Chris,
I'm already planning on making breakfast but I certainly don't mind help! I'm gonna buy a whole ham for Christmas and cook it in my smoker so I'll have plenty of leftovers I expect. I'm also gonna bring my two burner propane stove and I've got a farm disc/wok too. Also some cutting boards and knives. We can chop taters on the spot. Your extra stove will certainly help if we're gonna make some taters and coffee. There is a charcoal grill there too. I'm thinking maybe a wood "campfire" in the grill would be nice to warm up around. We did that once before. The group has grown nicely eh? Gonna be a serious feed!
Do any of you guys have one of them monster campfire coffee pots? I've got a 10 cup but when ya start filling mugs on a cold morning, ya don't get that many fill ups. We'll drain one pot before everyone gets a first fill up. It would be nice to have a larger one or a second one. I might bring my coleman stove just for coffee pots. Two normal size ones would fit nicely.
I'll bring ham, some home made salsa (pico de gallo) and some fresh ground coffee. A couple frying pans, some oil, onions and seasoning for the taters
We'll also need....
Firewood
Tortillas (about 4 dozen)
Water (about two or three gallons)
Eggs (two or three dozen maybe more)
Styrofoam cups
Paper plates
A roll of paper towels
Cheese (colby jack is good)
Somethin' sweet like donuts or danish
Sugar and creamer
Plastic spoons and forks
We need to keep a runnig tally of what anyone wants to bring. Anything left over, I'll try to make up myself.
Also, I'm really struggling with the logistics of getting guys set up for deer early and doing breakfast and a bunny hunt. Work hasn't permitted me to do much deer hunting this year so I haven't been around all the areas I normally hunt. I wanted to have exact stands picked for everyone who wants to hunt deer and be able to take them in early but with just me, I don't see how I can get multiple guys set up in stands that may be on different sides of the river early before we start the bunny hunt.
I'm thinking maybe we should all get there reasonably early and meet at the archery range for breakfast. Lets say 7:00am? I've got a big aerial photo of Platte Falls and there should be map pamphlets at the parking lot and what I can do is point the deer hunters to likely spots and let them get set up on their own or they could tag along with the rest of us and when we get in a spot where we might be able to push deer, we can do simple posting of standers before we start. Like we did last year when we pushed out the place between the river and the levee and had standers at the pinch point. Then, as the day goes on, the serious deer hunters can move in to areas that could be good for an afternoon to evening sit.
Anyone who wants to set up before daylight, I'll do my best to get you information ahead of time on good places to go. We might even be able to get on the phone and computer together at the same time and pull up mapquest and then I can direct you to pretty specific areas to set up. Just be warned, some of the places I have in mind are a pretty good hike from the parking lots but that's part of what makes them good eh?
I figure we're all pretty seasoned hunters and if I get you close, you can pick a tree eh? Many of you will likely pick a better spot than I would anyhow... There ain't but one mounted head on my wall and it's a gun kill.
:rolleyes:
So, anyone who wants to be in a stand before daylight, call me ahead of time and we'll make plans. My cell is 816-582-4003. This weekend in the evening will be a good time. Might give some of you time to run up early and scout out the areas I have in mind.
Topic: Kansas City area trad hunt? (Read 1812 times)
