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Guys from this forum, not all that far from me. At least I'm thinking it could be so. I'm the only one that talks about brush pile fences often....and I see two different properties with new brush pile fencing started. Took back roads home from errands today just to get a different view on a beautiful sunny day. When I spotted them... Looks like they'll work fine as a view blocker...lol The deer were really out moving last night and today...tracks everywhere and a few road dead...They know there is a change in the air.

B.S. chicken breasts dredged in ranch dressing and sprinkled lightly with shaved Swiss. Tossed salad,baked potato, beets,Brussels.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/travel/finger-lakes-craft-beer.html?_r=0 https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/exploring-new-yorks-finger-lakes-beer-trail

https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2016/11/cbs-hunted-premiere-date/ http://deadline.com/2015/09/hunted-cbs-reality-series-manhunt-1201561107/

Do you have wild turkeys? put out a pile near a field...you should see a dusting bowl in no time. PS.... great little gifts...if you have kids in any girl/boy scout..4H or in need of fund raising ideas...good thing for kids to make as x-mas gifts that come straight from them not just Mom and Dad funded...lots of ideas...soaked in scented oils and hung in cloth bags in closets...car mirror...under kitchen counter,bathrooms...

If you read, read the WHOLE thing...it has to compost first...I have a 10ton dump truck load of pine chips and needle that I have been composting for 2 years now...they will go around the blue berry bushes this spring...the pile is now 1/3 the size it was... http://www.gardensalive.com/product/what-can-you-do-with-sawdust/you_bet_your_garden

Thanks Critter,your right! April 1 I turn 59...As far as I'm concerned, This begins my my 60th year...for it took me a year to say I was actually one..I wasn't 1 the day I was born...lol I could say these things were all due to hunting,but they aren't. I'm an idol hands idol mind phobic I suppose... I think Mr B. bought these lands for me to keep me out of trouble and home...Before we had them I gutted our house....I did the first room and put all the lath and plaster in the middle of the room, took down the wet blanket around the door and cleaned up. I was feeding our first child when he came home and I said...I have a surprise for you up stairs( daughter was sleeping in the downstairs cradle as I worked,2 mos old.) Well I can't type what he said to my surprise....Then as the kids grew I had 3 jobs and a business... So all this...may actually be HIS therapy...

Yes, I just periodically trim that pine down...though when the leaf cover is gone...Go figure...I was sitting some where else.

BTW when painting a blind...I stand back and squat or sit down to get a deer's perspective while looking up. In most cases they are seeing a light grey or blue back ground with overlaying blacks browns and shades of green...thus my lighter color choices...If you look at this following picture...can you see the blind well? Yet I have a perfect view from it.

I received my Walnut creek seed order today...Well packed and correct weight...So happy about that. The box they sent it in could have gotten another 5#'s in it I think..good to know.

You'll notice the back wall has no windows framed or cut...Had to wait to see how it would line up to the ash tree limbs I did that last...that trees spits 3 ways 2 well away from the blind and one right up to it...that gets cut this spring then I will bring the tractor in and lift the front of the blind and put a better front leg "foundation" in...I waited to do this and anchored the blind to the tree as well as used limited braces. This is due to my never sinking legs...They can get you(town) on something this big once actually sunk into the ground. All of mine are "freestanding" thus not permanent structures. Anyways I knew there would be sink-age due to weight I will level this spring and then finish the rest of the bracing It is strapped, nailed and chained to the trunk of that tree.

rubber roofing over the card board

You could go with that and a cheaper climbing bean. I was really impressed with how well the iron clay grew in the hemp last year..plenty tall enough as screening and they bedded in it and left several trails through it...The seed is about the same in size so planting at the same time isn't a problem. Or go with a bag of sunflower seed from TFS...When planting sunflowers I use that...it goes on sale in the spring and germinates pretty well...if the birds don't find it first....the sorghum will protect it....a little.

