All About Pocket Knives

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:35 am 20200917_191343.jpg
These ole fellers come for some lunch, they sure have gotten big over the last few months
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Come on up supper is served.20200917_185055.jpg
I'm sure glad them ole big animals left us some supper buddy.

Love your Turkey pictures Buddy! I find them to be majestic animals!

cudgee wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:16 am herifords.jpg
Some prime Herifords for those of us that like a good prime steak. Taken at a friends of mine farm. Bought these as calves 2 years ago, there growth rate has been phenomenal, just shows what good land, grass, water and a bit of sun will do. Everyone have a good weeekend.

Enjoy seeing where you live cudgee! Great view & some nice looking cattle also!

Nice pics, Big Homer.

We are still getting settled into our house here in Parker County. I have posted some pics of varmints we have seen around the house, including the big rattlesnake a few weeks ago. This Friday will be my last working day, and I am looking forward to retirement!

I set up some game cameras, and last week was a busy time in the backyard, with a lot of traffic. We see the deer pretty much every day, several times a day. They are kinda' thick around here. But we haven't seen any bucks yet.

Thanks for posting the photos Mike. And congratulations on your retirement.

Retirement is the best job I have ever had. And Parker County is a great place to live, wish I were there.

Cool photos, Mike. I have some of those armadillos in my back yard. Unfortunately! Raccoons too, but I like them. I would love to see a bobcat!

cudgee wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:16 am herifords.jpg

Some prime Herifords for those of us that like a good prime steak. Taken at a friends of mine farm. Bought these as calves 2 years ago, there growth rate has been phenomenal, just shows what good land, grass, water and a bit of sun will do. Everyone have a good weeekend.

Stunning!!! I’d love to see that country of yours someday.

And I love those Herefords. We have a lot of them in my area too. There’s even a restaurant where my mother-in-law lives that serves only Hereford beef. And it is some of the best you’ll eat too.

Here we also do a lot of Angus Hereford crosses. Usually angus cows with a Hereford bull. We call them black baldies or black and white faced. Great beef critters.

Congratulations on the retirement Unk. The 30th day day of this month I'll be retired 16 years, ain't missed it one bit. Had a few offers of jobs over the years but politely turned them all down, a couple I'd have enjoyed but just didn't want to be obligated.
Them possums on the half shell have migrated this far north, saw a road kill in Springfield Tn. last Saturday. Ain't seen a live one yet.

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:12 pm

cudgee wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:16 am herifords.jpg

Some prime Herifords for those of us that like a good prime steak. Taken at a friends of mine farm. Bought these as calves 2 years ago, there growth rate has been phenomenal, just shows what good land, grass, water and a bit of sun will do. Everyone have a good weeekend.

Stunning!!! I’d love to see that country of yours someday.

And I love those Herefords. We have a lot of them in my area too. There’s even a restaurant where my mother-in-law lives that serves only Hereford beef. And it is some of the best you’ll eat too.

Here we also do a lot of Angus Hereford crosses. Usually angus cows with a Hereford bull. We call them black baldies or black and white faced. Great beef critters.

Thank you my friend, glad you liked the post. One of the great thing about AAPK is the different threads, it is a knife forum first and foremost i completely understand that, but it is good to be able to look at other things other than knives sometimes. I find threads like this not only interesting, but a great way to learn all sorts of things that i do not know about. I also think that you have a beautiful country over there, it is so vast and has many contrasting landscapes. My personal preference if i can get it, is pure black angus steak, if it is from an older beast, not yearling, that has had time to develop some marbling and flavor, none better. You have a good week mate.

cudgee wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:50 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:12 pm

cudgee wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:16 am herifords.jpg

Some prime Herifords for those of us that like a good prime steak. Taken at a friends of mine farm. Bought these as calves 2 years ago, there growth rate has been phenomenal, just shows what good land, grass, water and a bit of sun will do. Everyone have a good weeekend.

Stunning!!! I’d love to see that country of yours someday.

And I love those Herefords. We have a lot of them in my area too. There’s even a restaurant where my mother-in-law lives that serves only Hereford beef. And it is some of the best you’ll eat too.

Here we also do a lot of Angus Hereford crosses. Usually angus cows with a Hereford bull. We call them black baldies or black and white faced. Great beef critters.

Thank you my friend, glad you liked the post. One of the great thing about AAPK is the different threads, it is a knife forum first and foremost i completely understand that, but it is good to be able to look at other things other than knives sometimes. I find threads like this not only interesting, but a great way to learn all sorts of things that i do not know about. I also think that you have a beautiful country over there, it is so vast and has many contrasting landscapes. My personal preference if i can get it, is pure black angus steak, if it is from an older beast, not yearling, that has had time to develop some marbling and flavor, none better. You have a good week mate.

