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Some private lands are more pressured than some public lands.

Piney wood Weyerhaeuser leases between Livingston and Hammond are without a doubt more pressured than Maurepas WMA

There's a lot of private property where deer are spot lighted and shot at year round.

Gun weekend at Yancey looks like rivalry high school football game.
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Deer will eat in the bright arse daylight at a freaking sonic if there is no pressure on them. The biggest oldest “smartest” buck will do it
Agreed, they love the tots

We get daylight pics of bucks at one feeder more than the others, its in the woods not on a food plot.

RiceBran or something like MoBucks seems to work better at getting them in front of the camera, but day time pictures are more rare

re: Deer Rifle Scopes

Posted by Citica8 on 11/7/25 at 7:48 pm to
Personal preference of course, but I hated the 50mm objective and the 30mm tube, was too top heavy and had to mount it too high. Also, not blown away by the Vortex Diamondback I bought in terms of clarity for my go to gun, will end up replacing it at some point with a better quality scope. High quality 1" tubes are unfortunately getting harder to find.
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ou will need to pull and clean the burner assembly at least every couple years (as well as flame rod, etc).
First I've heard of this, only heard of people cleaning the intake bug screen. Mine is not mounted outside though.
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Sweet potato casserole
The one with pecans not marshmallows
Sweet potato casserole and ham, on a cheap brown and serve roll, followed by some good homemade Mac and cheese and cornbread dressing is very high in the running of my personal "last meals"

re: Tips for smoked pulled ham

Posted by Citica8 on 11/5/25 at 8:30 pm to
I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about, but I took a Boston butt and seasoned it with just salt, like a lot of salt, to the point it could no longer hold any more. Let it sit for half an hour or so while I got the ceramic up to temp and put it on, smoked it like I would regular pulled pork. Let it rest and then pulled it.

Pulled ham is the only way I can describe how it tasted. Enjoyed it, and told myself I would do it again, but I haven't.

re: Guga does Raising Cane's

Posted by Citica8 on 11/5/25 at 6:18 am to
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Thoughts?


That thumbnail probably cost him $100 and he could have done it in 2000 for about $15
Depends on water quality. Plumber who installed mine told me every year if you have well water, and every other year if you have city water.
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The primary complaint is that it tends to be too greasy for most of the classic Cajun dishes.
I rarely add oil to start browning meat, If I see a layer of grease floating I'm skimming it. I'll put the meat in a paper towel lined bowl to soak up some of the excess grease if I'm cooking something where you pull the meat to brown onions. I do the same when we cook bacon or sausage, maybe that's why I don't find it to be too greasy, and also why we go through a case of paper towels way too quickly.
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New Orleans Smoked Sausage is a top-notch, mass-produced smoked sausage but have only seen it in Rouses around NOLA.
You talking about Chisesi's Pride Hogs for the Cause sausage, that's a good one.

re: Favorite skinning knife

Posted by Citica8 on 11/3/25 at 8:16 pm to
Pretty sure it's an outdoor edge 3 piece set. All fixed blade knives.

Has a boning knife, regular drop point, and a knife with a gut hook, under $50 for all 3 knives, textured handles so they don't slip, blaze orange so easy to find if you set it down. Easy to sharpen, clean, and don't take up much room.

re: Weed eater head stopped spinning…

Posted by Citica8 on 11/3/25 at 8:00 pm to
Either a motor issue, connection issue in the shaft from the motor to the head, or the stringer head.

Without any info, would start with the stringer head to see if there is a build up of organic material built up between the stringer head and the shaft once you rule that out, I would make sure that the stringer head is not stripped. Personally never seen the shaft strip out, so would look at the power end next.

Good time of year to bring it in and let someone go through it if you're not comfortable trying to fix it.
Conecuh is "country" smoked sausage not "cajun" smoked sausage, which is essentially mild sausage. It's pretty easy to adjust for, it has some sugar in it, but so does Manda (coarse grind, not the hot dog sausage).

Personally, I'd rather add hot sauce to get the heat where I like it, with the added benefit of getting some acid from the vinegar, than to have the red pepper in the sausage be the driving factor on heat, but I guess if you don't know how to season to taste, then you're better off buying sausage that's twice as much per pound to put into a pot of beans.
I don't use hocks on a regular basis, but without a doubt the best beans are when we have a ham bone leftover from Christmas or Easter.

I usually add a little cubed ham and a couple pieces of bacon to a pot of beans in addition to the sausage, when I don't have a ham bone. I can't stand salt pork or pickled pork in beans, turns to mush. Red, white, pinto, black-eyed peas, purple hull peas, pretty much all get cooked the same way.

I eat beans because I and my family enjoy them, not save money, but making meaty beans is still way cheaper than eating out.
D&J's grocery is my go to, but I'll use Conecuh doesn't matter as long as it is cooked with the beans, and not thrown on top after

re: Best gas station biscuit/sandwich

Posted by Citica8 on 11/3/25 at 8:36 am to
When was this late 90s? Pretty sure I was in a honeybun kick at that time.
3 cups of flour, 2 cups of fat (usually 1 cup of ghee and 1 cup of bacon grease) 2 gallons of stock

re: Best gas station biscuit/sandwich

Posted by Citica8 on 10/31/25 at 8:48 am to
Breakfast Club from Spillway Sportsman
Sausage, bacon, 2 fried eggs, and cheese on 3 pieces of toasted white bread

BLT with egg from Suires in Kaplan (technically not a gas station)
Current
Country Kitchen in Gonzales
Vines in Centreville
Does Texas de Brazil count as a buffet?

I've heard the buffet at the Houmas House is pretty good, haven't been yet though.

Past
Cotton's in St Francisville
Fred's truck stop in St Gabriel before they closed/burned down.

Adding Ryan's and the Pizza Hut to the list, buffets made up the majority of times we sat down to eat as a kid. I don't think I went to Chinese buffet until I was in late middle school, but once I did, that's all I wanted.

Buffets are rarely the best food, but I think I have to credit them with expanding my palette
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We had the biggest 5,6,7 points.
Sounds like heaven.

There’s a better chance of them growing enough that they latched the greenhouse closed and are turning into an impenetrable ball than withering away