Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

236.0. "Back Lake Trip report" by CSSE::PETERSEN () Mon Oct 03 1988 12:34

    Well the annual trip to Back Lake in Pittsburg N.H. was the best
    I've ever had.  Didn't put on the rain gear once!!!!!!
    
    Headed up last tuesday, fished Back Lake wed & thur from a boat
    trolling everything in the tackle box to no avail, fished from the
    dock and caught rainbows and brookies on salmon eggs and good ole
    worms, a total of 11, nothing over 1 1/2 lbs.  Never mind renting
    a boat next year!
    
    Saturday morning hunted just above the second conn. lake for grouse
    and rabbits, bagged 4 grouse by 2 pm. - first time I got my limit
    and we weren't using a dog.  The killer was the weather - about
    75 degrees!! Hunted in T-shirts, deer flies and mosquitos everywhere
    but no rain!  
    
    Sunday got two more by noon, and then headed home. 
    
    Saw one cow moose by the third lake, and three just below the second
    lake, what a sight!
    
    Reservations have already been made for next year - can't wait!
    
    Erik

    Are you gonna smoke the grouse?
    
    Brett.

    Brett,
    
    I didn't really think of smoking any of them, I live in an apartment
    building so I'd have to go to a friends house to do it, but now
    that you mentioned it I think I will.  I've smoked pheasant once
    before and it came out kinda tough, I don't know if it was the bird
    or the recipe I used.
    
    I think I'll check out another recipe for birds, and smoke a couple
    of the trout at the same time.  
    
    Since I've been living in the apartment I've forgotten all about
    the smoker in the storage bin!!
    
    Erik

    Erik,
    
    If you would, please let me know how they come out.  I plan on
    smoking some partridge this year.  I've never tried it before.
    I did some trout, perch and bass a few weeks ago and they came 
    out pretty good.
    
    Dave