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Backwoods Bound Bullet Volume 15 - Issue 9

  Welcome to the September 2014 issue of The Bullet. This is a great month to be outdoors. Not only is the fall fishing season taking off as bass and crappie, just to name a few try to add some extra pounds to help them through the winter the fall hunting seasons get started. Not only are squirrels, doves and rabbits being pursed but there’s the early teal and goose seasons happening later this month. Yes indeed it’s a good month to be outdoors and it gets better next month!

We’ve got another great issue this month even though it’s a bit late getting out. We have part two of a great informative article on bass fishing, some tasty recipes that are themed toward the fall season and another tale about Earl “the world’s best indicator dog” all for your enjoyment.

Enough of the mumble jumble. Let’s get to it. Enjoy issue one hundred and sixty eight of The Bullet. Until next month, J. E. Burns, Editor-in-chief.

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In this issue:

~ Backwoods Trivia
~ Recipe: Small Fowl With Rice
~ Article: Bass Baiting By Season - Part 2
~ Recipe: Squirrel Snack Wrap
~ Article: Earl 'Trees' A Catfish
~ What's New
~ Article: Common Boating Mistakes
~ Recipe: Spiced Apple Pie

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BACKWOODS TRIVIA:  See if you know the answer to this question sent in by Ed Pfister.

“What year did Batman first appear in comic books?”

Find the answer at the end of this newsletter. Send your trivia questions to mail@backwoodsbound.com.

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RECIPE: SMALL FOWL WITH RICE

~ 16 whole doves
~ 1 1/2 cups wild and long grain rice, white rice works too but doesn’t have the zing!
~ 1 1/2 cups water
~ 1 stick butter (real as from a cow!)
~ 1/4 tsp rosemary
~ 1/4 tsp cumin
~ 1/4 tsp paprika
~ salt and pepper
~ basting glaze, 50/50 mixture of honey and Southern Comfort whiskey

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

* In a bowl mix half of your butter (chop it up like a veggie), rice, water, rosemary, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper to taste.

* Stuff that mixture into the birds and tie the legs. If you’re only using the doves’ breasts, two cupped around the stuffing and tied with twine will work. Place into greased baking dish.

* Sprinkle with salt and pepper and top with a pat of the butter.

* Cover with foil and bake for twenty minutes, then begin basting regularly about every 10 minutes or so.

* Bake continuing to baste until finished. When juices run clear and the legs are loose when wiggled, birds are done.

* Remove the foil the last ten minutes to brown your birds.

* Remove from oven and allow to rest for at least ten minutes before serving.

Note from Buck: "If you don’t have any doves, you can use 8 quail or 4 partridges or 4 grouse or 2 pheasants or if your upland bird season success was foiled by ‘global warming’, ‘climate change’ or Dick Cheney, causing the game bird population to dwindle, buy 4 cornish hens."

Thanks to Buck Thorn for sharing his recipe. To see more dove recipes to use this fall visit our site at www.backwoodsbound.com/zdove.html.

Remember to send your favorite recipe to mail@backwoodsbound.com. We'll post it on the site or use it in an upcoming issue of The Bullet.

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There are five Zip-lines to choose from with the two highest, 350 feet tall, being the fastest, 50+ mph, and being the longest, 1,200 feet and 2,000 feet, being Dual Lines or like we call them, Racing Lines! Bring your camera or rent a GoPro from us to record your experience.

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ARTICLE:  BASS BAITING BY SEASON: UNDERSTAND THE CYCLICAL FEEDING HABITS OF BASS, PART TWO by Mike Cork

  Falling For It

  In autumn, the water cools down and everything in the lake seems to migrate to the backs of creek channels. As the fall rains wash nutrients from summer growth into the lake, these nutrients trigger plankton explosions. Shad, in search of this food source, migrate towards incoming water. Your lake’s larger feeder creeks fill up with shad and the bass are never far behind. Bass use the fall shad migration as a means to fatten up for the winter. This time of year bait choices are nearly unlimited. Bass aggressively feed and eat anything that resembles a shad. Spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and top-water baits all allow you to cover a lot of water and draw violent strikes from bass.

