Posted September 25, 2008

Staff Report

      Big Dog Ladder Treestand

    It’s roomy, safe, easy to assemble and set up – the Big Dog Ladder Treestand (Model BDLX 3750) - is everything an archery or firearms deer hunter could want. It’s so comfortable you can hunt all day.

    The value-priced treestand is sold for $119 at www.sportsmansguide.com/, as the Guide Gear Jumbo 16-foot Ladder Stand.

    With plenty of room to maneuver, a generous 300-pound maximum weight limit, the stand is stable, even when all three sections are assembled.

    The 16-foot olive drab tubular metal treestand has a spacious 25 by 26-inch foot platform, and a foot rest which folds out of the way. The 13 by 26-inch seat is thickly padded, and can be flipped up so there’s added room to stand when shooting. Padded arm rests help make the treestand quiet and comfortable.

    Firearms hunters will like the padded shooting rail which creates a solid rest for shooting, but folds down out of the way when climbing in or out of the treestand.

    A ratchet strap secures the frame of the seat to the tree, but there is also strap that tightens the foot platform to the tree, and an adjustable bar support, which connects the ladder to the tree.

    The ladder stand comes with a Treestand Manufacturers Association (TMA) approved body harness, and an adjustable strap to tether to the hunter to the tree.

    The treestand is manufactured by Big Dog Treestands, Inc., of Morton, IL. For more information call 866) 387-2002, or visit their website at: www.bigdogtreestands.com/.

Posted October 28, 2008

Staff Report

             Hi Mountain Home

             Sausage Making Kit

Hunters who process the deer they kill, and are looking for a good use for all that ground venison, should consider making polish sausage – to fry in a skillet for breakfast or grill at cookouts.

Everything needed to make 30 pounds of sausage, except the ground meat, is in the Hi Mountain Home Sausage Making Kit.

The kit is formulated for use with wild game, to be combined with ground pork to produce polish sausage links, in batches as small as three pounds. The recommended ratio is 20 percent wild game to 80 percent boneless pork shoulder.

The kit includes: 8.4 ounces of maple cure, 20 ounces of polish sausage seasoning, hog casings and instructions.

The Hi Mountain Home Sausage Making Kit for polish sausage sells for $10.98.

In all, there are nine different kits (including summer sausage, Italian sausage, bratwurst and pepperoni), ranging in price from $3.99 to $12.98.

For more information call toll-free at (800) 829-2285, or visit their website at: http://www.himtnjerky.com/, to buy online.