Water Rat

I'd drop him like a bad habit.

All you have to do is stir it around occasionally with a clean plastic toy shovel. After the sun bakes it , just store it in a cool dry place. I forgot to mention not to let any human sweat fall into your dirt while making it. It'll be contaminated . Good luck trappers !

Next step is to fill containers about 2" deep and cover with the lid. Let the sun bake it for a couple of hours. You'll see the wax starting to melt into the dirt.

Then simply add 3 cups of flake wax to 1 gallon of sifted dry dirt and mix it well.

Then spread it out on a piece of black plastic and let the sun dry the dirt out completely.

It'll look like this when your done sifting it.

Just spent the last couple of days making freeze proof dirt , in the hope I can do a little land trapping this winter. There's a few different ways to make it and since I haven't made it in years , I decided to modify it a little bit. The weather has been perfect for it and it's pretty easy to do. Here's how I did it : Start with a few clean buckets of plain dirt. Try to avoid sandy or loamy soil , as this soaks up too much of the flake wax. Just good ole' dirt works best. Then run it thru a sifter to remove any large sticks , rocks etc... I did mine over a clear Tupperware tote container. Use rubber gloves if you need to handle the material.

Steak , baked potato and corn on the cobb.

I'd be stoked too...................hope you get em.

That's pretty impressive Tughill Tamer.........especially in this day and age. Congrats to both of you.

Just saw he died of liver cancer last week. He was known for his knife making skills and working with Eustace Conway in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

I know they gotta eat , but I found myself rooting for the elephant.

High fence hunting ?

Never had a problem with my 2007 Tundra. I've got over 70,000 miles on it but now the heat shields are rattling loose. Sounds like Hell.

Turn em up !