I love the reaction of Southies when we have fires on the ice. Nothing better than sitting around a huge bonfire in the middle of the ice.Good morning Ralphie, have a great day
I remember a couple guys wigging out when we started a fire in our shed... At the time the ice was about 3' thick. Same two guys also brought a hand Augur instead of one with a motor.
Hand augers and chisels might get a hole through 3 ft of ice. But you’re going to be tired, wet, and ticked off before you get to water.
The reason we make bonfires on the ice is recreational, but has a essential reason too. It’s for gathering low grade food.
The dux will see the water the fire melts and land in it not realizing the water will freeze as soon as the fire goes out. Thus the dux are stuck on the ice and we can simply harvest them at our leisure.
it saves on ammo.
they like to spread their own fresh bedding. so they are busy at it. Started a new batch of kraut today. I tend to give a lot of things away and have little left from my first batch.
our prices are so different! Kits start at $40 here And while our local butchers don't sell rabbit, in the closest city and the meat and seafood centre its probably got the game meat mark up (a dressed quail is $25 
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