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i do which is why i mentioned going for companies that have been around that won't go belly up. these have been odd times right now though if you're in individual stocks and not funds or at least larger cap stuff.

still waiting on getting mine back from someone i promised to give business to. if i tag one this year i'd make the drive and pay. lol i might have to shoot two because @518BowSlayer needs some more mounts under his belt. sent my cousin to him but yotes screwed that up.

negative IMO. some stocks haven't had much correction and who knows where things will happen. if you're long term and into something that's been doing well then sure buy that. other stuff has been a toss up. time to buy was when everything was locked down during covid around 2018-2019. i was ass-ential with a pay check still coming and wished i bought more.

i sharpen everything that i take out of the box/package; fixed, mechanicals, cut on contact, replacement blades, etc. more often it's just stropping on leather with micro polish. definitely makes them sharper which only helps them cut what you stick. i've made different jigs/wedges but it's easier just to get stay sharp ones i've figure out (one of the only things i've learned from ranch fairy folks). 1000/6000 grit double sided wetstone and leather strop with ?2 micron? purple polish. pretty much what i've settled on that works pretty good. if i chip an edge pretty bad i try to replace the blade if i can. single piece cut on contact heads i'll then take a smith hand held diamond plate tool to knock things down more because i'm doing all sides regardless if not all are chipped. otherwise i 1000 grit wetstone takes too long.

if I remember I've got a similar photo, but it's with one of the neighbors dogs running a doe! i remember one season some unknown irresponsible owners let their dogs run loose. They ran deer out from under me at a handful of times that season. At least if it was a yote i could've fixed the situation. I tried to call them over one time but they were too wound up chasing deer.

my parent's bought and flipped foreclosures or estates upgrading and getting close to the water each time. this was before the crazy shift in flood insurance increases in costs and requirements several years ago. they're in a neighborhood with zoning for particular things but pretty sure no HOA. Their house is in a canal neighborhood but there's one of the places right on the Gulf that overlooks a shallow bay. social hub too as everyone there that's heading out to sea idles by in the channel. big area of decorative stone pavers or otherwise crushed limestone all out back so there's really hardly anything for grass. housing went up but definitely money to be made. there house, so they can go down whenever they want. we're heading down for spring break when the kids are out of school.

Definitely makes sense. My Kentucky mountain buck from last season was barely a 9pt into the 130s. Yours is really close to mine Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

climate change and global warming discussion wasn't really on the rails here anyway but i'll give my 2 cents. Right in Al Gore's days of hitting his stride with it I was in college at SUNY Buffalo. He assembled a massive presentation with scientific charts, etc with the help of climate experts. We sat through it which was over a couple hours and even had Q&A. I didn't feel any information he presented was false the least bit. it was very well put together in white paper like form. being an engineering student here's where i feel his overall pitch of why fell apart. all the compiled data is a sliver in earths history which in terms of climate has been recorded as having a cyclical change with exceptions being the front end of "ice ages" that nature seems to use as a correction tool. what he was doing was in essence trying to use one day of trading to project futures in the stock market. i do agree that we as a civilization here on earth need to take steps to prevent pollution and be more clean. even participated in a collegiate competition with a portion of the teams diving into "zero-emission" electric snowmobiles for research use in say the polar regions where IC engine exhaust would effect research testing. I strongly feel society is being led down an unfeasible path with EV's and other green energy plans that consume massive amounts of resources before and after to implement that make them not so green. covid lock down may have gone over like a fart in the wind for prevention but one thing it did do was clean up the environment for that short duration of time. we need to stifle our materistic needs and consume less trivial shit to produce less waste. be smart about using things like AC, heat, and minimizing driving/burning of fossil fuels. that'll do more.

my parents where just out in the boat in florida gulf beached on a sand bar with other boats, bikinis, and brew. had their asses in beach chairs sitting in 85+ degree water. sounds like you have a geographical dilemma despite vacation homes are sold every day. lol

harmless unless you're allergic. you'd see them around and a bee keeper will often come remove them for free to get the queen, bees, and honeycomb.

it'd be probably fine if you could remove it, otherwise it seems like a horrible idea to me.

