Maybe it isnt a dream after all.....

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Closed in other than the Copula.

Good job, you beat the snow!
Congratulations to your grandson. I was with my grandson when he shot his first 2 deer (he had the tags). He said he saw a deer at the corner of a field, I asked if he could get a good shot and he said yes, so I said "shoot it". We waited about 10 minutes after the shot, then went in that direction. He had not seen it fall, so when we got to about 1/2 way there (it was about a 180 yd shot) I took one path and he took another. He then whispered to me that the deer was still standing so I said "shoot it again". When we got to the deer he had 2 down, both perfect shots. The next fall he shot a huge bodied deer, only 7 points, but a huge body. We had it cut up by a guy who does about 350-400 each year, he said it was the biggest body he cut up that year. That grandson is now in the Navy, completed Seal training and now he is training for EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal). Not what I would have had him do!

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Originally Posted by maple flats

Good job, you beat the snow!
Congratulations to your grandson. I was with my grandson when he shot his first 2 deer (he had the tags). He said he saw a deer at the corner of a field, I asked if he could get a good shot and he said yes, so I said "shoot it". We waited about 10 minutes after the shot, then went in that direction. He had not seen it fall, so when we got to about 1/2 way there (it was about a 180 yd shot) I took one path and he took another. He then whispered to me that the deer was still standing so I said "shoot it again". When we got to the deer he had 2 down, both perfect shots. The next fall he shot a huge bodied deer, only 7 points, but a huge body. We had it cut up by a guy who does about 350-400 each year, he said it was the biggest body he cut up that year. That grandson is now in the Navy, completed Seal training and now he is training for EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal). Not what I would have had him do!

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Congratulations Dave. You should be a proud Grandpa all the way around.

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I couldn't be happier with the new Sugarhouse. At 64 years old this was the first time I eve boiled inside. 7 3/4 gallons on the first boil.

Congratulations! Looks wonderful

Excellent job. Well done.

Nice! Pretty nice being dry and out of the wind, right?
My father and I boiled outside for twenty years before we finally got "inside".
There's no going back! I'll never make another drop of syrup outside again!!
Enjoy the new sugarhouse.

Steve