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The Tanana will stay open sometimes during the winter. I took a hike down to where the Delta and Tanana merge and checked out how the salmon spawn was doing. Lots of dead ones, but still some that were had some fight left.nice pix! looks like freeze up is bit like that river... just upahead and round the corner!
By the time I got that load off the truck, split and in the shed, it was after dark and the temp had dropped to 2 below.
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I started reloading with a Lee Loader and a hammer when I was around 13yo for my surplus 8mm Mauser, about 1967~68. Wish I could remember what the cost of supplies were back then. A small Ma Pa store within bicycle range would sell me primers and smokeless powder, but one day the gears started turning and he wouldn't sell me any fine black powder. I guess he thought back to his childhood and knew what I had in mind.
I hope you get well soon.
The Beech look pretty but the branch canopy is devastating for other varieties trying to grow around it. The width of the canopy of these trees is enormous. I bet I could grow over a dozen trees in the area of one large Beech tree.
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I get what you are saying, but in my woodlot Beech is scattered all through it, spaced just like all the other large species of trees.
I'm not sure why it's different here?
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100% stock . 250 I6 with a granny 4spd and 4.57 posi rear . Truck will pull stumps all day long . Top speed , 60 mph and screamingi was wondering how your truck was going? after that DIY paint job! i got a lil chevy 6 i built... i won't go into all the details, but will comment: it has a full length crank oil scraper in it... and the piston come above the block's eck!
truck looks great! nice colors, stock i am guessing.
You need a winch and archCut the logs into 8' lengths and loaded them up. Let me tell you loading 8' logs by yourself is murder.
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Those Clip arts get me every time
Yes sir! Craft paper and duct tapehi Bf- in chekcing ur wood pile, i did not see one stix out of place! i like those T-post ends. i got similar for my pecan. moved the rack so did some prep work to the rust in the slide on ends. rust converter. that went well.
wondering - how do u put up all that meat? wrap it in freezer paper? i thawed out some venison pan sausage today for dinner tonite. i wondered if it would be bit flat. it was some of the best meat i have ever eated! very tasty. so tasty... i plan to mis the rest of it with beef burger and make burgers n fries with it. i still have half left of the package... and 2 maybe 3 in the freezer. plan to 50/50 all of it... venison pan sausage, yard egss, warmed over poppers and potato chunk fries!
I don't know either. I know when we had it logged they did not clear cut it. There were lots of smaller (little) trees left behind. It is possible that a lot of them were Beech which gave them an advantage to overtake areas before other growth came in. Once it was logged I left it alone except to mow all the logging road trails. That was my big mistake. Our forester said let it grow up a bit before you go in to thin it out. I should have asked him how many years.
Well there you go… Start a new one in the cooking thread and see if it goes!
That works pretty nifty.
I only use it when I don’t have the FEL with me
Soo. Was at a friend’s cabin this weekend and had a good conversation with a person who has worked in some major zoos. Did you know that zoos in the US have to have a written contingency plan to kill all of their animals in the event that they escape and are not able to be contained. Guess I never thought of that.
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I had previously mentioned this bear attack, but this quote has more details. This is scary, I did not realize the bear wanted to eat the kid, that is far different than an attack for defense.
Quote: "Across the country in Connecticut, a 250-pound black bear mauled a 10-year-old boy playing in his grandparents’ backyard and tried to drag him away before police fatally shot the animal."
When I think of the average police response time, I'm glad that I have guns. This kid is lucky to be alive. I can't imagine watching someone being attacked by a bear and having to wait for a police response! Also, if the police had 9 mm handguns this kid it double lucky!
There is a reason the folks out West often had pit bulls to watch their kids when they were outside, and they often referred to them as "Nanny Dogs"! It is a shame this breed has gotten such a bad reputation because of drug dealers and other unscrupulous folks who have raised them wrong.
Quote: "Across the country in Connecticut, a 250-pound black bear mauled a 10-year-old boy playing in his grandparents’ backyard and tried to drag him away before police fatally shot the animal."
When I think of the average police response time, I'm glad that I have guns. This kid is lucky to be alive. I can't imagine watching someone being attacked by a bear and having to wait for a police response! Also, if the police had 9 mm handguns this kid it double lucky!
There is a reason the folks out West often had pit bulls to watch their kids when they were outside, and they often referred to them as "Nanny Dogs"! It is a shame this breed has gotten such a bad reputation because of drug dealers and other unscrupulous folks who have raised them wrong.
Sierra_rider
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We're starting to have issues with trash bears. We only have black bears here of course, but they are getting bad about nailing trash cans. I keep my trash can pretty clean/not smelly and have only been hit once. With some of my neighbors, it's a monthly occurrence and they still haven't figured it out lol.
The trash bears really don't give a rat's azz about being around people...not afraid at all. I do occasionally run into the more wild bears out in the woods/wilderness and they have a totally different mentality. They are very skittish and you only see the bear for a couple of seconds as it runs from you through the brush. I did have a run in with a bear family while riding my dirtbike. The mom and 1 of the cubs ran away from me as fast as possible. The other cub was very curious and actually approached within probably 30' from me. It took starting my bike back up and creeping towards him before he got out of the trail.
The final type of bear is only one I see when I'm down working in a different part of the state. They usually have a beard, what little clothing they are wearing is rainbow colored, and they are only easy to spot on Big Bear Weekend lol.
The trash bears really don't give a rat's azz about being around people...not afraid at all. I do occasionally run into the more wild bears out in the woods/wilderness and they have a totally different mentality. They are very skittish and you only see the bear for a couple of seconds as it runs from you through the brush. I did have a run in with a bear family while riding my dirtbike. The mom and 1 of the cubs ran away from me as fast as possible. The other cub was very curious and actually approached within probably 30' from me. It took starting my bike back up and creeping towards him before he got out of the trail.
The final type of bear is only one I see when I'm down working in a different part of the state. They usually have a beard, what little clothing they are wearing is rainbow colored, and they are only easy to spot on Big Bear Weekend lol.
I can tell you I would never watch that happen! I would die trying to free the kid and would whack and/or stab the bear with whatever was available.
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