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Attachments for my MF 1835M
airedale replied to First-light's topic in Land Management, Food Plots and QDM
Judging from your pictures I think a york rake would get the ground half way decent along with a little hand shoveling and raking. I use a box blade on the back of my tractor to do my 800 ft dirt-gravel driveway, it does a great job taking out and leveling ruts. Kind of expensive to purchase for just one small job. Al -
Thanks for the tips, I plan on loading 180 gr Hornady XTPs, I have had such good luck with them in other handguns, rifles and muzzleloaders that they are my go to bullets. I see that Blue Dot gives the best performance, but it is pretty hard to come by these days. I have on hand both Unique and Universal, both give pretty much the same ballistics with moderate velocities so that is what I will start out with. I will be posting a review on the Girsan. Al
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Back in the 80s I subscribed to most of the popular Gun Rags, Guns And Ammo was one of my favorites and Jeff Cooper's column was read every month. Jeff was a big proponent of the Scout style rifle and also the 10mm cartridge along with the Bren 10 pistol that fired it. Jeff's writing had me hooked on the Bren 10 and I came within an eyelash of getting one but before I bought, reports of chinks in the Bren 10s armor started to come forward so I held off hoping for the problems to be ironed out. Well that never happened and the company that made that pistol folded because of bad press. So in recent years there has been a resurgence of sort with the 10mm cartridge with several manufacturers putting out guns. I was real interested in the Ruger 1911 and the Remington 1911 Hunter 6 inch barrel. But again I held off due to problems in both pistols and right now neither are being made as far as I know and the old stock is selling for twice the retail. Anyhow I again started researching what is available for a decent price and also getting good reviews from folks that purchased them. The one pistol that has been getting rave review is the Turkish made Girsan 1911, the hunter model with all the bells and whistles for a very good selling price. So I bit and bought one with the cerakote finish. I just got my 10mm loading dies, brass and bullets so ammo is on the way and I will be wringing this baby out soon. Below is the old Bren 10 pistol that started the 10 mm ball rolling, Miami Vice's Sonny Crockett's handgun of choice.
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Rainy days, my least favorite weather to hunt in, that being said some of my most productive hunts were on rainy days. Many of the reasons mentioned above had a lot to do with my success I think. Al
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The Chicken hatching is over, I am a bit disappointed and was hoping for a higher percentage hatch rate but things turned out pretty much with the expected 50%. Shipped hatching eggs just have a high rate of failure and especially so with any that are shipped long distances, the postal service does not treat them with kid gloves, it is a wonder that any hatch. So I ended up with 29 assorted chicks. I am using mother hen brooding plates instead of a heat lamp, it is much safer and uses only 25 watts, I have it up high on one end and low on the other, the chicks can move anywhere underneath and find their own comfort zone. They are coming along good and they will be moving down to the barn shortly. Next up about mid week are the Turkeys, they take about a week longer than chickens to incubate, an assortment of wild stuff, supposed to be some Osceolas, Rio Grands and Easterns, will be interesting to see what happens, they came from Ohio so if fertile there might be a good hatch percentage as they did not travel real far. Al
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Congratulations, admittedly I know not much about crossbows but from what was written in the review it looks to be a really nice setup. Try her out when you get the time and give us your own review. Al
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Good Luck Al
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What came to my mind viewing that photo was "Varmint Hunter", not much love for suppressors myself, cosmetic thing, more about ruining the look of a rifle's lines, remind me in looks of the old poly chokes they once mounted on shotgun barrels. That being said I probably down through the years would have been much better off with suppressors on some of my firearms with the amount of shooting I have done as I do not hear to well these days. Al
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Way to go and congrats, nice photo WWJD Al
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Just a couple of more eggs to hatch, real good percentage on these Asils, 11 out of 12. The adult Rooster is an example of how these guys will look when full grown. Al
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Man the power has gone out here three times in the last two weeks having to get out the generator for power and making me paranoid to go anywhere. In the home stretch now, the eggs will be going into what is called the lockdown stage. The automatic egg turners are shut off and the humidity cranked up to 70% and the incubator is not opened until the hatching is over. The first batch are Asil eggs, they are pipping now and should be all hatched out on Tuesday by the end of the day. On day 20, the chick pierces the membrane into the air chamber. The chick breathes air for the first time, and you may hear the chick peeping inside the egg. This is called pipping. On the 21st day, the chick begins to break out of the shell. Indian Asils are probably the toughest chickens alive pound for pound. The next large hatch of eggs in a different incubator will start sometime toward the end of the week. They are all gamefowl of some type except for 6 Jersy Giant eggs. It will not be until the middle of next week the Turkey eggs and Goose eggs start hatching. Al
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Way to go Charlie, congratulations. I went out and poked around in the rain this morning, saw three Deer, One Squirrel and two Turkey hens, no Toms were seen or gobbling heard. Wore the new Frogg Togg suit and it kept me dry. Al
