 cold front in October. Ladies and gentlemen, break out the hoodies because it's getting chilly and it's the harvest season. I'm actually, I'm a little disappointed right now. I'm in a little poo poo mood because I would love to be in a blind, love to be in a tree. It's 50 degrees outside. It's our first cold front in October. Um, but I, I'm not. Uh, Lease is not happening this year. About the only thing that's most likely going to be harvested this weekend for me are those chickens over there. That's right. We have got way too many cocks in here right now and we're going to basically cut our flock in half this weekend. This is pretty much the state of affairs right now, boys. I, I, so I just got home from a goog and trip, did a little bit of bass fishing, did mostly trout fishing and then I realized, wow, it is like about to be opener. And I got, I got nowhere, I got nowhere to go. I feel like a homeless hunter right now. And this, this is my life. I'm just, I'm, I'm like a crackhead just tweaking out, messing with hunting stuff. Most likely public land hunter this year. So I will stay ready to go, but the harvest must go on. The freezer must be filled. That is one thing about these Chevy's, these newer Chevy's. I've noticed if something gets kind of wedged in the tailgate, I had some hay bells in here a few days ago and it like doesn't shut all the way. The next time you go to deploy it, it's going to make that sound and alert you, but you better get out of the way. Okay, program update. We are in the truck heading to the lake right now, Silver Bullet attached. Went to Bucky's cooler full of ice. Harvesting is going to happen. So what I did yesterday, to kind of feel the hunting itch, scratch it, I went out and I placed three trail cams out on the public land and I'm just looking for pigs. And I'm waiting for some pigs to show up but until they do, we're going to put some meat in the freezer with a hook and line. Wow, this lake is so low. I've never been able to use my poles. I've never been able to use them here since I've had this boat. It's always been too deep. God, there are a lot of boats out here today. Oh, I do see a bird and prey. Old blue. Old blue is out there on the point. There he goes. He was on a point. That is a good sign. Just pulled up on a spot loaded with little ones. First victim, we'll give him that snacky. Think they're ready for it. Good some that are chasing but they're not a full attack. Oh, look at this white bass school. I'm about to get yoinked by a white bass. Yep, yep. I'll take you in a pinch, but you're not on the menu today, sir. Oh, there he is. He wanted that snacky. Wanted that snack. You're going to be a border liner, buddy. Oh my gosh, it's down there. I don't think I have to measure him. He's not going to make it. Just trying to swim this thing right above the brush to get an active feeder out of here. That's tiny. That's, there's a bunch of little tinies in there. All right, I'm going to give him a little slower brooch. Go with that EC. EC stands for electric chicken. In case you were curious, like that, had one. Good hit, similar size. Little fall buddies. We got you on the old snacky. Why you got to be a border liner, bro? Catch any? Yeah, absolutely. All right, good luck. Well, y'all, we did end up with some fish. They ain't the biggest in the world, and there ain't too many of them. I mean, the optimal would have been 12 inches, about five, but we got four that are 10 to 11 inches. And I haven't gotten any picks yet y'all. It's, it's so frustrating. So for tonight, these little crappies are going to be dinner, a small crappie. I mean, besides a walleye. That's about as pure, pure delectable meat as you're going to get out of fresh water. Flaky little nugs. Got our fish on ice. We're going to cook those up tonight. I think we're going to make some golden crisps, which I haven't done in a long time. So stay tuned for that. But first, we still haven't got a pick yet. Still haven't got a pick of a pick. I got a couple of deers, but no picks. It's just what I am hunting for down here on this public land. So something happened with one of my cameras, wasn't taking photos, which I was pretty excited about because it was an area that was just a lot of cons starting to fall. So I'm going to see what's going on with that camera or just replace it, put another one up there and just look and see if we got any new activity in the woods. Cause I want to try to, to hunt that this week. So let's head on out there and let's see if there's any pigs. They're starting to munch on the things falling out of the trees. Starting to get into some pecan trees or squirrels everywhere. That's a good sign. They're doing their nut collections. These big old pecans still got about a mile walk to, to where my camera is though. So part of the lot of calories. All right. So this is where I'm wanting to hunt. It's real close to a creek bed. We're looking at fresh sign right now. Pig snorting, snooting. And this one isn't even a hickory tree. For worms or something like that. There's some more right here. It's a good like soft sandy soil right here. So I just put a camera up. Kind of amongst a couple of hickory trees. And that's what they're trying to get at. Most of them are this color right here. Fresh. This came across some blood on the trail. Definitely blood right here. It's pretty interesting right there. I couldn't pick the blood up anywhere else. It was just kind of in that one spot. If I had more time, I would go. I looked a little more, but you know what? It's golden crispy time, y'all. We've