Preferred method of the old timers where I grew up was to dispatch the turtle, boil a pot of water, tie a string to the tail, and then repeatedly scald the turtle. Loosens the skin to make it easier to clean, and also knocks the gunk off of them to reduce contamination. Then you can clean them...
There’s a big difference between pork butts and cigarette butts. Both are smoked butts, but i think everybody is gonna be discerning over which one they’d rather have. Not all butts are equal.
Periodical cicadas in southern Illinois. Phenomenal fly fishing for warmwater species. Multiple doubles, 100+ fish days. Hope to go chase trout in a couple weeks. Been waiting 13 years for this to come back around, and it has not disappointed.
What scares me is that each general tag had 2-5x as many unsuccessful NR applicants as there were total tag quota. And that doesn’t even count how many sat out and just bought points. Which means point creep is going to get worse. It’s less creep and more full-on failure at this rate.
I’m...
A lot of Life comes back, but it can take a million years. And it typically looks very different from what was there before. Last time I checked- I don’t have a million years.