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There’s a road killed doe about a mile up the road. We have a local eagle population that spend their time along the Cohocton River down the hill and I know of an active nest overlooking the river. I got these pics of them hanging around feeding on the carcass yesterday afternoon. Based on the feather color pattern and the sizes being the same, I believe the darker headed ones are golden eagles and not juvenile bald eagles. The pic of the golden in flight was the largest bird in the group. If that’s all correct, there were three bald eagles and four golden eagles in the area. I see baldies occasionally, but always single ones prior. And I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a golden for sure before this. I was able to creep up in the truck to within 100-ish yards and got these shots standing on the running boards. I did try to sneak up closer on foot, but that’s when they took flight.

What a beautiful night. 50 degrees, no wind, a decent bottle of red.

Well…now that we closed on our 150 acres where we are going to build our house, I need a tractor for land work…cleanup and maintenance. Going to buy the Mahindra 2660 with loader and 72 inch brush hog. Will buy a grapple bucket separately. Going brand new. I don’t want someone else’s headache. The dealer is 1.5 miles down the road. May pull the trigger Friday afternoon. I can’t rely on others and my wife and I are caged animals ready to play. We did a lot with just my side by side last summer but we need more.

Pounded them today, didn't even have live bait. We also boated a 6.4 lb largie! Sent from my moto g fast using Tapatalk

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Got a nice brown, and my buddy got this 26" hen. He's getting a reproduction made.

R1 tires are the way to go, unless you will be operating on pavement most of the time. R4 tires, that come on about 90 % of compact tractors, are far less effective on soft ground, mud, or snow.

After a nice long 0.2 mile walk i stumbled across these matches side by side.. lol. I could see them at the bottom of one of my late season plots. This deer didnt show much at all during fall, until late season, he was here nearly every day bulking back. Might make the hit list this year!

Signs of spring at the ranch. Venison burgers on the grill and the fish cleaning station is now open for business. Next weekend thinking test run on the lake. Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Most likely an immature Bald eagle. Here is a closer pic of one I took last summer . I watched them grow up all summer so I'm sure he was a young bald eagle.lol

It’s be neat to stick a camera over there for some more pics.

You mean like religion?

Originally I was getting the 2638 HST. My buddy who is a lifetime farmer went and looked at them for me and thought I should go bigger. So instead of 38 HP HST he recommends the 60 HP with shuttle. I went back and looked at them last night. He is probably right. For 5-6G over a lifetime I don’t want to regret going too small. Open cab for me. I don’t want to tear up a can in the woods and I like bring aware of my surroundings. I can get a soft cab for winter if I really need it.

Your fly is down. You’re gonna get another two week break! [emoji1787] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Friday not too far from the TZ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very cool. A little two person "hot pot" we discovered and a bottle of whisky I left for the next person.

Accumulating injures are the price we pay for the thrill of not having sat around on our asses. Mark Rippetoe

I'm more concerned with all the crimes Biden is guilty of.

#47 & 48 My cousin killed this buck last gun season. He made a heck of a jump.

Only one to go till I hit my goal of 50 for the season...

Tilapia

I just put my cams back out to see whats available in my local spot. I watched 5 turkeys cross the gas line, too far to identify. Theres usually a tom or two here. Ill do some listening in a couple weeks

And of all places you find it over dirt.. one of the last places one would look for an antler that falls off in winter. lol. Almost as frustrating as Turkeys can be!

I had a great time last Sunday and shot quite well. I am very happy with my new bow. I may go to the cassety Hollow shoot this Sunday, not 100%. The streams are starting to look good as well.

Sometimes you walk 20 miles for 1 shed and then find 4 in one small spot. Keep grinding.

Either day is fine......I should be home by 5pm. Text me to remind me later in the day. Consider these SOLD.

I would focus on those bubble lines. And maybe tie another nymph on and then some type of indicator which would allow you get a more natural drift once mended.

Daughter #2 in Iceland , no fishing …lol don’t eat the “ smoked meat .”

A true never injury will take 1 year or more to improve/resolve; and some never "heal".

Ok, two hours into today’s walk ,found my first . That’s 8 hours total walking , I’m way below normal .

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Did some public land grinding. #13, @67 miles for the year. Yesterday I Did 6 miles+ and got a pretty dandy one. Exciting that I can hunt this deer also. Time in the woods now is so key. You can see all of the sign and really cover ground before it gets super thick. Headed to some more public today, hanging cams and looking for birds.

Near the Cattaraugus State Forest

Dosage of Gabapentin was reduced because of that issue. I'm on 60 mlg of Duloxetine. Seems to be working. You must be the resident Neurologist!!!! lol thanks for the info.

cheapest way and easy to do is to buy nuts and start your own trees plenty on you tube on it did it a few years back started with maybe a dozen trees got about 6 growing good now others that did not make it were were bad locations

I'm making it a point to fish three days a week[minimum] until ice comes back.I'm determined to catch a rainbow,brown and a bigger brook trout on a fly.Then i'll move on to warm water species.

You wouldn't think you could catch decent fish using such Small Bait ! LOL

Little black stone fly . They are smaller like a size 16. Adults get bigger as they mature. Skitter a black cricket when they are on the water laying . Bottom 2 on left are reasonable imitations depending on size.

I just don't want to leave this hanging with no update. So this happened last June it's almost a year. Have seen many Doctors but none of them really could nail it down. After the 6-7 month I started feeling better. Just got back to work 2 months ago and working out. I did start jogging again but much less. I feel like in the end nerve damage takes a long time to heel. Gabapentin really helped. My Neurologist was also wonderful. My move to the cabin full time is August. Last year at this time I never thought it would happen. Time heels all wounds.

Going to grind 90% of the first shooter that walks past next season......my Dad no longer can use the excuse of letting them walk when I have 2 growing boys in the house to feed. Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk

We did that as we were creating a food plot instead of a garden. I've watched rabbits and deer walk around it multiple times looking for a way in. we enclose everything in wire cages, young fruit trees, willows, etc... anything they can reach. An elderly lady once said to me "They only eat what you pay for".

I'm in! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Tough conditions this afternoon, especially for looking in the timber. Stumbled on to a little oldie...#46 down...4 more until I can call it a season.

Shed #14,15 mile #73... pretty lucky this year.

I had a 35mm camera I used to take hunting photos with about a decade ago that still had undeveloped film in it. I found this in the photos that came back from the developer. I took this cat at least 10 years ago. It went a little over 40 pounds.