Congrats @First-lightI don't have a lot of experience with the under 50hp tractors. that said shifting and transmissions are all over the place in operation and function now. Our new holland workmasters, big JD 4WD, and 90hp Kubota loader, to the little old Kubota B7200 4WD. The shuttle with gears is very user friendly and quick with a loader. It's what's on our M9000 Kubota. it should serve you well. that said nobody's mentioned quick detach bucket. hard to tell from pics if you've got them? a nice feature to have. when planting and doing other work it lets you see out in front of you. pallet forks and other stuff can be picked up after the fact from about anywhere.

Congrats @First-lightI don't have a lot of experience with the under 50hp tractors. that said shifting and transmissions are all over the place in operation and function now. Our new holland workmasters, big JD 4WD, and 90hp Kubota loader, to the little old Kubota B7200 4WD. The shuttle with gears is very user friendly and quick with a loader. It's what's on our M9000 Kubota. it should serve you well. that said nobody's mentioned quick detach bucket. hard to tell from pics if you've got them? a nice feature to have. when planting and doing other work it lets you see out in front of you. pallet forks and other stuff can be picked up after the fact from about anywhere.

yea we don't mind the wait. normally we have a really good idea of exact age or a specific direction older or younger by a year. not much for surprises that we didn't already to some extent expect to see for results. it's really invaluable to back check what we're doing though. plus to me the confidence letter grade related to how good the sample tooth/teeth were is important. rare occasion bucks come back for different reasons with a poor letter grade so you know the CA lab results wouldn't then be what trumps all other info you have to go by.

Not a pumpkin person. Wife is and I've had a lot of pumpkin beers. many don't live up to any hype. This one though is pumpkin pie slammed into a bottle. It was good. - Dan Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

Got the same fry cutter. Works great but takes longer to clean it than actually cutting taters into fries. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

A shop is never going to be able to dedicate the time you can into micro tuning your bow and then keeping it there. I agree with equipment listed. Especially the arrow saw and squaring tool is important. I use insert weights so i have the long wrenches that side down the arrow shaft from the nock end. The drawboard you picked up super important that many people skip. Omp versa cradle is awesome. I love mine. Best of luck tinkering to the point you go four steps forward and three steps back. lol Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

i went places with my old Honda Ridgeline and those tires that no ahole should've gone in the snowy muddy winter conditions. i had a family farm and a reason to hunt up on the mountain though. thank god for the button that turned off traction control or it would've never let them eat and i would gotten stuck just by the system killing power to the wheels alone.

they'll be a little noisy compared to all seasons. most of the time i've had on allseasons but when i did go AT tire i went with Cooper or Hancook. both had awesome grip when it was sloppy and me driving where i shouldn't have been. also wear and driving was good as most miles were 50 miles round trip to work mostly on thruway and highways.

i was just up in Maine and multiple times if there was a situation guides went back to get a hand cannon of a 44mag. fight or flight a 357 wasn't enough. they die pretty easy when shot by a hunter usually... so i'm told. lol

Awesome. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

with covid they were backed up this past year or two. typically send them in before february and get them back in april before turkey season. it was into june with covid and a back log they had. cost varies and i'm not sure. with shipping and everything it's usually around $20 per deer but we're sending in dozens of teeth. $75 minimum fee that covers up to 4 deer. $15 per deer after. extra fee if you have them pull teeth, etc. same lab NY DEC and other state agencies use. i do like that they give you a letter grade based on confidence and the sample quality. i don't think deerage does that. we get an excel spreadsheet. if few enough animals you'll get a print out summary. https://matsonslab.com/ ...edit that plastic bag makes me cringe with what i've dealt with. let them air dry and then you're mailing them in individual paper envelopes and then a larger one. plastic makes this stuff stink and rot. jawbones even rolled up in grocery bags left at our qdm check station make for an adventure that sucks.

bummer about the weather but good the day wasn't burned with potentially little action. one of the best slabs of meat i ever ate was a slab of bluefin tuna belly my buddy caught and gave to me. i separated into 4 very large pieces. i tried it smoked, grilled, light sear, raw, etc and it was awesome. it had the marbling of the best wagyu beef that melted in your mouth like butter.

that was smart. we send in both left and right center incisors in case the root on one of them gets damaged. we're sending them into Matson Lab though.

old chain and bar on a saw score each stump good for surface area and then let nature take it's course. that's what I did with some. skid steer with mulcher or something else is going to a PITA to get up there.