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  1. j-bird

    first turkey off my place

    My boy was able to get one over the weekend. I am not a turkey hunter....I have enough bad habits as it is. First turkey off of our place. We have been seeing more and more of them but after chasing for a few years...he finally tracked one down.
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    laser bore sight tools

    Has any of you had much luck/use with the laser bore sight tools out there? I got a new scope for my 22-250 and as such I have to change the rings and the like (tube changed from 1" to 30mm, and objective lens size increased as well). So that means having to re-zero the gun. With the...
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    Strutting tom

    This was a first for me. I have captured turkey before....but not in strut like this.
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    converting callary pear to something useful

    So now that the fruit trees are starting to bloom in my area, I think I have a handful of callary pears. Normally I would just cut them off - tree the stump with tordon and be done. BUT.... I am considering either trying to transplant and graft them or just graft them where they are. I...
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    Dec buck sequence

    I got this in december....I thought this was interesting.... https://studio.youtube.com/video/CjmTtey3o4U/edit https://studio.youtube.com/video/u8awEbs1Aa4/edit https://studio.youtube.com/video/ffkityUXPn0/edit https://studio.youtube.com/video/fJJ8DXj90GA/edit...
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    What is this

    Found this yesterday in a shaded flood plain on my place yesterday and was curious as to what it is. It is shrub size. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    shopping for tablet/laptop

    So I need some help. I am looking for a new laptop/tablet for the house. I need something simple, that works. It will mostly be used for monitoring e-mail and just typical internet surfing (hanging out with you all and facebook and the like). I'm not a gamer, or the like and I don't need...
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    oak tree is changing it's mind about what species it is!

    Anybody ever seen this before? I have an old and mature white oak on my place....one of the few....and I noticed today in a few places there seems to be a flush of new growth but the leaves look more like swamp white oak leaves....and NOT the typical white oak leaves it has elsewhere...
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    motivating fruit trees...

    I am sure I am not the only one here who has exchanged a few nasty words in trying to motivate fruit trees to produce! I will say that I must have really motivated a group of mine at some point. I know these in particular I have cursed, spit on, and yes even threatened with a chainsaw...
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    Tikka and CZ USA service

    Any of you all have any experience with CZUSA or Tikka service? My brother is looking into buying a rifle from one of these companies, but is concerned about service... I have no experience with either, so I am tapping into my extended resources...you all!
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    chestnut help

    So I have a plot where I planted 4 3 gallon dunstan chestnuts a few years back. Slowly but surely they have all died but one. They will get 8+ feet tall...one even just started to produce nuts...and then they decline quickly and die. I was told that one did due to root rot. So I am...
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    Best clearing saw blade???

    So I have been using the pi$$ out of my clearing saw the past 2 years (I mean literally acres of ground). They are wonderful tools for clearing briars, brambles, saplings and even small trees. I am looking at alternatives to the blades I use however. I have been using a "chisel point" wood...
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    Vacation activity suggestions for Western South Dakota?

    So it sounds like my folks, my brother and some of the kids are heading to Western SD in June for a vacation. Rushmore and Crazy horse are on the list, but not sure what all else there is to do in that area. We are flying in and renting a house (I assume in the Rapid City area). If some of...
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    I need info on top working apples

    So I am sure it has been discussed before, but I am going to ask any way. What advice and information do you all have regarding top working a fruit tree....crab apple/apple in particular? I have an ornamental crab the produces fine, but produces the real small fruit that only the birds seem...
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    Sam Bilhorn & whitetail partners out of WI

    Anyone familiar with Sam Bilhorn or Whitetail Partners consulting out of Wisconsin? I stumbled across him and was curious if anyone here has any knowledge/experience with him/them.
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    Towers for ground blinds

    I am sure this has been tried so I want to know what others have experienced... Because I am cheap....I am considering building wooden towers and putting soft sided ground blinds on them instead of building a more typical wood framed shooting house or commercially available hard sided blind...
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    Pant legs in or out....

    So I wear a pair of muck boots 99% of the time I deer hunt.... I was wondering...for those of us that use some sort of tall rubber type boot....do you pull your pant leg over the boot or do you tuck it inside your boot when hunting?? And do you have a conscious reason why?
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    Fishing finds

    Was cleaning out the garage today and found a few things from I'm guessing the 50's ~ 60's...... A "Falls City" minnow bucket, A older wooden "Jitter bug", a Tony Accetta spoon and a "hula popper" that still in the box, with the instructions and the trailer hook.... Only thing I even knew...
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    Cell boosters

    Looking for some advice/guidance on cell signal boosters I live in an area where if I get 2 bars of cell service I an doing good. I am looking into a cell signal booster to assist with this, but I am not an electronics type of person. Have any of you had experience with these or have and...
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    Carolla where no carolla has been before!

    Well it was an interesting day yesterday at my place. We have an old carolla that my daughter used to drive but we lost 4th and 5th gear in the manual trans so the car has sat for a while. After trying to sell it to even salvage yards for $300, it looks like it's headed to the scrap yard...
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