Category: Camp News

Starting February 1, 2014 a new Sporting License fee structure goes into effect. A few examples are the price for Annual Resident Fishing has gone from $29 to $25 and Annual Resident Hunting as gone from from $29 to $22. Combination licenses like the Sportsman, Super Sportsman, and Conservation Legacy will no longer be available. No more discount for buying both. The dates have also changed gone is the October 1 – September 30 and is now September 1 – August 31 for Hunting licenses. Annual fishing licenses purchased after February 1st are now good for 365 days from date of purchase. You can view all the changes on the DEC website here: 2014 Sporting Licenses Changes.
For most of us in camp who used to buy the Sportmans will not see a change in price (for now) but we will now have to purchase two licenses instead. Fishing licenses purchased as part of a Sportsman last year are still valid through September 30, 2014.

The former Camp Cook is considering retiring to the couch(If spike is not present) or the card table(if Ms. Leaddog gives him permission/$$$). But he doesn’t want to totally abandon us to Dingy Moore stew for every weekend so he has drafted a cookbook. It’s a work in progress but I added a link on the top to the early draft. The comment period is open so if you guys can think of any recipes you would like him to add speak up now or we will forever be dining on last years Dingy Moore Stew! Over the course of the next few weeks I will be adding animated shorts that will show us how to prepare these delicious meals properly. Check back for updates.

Happy New Year!

You can view a few stats from our little site for 2013 here:
2013 Website Summary

For transparency here are Den MaMa’s Extortion Stats for 2013:

EXTORTION PAYS
This is what I was able to extort from you guys for the 2013 Hunting Season:

DUES SODA CARDS TIPS

$383.00 $36.65 $215.00 $192.35===== $827.00 (Most ever)

Bal from 2012==$1,214
Donations=====$ 158 Dr. Pork, Darrin (fined for not showing up) , Won the Arietta random draw
Extortion======$ 827
Total=========$2,199

Spent========$1,146 Work week end expensive $731.00 (booze=$144, beer=$184, chow=403)

Start of 2014 season will be $1,053
Shot one deer @133 lbs(got 35 lbs,deboned=$1,146 divide by 35=$32.75 per lb.

Your Den Ma Ma

F@#% the deer! Steak costs about $3.50lb
Lets just play cards, drink So Co, Gin and Beer!

I’m sure Leaddog can give us a quick year in review if he’s not to upset over the “doll” thing. 🙂

Friday:
Leaddog arrives to a dark, cold, and empty camp to apparently hunt solo. After getting the camp prepared for the rest of the gang, a hunt to Billy’s watch was in order due to yet another round of Al Gore’s induce global warming events. Three inches of partly cloudy and the uncertainty of more changed the plans of going up top, but resulted in a great day hunting the swamps and hardwoods along the stream. Tracks of bear and deer were present, but no makers of such were encountered. It is now apparent where the mules cross when pushed from one side to the other. A watch will be set up in the future in these spots. Polecat, Piewhore and Probie joins Leaddog after dark for the last Friday’s beer tasting event.

Saturday:
Since the pressure seems to be off on the gang from last weeks kill, everyone else arrives early in the morning due to various but still unconfirmed excuses. A hunt from No-name to Ironder-twat is in order, with the usual push to be performed. Stosh shows up an hour late and a mile behind, but not because of his lack of promptness in arrival, but due to his promptness in getting his car stuck in the ditch on the road into camp. Said vehicle’s position in the road prevented the drivers from being dropped off by vehicle, until the obstruction was cleared. The extrication crew was considering firing up Denmama’s backhoe to push the obstructing vehicle over the bank, but Probie removes the stump and the large rock that somehow Stosh perfectly parallel parked within just in time, and the drivers are driven to finally drive.

Does once again are penned and released at the end of the drive on part one. Part two consisted of the usual antics up top by Toucher and Digger, who were playing slap ass with the does. After some time, in which several fingers and toes were frozen solid of the watchers, the drive was completed. In the very last minutes of the drive, a doe is pushed out by the Polecat to the bottom, proving that a tighter drive line works. All returns to camp for closing-eve activities.

Sunday:
Where did all the So-Co go? Sounding like a new country hit song, most likely performed by Miley Cyrus somebody drank just about all of the So-Co! Closing ceremonies of the night prior and the success of last week’s kill has created a no urge to hunt scenario. The camp gets cleaned and ready for snowmobile season, as all finally disperses down the hill to the their loved ones for holiday related preparations.

Synopsis:
F-Troop hunts in snow conditions, during all seven weeks of the season.

Lindy see’s and hits the Thirty-Seven Point buck. All’s not lost however, due to the deers armor.
Watchers pass on a fork-horn and a spike.
A big mean ‘ol bear took all of Toucher’s bullets, and one-third of his rifle.
Robba has a chance to bag a big eight, but his Jammington 30.06 prevents such.
Leaddog bags the only buck – a nice seven pointer. 😉

DEFINITION: any non senior member (in good standing) that goes on watch, shoots a buck that the drivers push to him, does not gut, nor drag, AND not even butcher said mule = FTROOP KEN DOLL