Hem
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One of those trips. No fish, havent heard a gobble.
Not done yet, two more days, but not looking good.
Not done yet, two more days, but not looking good.
Sunday Pic of the Day
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BAKPAKR
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Where would a turkey roost?
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SilentBirdHunter
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That old winter coat must itch.
BAKPAKR
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Those are awesome photos but that sure is that ram’s “bad side.” He looks like he is related to Sid from Ice Age.
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Great pic!
Redmt
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A friend in Virginia just got bit by a Copper Head.
Redmt
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Our Elk herds are gathering up a little. They are a couple miles out.
At least you know you got bit when a snake bites you. That is some bad stuff there and hope he heals up well and quickly.
Have a couple friends who have been bitten by brown recluse and had a lot of problems because it took so long for Dr's to figure out what was wrong and the cause.
Redmt
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He working on his 9 lives. He was burned over 90% of his body in our wildfire in 2020. He spent 3 months in a coma and wasn't expected to live. He beat the odds.
The dust bowl all over again, there used to be wind rows out here that helped prevent this. Now everything has been cut down, logged, and sprayed that has made this land less productive.
Used to be all swamp before my time with huge trees.
Used to be all swamp before my time with huge trees.
They been doing that sh¡t in eastern SD taking out tree belts that were put in with the Great Plains Shelterbelt program that started after the dust bowl.
I drove though about 15 minutes of 1/2 mile visibility yesterday on 90 from all the blowing topsoil from farmers plowing and planting in 40+ mph winds.
Sometime common sense ain’t too common.
Nick87
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Yup a fence line or tree line is a thing of the past here.
Why do you think that is? Are they really gaining anything production wise? I grew up in North Central Indiana farm country. Wonder if it’s looking the same.
Nick87
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One tree line probably not. Do that over a few thousand acres. Probably adds up.
Tree lines do make the adjacent field lose yield for maybe 25' along the trees from shade and roots but probably the biggest thing is maintenance from trees falling and limbs that takes time to clean up.
But it has destroyed the quail population here, every ditch is mowed now and sprayed so no cover for anything anymore. Farmers used to leave a buffer next to ditches to help prevent erosion and runoff. Not anymore and now they complain about the bridges washing out.
My dad said before they logged out the dismal swamp for that farmland in those picks that the rainfall was more predictive, and also cooler around here. Now there are more droughts here but the areas that still have swamps north and south get more consistent rain.
