What did YOU do today?

[ITSA 7]

A friend in my back yard. He had not been close to any wild animal before.

 

[pjtoledo]

Went hunting at my brothers first, over an hour standing where I thought I would see a 3 point (6 point for you guys east of the rockies) with no dice... then wandered through the woods and saw a doe then another doe and a buck following it that turned out to be a small spike, had his forehead in the crosshairs for a long while deciding... then went to my normal hunting grounds with a buddy, didn't see anything for a couple hours but ended up seeing about 10 deer, had a fork in the crosshairs but he darted out half a second before I could get ready...

Oh, oddly enough that I bought the arbor press yesterday, today one of the pins on my sling swivel on my hunting rifle disappeared and it's a cheap sling that has sewn in swivels not replaceable easy so I got home mid day and installed a roll pin with the arbor press... realize now I need to take the collar off the one end so I can index the handle easier...

if you grind the bottom tooth on the ram the arm can be repositioned when the ram is lifted.

 

[scotts90ranger]

if you grind the bottom tooth on the ram the arm can be repositioned when the ram is lifted.

I'd yet to watch that particular youtube video, it's on the list of things to watch... simply leaving the collar off sounds easier though so I can put it in the tooth I want, we'll see...

I know the weights I've heard aren't rules of thumb but in general the average black tail is bigger than the average white tail, what you are saying likely brings the average down significantly... the biggest problem is black tail don't reproduce like mice like white tail do (also probably just internet myths but whatever, more cars hit white tail than black tail)... all public lands are seriously over hunted, all the jerkwads that burn cars and couches have caused the timber companies to install gates and close things off. The dumb reason Warehouser gates everything is a guy around Bend undercut everyone when they were remodeling part of the city and got the contract to dispose of the old transformers but ended up just dumping them in the woods with dump trucks and Warehouser got left with the disposal bill so now they have gates on everything and do offer seasonal passes for that but there's like 20 per section and they're like $400 so they sell out in like 20 minutes...

 

[pjtoledo]

I'd yet to watch that particular youtube video, it's on the list of things to watch... simply leaving the collar off sounds easier though so I can put it in the tooth I want, we'll see...

I know the weights I've heard aren't rules of thumb but in general the average black tail is bigger than the average white tail, what you are saying likely brings the average down significantly... the biggest problem is black tail don't reproduce like mice like white tail do (also probably just internet myths but whatever, more cars hit white tail than black tail)... all public lands are seriously over hunted, all the jerkwads that burn cars and couches have caused the timber companies to install gates and close things off. The dumb reason Warehouser gates everything is a guy around Bend undercut everyone when they were remodeling part of the city and got the contract to dispose of the old transformers but ended up just dumping them in the woods with dump trucks and Warehouser got left with the disposal bill so now they have gates on everything and do offer seasonal passes for that but there's like 20 per section and they're like $400 so they sell out in like 20 minutes...

that sucks, old transformers can have some really nasty oil in them. PCBs in the pre 70s ones.

 

[pjtoledo]

@scotts90ranger
real easy, grind enough for the pinion/shaft to clear.
on long pushes pull the ram up to put the arm back at optimum position.

you-tubber this old tony drilled a center hole in the bottom to allow various tips.

 

[bilbo]

My Son is in the police explorers here and they worked at an adoption event for the local shelter this weekend. He, like his mom and dad, has a soft spot for animals and took a shine to one of the dogs there. Everyone meet Diesel, the newest addition to our zoo!

He is one of three pups that were found dumped on a rural road. Other than being severely underweight (we’ll fix that!) he is in good health and is a super sweet dog. He had messed in his crate so Sam helped clean him up and they hung out together through the event. He begged us to let him take him home and because we’re suckers we relented. Oh well no regrets.

 

[Shran]

I just got back from a weekend trip to Montana... we rented a cabin in Whitehall and hung out for the most part. Saw the sights in Bozeman, Butte & Anaconda, went to some antique places, ate way too much, sat in the hot tub a lot.

We took my wife's Honda so we didn't do much outdoor stuff but we did drive up and see the Comet ghost town. Super cool place...there are a lot of buildings still standing. Most of the equipment in the mill was gone but they left a couple of cages from the mine and a ball mill - I can't believe that was still there. There is another mine across the road that was just totally amazing... the hoist, headframe and ore bin were still intact and the cage is still hanging at the top of the shaft. You could almost add a boiler, put steam to the hoist and run it... crazy.

