Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JustJeff]

I've eaten bear a couple times but I've never cooked it myself. What I recall was a similarity to roast beef but greasier. Maybe that's from the grease gun ....

 

[muddstopper]

Will have to let you know, have never had it before.

One word of advice, trim off every ounce of fat and cook it done, Bear are like hogs and can have worms. The fat will taste over powering. Once trimmed of all fat, cook it like you would a beef roast. I have cooked in a oven and I have used a crock pot. Will taste like beef except darker in color and be a little more stringy.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You could make a killin with your very own roach coach.

Call it “Backyard Lumberjack’s Kitchen Sink Fare”

no doubt xr ~

all it mite take is a well marbled steak. like grilling? maybe a few here can relate:

 

[cat10ken]

In Montana you have to send the tongue of your bear to the DNR to have it tested for trichinosis. I won't eat bear meat and have shot two in Wisconsin. Just the thought gives me the shivers.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I've eaten bear a couple times but I've never cooked it myself. What I recall was a similarity to roast beef but greasier. Maybe that's from the grease gun ....

never had it. but i remember my Dad once, down at an OR ranch hunting...said he had some. not bad...

we got a place here in town called The Black Bear Diner....

haven't ck'd it out... but thinking.... just mite. fare looks pretty good. not sure if bear is on the menu... lol


sounds like my kinda place!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

In Montana you have to send the tongue of your bear to the DNR to have it tested for trichinosis. I won't eat bear meat and have shot two in Wisconsin. Just the thought gives me the shivers.

Sasq'tch shot one from across the river with his pistol couple episodes back: The Trail. skinned n gutted it... said he would mostly make jerky out of it as he prepped it fireside...

 

[sean donato]

Also call MDEQ Michigan's EPA
I recall you're in MI, correct?

I'm in Pennsylvania, in Lebanon. But thanks. I'm 80 ish % sure I've contacted everyone that was reccomeneded. At this point it's just a wait and see what's going to happen.

 

[vt4ster2]

 

[MechanicMatt]

One word of advice, trim off every ounce of fat and cook it done, Bear are like hogs and can have worms. The fat will taste over powering. Once trimmed of all fat, cook it like you would a beef roast. I have cooked in an oven and I have used a crock pot. Will taste like beef except darker in color and be a little more stringy.

That’s 110% on point! Pot roast it in a crock pot and it’s just like beef but stringy’er. That’s the only time I liked bear, my BIL down in Tennessee had a pal who made some for a pot luck.

I also had bear burgers, they were infused with jalapeños and cheddar, it was pretty good


But every time I tried to make meatloaf out of it…….


Ehhh, no

 

[JustJeff]

And just like that I'm done with wood. 23/24 is under the deck and this is 24/25 and 25/26 split and stacked. I even split up a couple bucket loads of kindling. Plan is to leave it out for a few weeks to dry. If it rains, I'll pull the boat over it. Not sure what I'm going to do with my time but I don't plan on scrounging till 2025 unless something marvelous falls in my lap. I guess I'll do.....other stuff!

 

[MechanicMatt]

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And just like that I'm done with wood. 23/24 is under the deck and this is 24/25 and 25/26 split and stacked. I even split up a couple bucket loads of kindling. Plan is to leave it out for a few weeks to dry. If it rains, I'll pull the boat over it. Not sure what I'm going to do with my time but I don't plan on scrounging till 2025 unless something marvelous falls in my lap. I guess I'll do.....other stuff!

You can come cut Matts 2024 firewood

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My buddy has been going a few miles away and getting firewood where they are clearing the trees out between some fields. They have already made huge piles there, getting ready to burn them. Anyway, he wanted me to take my tractor there to winch tree's out of the piles, as the owner said we could have as much of the wood that we want.

SO, today we took two trailers over there, and I got started winching out whole tree's,

then trimming off any limbs still on them,

I then picked them up and held them over his trailer as he cut them into firewood lengths,

I left the logs going to MY trailer in at least 20 foot lengths, and loaded them into my trailer,

It wasn't too long, and I had a HEAVY load,

The owner said if we saw any standing trees we wanted, to take them too and I saw this cherry, so we cut it down and I loaded it on my trailer, it will be headed to my BSM,

Anyway, that's it for today,

SR

 

[Philbert]

Score!

Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

You can come cut Matts 2024 firewood

You know if you need help cutting you can just call. You don't even have to bring any saws!

 

[MustangMike]

From what you guys are saying, sounds like it would be good to cut it into chunks and use it as stew meat.

Thoughts???

 

[muddstopper]

From what you guys are saying, sounds like it would be good to cut it into chunks and use it as stew meat.

Thoughts???

with a can of cream of mushroom soup and a pan of cornbread. YUM

 

[svk]

Good morning. Several inches of rain here over the weekend. We definitely needed it.

 

[JimR]

Get one of these for dressing, Diamond Stone Dresser, Diamond Coated Grinding Disc Wheel Stone Dresser Correct Tool Dressing Bench Grinder 45 x 100mm https://a.co/d/cCvmd5H

Ordered, thanks

Then I had to leave for a bit, the second session was a bit later in the afternoon, cleaned up the bottom 18' of a nice sized black locust. Got the area all graded out nice for now and scored two rocks over 2' each when I dug the stump out. I'll probably trash the area a bit when I pull the locust top out and more of the debris in there, but at least it will have some time to settle into the stump hole before refinishing the grade.
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And proof there was at least one partial bucket of firewood cut.
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Get that back tire on the ground. LOL

 

[farmer steve]

You can come cut Matts 2024 firewood

And when he's done there .......

 

[turnkey4099]

Good morning. Several inches of rain here over the weekend. We definitely needed it.

We've been in a drought for several years. Only light showers or traces since last spring. Way behind for the year. Forecast looks good though Tues, Wed. Thur. reads RAIN. I haven't seen that for at least 6 months.