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  1. I have yet to hunt the Island this year, but I picked up a ton while bird hunting in Stewart this year. I spray my clothes, so I don't ever worry about them, but the one time I forgot to spray my dog, I pulled 25 off of her. Seems about average for ticks down here this year though

  2. Got back at 2am from my brothers wedding last night, so I knew going deer hunting today wasn't in the cards. Felt bad for the dog since she was alone for like 16 hours last night, so I took her out bird hunting again. She did great with pointing the first bird and I did a bad job shooting again. I did hit it and it went down, but it ran when it hit the ground. She did a great job tracking it down...but the retrieve on pheasant is something we'll have to work on. The second bird I actually saw flush wild about 70 yards away when we crested the hill in the field. It flew into a dried up creek bed, so I went to the other side and pushed it back to the field edge. Wind switched when I got back in the field, so the dog had no way of finding it, but this time she flushed in range and I shot it.

    I really need to get into the deer woods. This weekend is looking pretty shitty though

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  3. Went out for birds this morning and came back empty handed. Dog tracked one for 60 yards and then slammed on a beautiful point. The hen was 30 yards away when I went in to flush it, but I only winged it. Dog tried hard to find it in the woods, but she couldnt. She either found it and didnt want to retrieve, or just plain old lost the scent. She doesn't like retrieving male pheasant because they spur her, but the hens are fine

    She pointed one more in the woods, but crept too much and busted the bird while I was still 60 yards out. Never saw it, but heard the rooster cackle as it flew. She pointed a couple other times, but the birds must have ran on her.

    Cant wait to get out for deer though. Weather is kind of crappy the next week or so, but ill be taking a couple days off around the first weekend of November to Focus on deer. First time I've ever waited so long to get out in the woods for deer

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  4. Got out today and was able to get my limit of pheasant. Took me a while to find them, but I limited out with in 10 min once I did. I checked out a tip I was given about a woodcock spot, and put up a woodcock as I was leaving. I gave it a half-harted shot, but I missed. Wasn't really hunting it, just went to look, but now I'm confident in that spot when the migration is on. I was hoping to run into a Turkey, but no such luck there either. Still a great day to get out and watch the dog point a bird

    Ill try to get out on last time for birds before making the full switch to deer. Still haven't gotten out for deer yet, but ill be leaving work early on Wednesday to get out in the stand. No its time to focus on deer for a month before switching back to birds.

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  5. Just got back from a week of Grouse and woodcock hunting in Maine. Group of 8 of us went up and even though the numbers were apparently way down, we managed to scrounge up 20 grouse between all of us. I was able to get 5 myself, but should have gotten at least a few more. Those guys are so much fun to hunt, but really hard to hit. It was my first time grouse hunting, but I'm hooked! Here are some pics of a few of the birds.

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  6. 4 hours ago, BowmanMike said:

    I think you are correct,but I would imagine if you grew up hunting the European way you wouldn't know any different and be fine with it. I wasn't into hunting growing up in Germany,which I wish I had been,but that is in the past. 

    I 100% agree that the availability of game and accessibility to it is unmatched here and it is awesome to be a hunter in the U.S.

    Its pretty much everything about it. The access to public lands that we can hunt, the abundant game, the hunters rights that we have. In most of northern Europe, you have to pass a litany of tests to hunt, some places require the hunters to own a recovery dog, paying the govt for a plot of land to manage (that can get taken away) and the pay to play thing. Its not a good system. 

    Southern Europe is different. Where my family's is from, you just need to buy a hunting license and there's plenty of govt land to hunt. However there are no deer left and now there's only wolves, jackels, pigs and birds. Laws are in place for seasons and bag limits, but no one ever listens to them. I wouldn't trade what we have here for anything in the world.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Otto said:

    I have a tree that has purple figs. It is from a cutting of a tree my grandfather had in his greenhouse. My tree is loaded this year!
    I've love to have one of the green figs. Are they as sweet as the purple? Any way I could get a cutting?


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    So what you guys cant tell is I actually have 4 types of figs in this pic. Ill cut them open tonight so you can see some of the differences. As far as sweetness, it all depends on time of the year. I'm not sure if you get a late spring batch of figs (usually around mid-late June), but the purple is usually sweeter around that time. However in late summer the green fig is actually much sweeter. Of the 3 verities of green fig, two have a red center like the picture and one actually has a yellow center. The yellow centered fig actually has a much calmer sweetness. It reminds me of honey actually. You're more than welcome to have as many cuttings as you want. I don't prune until April so you'd have to wait until then. We can discuss the logistics when the time comes. 

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  8. How do you control the ants? Our neighbor had a beautiful fig tee and would give us bowlfuls but they were often loaded with ants especially when they were perfectly ripe of course


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    There’s ways to help stop ants from getting in the trees, but the effectiveness depends on a number of factors. Best bet is to put the figs in the fridge and cutting them open before you eat them. The cold will make the ant go dormant and you can pick it out. Sometimes I don’t even look and just eat it. I’ve eaten worse than a few ants in my life


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  9. 16 minutes ago, BizCT said:


    Wow. What do you do with them all?


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    We eat as much as we can (you cant eat as many as you think you can), give away to the people I like and then we make jam out of the rest. This is only the beginning, ill have probably 10 times this 

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