Velociquackers LOL!
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I caught that on my UL rod with 4# test that I use for Blue Gill. Previously I tied on a new section of line more than I use for a 1/64 oz bluegill jig. When that fish hit, I thougth, Oh $hit! That knots not going to hold. Luckily it did.
Can't wait to get back in the duck blind! Just over a month to go. Early goose season starts this coming Tuesday. That mostly means I bring a shotgun when I go fishing, hoping for fly-over opportunities.
Don't get me started on duck hunting. Mine doesn't start until Nov. 10?
Oct. 1st up here, but most birds will have migrated by mid-December once things get icy and all the backwaters have frozen.
Good to hear
September 21st here, I think the earliest ever.
We used to be the Saturday closest to 10/1. Then it became the last Saturday in September. Now it is the week before that.
I do like an earlier start as we are almost always frozen out before season ends. But the 21st is pretty early....trees have hardly begun to change colors!
Similar story here. We get a couple good shoots around the opener before the resident birds wise up. Then when the weather starts to get cold and the little ducks leave, we see more large birds like mallards and blacks passing through on their way down south. Coincidentally, this is right around when most folks here are more concerned with deer hunting so there is less hunting pressure. I do like to hunt for deer too, but I make time for both if I can.
Those look like ducks in the second picture
You use sticks? I bought a pair but didn't like them so they sit in the corner. Maybe if I was fording streams on a regular basis
Ours $9.99 but I had to go to 2 different ones as the first was sold out. Bought 2 gallons as the gallon of Husky at hunting camp is about gone
One year during early season we were out the duck blind and it was well into the 70s. That was when I thought I was tough and shot 3 1/2 inch shells at everything. Got a major concussion headache after a flurry of active shooting in a T-shirt lol.
When I first started out at the show I was the "go-fer" that help catch/stack boards, roll the logs and shovel sawdust. Other than run the tractor, I've worked at just about every position on the mill. We usually try to shovel sawdust every other log.
The owner says he has to remember when getting parts for it to call it a Minneapolis Moline. Right after he got it he replaced the fan belt and radiator hoses but while at the parts house he mistakenly called it by what it's badged as and they couldn't find anything for it, so he remembered, "oh it's a MM G705" and then they could find what they were looking for.
Thanks fellers. Weather wasn't flash and had to work so I didn't get up to much but still had a nice day.
A youthful 49yo, just a slip of a lad really. I feel good, most bits of me stihl work and nothing has dropped off yet so that's a win. My running streak is now up to 608 consecutive days - rain, hail, shine or scrounge. Cowgirl made me this out of a bit of cedar from exterior of our house pre-renovation. It is to hang my marathon medals from but there are 12 hooks so 10 marathons to go...
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Also got this from the Cowkids
The feral weather this week has brought plenty of trees down, check this guy out...
I enjoy the challenge of big scrounge but this one is in the next town and over a range of hills to get there so I won't be getting after it.
Sawyer Rob
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A while ago I told you my grandson said "Grandpa, I don't have any wooden blocks to play with at home". SO, here's my fix for that.
First, I found an old 4x4 by the sawmill and cut off some pieces, then squaring them up,
That made 16 blocks and that didn't seem like enough, so I sawed them in half and sanded them,
Next it was time to scrounge up some boards lying around the shop, cut them to size to make a box to hold the blocks, here I have it mocked up,
and of course, he will need some handholds to carry this box full of wood blocks, so I cut some in the end pieces,
All that's left to do on it now, is some final sanding and put some finish on it!
I think he's going to like his new blocks!
SR
First, I found an old 4x4 by the sawmill and cut off some pieces, then squaring them up,
That made 16 blocks and that didn't seem like enough, so I sawed them in half and sanded them,
Next it was time to scrounge up some boards lying around the shop, cut them to size to make a box to hold the blocks, here I have it mocked up,
and of course, he will need some handholds to carry this box full of wood blocks, so I cut some in the end pieces,
All that's left to do on it now, is some final sanding and put some finish on it!
I think he's going to like his new blocks!
SR
Thats cool. My grandpa built a lot of things for me and with me, hoping to have grandkids (not too soon though) to be able to do things with someday.
