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Deepwater     2013, opening day deer rifle season I had tracked a doe that finally caught scent of me.  She threw that fluffy white flag up and bounded into the timber just as I jerked my rifle to my face to shoot.      Shielded from view I sat for two hours on a huge flat oak stump watching the tree line for the doe to come back out to feed. I was very comfortable in my short sleeves, happy to feel the light breeze in my hair and listen to the bluejays "caw caw" in the locust tree behind me. I raised my binoculars trying to focus on a Red-tail hawk in flight's screech just before it swooped to the ground to snatch a mouse out of the tall grass.  The calm of the afternoon enveloped me; that solitude every hunter's dream as I watched the clouds float across the sky with childlike wonder.   My husband joined me at the stump. Foxtail with an amber glow under the late afternoon sun - the soybean field bordered the trees. Darkness at Sunset     By last

A veterinarian approved homemade dog food.  Put all scraps and old freezer burnt venison and fish to good use --    2 tsp Cinnamon 1 Tb ground sage 1 Tb Fennel seed 1 Tb Dill seed 1 Tb Garlic In 3 gal. stock pot: flank steak 1 Venison Flank or neck meat, boil  2-4 hours, keep adding water so meat is covered by broth/water. Cool and skim off fat (or leave fat in broth).  Cut meat in shreds and pieces. Boil broth, add 2 cups white rice 1 cup brown rice Boil till rice absorbs broth, s tir occasionally Add 1 can pumpkin (or yams)                                   1 can tuna, water or oil-pack 1 can mackerel, crush bones  1 can peas 1 cup oat bran or wheat flour Add all spices* Stir well, let cool and thicken. Label @ portion freezer bag DOG. ladle 1 cup p/baggie, seal, freeze. If mix is soupy, a dd raw deer burger, wheat flour, more rice or kibble. Makes food for avg. of 2 months for 25-40 lb. dog, 1 baggie  per day, depending on portion size. If you p

                                                                    The best pot pie  ...                                             low-fat and delicious, rich flavor!