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With the leaves and fauna growing rapidly the mus have plenty of places to hide now, but this one chose the wrong spot to take a break. SJC

Still no news on Full Inclusion ? I haven't seen or heard anything on this .

I wish I would have grafted some of the old time apple trees like Spies ,Cortland, Greenings, Baldwin, and Red Delicious onto these new fangled trees, they call apples, now adays. Apples have lost their flavor, for the most part. I don't enjoy eating local grown ones. I also think, they have priced themselves way out of the market. I know costs are way up, but when does an item get to be not worth the money to purchase?

Interesting, yes. I thought I missed cause he was right over a rock wall and all I had was his head, so I ran over to check cause another bird was comin hard, carried him back pulled decoys and sat down, the other bird came out 5 mins later. I hunted all morning sat, struck up 8 gobblers, 2 came in and different times, saw the Jake decoy and bolted. Gonna bring a youth hunter to that spot Sunday,

This is looking like it’s going to be a tough year for apple tree pollination. We used to have quite a few Cortlands, in an orchard my grandfather had planted on our farm right after WW 2, but they’re all gone now. I’m not even sure what kind of apples the two trees I have now are, but at least one of them (that I bought from tractor supply) is a later ripening variety and not as tasty. I think I got the other one from Walmart, and it finally produced its first apples last season. I trimmed both of them early this spring and they were both loaded with blossoms. I’ve never sprayed either of them, but I planned to this year, after the blossoms are gone. I probably will spray them, at least up to “June drop”, anyhow, since I’ve already bought the spray. If all the apples on them drop off, I’ll stop. They both look pretty good and should soon be getting into the prime years of production. Quite a few years ago, when our kids were still young, my wife coaxed me into killing all the honey bees, that had made a hive in an old whiskey barrel, that was outside next to the barn. We still had a few Cortlands then and they produced much better on the year those bees moved in. There was quite a drop off the year after she got me to kill those bees. I’ve got neighbors with hives on both sides of me now, so if the weather would just cooperate a little, we should be able to get at least some halfway decent production from those new trees. I’ve never eaten an apple from either one of them (just took a bite or two from the buggy ones that were never sprayed from the first one). The deer definitely seem to like them though. Unfortunately, they are right next to the road. A nice buck got killed by a car and laid right under one in the morning a few years ago. I didn’t see it in the dark and someone stopped and cut off its rack while I was at work that day. Not sure how big the rack was but looked to be at least a 3.5 year old, based on the size of the body.

Coming off a long, hard winter, with the honey bee population already suffering huge losses, this freaking rain is making beekeeping life miserable. Urghh! The efforts I put into getting my 4 hives through winter beat the odds, and resulted in all 4 making it in great shape. But the success has had its drawbacks. I am now feeding a greatly expanding population of bees because they cannot fly out in the rain and cold to forage for themselves. It also keeps virgin queens from being able to complete their mating flights. There is so much more to beekeeping than sticking a box of bees in the backyard and sitting back and enjoy seeing them out there. With that said, as strange as it may sound, even with the expense, work, stress, and worry, I’m glad I got into this. If I have any regret, it would bee (pun intended) I didn’t start many years ago.

Can't see picts? You get him?

Hmmmmm .... I thought we were talking about Politicians here ! LOL

Years ago, when town dumps were common I would hunt rats on them, night hunting was always the best. Once it got dark out they would be out in good numbers crawling around through the garbage. I would use my car's headlights to spot and pick them off. Al

Hit the sun roof by mistake.

Snowed in!

I overslept my alarm clock this am, got in my pa bling at 6:05, immediately heard a gobble, they were in the woods avoiding the field. Dead at 6:15 lol. Had another come in right after.

This guy has been hanging around my food plot all week. Shows up at all different times. I'll hunt him Sunday and Monday. This is a hen in second picture correct?

Looks like The Boys are sticking together ..

I believe the same. I also think the food sources are more plentiful during a good rain, out in the open. Especially in open areas on sod where worms and grubs come to the surface. A smorgasbord of good eating. In late July through September, the turkey walk my second cutting hay fields in search of grasshoppers which are plentiful.

Some good birds on the farm. Although there are 2 less today.