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I have enough wood stored now for the year plus some. There is lots out in the bush cut up ready to go but have a shortage of places to put it at the moment.
I feel fall is ready to come on anytime now. I have to get working on my evaporator now that outside work is slowing down. I have trees starting to turn already also. Lots of deer hanging around in the corn feilds also. Wouldn't mind one in the freezer takeing up space but that won't happen this year again.
Ken adirondack mountains and not many. I think sometimes I am to ethical and pass up alot of shots. Not from the fear of the bear getting me but from the fear of wounding an animal and not getting a timely recovery. I see alot of guys who have no care in the world and just throw lead and arrows like they have an unlimited supply. I cannot stand shotgun season in our southern tier. I hear people unload their guns on running deer and fill em full of holes and wonder why they never recoverd them not to mention how safe can that possibly be. Take your time have some respect for the animal and if you think the first shot is not gonna harvest the animal your after don't take it period. Sorry for the nonmaple post I just had to vent some of it out.
Chilly here this morning only 34 degrees. nice frost.
I am originally from new jersey, yeah, yeah which exit I know, up in the sticks in the north western corner, by PA, and, NY. We lived by a state park with land that you could hunt on... well prime place for city folk to come hunting. AH YEAH!!! my dad shot a deer on state land and ran down the bank fell a few time and stopped it wobbled and some guy shot it 3 times with OO buckshot. the guy said"oh yeah I downed it for ya." my dad ripped into him. we got it home skinned it out and the guy hit it in the front should the rib cage, and the hind quarter. basically at about 20 yards. had to throw away 1/2 the deer. what a waste.
They have a big problem with bears down there but too many protesters to have a bear season!!! when there's a problem bear they either shoot them or move them!!! but those same protesters have a problems with bears too.
I normally hang all of my laterals and mainline while it is at the warmest and stretch is good and tight and unless something falls on it, it stays intact even when it gets below zero.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff E
I come from Alberta and we have what we call truck hunters. They drive all day up and down the roads and look for deer. Not one of them ever asks for permission to hunt land so they try and pick off a deer on the edges and then hope it drops close to the road and they load it up and drive away. One night two retards had me pinned down in a feild thinking I was a deer. They unfortunatly ran into me at close range finally. I have a temper that makes a lot of people cringe and these two were pretty surprised that I would take on two of them. I have been shot at hunting 4 times so far and lucked out pretty well.
Saw two nice bucks tonight out in the soybean field out back. First bucks I have seen with more then one point since I moved here. Walked up on a doe tonight eating a apple and she never noticed me till I was like 30 feet away.
Found a whole stand of boxelders tonight but it would be a uphill climb to tap them. Have to see what spring brings.
Last year I borrow 50 buckets and I think we have just one left in the sugar house. I have been at one auction and one other place and I have bought 300 very good buckets. I took 50 of my own out of service do to age and type. So my calulations says that I should have a 200 count surplus for next season. If we hang them all we will be pushing close to 700 taps.
Had a good day in the woods today. My son in law and I took a little time this morning to do some tractor shopping. He came home with an International 454 diesel tractor. It also came with a log lifting boom, choker chain and tire chains. We put it to work this afternoon and twitched out a few trees. My Model AA won't have to work as hard anymore but it won't be retired either.
I took 3 days vacation Wed thru Fri and managed to get some sugaring stuff done finally. Due to working an extreme amount of hours this summer, I hadn't had time to do hardly anything since I finished up the 8 cords of wood back in the middle of May. I added 86 more taps and ran wire for about 1,000 feet of mainline. Figured the lines that had 45 taps on them were pretty much maxed out and adding more taps in some of these areas might be a little much. I ordered 4 rolls of the 1/2" 30p mainline back in the spring which it was $ 61.20 for 400' rolls and have to get up to the dealer to pick it up. Also moved some lines and made some changes along with some other things. I have 2 more days vacation coming up in about 3 weeks and hope to get the mainline by then and finish up everything then in time for several weeks of bow season. Brother and I are planning to go to Illinois for about 10 days to bowhunt around the first of Nov.
Still making some slow and steady progress. My wife helped me get about 900 more feet of plastic in the air yesterday. Still have to stretch it and wire tie it but it is unrolled and above the initial snow line at least. I figure there is about 2000 more feet to put up of mainlines. Then an 1800 ft air line and pump line combo (2 separate lines over the same route) and 6000 feet of pump line in another location. I should make a list so I don't forget anything but I'm afraid if I do it will be too daunting. Have the woodshed about 1/4 full...hauling in a bit every time we go back to the woods. Have wood orders for another 4 truckloads to find somewhere. Our own house wood has been on an as needed basis (we heat the hot water with it so use some all the time). The wife keeps wanting me to turn the heat on but I am trying to prolong the time until that starts..... Had frost on the past 2 nights but not quite that cold this morning. Work weather has been great and the bugs are about nil. Colors coming on fast. 160 days 'til sugarin':)
well went up yesterday to finish putting slab wood siding on my buddy alex's new sugar house things were going great until he went to cut a knot off a piece of wood with my saw (which i had just sharpened) and slipped and the bar went below the botom of the log chaps and above his shoe right above his ankle and cut all the way to the bone, he cut 3 of his tendons and has to go for surgery on weds. i told him one way or another sugaring will send you to the hospital at least once and he went before he even built his sugar house! hes loaded up on drugs right now but hes alright thank god