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Most of our firebreaks that surround a clear-cut disk up fine. We like to divide our clear-cuts and alternate which half we burn so we don't remove all the cover at ones. So, we have breaks running through the middle of our clearcuts. I find these middle breaks somewhat problematic. They...

I knew it was eventually inevitable, but I finally got COVID. I'm fully vaccinated and boostered and have avoided it so far. I'm pretty sure i know what happened. I left for our retirement property early this week and had no contact with anyone until Thursday afternoon. I had a dental...

I've been reading the 350 Legend thread and enjoying it (https://habitat-talk.com/threads/350-legend.12854/). From what I understand, much of the interest in it and similar firearms is the regulation in some state like Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio. I don't hunt in any of those states, and I'm no...

Today was butchering day. We had 3 deer to butcher from this past week that have been hanging quartered in my reach-in cooler. We started about 9 AM and took an hour break for lunch. If finished about 7PM and are heading out to dinner. We still have clean-up to do. We put off making jerky...

Quite a few years ago, shortly after they came out I got a FLIR Scout PS32. It has been a Godsend for deer recovery. I also use it at the end of the day during archery season to make sure there are no deer around that I could spook before climbing down from my stand. The other application I...

Can any of you shroom guys ID these for me? Thanks, Jack

When I find something that works, I don't change just for the heck of it, especially when I comes to lost deer. For years, when hunting with my compound, I was shooting fold back style broadheads. I quickly stop using 2 blade style. I found the I need 3 blades because with two blades, you...

I had a successful hunt on Monday and saw nothing yesterday. I'm kicking myself for tonight. I was hunting in hardwoods littered with white oak acorns. I had a pair of does come in that I saw a long way off. So, I was ready for her and well positioned when she came it. The lead doe came...

Well, at least for me. Our archery season starts on Saturday, but with hurricane remnants coming through, they are calling for 90%+ chance of rain on Sat and Sun. It drops to 40% on Monday, so that may be my first hunt. I simply won't bow hunt in the rain. With a gun, I can limit my shot...

Has anyone seen any radio collar research on how these relate? In general, radio collar work with bucks show home ranges vary with habitat but 1,000 acres is a good average proxy. There are excursions from these home ranges that can be quite far from time to time. Of course during the rut...

As I'm preparing for retirement, I'm hoping to do some more range work, especially with my new smokeless muzzleloader: https://habitat-talk.com/threads/journey-to-stop-smoking.13254/. With the little bit of range work that I've done with this gun so far, I've been getting some somewhat...

The last few days things seem to be slow when trying to post. No slowdown in searches or scrolling through posts, just posting. I anyone else seeing this? Thanks, Jack

I've never really done much cement work other than posts and small repairs. I recently decided to reorganize a few things around camp including the herbicide locker. My herbicide locker is an old reach-in cooler box that is 3-door 7' wide x 3' deep. It was not worth fixing, so I saved the box...

Just a warning to check your expiration date. I know each state is different. I just checked mine and it expires May 5th. Here in VA, you have to apply 45 days before the expiration date to use the renewal process. So, it look like I've got to jump through the hoops of an initial application.

I've been working on building a driveway and parking area at my new home. The driveway is 1/4 mile or so. I've been using my 35g with a grading bucket to crown or slope the road at about 3 degrees. We have pretty heavy clay soil. It all drains pretty well now. I think it is ready to surface...

It has been a while since I limed so I took some soil samples last week and sent them off to VT. I talked to my neighbor who is a beginning small commercial farmer and he said he was having a hard time finding lime. We have several local quarries. He said they had shut down in Dec. He was...

Many years ago, soon after I started processing my own deer, I started to acquire processing tools. My first vacuum seal machine was one of the inexpensive, bag outside the machine, models. There were several things I didn't like about this design and the quality of the first unit I got. The...

. I got in the stand about 1530 and made a few soft turkey calls about 1600. About 1650 I saw hens heading into the field. I was hoping gobblers would follow again, but no such luck. One of the hens had a beard. Some biologists think bearded hens make good moms and are productive, so I wasn't...

I have a buddy who is a great turkey hunter. Much of his hunting has been on a military base that has a prioritized checkout system. His status often made it difficult for him to get a pass in a gun area, so he took up crossbow hunting for turkey and became quite proficient at it. The...

This spring I planted a mix of sunn hemp and buckwheat. The deer jumped on the sunn hump quickly so it was think enough for the buckwheat to dominate this year. The buckwheat was about 3' tall when it flowered and went to seed. In late August, I planted my fall mix. It consisted of WR, CC...