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When I was a young fellow I would hunt in any kind of weather and it did not bother me much, today I am pretty much a fair weather boy when it comes to hunting especially in downpours. Now that being said, having to do farm chores every day there are times like today when I have no choice and am out there getting them done in a downpour. I have some pretty fair rain gear that does what it is supposed to do but it is heavy and made from some type of rubber that when temps are hot you will sweat bullets wearing it. Last fall I decided to try a suit of light weight Frogg Toggs for when the weather got milder, got the Real Tree All Sport rain suit and today I put it to the test for a couple of hours in pouring rain doing my chores. I really like this suit especially it's light weight and roomy fit that does not constrict movement at all. When all said and done my clothes underneath were totally dry, it worked great. How long it will hold up under hard use I can not say so time will tell. The camo looks good and if I have a mind to go for a Turkey hunt sometime this rainy week I would have no problem wearing it. All and all a thumbs up. Al
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They will come out of the woods and hang in open areas when it rains hard, the noise of the rain and windy conditions work against their senses for spotting or hearing danger. Out in the open I believe they feel more comfortable. Al
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Some nice Toms and quite a feat, I am impressed, congratulations. Al
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What was found about hatchery raised birds be they Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail etc. that they missed learning from experienced wild mother hens basic critical survival skills. Finding food and avoiding and evading predatory birds and varmints is learned from mother hens, without that training they are easy pickings and do not last long in the wild. The catch and release program worked great, the wild birds propagated and the population basically exploded. Some of the very first wild caught birds were released just a couple of miles away from where I live and I got to see their numbers take off first hand. There was no hunting season for a few years and another big factor was a huge booming fur market especially for the demand of nest raiding type varmints like Coons, Fox, Possums and Skunks, their pelts were all worth big time money and trapping and hunting was going strong. Then add in the Raccoon rabies which affects all the above animals, as someone that hunted those animals I can say their populations went way down which in turn was favorable for the Turkeys, it was the perfect storm. Al
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A tip on incubators for anyone looking to give this a try. As always you will get what you pay for, a top notch incubator will regulate temperatures and humidity and will give much better hatching percentages with all else being equal. A good incubator will have a small fan to circulate the air keeping the temperatures even throughout with no cool spots. You also want an automatic egg turner that turns the eggs on regular intervals. An accurate thermometer and also an accurate way to keep track of humidity which is important especially in the last three day lock down period. I use the little incu-therm models shown below, they have worked well for me so far. Size is also something to consider, large eggs from Geese, Ducks and Turkeys require a bit more room inside and headspace for the little ones when they hatch. The big white Hova-Bator pictured above is great for large eggs. Al
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Congratulations, an accomplishment for sure of goals held by serious Turkey hunters. I love the look of the Merriams with those white tipped feathers. Al
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More Iowa Barn Burners, those folks have told me they have huge Coon populations. Al
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Took another walk back to this same spot talked about above and saw 5 Turkeys, 3 Hens and 2 Jakes, looks like the LC Smith double may see some action. Al
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I would have loved to have a rig like that back years ago in my Rat hunting days at local town dumps that were crawling with them. I used my car lights and a 22 rifle shooting shorts, after the shot the Rats would duck and cover, turn the lights off and within a couple of minutes they were back out grubbing through the garbage. It was a blast. Al
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You are pretty much on the money as far as pressing the muzzle to the head, I have had quite a bit of experience shooting Rat shot out of revolvers, both 357 and 44mag, the shot is small and the patterns are good for only a few feet. There are revolvers that can fire 410 shells and Thompson Center made a 410 barrel for it's Contenders, I suppose with TSS - Heavy shot it would be possible at short range to kill a Turkey but a lousy choice in my opinion, maybe in a survival situation but for sport hunting a solid no for me. Like you I did not know a handgun was legal for Turkeys????? Al
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Last fall while Deer hunting I found a group of mast trees that were untouched by the Gypsy Moth blight that hit this area, these trees, Beech and Oak had a decent production of mast and getting hit hard by both Deer and Turkeys. I checked it out a couple of days ago and when walking in I spotted a parade of eight or nine Turkeys moving up the side of a hill away from me, they had been in that mast grove and had the ground tore up scratching out mast. With my binoculars could make out at least two Jakes and a boss Tom so I am encouraged. There is an ideal spot where I can setup behind a big old tree trunk smack in the middle of that feeding area. So if I decide to get my ass out and hunt I am thinking if I have an opportunity I would kill a Jake over the one boss Tom I saw and leave him for breeding purposes. If I happen see more than one mature Tom in that flock I would take one if a shot presented itself. Al