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This camera has only been up a few days. Good to see a decent buck in this spot already. Usually don't see good bucks on this part of the property till October.

My fishing partner got a nice one. 24lb 11oz I got a small king and a decent brown. Charter out of Oswego Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

South shore bluefish. This spot has been crazy productive for me and a few other members!! Who else wants to hit the surf Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It was a wonderful A day at West Point Saturday. We were able to spend the evening with my Daughter and most of today. We chilled out in the hotel room and she took out all the letters and cards. You guys were the best! The cards you sent what you wrote to her was amazing! I love you all for what you did for my Daughter. She was just dropped off at Post getting ready for classes tomorrow. Good Karma came back to me this month and you were all a great part of it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Burt

My partners cell cam. I haven't been up there in over a week. Got alot of catching up to do. Starting to finally feel better though.

Last and biggest plot in. Worked out perfectly. The farmer cut the area Fri and got done bailing it about 8pm last night. So we dug it up as best we can and planted. The forecast is for showers the next 4 days so hoping it takes. Now we are done til labor day weekend and will get the last 3 stands shooting lanes cleared and trail cams all out with fresh batteries and cards. And am whipped and time for breakfast. Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Breakfast on the stone Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My first trail cam pic of the season. Got the pic less than 12 hrs after hanging the camera.

https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-makes-moves-in-anticipation-of-new-nys-gun-laws-as-legal-challenge-looms/article_ad5a5846-19ba-11ed-9af1-23406d45751a.html Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Im only counting 29 !

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-County-legislature-passes-gun-warning-bill-17361645.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headlines&utm_campaign=tu_dailyheadlines&sid=593182583f92a45314a76f37 The article states “The Albany County Legislature passed a law Monday evening requiring gun stores in the county to display notices warning about the connection between having a firearm in a home and an increased chance of suicide and domestic violence.” Another useless sign with the same effectiveness as the famous GUN FREE ZONE sign. What about the “connection” that the majority of people violence is related to the distribution, sale and use of illegal drugs? What about the “connection” that suicide is a serious mental health issue? What about the “connection” between domestic violence and the violent crimes of assault, battery, illegal drugs and rape usually involved with domestic violence? Apparently the anti-gun politicians are unable or unwilling to really make us safer due to their inability to make the real “connection” with people violence and the root causes of violent behavior.

So went driving and saw an absolute beast of a buck caught it walking away at 80yrds. Put up my Binos on him and watched him for awhile. I don’t remember the last time I saw a buck that big. 18-20” wide g2s 8-10” kickers at the base coke can bases just a beast. Also found 2 other shooters in that area I didn’t know existed. So I’m ready for the chess match this fall. Sorry for crappy photo.

Just before dusk last night, I heard my hens start freaking out. I grabbed the gun and ran out there, thinking we had a fox or something in the run. Strange because it was still light out. Not even time to lock them away for the night yet. Turned out to be a huge male opossum. He had grabbed one of the girls in the coop somehow, and was trying to drag her away. I ended his career quickly. Chicken seems to be ok. She had a few cuts, but she's ok this morning. I had no idea they were predators. I knew they went after the chicken feed and the eggs, but I thought that was it. A full grown chicken is not a small target. Anyone ever seen one kill something?

Chipmunk on a deers back .

Just made some garlic jalapeño pickles myself. I usually handle spicy very well but jalapeños are so hot this year I started to sweat just cutting up two yesterday.

Stuffed peppers for dinner tonight . First batch of garlic dills are done . Garlic jalapeños up next.

No but the opossum I took care of was eating all my green tomatoes.

Great night for a fire. Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk

@Biz and myself never take ours down......as long as they survive the winter your good to go. Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk

Did you clean the guns? Is the Ruger sold? How is the odor in the pick up bed? Sure, put the blind up.

25 yrds

Beautiful photo. valoroutdoors.com

Squirrel ? Chipmunk ? or Deer ?

I've run cameras back to back . Amazing what walks behind your camera when you think nothing is there... Nice buck!

DEER!

I personally don't partake in the jalapeños. Thay are for the boys. Never warmed up to jalapeños as I find them very bitter. Hungarian hot wax are more to my liking. I don't grow hot peppers any more. Just the wife and I in the house now. The jalapeños are from my uncles garden . Swapped garlic for the peppers. My pickles are a cold pack . Grandmother's recipe. She called them sun dills. We add a couple wild grape leaves for crispness and of course dill sprigs .

Never to early as long as it holds up to weather and any hurricanes coming...

I identified the source of the limited damage that I have been seeing in my 2 acre RR corn plot this morning, on my way back to check the dog-proof trap, that I set in it a week ago. There was a bachelor group of (3) bucks back there. The largest one, on the far right in the picture, looked like a 2.4 yr old 8-point. He was standing next to the ditch, a 1.4 yr old 4 or 6-point was about half way between him and the corn, and another 1.4 year old was deep in the corn, when I first drove up in the Durango. Most of the corn in this plot is fairly well developed, but still has a way to go, before it reaches the “full-dent” stage. I have never seen deer damage in field corn this early in the season. I am guessing that the drought has dried up most of their preferred food sources. This plot is a hybrid seed that sets deep roots and it is relatively weed free, making it extremely drought resistant. Unlike my early sweetcorn, which really suffered from the drought and was finished off by the coons, while I was away on summer vacation. Deer are very efficient users of corn. Even so, if they keep up the pressure on this small plot, then it is unlikely that it will last until January 1 as I had hoped that it would. Part of the problem is that there is very little corn around close by this year. Usually there is hundreds of acres within a few miles. High fertilizer, fuel, and seed prices took a huge bite out of that this spring. The larger buck would be a “shooter” for me, starting the last two weeks of archery - peak rut / crossbow time. Hopefully, I can take out a couple of mature does with my shotgun between September 10 and 18. That will help, but I still doubt there will be any corn left back there by the start of ML season, in December. There were also some turkeys out in the adjacent hay field, when I drove back there this morning. Turkeys don’t bother field corn at all, as long as the coons don’t first nock it down for them. I am staying well ahead of that issue, with my sweetcorn, traps, .22, and shovel.

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I had mice in my lawn mower and also my ATV . They chewed some wires in the ATV . I save the 18 oz. PB jars . I drilled several holes in a couple and put moth balls in each one . One goes under the hood of the mower . Another goes under the seat of the ATV near the battery and wires . So far , so good . I have caught mice , moles , shrews , chipmunks and even slugs in the traps . Sometimes nothing and the PB is gone . A few traps have come up missing so something has carried some off . Now I stake them so they don't go missing .

I work a panama schedule so I can take 2 days off and it means a week off. Ive strategically submitted leave in a way that I only work 17 days from Oct 1-Nov 30. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you have a boat, I'd highly recommend going into the estuary and casting crankbaits for salmon. It's much more fun getting them to crush a thunderstick than snagging them in the river surrounded by 100 people. You won't "hook up" as many times as in the river, but you're looking for the aggressive fish that snap at baits. If you've ever pike/muskie fished then imagine a fish 3 times the size smashing a plug. I started out in the river but haven't fished it in 3 years now, the people and the snagging aren't fun to me. I'll resume the river fishing in November when the steelhead are in and the people are out. If you want specifics on where/what to use let me know. Sent from my moto g fast using Tapatalk

We did a charter. What a blast. Everyone got a lobster too we checked pots at end of trip. 400 pollock the boat caught. Cooked everything st the rental we got.

Yard to table Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Venny cutlets on the stone Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

overachiever lol!

Vacation in Maine for the week. Caught it on a spinner bait. No idea what I'm doing haha