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  1. 45 minutes ago, Moho81 said:

    Back in again. Feels like one of those pointless mornings for some reason. I’ll stick it out just in case it’s not.


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    I had that same feeling last season, late start getting out, jumped two deer on the way in, bad wind and had to move to a different stand.

    20 minutes later killed my best buck ever. Stick it out, you never know how quickly things can change.

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  2. 40 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

    Everyone got their......
    Release
    Range finder
    Binos
    Knife
    Broadheads
    Tags
    Toilet paper
    Snacks
    Bow
    Gloves
    Pen
    Seat cushion
    Flashlight



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    I would add a drink and old hand towel to clean up after field dressing that monster buck.

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  3. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get out in the AM but based on the wind and movement that I have been seeing the last week I will be sitting in a small ladder stand on the north side of the property at the edge of my field.

    The PM doe movement seems to be coming from the north woods into my field so I will be trying to intercept them before they get there.

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  4. 4 hours ago, Belo said:

    what's dangerous about it? Do your flashlight batteries shoot sparks out of them or does the lead-acid car battery in your truck shoot out sparks?

    You mean other than the fact that you have a highly flammable gas in an enclosed area with a potential ignition source???

    And yes, there are times when a lead acid car battery puts out a spark. aka ignition source.

  5. 4 hours ago, Belo said:

    what's dangerous about it? Do your flashlight batteries shoot sparks out of them or does the lead-acid car battery in your truck shoot out sparks?

    You mean other than the fact that you have a highly flammable gas in an enclosed area with a potential ignition source???

    And yes, there are times when a lead acid car battery puts out a spark. aka ignition source.

  6. 8 hours ago, wolc123 said:

    No deer seen tonight.  I quit 15 minutes before sunset, because I didn’t feel like dealing with another deer carcass tonight, after staying up till midnight butchering a doe last night.  Also, I have to take an early flight for work in the morning and needed some time to pack for that.

    There was a little mishap on my walk out.  I had to shoot the pellet gun to unload it and a chipmunk showed up at the wrong place and the wrong time.  I wanted to use its tail for making fishing jigs.  

    The .177 pellet looked like it passed thru behind the shoulder and a little high, from about 20 yards away.  That temporarily stunned it.  Right after I took this picture, it awoke suddenly and scampered into the rock wall, never to be seen again.  No tail for me.  
     

    I guess I should have reloaded and stuck my muzzle in its eye looking for a blink like I ALWAYS do with deer when I walk up to them.  I thought I could skip that step with a chipmunk.  D9152656-267B-4CAE-8D3C-0B4C0A168DAF.thumb.jpeg.d3cc74b61c1253daded93af98a67578e.jpeg

    I re-learned the same lesson that a buddy learned when he dropped a small antlered buck with a high back hit at my place a few years ago.  He used his trigger finger to text me that he “had one down”.  Too bad he didn’t use it on his trigger instead.  That buck got up and got away, never to be seen again.  

    I'm in the same boat (or plane) the last thing I needed was to track a deer through the bush all night and then get up at 3am for a flight out of SYR.

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  7. On demand generators typically have very little to no maintenance. Most are set to automatically start up and run once a month on a test cycle. 

    There should be an Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) that senses when commercial power is out. This switch will open the commercial power circuit and close the backup power circuit so you don't backfeed the system and kill a lineman.

    The ATS should have a test sequence to start up the generator and check it.  Otherwise you would have to shut off the main power coming into the house before the ATS.

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  8. I think it is ridiculous that the state allows the sale of (and tax of) mineral blocks but does not allow the use of them. They should either be legal or not.

    I know a few people who use the blocks in the spring and summer, they break them up and mix it with dirt. I don't know if it truly helps build bigger racks but I imagine it helps with the overall health as long as its not spreading disease.

  9. On 9/8/2022 at 6:11 AM, LET EM GROW said:

    The standing natives typically offer cover and food all in one.. IF you brush hog to control it, Id recommend mowing it late winter when the ground is frozen every couple of years.. To control saplings. These fallow fields offer good habitat and some food for wildlife at a cheap price. Not sure how big the field is, but taking a percentage of the field and  carving out a plot in it would probably suit you very well.

    Im going to try an experiment this year on a 3 acre fallow field, Apply Cleth(for grasses) early May and let the broadleafs like ragweed golden rod etc thrive.. Maybe even sow some sanctuary seed blends into them, and add a couple clusters of evergreen for thermal cover.. 

    I have a 1/2 acre plot carve out into it already  

    The field is about 8 acres, mostly goldenrod that grew like wildfire, I would leave it alone until fall but if I didn't brush hog it would start growing sumac. I leased it to a farmer this year so he will be planting it and maintaining it moving forward.

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  10. 10 hours ago, LET EM GROW said:

    Triticale would be better than rye.. and as good as oats or wheat.. Perfect timing. Unless he terminated a great field of cover/natives..  

    I'm honestly not that familiar with the different grains. I had to look up Triticale when he told me. The field did offer good cover but I typically brush hog in the fall to keep it under control and I have to walk right through the middle to get to the woods.

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  11. Well its not going to help this year but the farmer came and brush hogged my fields and will be plowing and planting Triticale as a cover crop until next spring when he puts in the alfalfa and clover.

    We made our fall trip to Ontario Orchards and I picked up 2 Ida Red apple trees and an Arkansas Black to plant back in the woods for my kill orchard. The wife picked up trees for the yard.20220906_142011.thumb.jpg.dcd3329da845ab18edaa906dcebaf793.jpg20220906_142002.thumb.jpg.7489853dec27d561e58b4a562112fa97.jpg

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