  As the water temperatures continue to decrease in winter, forage starts to die off. These dying species become prime targets for bass. Most shad species cannot survive when the water temperatures fall below the mid-40s: they become easy meals for bass. This time of year, if you find shad, you find bass. Use baits that fall through and around shad. The slow-falling bait mimics a dying shad and bass aggressively strike.

 

Fall Patterns

  Baby, It’s Cold Outside!

  Once winter has a firm grip, feeding opportunities for bass become slim. Cold-blooded bass are the same temperature as their surroundings. The bass’s metabolism slows tremendously and they don’t need to feed as often, which means they’re difficult to catch. The available food sources are the largest of the forage species that survive the cold. Your best chance is to mimic any species in the lake with larger bait and a very slow retrieve.

 

Winter Patterns

  As an angler, there are some general feeding habit rules that should be considered. First and foremost: bass are opportunistic feeders. When presented with an easy meal and the energy used to capture it is less than the energy gained from eating it, the bass sees this as a benefit and takes the opportunity to eat. Second: there are geographic feeding habits that can’t be ignored. An example is the West Coast. Bass have adapted to eating the trout that are stocked in lakes; this forage has to be considered when fishing lakes stocked with any kind of fingerlings. Lastly: crawfish are in every lake, river, and stream, making them available, year-round forage. When choosing baits that mimic crawfish, pay close attention to water temperature. The colder the water, the slower your presentation.

  By knowing the feeding habits of bass, anglers can present a bait choice that the bass seek out. Choose baits that mimic the size and color of the forage bass are feeding on for the season. There are many keys to a successful day on the water and using the proper bait starts you in the right direction.

  Author Mike Cork has been bass fishing since he was old enough to hold a fishing rod. He's a bass fishing writer, and a current member of B.A.S.S., American Bass Anglers, and Bass Life Associates.

  This article brought to you by Fix.com, a lifestyle blog devoted to bringing you expert content to make your life easier. They cover everything in and around your home, like landscaping, gardening, outdoor activities, home maintenance and repairs. Visit them at www.fix.com.

  To read part one of this article see last month’s issue at www.backwoodsbound.com/zznewv15i08.html.

 

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FUN FACT:   It wasn’t until 1955 that it became mandatory that "In God We Trust" be placed on all U.S. coins and paper currency.

Send your Fun Facts to mail@backwoodsbound.com. For more Fun Facts visit www.backwoodsbound.com/funfacts.html.

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FISHIN' TIP:  "Some lures seem to work better now that the water is starting to cool. Instead of a jerk-bait try a spinnerbait or a lipless crankbait. The Rat-L Trap has worked great for me in September and into November. Also for top water fishing, throw a red eye shad or a Rapala Skitter Pop.

Even though it's football season, a buzzbait will probably be more productive than a football jig!
Remember, almost every gamefish is trying to put on some over-winter pounds so while they are not in a feeding frenzy, they are actively feeding." – Jerry Ison

Send your tips to: mail@backwoodsbound.com and we’ll post them on the site or use them in a future issue of The Bullet.

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INTERESTING QUOTE: "The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man." – Gilbert K. Chesterton

 If you’ve seen or heard an interesting or humorous quote send it in and we'll post it next month. Send them to: mail@backwoodsbound.com.


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RECIPE: SQUIRREL SNACK WRAP

~ 2 – 3 squirrels, more if feeding lots of folks
~ your favorite seasonings, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, etc.
~ shredded lettuce
~ chopped tomato
~ shredded cheddar cheese
~ flour tortillas

* Cut the meat into strips and/or small cubes.

* Season to taste with your favorite seasonings and place in baking dish sprayed with non-stick spray.

* Bake at 350 degrees until tender. Remove from oven.

