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I seen a big buck in my yard, last evening. He doesn't seem to mind it.

Not to rain on anyone's parade; Past generation farmers use to say, if you see one rat, you have ten.

Don't poison the rat . It could die in the house or under the deck and then it will stink as it decays . also , if the cats decide to feast on it , they might be poisoned .

Well the trap isn’t working too well

I rutted up some areas of my property with tractor. My Farmer was going to mix up plantings in the fields this year. Talked to him 2 days ago and decided just to go with corn in all of them. Said the weather was to shitty this spring to change things up.

try mixing corn meal and baking soda...they eat it and die

In our old house, we had a rat from hell. Chewed holes in between cabinets in a island and chewed the drain tube for the washer. The water on the floor was how I found the holes from cabinet to cabinet. Traps set upstairs and in the basement. No luck. Few weeks later, dishwasher wouldn't work. Prick chewed wires. Added hardware cloth under and throughout the entire dishwasher. Still couldn't catch the bastard. I was home during a rainy day, and heard him in the dog food bag. Set up with the pellet gun, and a hr later I had my chance and missed. Left one chewed hole under the cabinets open open, and left a trap there, finally after almost a month of trying to kill this thing, he messed up and the trap got him. Called him Rat bastard. Thing had a PHD in pissing me off. But I won't the war.

I have a rat I’ve seen go under my deck a couple times Set a snap trap and between feral cats and skunks I Can’t catch the rat Tried live trap too ,,, nothing I have my pellet gun loaded but he doesn’t stay in one place long enough I think it’s time for poison

I’m hoping to get half of my sweetcorn planted on the last day of May. I’ll try and get all of my fieldcorn planted thru June, and the other half of my sweetcorn in around July 1. It’s been a long tube since we had this wet of a spring.

Same here and I agree with everything you said Doc, the weather this spring really stinks! Al

We are only a couple weeks from June, and the next week looks like some kind of rain everyday with highs in the 50's. I've got standing water in 4 spots on the lawn where I cannot take my zero-turn mower without getting stuck. Of course the grass loves it and is getting close to a foot high. The lawn looks like crap. And usually we have the garden in by now, but right now it is a mud-pit. With rain every day and night it is never going to dry out. And with temps staying below 60 degrees, the soil temp is not going to allow anything to germinate anyway. I have experienced this once before and almost all of the seed rotted because of the cold and rain. There I feel better now having got that all off my chest.....Ha-ha-ha-ha. Anybody else finding this weather to be challenging?

Bees have settled in. Carrying pollen into their new home, this morning.

With some affordable 1280 resolution thermal scopes becoming available I decided to liquidate some optics and purchase one if the price was right. Got a NocPix Ace S60R a few weeks ago and mounted it on the Barra .177 PCP rifle to get acquainted with it hunting mus around the abode. Holy freaking awesome Batman. SJC

Looking for advice on lanyard beads for knives. I’m building out a few paracord lanyards for both fixed blades and folders, and I want beads that add function—not just flash. I’ve seen all kinds: titanium, brass, wood, micarta… even skull-shaped ones. Do any of these actually help with grip or retrieval, or is it mostly about looks? I’m not opposed to spending a little more if it’s high quality, but I don’t want to overpay for hype. Any recommendations on materials that hold up well to outdoor use or EDC abuse? Thanks

I think that is not the right deer. These two are correct.

That is pretty cool. Never seen one.