I had the pictures on here but.removed them during a particularly nasty time here...I am not sure they are still on the computer or a zip...will look later...very simple though...individual walls I built and sided and painted. Then screwed together to check fit. disassembled and the tricky part was hauling them down to the built tower platform on a very small wagon. I then lifted each section up using straps and my own strength and screwed them together, then to the deck. I did need help from Mr B to haul the roof into place...the front wall is 8ft tall and I could not do that alone...Everything else was just me, So obviously not that difficult. When siding each wall section start at bottom and work up so the top pieces over lap bottom seams. All were painted and cured with 3 coats of a high grade house paint I found on sale long roofing nails and good staples used as connectors and gorilla or an out side grade tape for seams before painting...roof...cardboard with a single piece of roofing rubber nailed to frame like a picture canvas. entire frame is 2x2 with the base being PT 2x2 I cut from 2x4's. with such lite materials used...you have no need for a heavy frame...then again the wooden blind is also 2x2 framing...

My eyes may be wrong, but that looks like plain old grain sorghum...I have grown it and it does grow well and tall. Though getting it that tall will require some $$ in fertilizer. The animals will eat on it. The squirrels and raccoon will bend it over for the grain and they are right...careful on stand thickness,for too thick = slim stems and lodging in winds and snow. Look at pricing of regular grain sorghum and growth heights they differ . It may end up much cheaper.

first thought on reading this...Wow untapped bow hunting potential?!!! the next... Did you tap on the birds on plane link below that article...very cool

I got up at 4:30am and put a chicken carcass in to make broth..cooled skimmed fat then made chicken noodle soup. Carrots, beans, corn, peppers, onions, chopped collard greens, portabella, garlic, poultry seasoning, celery seed, Amish egg noodles.

Thanks.......... All the big blinds have coolers 1-2 swivel, armed office chairs and carpeted...I have a folding cot in one and I have the big buddy heater...We are set to go when the weather is nasty...

River is our grandson...I built the blind for him. When he is old enough he can come out with his old grandma and sit a spell...Though 30 yards away the neighbors springs open up right in front of the blind...I have a fence separating the properties keeps everyone happy..or should,keeps me happy. I do have sections I open during bow season and during the week in gun, so the deer can pass back and forth easier...Did that after the monster buck couldn't jump the fence last bow season and I had to watch him walk away....I watched him for a longggggg time.. shear will alone, should have lifted him over that fence. This buck(pic) jumped it the first year I had that blind up ...he dropped in my woods behind the blind. Just a baby compared to the double drop tine... I am very pleased with the cardboard blinds...the first one is going on 7 years..though will need it's first repairs this spring...mice had a hay day on it last year and I want to redo the camo tarp cover I put over it...the roof ,I do not understand...still doesn't leak ..but pressing the luck on that..So some cardboard patches and a new roof and 20 dollars in tarps to put on....It should be good for another 7 years..if a tree doesn't fall on it.....one huge branch broke a railing off the deck. Snowing like mad here...my 1 mile walk was a bit of a chore...the snow is wet and very heavy..I shoveled to the mail box...by the time I returned home ...1 in. had filled in where I shoveled.

I thought of you guys when I pulled this picture...the time stamp is AM...now That would have made for nice night time hunting.....

I also took some of the snow and Angel.......the last pic of Angel,(head in snow) was after I jumped and said peek-a- Boo, taught her that as a pup...:

Checked out the cardboard blind(Rivers Blind) ...We've had some wicked winds, rain,snow...it's in fine shape in the last stretch of it's second winter need more mice poison but that's all the blinds...checked the other wooden one with card board doors...great pic...I lost it down loading from the new phone...Ha never mind I just found it.

Dogs can get cataracts...sometimes they can lead to blindness,sometimes not. Most times treatable and some times with needed surgery. Age,heredity,diabetes or even drug interactions can cause them.

See the things one finds out when asking a simple question...Lol Thanks for answering Nicky,now I understand.

Out of likes...just awesome...