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I picked up about 250 to 275 gallons of sap this evening that ran since Sat afternoon. It was still dribbling sap little and will collect whatever it runs between now and Wed and try to boil off everything on Wed. It is supposed to be 60+ tommorrow and then get back to colder for a few days.
Might have to try the rat bait bars.
Brandon,
Hope the boiling and start up goes well on Wednesday. You should get a good run tomorrow. This should be prime weather for you. It is similar weather here and if we were tapped we would be boiling. Hope you make some nice light grade.
Chris
Brandon,take tuna cans,cat food cans etc. tack to tree,fill with toxic anti freeze,it's sweet and they love it.
That is a great idea!! Think I will try that this season!
I have a better idea, instead of spending so much time chasing deer, take a few days and spend squirrel hunting in your sugar woods and shoot some of them for squirrel pot pie. I would never advocate laying poison about the woods. You have no control over what consumes it!
I agree, I don't like the poison idea as you never know what will consume it and probably things you don't want to. I have been there several times hunting, but I can't seem to kill the one causing all the problems.
A producer Near me screw a rat tap on side of the tree with peanut butter for bait !! He said it works real well, a lot better than poison! If you get there very soon after the CLAP , you can still have squirrel pie.
That's a great idea, I have to try that. That sounds like the best idea yet!
As Van was talking earlier, I got over to sugarhouse yesterday and started tractor and proceed to change clothes. About the time I got ready to go, bright white flash then a bang. This can't be, thunderstorm, sure enough. Rained about all day yesterday and I have never seen mud this bad before. I has gotten progressively worse the last 4 or 5 years. I don't mean the road or anything, I mean the amount of precip. After a drought last fall, it hasn't hardly quit raining and snowing for 3 months. It is horrible so say the least. You can't hardly stand up on dry ground.
Yeah, and we are in for more according to the Radar. Plus, with the huge temp swing and moisture, everything in the sugarhouse is just like it's been in the rain. Yuk.
Fortunately, last spring I put a gravel road to the sugarhouse. At least that is better.
Maybe I can retrofit snowshoes for tapping this year?