Also saw a huge herd of elk running across the highway - I'm guessing 200+ of them, I couldn't zoom in far enough to get a clear picture once we got up close but it was really cool to see that.

 

[racsan]

Normal work day, came home to order parts for the awd V6 escape (hers) The one time I cant find a valid discount code & it woulda been worth it, almost $400 in parts. New rotors/calipers/brake hoses. plus shipping of course. Ouch!
On a good note the drive to work was much better with my new light bar, could only use it on about half the drive as a co-worker ended up in front of me. Got new fleabay front struts on the way for my escape, will probably work on hers first. Brakes are a bit more important than struts, plus its hers you know, my luck Id have mine half tore down & hers would suddenly be dead in the water. Then Id hear it.

 

[MT_PLS]

I just got back from a weekend trip to Montana... we rented a cabin in Whitehall and hung out for the most part. Saw the sights in Bozeman, Butte & Anaconda, went to some antique places, ate way too much, sat in the hot tub a lot.

We took my wife's Honda so we didn't do much outdoor stuff but we did drive up and see the Comet ghost town. Super cool place...there are a lot of buildings still standing. Most of the equipment in the mill was gone but they left a couple of cages from the mine and a ball mill - I can't believe that was still there. There is another mine across the road that was just totally amazing... the hoist, headframe and ore bin were still intact and the cage is still hanging at the top of the shaft. You could almost add a boiler, put steam to the hoist and run it... crazy.

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Also saw a huge herd of elk running across the highway - I'm guessing 200+ of them, I couldn't zoom in far enough to get a clear picture once we got up close but it was really cool to see that.

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You were about 30 miles south of me when you were in Comet.
Those elk were just outside of Boulder, weren't they? If it is where I think it is, they are all on private ground and the owners do not allow hunting.

 

[Shran]

You were about 30 miles south of me when you were in Comet.
Those elk were just outside of Boulder, weren't they? If it is where I think it is, they are all on private ground and the owners do not allow hunting.

We saw them right after getting off I-90 at the first Anaconda exit, they ran across the highway and were headed south. I’ve seen some fairly large heards around here but nothing like that!!!

 

[scotts90ranger]

So far after I got home we took a load of firewood in the '97 from the back shed to the front porch, should be enough for a couple weeks, lows are only supposed to be in the high 30's so not too bad but wood for primary heating does take some wood no matter what...

 

[97RangerXLT]

My wife has this thing for clocks... yes I said clocks.

1000 sqft house... 10 clocks.

It's fall back tonight... so I changed batteries in the smoke alarms and set all the clocks.

Any cool old ones? below is my collection. first one is pretty much a parts clock, the cabinet is in horrible shape. does have the key and all the mechanicals though. Second one is an Ansonia kitchen clock that was a wedding gift to my great grandparents in 1914. has all parts and key. cabinet is in beautiful shape. Need to clean it, it is a bit gummed up from sitting. Third is a 10 dollar yard sale find. works, and has key and most parts, looks like there is a missing decorative medalion from the pendulum. 4th belonged to my grandparents, it is a 400 day clock. kind of neat how the little tape of metal puts torsion on the 4 ball pendulum to spin it back and forth. I always loved watching it as a kid. needs some work, but has all the parts including the dome and key (which is not pictured) 5th one is a modern wind up clock that was given to us. needs some adjustment but looks great and has all parts and key. 6th, thrift store find for 25 bucks, Ingraham Mantle clock researched and it was probably made in the 1920s. missing the key and pendulum bob. have not got around to ordering them to see if it works or not.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Yesterday I took a couple pics to give you guys an idea of what we deal with over here for woods and logging roads... First is a nearly average logging road... Then the second is a skidder road I was walking down, hard to tell angle but it's like a 30 degree slope and again a more open spot than most hence where I was walking...

 

[Rick W]

Not what I did, it just plopped in my lap

I live in a pretty nice subdivision on the edge of the city, not bragging, just important to the story.. The difference between Atlanta and New York/New Jersey, where I came from, is New York is in the middle of a whole bunch of other big cities, so if you go out in the middle of the country, people still have a kind of city attitude.

Atlanta is the opposite. It’s big city with hundreds of miles of country all around it. You can take the folks out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the folks.

The church owns the little house across the street from me. They’re sprucing it up, and they’re going to redo the landscaping. So they brought in the lawn mowers…

I can’t ever remember the neighbors bringing in a half a dozen goats when I lived up north…:

 

[pjtoledo]

goats also eat poison ivy with no ill effects. is the property over grown?