Get yourself a bottle of this and keep it nearby. I keep a little bottle in my tool box on my wheeler. When the biting flies act up, and hit my head, hat, and shoulders with this, and it keeps 'em off for a couple hours. It's also all natural. It smells pretty good too, maybe carry a piece. I thought for sure a bear was gonna come eat me smelling like that. Kooch put me onto this. Now I have multiple bottles around.I'm waiting for the temps to go down and the biting flies to go away.
Those are some lucky bears. That looks delicious!I got the bear bait done. Shut the grill down and I will let them cool down and then I need to shred them and pull the bones out for it to be legal bait. Gonna freeze one roast per bag and its just gonna be a little extra perk at my two bait stations.
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I'm going all in on finding some public land spots in MN this year. Last year was my first year for hunting public land and I was in way over my head. I've put on around 30 miles with the boots and another 9 miles with the kayak for scouting.For the first time ever, I'm running ahead of schedule getting ready for hunting. This weekend, after about 14 years, I'm finally going to put some effort into developing some public land bow hunting spots. I've found some in the past, now it's time to get serious about access and where to sit. Ideally, I'd like to have 2-4 ready to go, and each of those to be for a different wind condition. Been lots of rain the past week, I might get to see my newly reconstructed plots sprouted en masse finally. If I can get that stuff up and keep it green, it's going to be a hell of a season.
I've got a pretty good grasp on how deer move where I'm going to go. I just need to get over there and pick out a spot to sit, make sure I've got shot lanes, it aligns with common winds, and make sure I've got a clear path to walk in there, and preferably under cover. I don't want to be scraping brush and snapping twigs to get there. A little work with a steel rake and silky can go a long way towards silent and invisible access.I'm going all in on finding some public land spots in MN this year. Last year was my first year for hunting public land and I was in way over my head. I've put on around 30 miles with the boots and another 9 miles with the kayak for scouting.
When you say develop some public land spots, what do you mean?
Are you asking about inverter, or charge controller?nice solar system,what converter do you have?Mine has a fan that runs and uses my power.It is inside my metal building.I need to add another panel. What batteries do you have?I did put motion LED lights so if I'm in one end of building I don't have to have all the lights on
Got the new plot limed, sprayed and decided to plant brassicas in it. Local farm store had radish seed 5 lbs for $12. Thought I'd buy a bag and see if it grew there. Also mixed in some PTT and a small amount of red beets. Bought a 1/4 lb of beet seed a while ago at a local store and thought I'd throw it in the mix to see what happened.Lime and spray the new kill plot. I wanted to plant my brassicas this weekend but aside from a random thunderstorm Sunday, there isn't much rain in the forecast. I knew I should've planted 2 weeks ago when it was raining every other day. Still need to cut in two new deer trails and clear out the old ones. And I wanted to build my permanent blind. And I really need to get the bow out and start practicing. Too much to do. This should be my last year of major projects. Hopefully just have to tweak/maintain from now on.