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[Duffman]

Today's project.

Mounted the map to laminate.

Not the easiest lining up three 2'x4' sheets of sticker with a quarter inch of overlap (especially a detailed map).. Framed and put the lights up. Nice addition to the man cave.

 

 

 

 

 

[chaffmj]

Who needs a dog for a pet when I have these 2 hanging around the yard. You don't have to take them for a walk and you don't have to clean up their [PoorWordUsage].

 

 

 

Edited January 30, 2022 by chaffmj

[Canon Guy]

I took a couple of afternoons this week to search for wild horses. Having never looked for them before I knew there was a chance of not seeing any, and the first afternoon made me think it might be a waste of time and I could get shutout. The sun was going down and I had seen nothing and I was spending my last minutes looking up and down the river, but I heard a noise and turned around to see two coming out of the brush about 50' behind me.

 

The next afternoon I had more luck. I saw horses  3 times but only for a matter of a few minutes.  It was a cool experience though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 30, 2022 by Canon Guy

[Macgyver55]

[Canon Guy]

[chaffmj]

Tough winter on the deer. They come into the yard every morning to eat the sunflower seeds and empty shells that the birds have spilled off of the deck feeders. Thery have also been chewing on pine needles which I have never seen them do.

 

Edited February 11, 2022 by chaffmj
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[Duffman]

Cardboard cutout.

[chaffmj]

4 minutes ago, Duffman said:

Cardboard cutout.

 

Oh, wow you caught me! How did you know? Shh don't tell anyone.  All my pics are cutouts. 

[chaffmj]

Same cutout but now facing you!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 11, 2022 by chaffmj
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[Wanderer]

5 hours ago, chaffmj said:Thery have also been chewing on pine needles which I have never seen them do.

 

That’s not good.  I remember back from the old deer feeding days it was said they transition to pine needles when they’ve run out of everything else.  No nutritional value; it just makes them feel full.  Basically the beginning of starvation. 

[leech~~]

Mean while in Maine.  Guess their Deer don't get CWD and all the other shared bad stuff ours do if you feed them?  

 

 

 

[bobbymalone]

21 hours ago, Wanderer said:

That’s not good.  I remember back from the old deer feeding days it was said they transition to pine needles when they’ve run out of everything else.  No nutritional value; it just makes them feel full.  Basically the beginning of starvation. 

Several years ago there was a ton of snow and the DNR was talking about how bad a winter it was gonna be for the deer.   It was also the only year the deer ate up some evergreen bushes around the house.  Chewed them up pretty good.  Took years for the bushes to recover.

 

What's making it a bad year for them?  

[bobbymalone]

13 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Mean while in Maine.  Guess their Deer don't get CWD and all the other shared bad stuff ours do if you feed them?  

 

 

 

 

CWD hasn't made it to Maine yet so there is no CWD to spread around.

[Macgyver55]

18 hours ago, bobbymalone said:

Several years ago there was a ton of snow and the DNR was talking about how bad a winter it was gonna be for the deer. 

Not sure if it’s the year you mean but the winter of 96/97 was really bad up in the Orr/Cook area. Snowmobiling the Arrowhead trail we came across deer yarding up on and near the trail. One place we estimated 150+ deer! They were everywhere and were not really inclined to move much as we approached. 
That spring when we went up to ride wheelers we found probably a dozen or so wolf kills and a few that likely just starved and froze to death. 

[leech~~]

14 hours ago, Macgyver55 said:

Not sure if it’s the year you mean but the winter of 96/97 was really bad up in the Orr/Cook area. Snowmobiling the Arrowhead trail we came across deer yarding up on and near the trail. One place we estimated 150+ deer! They were everywhere and were not really inclined to move much as we approached. 
That spring when we went up to ride wheelers we found probably a dozen or so wolf kills and a few that likely just starved and froze to death. 

Finding a bad Deer yard that went wrong in the spring is a very sad and eerie sight, with just bones everywhere.  Something most folks that don't get out in the woods year around, will never see. ☹

[Duffman]

[Duffman]

[Wanderer]

55 minutes ago, Duffman said:

Is that those tarpon type thingys?

[Duffman]

25 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

Is that those tarpon type thingys?

Yep, a 6 foot long shiner minnow is quite impressive up close.

[chaffmj]

Out on the ski trail behind the house yesterday, tough going in the swampy area with all the snow that had drifted in with the wind.

Had to break my own trail.

 

[Wanderer]

On 2/16/2022 at 8:19 PM, Duffman said:

Yep, a 6 foot long shiner minnow is quite impressive up close.

Bucket list fish for me.

[Canon Guy]

On 2/16/2022 at 8:19 PM, Duffman said:

Yep, a 6 foot long shiner minnow is quite impressive up close.

Are you in the Keys?

[Duffman]

6 hours ago, Canon Guy said:

Are you in the Keys?

Stayed a week in Key West, returned on Saturday.

[whisker]

On 5/15/2020 at 9:32 AM, Duffman said:

beautiful!

[smurfy]

Watching my granddaughters puppy. Got him finally tuckered out. Me too!!