [Post 71]

MidwestHunter wrote:Probably cheaper that way, but less exciting.


Ya and no BBs to watch out for either.
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