* If you don’t want to bake the meat, boil the squirrels until the meat starts to fall off bone. Remove and let cool.

* When meat is cool, debone and shred/dice.

* Heat a little oil in a large skillet. Add squirrel meat.

* Season to taste with your favorite seasonings.

* Cook on low for 10- 15 minutes or until heated through. Stir often.

* Warm the tortillas.

* Place some squirrel meat in tortilla and top with lettuce, tomato and cheese.

* Wrap it up and enjoy!

Thanks to Reece Westfall for sending this recipes. To see more squirrel recipes or to submit yours, visit www.backwoodsbound.com/zsquir.html.

Remember to send your favorite recipe to mail@backwoodsbound.com. We'll post it on the site or use it in an upcoming issue of The Bullet.

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ARTICLE:   EARL ‘TREES’ A CATFISH by Jerry Ison

  The best bird dog a man could ever hope for was my old buddy Earl. Earl was a bandy-legged beagle basset mix. Yeah I know all the stuff ‘bout neither beagles nor bassets are especially adept at birding, but this old boy was not only good, he was the best. One fall a few years back, we got several days of rain. I mean it really rained and rained then rained some more. One of our favorite places to hunt quail was on the south side of the farm where the trees came down to within a few yards of a creek. The area between those trees and the creek was pretty well growed up with sumac, pokeweed, locust and blackberry briars. That made it the perfect quail country and over the years, Earl and I had done pretty darn good in there.

  This day, however, when we reached ‘Quail Country’ the creek had been up so high that most of the grasses were still under water. The flooding had gone down a bit and left much debris, including some big logs laying in the grass.

  Earl immediately ran over to one of the logs, a hollowed-out beech and began ‘indicating’ into the end away from the water.

  I must explain, Earl’s no Pointer. One look at him and that’s obvious. Check any dog reference under “Pointer” and the very first sentence eliminates Earl: “The Pointer should be athletic and graceful.” Athletic? Hmm. A pot belly, long floppy ears that are perpetually covered in burrs and so big that Dumbo would be jealous. His short stubby legs barely reach the ground, ending in gigantic paws that work just like snowshoes. Graceful? Not by any definition of the word. Earl trips over the grout in the bathroom floor tile. But he can indicate with the best of em!

  Earl’s style when he’s on a bird is to coast to a stop (he can’t really do anything with speed any more) and jerk his head and roll his big ole sad eyes in the direction of the bird. It’s a fairly subtle motion akin to you pointing out that redhead at the bar without attracting her attention.

  I ran up to the log and circled all around it as best I could since one end was still in the creek. I didn’t see any sign of birds and finally I looked down in the log. I couldn’t believe my eyes. There was a nine-pound catfish but not a bird one. I looked at Earl who was standing there acting as if he was in line for a medal or something. He had that, “See there human, I am the best!” look in his eyes. Earl was anything but modest.

  I reached in and grabbed the catfish. At least we wouldn’t go home empty handed, but I was bothered by Earl’s performance. He had never taken to indicating anything ‘cept birds an occasional squirrel and that one incident with Dan Quayle and the chopper.

  Well, imagine my surprise when I took the fish home and started to clean it. Earl was slouched casually over the arm of my/his favorite chair pretending to be totally disinterested in the goings on. I knew, however that those phony snores were his way of telling me the real work had been completed and no I was just doing the follow-up tasks he was watching, oh yeah he was watching.

  Just as I began to open the gut of the catfish, I let out a cry that caused even old Mr. Casual to spring up and yelp. There were seven quail in that catfishes belly!

  The birds had apparently run into that beech log to get out of the pouring rain. The creek rose so fast they couldn’t get out and the catfish had swam in and gulped em down!

  Old Earl had done it again and now there he was sitting right against my leg, chomping his droopy jowls, making that all too familiar I-told-you-so smart-alecky eye roll!

 

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** KAREN'S KREATIONS **

We are excited to introduce two New Products this month, Ear Cuffs and Bag Tags! And they are 25% OFF thru September 30 in ANY theme you want!

