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  1. Atehequa

    Fisher Cat

    They're a rare sight, never even seen a fisher, but I've heard one's scream at night and came across it's spoor the next morning by the Jackson River in Virginia. My Grandmother knew of them and gave me the nickname because as a boy, I liked to climb trees. The fisher is the second largest land...
  2. Atehequa

    Fisher Cat

    About three times bigger than a pine marten.
  3. Atehequa

    Fisher Cat

    Greetings Not taken, but given.
  4. Atehequa

    Fisher Cat

    The fisher, or in the language of my people, atehequa was all but trapped out in my region, but now are slowly making a comeback. A large mustilid, the fisher in spite of it's name hunts in the trees for squirrels, porcupines and birds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-rDumZ77lE
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    Venison

    Is there a lot of places to hunt deer in Great Britain? What I mean is aside from private estates and farms? I'm quite fortunate to know a few land owners here who allow me to hunt with bow and black powder rifles. Then there are wildlife management areas, national forests and my wife's...
  6. Atehequa

    American Bushcraft?

    Virginia, but ranging into West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina.
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    How do you set up camp?

    Never beside a brook in the Appalachians as the weather conditions there can change at the drop of a hat. We made this mistake beside the Tye River. That evening where we were it was only a stream some 3 meters wide. We awoke wet inside our Coleman tent and feeling mud and debris under us driven...
  8. Atehequa

    Jerky

    Just chew it sideways. We NDNs have strong teeth :D
  9. Atehequa

    Jerky

    We usually make ours from buck venison rather than doe. Cut into thin rectangular slices with the grain and usually marinaded overnight in various marinades which include a few drops or so of liquid smoke. Sprinkled with a little black pepper it goes into our dehydrator between 12 and 24 hours...
  10. Atehequa

    shallow water fishing help please

    We fish stretches of mountain rivers and streams. Sometimes we'll use fly rods,but in waters where there are smallmouth and red-eyed rock bass as well as native brook, rainbow and brown trout, I depend more upon my ultra-light spin casting rod.
  11. Atehequa

    Greetings All

    I'm Atehequa and these are the Appalachians where we often camp, fish, hike and hunt.