burned some calories. It's time to replenish. Coming back to the woods and my darling's making golden crispies. Just started without me. I just couldn't wait. My tummy was grumbling. You had to have the golden. Well, what'd you do? Tell us what you did. Well, actually I thought you had them downstairs. I went around the entire house looking for them and realized that you did exactly what you were supposed to do and put them in the fridge. You saw me. I know. I did. My mind. My mind too. It's going crazy. My mind too right now. I'm a hobo hunter. Two kids going wild right now. We're getting a little crazy in here. We're got parent brain. We finally found them. So I did two different things. Dry batted? Dry batted. I didn't put any sauce or anything on top of it. So that's what these three of them are. And the second one, I did a little bit of this garlic sauce. I think I've done it before. Ooh, I don't recall that. Okay. I don't know if we've ever tried it, but it's time to put it in. Cornmeal flour combo. Homemade recipe. Love to see it. You tell me, is that ready? These three were in first. These are starting to get a little brown on there. Those were with the sauce. How long were we talking? These were probably in for five minutes. Five minutes? Okay. Give them a flip. Let me see a flip. They have all been flipped. They have all been flipped, okay. I mean, those are small, so they're probably done. Take them out. Who's ready to go shopping? You ready to go shopping? H-E-B. Wish we had an H-E-B right here. I see they're starting to break, so maybe. I feel like we haven't had a Golden Crispy in this house in quite a while. We did a lot of baits, blackenings, sauteing, a lot of that. Can you present that plate over here, please? When I filleted these, they just seemed extra tender. I don't know what it is. Maybe they're getting out of that summer tough mode. Those are flaky. Those are so good. I think I nailed it. You look good. I think I nailed it with the... I don't know which one I had. I don't know if I had the garlic. I think I had the garlic right here, because I kind of have a tint of it. Where is it, this one? Uh-huh. That's exciting. Oh, that one pops. That one's a little different. Oh, okay. Wow, the flake. Oh, man. You think the first one wasn't the garlic? There's only three of them that don't have the garlic. It's hard to tell. And I think it was actually these three that don't have the garlic. Or maybe... Whatever that seasoning combo is, it's light. It's like verily salty, which I love. And it's got this just nice, upbeat flakiness to it. I love it. That is a really good golden crispy. Man, I might have to fight you for these. Super light. Now you're breaking out the secrets. No, I didn't know if you wanted me to share the secret. We use that Cosmo SPG all the time. This is similar. The reason we started using this was a lot of the Traeger seasonings have sugar in them and they do not do well with fish. This one didn't. And it does okay. And it's a little more fine ground than the Cosmo SPG. No, there's not sugar. Oh, you're right. Okay. That's why I think it doesn't stick. Yeah, it does better. And then I also added a little bit more pepper. Golden crispies with OSG, yeah. Golden crispies rock the house. I feel better about life right now. Feel better about my hobo hunting situation. We're gonna feed these chickens probably their last meal. Their last, last meal before heading to the table, heading to the cutting board, all of these roosters. Enjoy it. Enjoy. Oh, look at them, they're just, oh yeah. I'm just using so much more feed now that I have to feed these roosters. Now that they're all big, look at this gnarly guy. Okay, we're doing one more thing in today's vlog. So I gotta go, I gotta dump the fishes. All right, I always like to put them back into the lake because catfish come and eat them and all that stuff. Gotta keep that cycle going. We gotta keep that aquatic meat processing plant in action. So got me a, got me a fish right here. I'm gonna take these, I'm gonna ride them on down to the lake. And I'm also gonna take my binoculars and I'm going to try to look for pigs, pigs that are down on the beach, like where I harvested one already. Multitasking opportunities. Piggies on the prowl. It's early too. Sun's not even close to going down. Target acquired. I've seen them down there. Some juicy ones. This is what I wanna use, really bad. I'm ready to christen this thing. Working on it all spring off the knuckle. Thank you for tuning in to today's harvest log, I guess we'll call it. Chickens, you're lucky. You got one more day. It was a little tosy today. I'm waiting for it to get just tad bit cooler. Y'all, I really do relish the harvest this time of year. Just being able to put food on the table. It just makes me feel good as a dad. And if you've never done it before, simply going out, getting a fish, putting it on the table, it's pretty satisfying. Something primordial about it. I've actually got something coming up for you guys. It's different. I've never uploaded a video like this. I had so much extra footage from Colorado. Just behind the scenes stuff and just amazing scenic shots. I decided to put it all together and make it a like ASMR behind the scenes vlog. I don't even know what you call it. It's my first video I'm ever gonna upload in 4K as well. So if you wanna put it on the big screen, sit back and enjoy it this weekend. Stay tuned for that. And stay tuned for all the outdoor adventures coming your way here this fall. I will see you guys back in the outdoors very soon on the next one.