Outdoorsman Thread

[Colonel26]

Colonel,
Looks like dewberries to me.
Treefarmer

Ding ding ding! We have a winner! I'm pretty excited about those. Where we used to life (about 20 miles away) in another county they were all but extinct. Everything is all cleaned up and in tobacco, row crops, and cattle. I've heard the older folks talk about them, but I'd never seen any. So when I found these here on the new place I was plumb tickled.

We have lots of wild blackberries too. I haven't see any yet, but I wouldn't doubt there are some wild raspberries too. There will be preserves and cobbler this summer!

[treefarmer]

Colonel, the Dewberries are in full bloom here in the Panhandle, the Mulberries have been making for several weeks. We lose at lot of Mulberries to the birds and also the wind and rain have put a lot on the ground. The squirrels also work on them. Mulberries were always fun for the children, purple lips and feet. We eat a few as we ramble in the yard, once upon a time there were mulberry cobblers, I wonder what happened?
Treefarmer

[Camillus]

It’s been a long time coming here for warm weather in Michigan,
Took advantage for some playtime with my son and his dog Charlie.

[TripleF]

Nothing to share today.....no kids showed.

[garddogg56]

Why Scott

[TripleF]

Why Scott

Good question.......

[Dinadan]

Wow, Old Hunter - that turkey looks like it is almost a big as you!

Scott - the mosquitoes and noseeums are pretty think in some places around here right now. How it is better in your area!

[TripleF]

Wow, Old Hunter - that turkey looks like it is almost a big as you!

Scott - the mosquitoes and noseeums are pretty think in some places around here right now. How it is better in your area!

Naw, we got skeeters....and dad-gum deer flies TOO!! They bit me 5 times today the little bas------s!!!

[Paladin]

Check out these little rascals who found their way to my daughter's pool today. She lives in the Houston area.
These are the most appealing animals and I fully intend to come back in my next life as an otter.

Ray

[Unk]

Pretty cool Ray. They are cute little buggers, aren't they.

[Unk]

...on the complete opposite side of the cuteness scale....

This weekend I made an attempt to mount the tail and beard of the turkey I got a couple of weeks ago. My office is the only room in the house my wife lets me decorate, so of course I hung up the butt and beard of a dead animal.

[Paladin]

Pretty cool Ray. They are cute little buggers, aren't they.

The mature one took off for the golf course that is seen in the background. Here is the guy from Wildlife Rescue carrying the juvenile back to a ditch in that locale.

Ray

[jlw257]

Digging Pine Stumps on a rainy morning. Wife wants bigger yard

Mail lady is bringing 2 Greenbone today.

[Dinadan]

Pretty cool Ray. They are cute little buggers, aren't they.

The mature one took off for the gold course that is seen in the background. Here is the guy from Wildlife Rescue carrying the juvenile back to a ditch in that locale.

Ray

Otters are about as cute as it gets! They are pretty common in my area, but like beavers, you do not see one very often at all. Thanks for posting those photos!

[Mumbleypeg]

For everyone plagued by mosquitos, deer flies, no-see-ums, chiggers, ticks or other insects and mites, this is the best repellant I've found. It's DEET-free so you can apply it directly on skin as well as clothing. Kids, dogs, it works on everything. Nothing but cedar oil in an inert carrier.

Been using it for several years. I get a couple of quarts every spring and it lasts through the insect season. Keeps chiggers, ticks and skeeters off me and the grandkids. Of course, we all smell like a cedar tree, but ...........

Ken

[Paladin]

For everyone plagued by mosquitos, deer flies, no-see-ums, chiggers, ticks or other insects and mites, this is the best repellant I've found. It's DEET-free so you can apply it directly on skin as well as clothing. Kids, dogs, it works on everything. Nothing but cedar oil in an inert carrier.

Been using it for several years. I get a couple of quarts every spring and it lasts through the insect season. Keeps chiggers, ticks and skeeters off me and the grandkids. Of course, we all smell like a cedar tree, but ...........

Ken

Ken,
You likely aren't troubled by moths either. I recall that my grandmother used to put a little cedar limb in her stuff that she was storing in boxes.

Ray

[Quick Steel]

unk, I think that is a very clever and interesting display.

[Unk]

Thanks Quick Steel.

I called around to several Taxidermy shops, and they all wanted a minimum of $150 to mount a fan and beard. One even wanted $305.

I bought the plaque off Amazon. They have a lot of styles, but I liked the plain walnut. Also bought a can of Bondo at Walmart for $7.

So I have about $35 and a couple of hours invested in it.

For the Turkey fan prep, I followed this guy's video:

[doglegg]

Check out these little rascals who found their way to my daughter's pool today. She lives in the Houston area.
These are the most appealing animals and I fully intend to come back in my next life as an otter.

Ray

Have seen them in Wyoming but never here in Texas. Love to watch them and they are serious little predators.

[doglegg]

...on the complete opposite side of the cuteness scale....

This weekend I made an attempt to mount the tail and beard of the turkey I got a couple of weeks ago. My office is the only room in the house my wife lets me decorate, so of course I hung up the butt and beard of a dead animal.

That is a super job Unk.

[doglegg]

Digging Pine Stumps on a rainy morning. Wife wants bigger yard

Mail lady is bringing 2 Greenbone today.

I am surprised that you did not get serious with the effort.

[treefarmer]

I love the variety of the Outdoorsman Thread, turkey fans, land clearing, otters, bug spray, fish, rocks, birds, the list goes on.
For several years I sent hard copy pictures to our grandsons of outdoor wonders, some we had taken but most were from the game cameras we try to run year round here at Starvation Plantation. Some times I would write a description of the picture on the back and some times I would ask a question such as how many critters do you see in this picture? We would send them each a separate addressed envelope with a couple different pictures and Grandmother would include some Bible story on their age level. They got mail once a week.
All that to say, I found a picture this week that I would have printed and sent them, when they were younger, with the question, how many can you count? (Now we e-mail them interesting pictures.)
I'm posting 4 pictures for your viewing pleasure. How many can you pick out in the 1st picture? If you have a little one, child or grand child, let them look for them. The 2nd picture shows them scattered out, easy to count. The 3rd and 4th pictures shows a young buck with out his head gear. He has shed his antlers. The pedicles are evident and maybe he will stay around and we can see his antler growth.
Click on the pictures they should enlarge.
Treefarmer

How many?

Now you can count them

Lost his antlers some where in the woods.

Different angle

[TripleF]

Very cool stuff Philip!!!

Made some spoons this week...

Red Maple wood

[doglegg]

FFF you are getting to be quiet a spooner. Those look great. Haven't got the courage to tackle one of those yet.

[jmh58]

Scott.. Those are SCHWEEETTT!!! Nice work!!!! John