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Here she is fellas all clean for now, traded in my smaller 9 yr old Massey for this larger framed, larger tires, more HP Massey Ferguson. Nice feature is that the newer Masseys now use skid steer attachments so bucket, plows and other front end attachments are interchangle with the likes of skid steer, bobcat etc. Shes much bigger then my prior massey so the bucket needs to be stored separately as the tractor wont fit in the shed with it on. I havent mowed with it yet but i assume visibility without the bucket out front is much better. And if needed it only takes a few minutes to get the bucket hooked up. Hoping to use her next season to change up some of my food plots.

I think I am ready

This is in Chautauqua county, give me your guesses on size I have two of these cheap Stealth cams, this one was out there since mid November and took pics all winter and spring and still has battery life! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Homemade zucchini parmesan. And croghan bolonga. It was great.

Beef shank with the best wine sauce you've ever had with pablano pepper, shallot, celery, and secret herbs. Served with mashed potatoes.

Had a smoked ham steak with roasted garlic and Italian seasoned taters and some sweet corn. No plate pic. Trying desperately to empty the freezer prior to this fall but it's full of pig, deer, and turkey. Still working through vac packed garden veggies from last summer too. Garden starting to produce now too. Horrible problem to have I know. I buried a rubbermaid tote with some of the thick cut smoked bacon at the bottom as a constellation prize. lol Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Checked trail cameras today. Got another tree toad on the camera. It didn't move when I changed the card. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Small pork tenderloin stuffed with spinach and fresh garlic, garlic-parm rice. Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

Steak, baked beans, roasted red peppers, home grown cukes, first local farmers corn of the year sauteed with some homegrown yellow squash. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I’m in ! And Moog’s post and deer is void as the rules clearly state, the card must be a WHITE sheet of paper . Ha , got a lawyer on a technicality !

Hoppy Wheat Ale after mowing beer before I fired up the grill for dinner. Then switched to voodoo ranger. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

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We just harvested our garlic, which we split 50/50 with friends of ours. There are about 350 bulbs. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

You guys laugh, but I know of a guy that actually does this. He takes at least 1 deer a season right from his hot tub.

PYGMY PHONE HOME.....

used to stop and get that when trout fishing as a kid with my Dad. Damn good stuff. Lunch of croghan bologna cheese and crackers and mustard on a trout stream. We fished the oswegotchie and the moose rivers for trout , used to be some nice ones in there .

Being overrun with squash and zucchini. Canned 6 quarts of fill pickles with whole garlic included.also pics of more zucchini and squash 8 zucchini picked today and 6 yellow squash after canning 6 quarts yesturday. First green beans from the garden included.

Smoked salmon dip. Treeguy special. Dang good Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Totally forgot this thread was here when I made my post this morning. Sorry about that. Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

Being a time traveler, I will post the first entry. Put me down for 19pts.

Just got back from the cabin and I find this on one of my cameras!!!!! Too funny! looks like ET!

Personally this looks to me like it can turn into some trouble and ill feelings, from the hired hand's perspective you have already caused him lose one of his hunting spots, granted he should not have been there without having permission. So the farm hand has to retreat to his employer's land where he does have permission and has to hunt there only. Now you are wanting to leave the spot he had to leave and move in on the spot he has left, I would not think he will be too happy about it, something his employer will have to think about if they want to keep their help happy as farm hands these days do not grow on trees. This is the kind of stuff I would avoid like the plague!

I would ask permission and see what happens. It doesnt make you look greedy, it makes you look like a guy that wants to do things the right way. The farm hand doesnt own the property, so there is no reason to ask him/her for any type of permission unless the landowner says that you need to. I would not say anything negative about the farm hand to the landowner, and would not mention his stand that was on the land he didnt have permission to be on. Just take the high road. Good luck, the worst they can say is no.

Another expellant sable taken last week on his 80th birthday what a gift

you just need to tag out in a day or two to cut expenses

Let it rain baby! Just started up again.

I think that would have to be one of those things that just has to be done because it can be done. Like why not!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We had a bit of a hodge podge John. I used Frigid Forage big n beasty blend with some whitetail institute clover at my place. In mendon, we used the same blend that Phade bought last year at tractor supply (don't recall name but it worked great). He was able to grab 2 more bags this year plus what I had left of the frigid forage. Now just hoping for some more rain.

