Monthly Archives: October 2025

New Hampshire Muzzleloader Hunters Get Ready for the Deer Woods

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Gather up and sort your hunting gear, it’s almost time. Got muzzleloader, powder, and bullets? Got license and pen? Got a sharp knife? Got hand warmers?

It all goes through my mind like a mental dry run.

Now get out and scout your hunting areas. You can amp up your area with making mock rubs and scrapes but be careful to do it remotely where other hunters may not readily see them. 

Get to the range to check your accuracy. I run a swab though my muzzleloader and shoot it before the hunt to season the barrel for accuracy. One of my new thoughts is to take a 5 gal bucket to sit on. I sprayed one with camo paint. 

I actually bought a camo 5 gal bucket seat back pack for a seat and storage on Amazon. 

Hunting alone? How to get your deer in your truck?

 

Good Hunting!

 

 

 

Black Bear Backstrap Roasted Garlic Teriyaki Kabobs

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I was so impressed with the flavor of my  Maine Black Bear backstraps that I noted the recipe here. 

 

After vacuum sealing, I froze the meat for 3 weeks then thawed some for my early October dinner. Vacuum sealing the meat is key to quality meat. 

Backstrap Kabobs is a very easy meal to create. I basted the meat and vegetables with Kikkoman Roasted Garlic Teriyaki Marinade and Sauce. Now on skewers, I put the kabobs on my Traeger hickory smoker with the veggies and set the cooking temperature to 300ºF.  When the meat temp hits 160ºF via handheld temp. probe, the meat is done.

I wanted some char marks on the meat and veggies so I put them on my 400ºF Weber grill and basted with butter for a few minutes.

As a display below, I placed the meat and vegetables on a bed of basmati rice and drizzled more garlic roasted teriyaki sauce over the dish.

OMG soo delicious.

The smoked roasted meat was not tough, but had a chew to it. Meat flavor was excellent. I love this dish for its simplicity. 

Enjoy!

Southern New Hampshire – Beware of October Deer Ticks

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Working in the back yard, both my wife and I were bitten by  suspect Deer Tick Larva/Nymphs (see magnified images) on October 2nd.

Ixodes scapularis typically lays eggs in the spring. These hatch into larva in the summer. The following spring, nymphs feed and then molt into adults later in the fall. Adult females will seek a blood meal and lay eggs the following spring, completing the lifecycle.

 

We discovered them within one day, thus should not have any medical concerns

Beware -These infinitesimally small deer ticks are much smaller than a sesame seed.

Accordingly, I sprayed my clothes and sneakers with permethrin. Ticks hate it.