Our local slaughter house, where I recently had my hogs processed, says that the best weight, for the best meat, is at least 1500lbs. They say any smaller and it isn’t well marbled. They said 1200lbs would do, but 1500 is better.

When I was in there they had two 1500 ish lb steers ready for the butcher the next day, both Herefords.

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:58 pm

cudgee wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:50 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:12 pm

Stunning!!! I’d love to see that country of yours someday.

And I love those Herefords. We have a lot of them in my area too. There’s even a restaurant where my mother-in-law lives that serves only Hereford beef. And it is some of the best you’ll eat too.

Here we also do a lot of Angus Hereford crosses. Usually angus cows with a Hereford bull. We call them black baldies or black and white faced. Great beef critters.

Thank you my friend, glad you liked the post. One of the great thing about AAPK is the different threads, it is a knife forum first and foremost i completely understand that, but it is good to be able to look at other things other than knives sometimes. I find threads like this not only interesting, but a great way to learn all sorts of things that i do not know about. I also think that you have a beautiful country over there, it is so vast and has many contrasting landscapes. My personal preference if i can get it, is pure black angus steak, if it is from an older beast, not yearling, that has had time to develop some marbling and flavor, none better. You have a good week mate.

Our local slaughter house, where I recently had my hogs processed, says that the best weight, for the best meat, is at least 1500lbs. They say any smaller and it isn’t well marbled. They said 1200lbs would do, but 1500 is better.

When I was in there they had two 1500 ish lb steers ready for the butcher the next day, both Herefords.

Interesting to know.

My son has a few cams out on our property each year in advance of deer season. We get plenty of deer pics and every so often, a few more interesting. These were both recent, the date had never been set on the one camera, so it reads 2014.

I count 7 Coyotes in the top photo. The 2nd is a rather large Bobcat.

I'm gonna bore yawl with some more photos of mama and the twins. It amazing to me the difference in mama's coat color in the last few weeks. Also it looks like one of the twins is really outgrowing the other. I wonder if it is a buck? Also its coat looks to be changing more and the spots are almost gone.

Great looking animal/game shots, everyone! Ike, you sure about that cat? Looks pretty BIG for a bobcat to me, wouldn't want to meet it face to face in the woods.

Did some end of the day trail riding on the mountain today, been having gorgeous weather here for the past week. Had to put a plug in one of my front tire so I was toting an air tank, and a beverage in case I got thirsty.

Great pictures, everyone!
I had intended to post some pictures in chronological order of the antler development of two little bucks we had on camera for several months but wasn't able to follow through like I had hoped.
I have put together a couple of groups of pictures showing what happened during Hurricane Sally: The automatic feeder was sitting in a long, lean clover patch that was planted between pine rows. It allowed the 14.4" of rain to flow down the row just like a canal. We decided to move the feeder to the south about 50 feet to a slightly higher spot. When moving one of these feeders we generally do it when they are empty but I decided to move it while it was loaded with shelled corn. The tripod has one leg permanently attached to the upper frame, on that leg is also a boat winch for raising and lowering the barrel. The other two legs simply fit over two short metal legs and the weight of the feeder holds them in place. The next set of pictures were not intentional pictures but random pictures taken by the game camera while Miss Joy and I moved the feeder.
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Feeder moving continued: We should have some pictures from the new camera and feeder location this week.

Treefarmer

You boys are all livin' the good life, thank you for sharing a little of your habitats .

Treefarmer, setting up and moving those feeders is a chore. Glad you had some good help.

Ike, those black marks on the upper inside of the front leg of Waukonda's bobcat pic indicate it is indeed a Bobcat. And I agree with you, it looks like a BIG bobcat.

Redrider, it looks like you made it to the top of the world.

Some more pics of the backyard varmints. Saw our first coyote last week, along with a fox. Lots more deer, and of course the knucklehead twins, Joshka and Ahter.

Unk, super shots.

Cool pictures, Unk!

EDB Rattler crossed my path yeterday.....

TripleF wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:39 am EDB Rattler crossed my path yeterday.....

Looked like big and fat one, too!!!

Doc B, Scott's a better man than me! Such critters ain't welcome at our camp or anywhere I cross paths with an EDB or a Cotton Mouth. Too many close calls to have any love for them.
Treefarmer

The best snake of any kind that I've found is the one in the next county.
And I would never have had the composure to stop and take a picture.
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