I would have liked to have held off for 10 day more days or so but I had the tractor when I had it and rain was coming so I planted this last weekend. Hopefully is works out. The mix sounds close to what you are using John.

Picked up my 2017 buck this week from S&S in Springville and could not be happier with the results! Those guys do great work! Just thought I would share, it is my biggest buck to date with a 24” spread. . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This little guy took a selfie

I dont think it bothers a deer so much in the middle of winter when food is scarce, but if i was competing with neighbors I would try not to plant much earlier than need to. As bulbs grow bigger they become less palatable, vs younger baseball sized bulbs. Again, in the middle of winter and with no other bulb plots around you probably dont have an issue. On my end, I compete with many neighbors who plant bulb/winter plots as well. I try to keep my bulb planting dates around the 1st of August in Central Steuben county. I seeded mine Friday 7/20 this year because i wont have the time around the first of the month. They were also calling for rain this weekend and I wanted to make sure i had bulbs with an earlier planting vs the chance of no bulbs with a later planting. My winter plots this year are PTT, GHR, Rutabaga and Kale. Most Turnips need around 60 days to mature. some more, some less. But having to be planted in middle of summer when most places are dry. If you are within the end July Early august time frame when rain is near... plant on. Rain is more important than timing sometimes

Grilled steaks, hobo taters on the grill, and steamed corn. Used a little rosemary on the taters and steak along with my usual spices. Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

Smoked chicken and Mac salad.

Took my son to papas pond, where I learned to fish. We caught a pile. My son kept asking if there were kings in the pond though.... Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Plot tilled, fertilizer spread, seed spread, compacted a bit. And it started rainIng as I was driving home. Good timing.

I'm just semi retired...I start my new job on Monday! Got hired at The Home Depot for overnight merchandising team. Looking forward to it big time. Haven't had any income for 8 weeks. Got denied by PA unemployment for technical reasons. Hired an Amish dude to help me get the roof on the addition yesterday and will get the sheeting on the sides today. Will have the metal roofing on in a couple weeks when I start making $, for now it will be tar paper and a tarp. I may even get windows in today! Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk

Thx. Really is therapeutic. I have a feeling you know where im coming from. Im sure you have very fond memories.

Maybe just maybe this hired hand could use someone to help him... Might be the start of a new friendship... Which works out for you...

From the pics it also looks like it will handle those side hills really well too. Just kidding. Congrats on the new tractor.

Thx and shes a smooth rider, easy on the butt...lol

see them from mine every.morning..

Sitting on the deck with a bms, life is good. Great Smoky Mtns. in back ground.

Spraying is all done. Put a heavy coat of gly and 2-4D down this afternoon. I’m gonna let it set for 2 weeks and then get the seed in the ground. Stopped at Turners yesterday and picked up fertilizer, winter rye, Ladino clover, rape, purple top turnips and Daikon radish. I also ended up with an extra 30lbs of Ladino clover seed that my buddy had left over from last year, so I’m going to seed all of my trails with that as well. When I do the tilling, my buddy offered to let me use his tiller, so I’m going to try that and see how it goes. Hopefully there won’t be too many rocks down there. I do T want to spend the day replacing shear pins lol.

If you reload or know someone who does, use a bullet puller to make the round inert. Spray the inside of the cartridge with WD40 to soak the primer. You can use the powder, as fertilizer for your garden! Toss the rest in the trash or recycle bin.

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He certainly didn't support "Limited" 2nd Amendment rights either. He said the right could be regulated, but on a very limited basis that conforms to the individual liberties the founders intended. He was not a supporter of bans on handguns, concealed carry, ANY semi-auto firearm or ANY large capacity magazines. No right is unlimited. But no right is currently more restricted then those defined by the 2nd Amendment. Scalia was very much opposed to the majority of those restrictions. About the only restrictions he ever verbalized supporting, were on true military only type weapons, such as full auto and explosive devices. Even those he felt should only require a permit to possess.

We do a 50x50 mixed with pork round and venison. We did 70 lb. and it came out good to our liking. Going to try a brat mixture this year.