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Ridge & Quarry

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After the day · 2 min read

Cool the meat before the drive gets long

Finger Lakes National Forest (20230726 FS FL BAG BallardPond 009)
Photograph by Forest Service Photography. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons.

Cool the meat before the drive gets long. It is smaller than the day, and that is the point. Look at meat you mean to keep first.

At the truck

Then get it cool and clean with the time and the ice you packed. Mark the turn-around time before you mark anything else.

The slip

Watch for a warm cab and a long talk before any care. If it is already true in the parking area, it will be worse a mile in.

The check is the meat is on ice or you are on the way to that. Fail it and you are done for the morning. That is a successful use of the note.

Keep after the day boring. Boring means you came home with the same people you left with.

A field note, not legal advice. Check the season, the species rules, and whether you have permission to be on the land.