We can "kreate" charms in any theme for you - for any occasion! And we will add a name to our charms for free! Any charm can be changed in color to fit your needs! Give us a call to see how we can help!

Just in time for Halloween we are offering a pair of Dancing Skeleton earrings for only $3.99! All of the parts move so they’ll dance on your ears!

This sale ends September 30, 2014 so place your order today!

Visit our web site at: www.karensglabels.com or e-mail us at Karen@karensglabels.com with your questions or comments. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to receive special discount coupons!

"Because no wine glass should ever be naked!"

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HUNTIN' TIP:   To keep your boot laces from coming untied or getting snagged on briars, brush and twigs wrap a piece of duct tape around the laces to keep them secure.

Send your tips to: mail@backwoodsbound.com and we’ll post them on the site or use them in a future issue of The Bullet.

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WHAT'S NEW

  We received some great pictures from our buddies in Oklahoma of some nice bucks in velvet that we’ll be putting on the Candid CamShots feature starting this month but we need more! We don’t care what they’re of just send them in. Send your photos to mail@backwoodsbound.com and enjoy this month’s Candid CamShot at www.backwoodsbound.com/funphotos2.html

  Some other things that we can use are your fishing and hunting tips, trophy photos and stories of your adventures. Not to mention recipes for buffalo, pheasant, quail, grouse, antelope and fish/seafood. Add mail@backwoodsbound.com to your address book and start sending in your stuff.

  Remember to visit www.backwoodsbound.com/guideshunt.html for help in planning your fall hunting adventure. Also if you need to know the rules and regulations in your state or destination visit www.backwoodsbound.com/stgamedepts.html.

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ARTICLE:   COMMON BOATING MISTAKES

  According to the U. S. Coast Guard, 70% of boating accidents are contributed to operator error so it’s important to know the “rules of the road” when on the water. Knowing and following boating laws is not only the safe thing to do but also the courteous thing to do.

  Here are five common boating mistakes compiled by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (RBFF):

  1. Crossing the channel in front of incoming or outgoing vessels.

  2. Speeding past anglers in shallow water and running through grass flats.

  3. Running over another boat’s fishing lines.

  4. Anchoring in the middle of the channel.

  5. Not being aware of shallows, shoals or rocks and running aground.

  To read more on how to avoid these mistakes, go to http://blog.takemefishing.org/5-boating-mistakes-dont-want- make/?utm_source=vsilverpop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=&spMailingID=8726121&spUserID= NjY2NTAyNjM2MTIS1&spJobID=320269736&spReportId=MzIwMjY5NzM2S0

 

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RECIPE: SPICED APPLE PIE

~ 1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
~ 1/3 cup white sugar
~ 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
~ 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
~ 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
~ 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
~ 1/4 tsp cloves
~ 7 1/2 cups apples, peeled, cored and sliced
~ 1 cup raisins
~ 1 pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie or use prepared pie crusts
~ 1 small egg, beaten

* Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.

* Lightly coat a deep pie dish with non-stick spray and place one pie crust in it.

* In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

* Add the apples and raisins. Mix until well coated.

* Spoon apple mixture into pie crust.

* Place second pie crust on the top of the pie and pinch together the edges. Trim edges if necessary.

* In a small bowl beat the egg.

* Coat the top of the crust with the beaten egg.

* If desired, sprinkle on a little sugar and a dash of cinnamon on the top of the pie.

* Bake until golden brown, about 35 - 40 minutes.

* Cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Best if sliced warm.

* Enjoy!

Thanks to Charlie Bartlett for sharing this recipe. For more dessert recipes for your summer get-togethers, go to www.backwoodsbound.com/zdess.html.

Send your favorite recipe to mail@backwoodsbound.com and we'll post it on the site or use it in an upcoming issue of The Bullet.

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ANSWER TO BACKWOODS TRIVIA:  Batman first appeared in Detective Comics # 27 in May 1939.

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