After the slow day on Saturday, the boys didn't want to go out Sunday. I went, took the chainsaw and some stuff I wanted to get to the cabin before the snow melted. I don't snogo all the way to my cabin. Walk the last 1/4 mile so lazy theives won't plague me. On the walk I jumped a spruce hen. Shot it out of a tree w my 22 Ruger Mk2. Missed another one.
Lots of folks say spruce hen this time of year taste bad 'cause all they have been eating is spruce needles for months. I rolled this one up tight in heavy foil with 3 strips of chopped bacon and set it on the back of the grill while I did steaks. Turned it now and then. When I opened it up it was great, tender, not sprucy at all! The meat tends to be dry no matter what, so I wish I'd put in another 1-2 strips of bacon. Even so, I thought it turned out well. And no soaking.
Got a good load of firewood too. Two great days in a row.
