Outdoorsman Thread

[treefarmer]

Didn't pay much attention to the pictures but I believe that is two different bucks. The time was the kicker to me. Most evenings I will see about half dozen feeding in the food plot, still waiting for old big boy to come check on the girls. It is time for him to show up, the rut is underway.
Right before the pastor opened prayer meeting tonight he got a text and picture from one of our members who had just killed two nice 8 points. Bro. Rich asked him "Who got them deer for you?" Our buddy replied, "The Lord did." Gave everyone a good laugh.
Treefarmer

[Dinadan]

I like that photo of the load of logs, Redrider. The estimated weight of 144 tons seemed kind of big to me at first. But we used put about an estimated ton on our half ton Ford Pickup, say 4'x6'x3' for 72 cubic feet. So 15'x18'x33' would give 8900 cubic feet, or 124 times the cubic footage of our old truck. You would not want that load to get out of hand on a downhill slope!

Here is a harvest I made in my back yard. My wife and I have lived in our house for twenty years. Our back fence line was the back of an old pasture with all the usual fence row growth.This winter I decided to clear out some of the Greenbriars and plant a couple of citrus trees along the fence. Greenbriar has quite a root! They look like something out of an old Lovecraft story.

[treefarmer]

Mel, when y’all get done diggin’ them green briar roots, come on over and show us how it’s done. Miss Joy has always said they look like voodoo dolls! That plant seems to be taking over our flower beds, they are in the roots of the blueberry bushes. The birds spread the seed as they eat the berries for sure. The tops of the fresh vines are edible and the roots were utilized by the native Americans as a food. They have several names besides greenbriers, cat claw, bullbriar and of course Smilax.
Treefarmer

[1967redrider]

Glad you guys liked the logging picture and history.

I didn't think a draft horse could pull that much. My great-grandfather farmed with 2 draft horses up until the mid-50s, they were named Jim and Bob and we have an old picture of them in our living room.

[bighomer]

Trying to run the little one off, next year he'll be wanting something else. I think they are losing their antlers a big buck came up that just had half a rack, he ran off before could snap a photo.

[dlr110]

My brother just posted these to me a few hours ago. The Kenai River is just about frozen over except with just a few areas.
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[RobesonsRme.com]

Green or saw-briar roots are actually tubers and necessary to spread the plant all over your yard.

Charlie

[dlr110]

From the picture I posted yesterday to the one today you can see the river is completely frozen over now. Knowing what the terrain really is under that snow, you don't want to step into it, they won't find you till the spring thaw. Gary said in the picture of him, his eyelashes had ice on them. He want to see Alaska in the winter!
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[Dinadan]

Looks cold, David!

Green or saw-briar roots are actually tubers and necessary to spread the plant all over your yard.

Charlie

Thanks for that info, Charlie! I had kind of figured the spreading part out, actually. By the way, those roots do not burn easy. I was burning brush in my back yard last week, and it takes a very well established and hot fire to burn those things. And Treefarmer - I thought Cthulthu, your wife thought voodoo. Both of us went straight to the dark side when we saw the tubers!

I love kayaking and boating in general. When I am in my kayak I am so close to the water that when it is only a few inches deep I often pick up something from the bottom. Or as I am drifting along within a foot or two of the bank of a sandbar I see a piece of driftwood or shell that I like. Anyway, sometimes I come home with little pieces of driftwood, clam shells, Indian pottery, or so forth. Here is a photo of a a pack rat's haul.

[Lansky1]

Here's a few "cabin fever" pics to help get us through the winter ...

My favorite remote canadian trip - went up there a handful of times with my brothers & dad in the 1990's (about 8 hours north of Ottawa) - tremendous pike fishing:

Fishing a shore line in Chaumont Bay, Lake Ontario:

Took this one in Eel Bay, St. Lawrence River - caught the photo just right - the blue heron must have thought we were working early morning top water lures a bit too close for comfort:

[doglegg]

Mel, I especially like the pottery shards. Cool!!!

John, the pictures were refreshing.

[Colonel26]

I pondered a while were to put this and since the theme was farm work, this place seemed appropriate.

My wife sent me this meme. I loved it, of course, for the message about work. But more than that, it reminds me of my childhood. This is how I made money as a teen and actually worked my way through college like this.

For the record, clockwise from the top left: setting tobacco, cutting tobacco, hauling hay, and housing tobacco.

[treefarmer]

I intended to get up a bit early this morning a go sit in the shooting house but I got a late start. I didn't see the 1st deer but had a wonderful time watching the world come to life. Took a few pictures of the morning as it was quite foggy at daylight. I was serenaded by a Red Bird (Cardinal to some of y'all) most of the morning. My little Nikon would not focus on him. While he was singing his song, a duck peeled off and landed in the little waterhole north of the stand. I was able to crack the door open and watch him paddling and feeding for several minutes. Lots of Robins and small sparrow sized birds moving around but no deer. Still a great morning!
A few pictures that shows the beauty of a foggy morning:

Wet, boggy road beside the pond by the shooting house

Fog across the green field before sun rise

Sun shining through some pines and the fog

Sun up, fog is burning off and a contrail in the blue sky

God's hand is painting scenes for us each day, all we need to do is open our eyes and heart.
Treefarmer

[WillyCamaro]

Man Philip, it sure was worth waking up a little early, beautiful country you have there .
Florida is now on my future bucket list of places to visit .
Willy

[doglegg]

Philip you live in a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing.

[Quick Steel]

Philip, You have taken wonderful photos of a world filled with wonders. Thank you very much.

[WillyCamaro]

He certainly does, doesn't he boys . Your area in Florida is on my bucket list of future places to visit .
Thought ya'll would like to see some more pics of fibro farm this winter. Winter so far has been perty kind to all us folks in the great Canadian prairies. Only 3-4 days of "real" winter .
Hope you enjoy the hoar frost as much as I do, God works amazing things, no matter how small .
Willy

[Dinadan]

Beautiful sequence of photos showing morning arriving, Treefarmer!

Nice photos, Willy. How do you define real winter?

[WillyCamaro]

Oooo…. more pics….

[dlr110]

Great pictures guys.

[samb1955]

My arthritis flares up just looking at snow!

[Old Hunter]

Man that looks cold! Warm here yesterday, high of 70 but overcast ahead of the front. My partner and I shot plenty of birds. OH

[TripleF]

Man that looks cold! Warm here yesterday, high of 70 but overcast ahead of the front. My partner and I shot plenty of birds. OH

So awesome!! Very happy for you Bruce!!

[Colonel26]

Man that looks cold! Warm here yesterday, high of 70 but overcast ahead of the front. My partner and I shot plenty of birds. OH

Man! That brings back memories of when we used to have quail! Fried quail, biscuits, and gravy; it doesn’t get any better than that!

Great pics!

[Paladin]

Man that looks cold! Warm here yesterday, high of 70 but overcast ahead of the front. My partner and I shot plenty of birds. OH

Man! That brings back memories of when we used to have quail! Fried quail, biscuits, and gravy; it doesn’t get any better than that!

Great pics!

Amen, Brother. There is something about quail gravy! It just tastes so gooood.

Ray