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in reply to: What ya got goin? #33954

ROFL No Dave isn’t that bad. The problem is what happens when the lawn mower hits the turkey poop. They are also getting into his veggie garden.

Problem is solved. While helping Farmer Jim load pumpkins onto his truck this morning, I told him about the turkey problem. He said “Yeah, they are getting into my gardens too. Ripping apart the nets over my berries (It IS Hunt Road Berry Farm), and messing up the vegetables.”

“I can contact the state and get a permit so you can take them out.”

Since Audrey isn’t big on cooking wild turkey, I asked Jim if he wanted the turkeys. He was thrilled. Nice to give back to those who are willing to share with you.

Right now Arwen is helping Jim at the farmers market down on the town common.

😀 😀 😀

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #24425

TURKEYS

I mentioned in a previous post that I saw a flock of 14 turkeys. Well, it was a miss count. The flock is 16 turkeys, and I have seen them every time I go to Farmer Jim’s. Farmer Dave (next door to Farmer Jim) has asked me to shoot them (he was thinking all of them) as they invade his yard every morning, then asked how many I CAN shoot. I had to tell him I have a tag for ONE. But that isn’t the problem. The problem is that they are always in a flock. All bunched up beak to tail, wing to wing, like a school of fish. Yes, they bump into each other and occasionally fight about it. As we all know a 35# bow can send an arrow completely through a deer. Now since I shoot a 50# bow, I’m wondering how many turkeys my arrow will pass through if I try to shoot ONE in the flock.

The next obvious question is what will happen if I end up killing 2, 3, or even 4 turkeys?

Do they put you in jail?

Take away your bow (or just the arrows)?

Fine you (my granddaughter would starve)?

I asked my boss (no, he isn’t a lawyer – an optometrist) and he suggested I bring along a shovel.

On the other hand, I have been buying fishing/hunting licenses (sometimes in 4 states in one year) for half a century, and NO ONE has ever asked to see either a fishing or hunting license…

All answers will be confidential, of course.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #35756

Thanks Mike, but I’m counting on a strawberry rhubarb pie.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #23213

25 days… Deer season, oh, and my birthday.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #13036

26 days.

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in reply to: Warm September #52586

Back in the 80s, we could predict the number of rain days each month. That went out the window in the 90s. Not saying there were more rain days, just less predictability.

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in reply to: ARE YOU READY? #32468

Sorry, I had pic problems…

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in reply to: ARE YOU READY? #32295

Here I am trucking along a deer trail with my hunting bag (its not a purse).

It measures 14″ wide, 10″ high, and 5″ deep. has a strap which I lift over my head, then tighten up so I can slip the bag around back (like a Currier bag). I can loosen the strap, swing it around to my side and take out almost anything (unlike a pack where you have to take it off to get at anything). It has 3 front pockets under the flap that contain camera, doe pee, and GPS. The one side pocket has the binoculars. Inside is MY chair (I do have to take it off to get that out), and all of the little stuff that I can not survive without. That includes:

Wet Wipes in case I have a messy diaper.

Folding saw in case I have to saw off the bars of some jail.

Garden snips to make trails thru the brier patches. Brier patches around here evolved from the rose bushes planted by original settlers in the 1660s. They don’t actually blossom, but propagate via underground runners. Do the math, they haven’t been trimmed for a VERY long time.

Sqirt bottle of talk to check wind direction.

A head light in case I get distracted and have to go home after dark.

A space blanket in case it is Halloween, and I want to be a reflective ghost.

A knife (use your imagination).

Parachute cord in case I have to hang a horse thief.

Extra SD cards and batteries for the trail cams.

I’m wearing:

A camo face mask so I won’t be recognized.

Camo gloves.

Arm guard, and finger tab.

The bag is made out of the nylon they make soft sided luggage out of. You can buy it from AHH.com or take apart an old suitcase. It has a strap of 1″ nylon strapping with a ladder lock buckle, so I can make it larger/shorter. You could also reuse the strap from whatever. Surprisingly you can sew the stuff with a normal sewing machine, up to about 4 layers.

Sure you have questions, let me know, I can take more pics, etc. Sorry I didn’t take pics while making it.

Sure you

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #31937

Checked trail cams yesterday. One had 41 poses of one eight point buck at 1:30 AM. I’m not showing them here Ms. Robin would object. Some of the pics were beyond suggestive. I’m thinking he wants me to post them on the Deer Dating site. The rut has begun.

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in reply to: Full moon #22247

Deer do not howl at the moon, that is R2,

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #17895

Was it you I heard howling at the moon last night?

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #56492

YES!!!! Bears are legal, lots of them around, but hard to predict where and when. This is in an area where I have seen lots of bear sign, but not seen a bear. Can sit in one stand with a good chance of seeing either. 😀 The tension will be terrible. Every time an acorn falls I’ll be thinking “Bear or deer?”

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #44999

Trail cam pic. Also have a pic of a bear, from the same location.

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in reply to: Posting Pictures in the Forums #44971

Test pic

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #34409

Looking like a full dress rehearsal….

Audrey liked the pic too.

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