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    The hero we don’t deserve

    Met Sweaddy Teddy in Canada the last yr they allowed spring Ontario bear hunts. It was also a fly out base for fishing camps besides the bear hunts. We were just waiting for our second group of guys to get flown back before driving home. Uncle Ted was riding copilot in the "honey wagon"...
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    Uncatagorized.....things we see....

    ^^^ that seems strange that after time the rodent population would not rebound some. They are prolific little buggers. You must not have much for hawks and other birds of prey either with not much to feed them. But see the tree protection need more of an up north mid winter thing. Don't think...
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    Stock Market is the bottom in?

    Yes we all have our moments. I could have posted that I added to my Suncor position within one day of its lowest price in the last 20+ yrs. But was a small addition and in total my energy stocks have returned much less than simple SP500 index funds. Well hard to admit but WAY less.
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    Stock Market is the bottom in?

    I just went in and typed EXACTLY what I typed in last night for a question and got another summary totally different and yes totally, totally wrong.
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    Stock Market is the bottom in?

    BTW, one really needs to look close at what AI is telling you. Really surprised that it gives rather inconsistent and some total bogus summary about XOM stock price for 2011 period when I made my initial purchase. What was the average price for XOM in 2011? What was the high low price in 2011...
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    Stock Market is the bottom in?

    Sure couple points though. Total return above assumes dividend reinvestment immediately in new shares instead of taking the dividends as cash. Some folks may have taken as cash instead. Of course that cash should also be rolled into a return figure BUT I chose not to do that in my posting. WHY...
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    Stock Market is the bottom in?

    If you had bought XOM almost 15 yrs ago you would not even doubled your money, only a 50% uptick before dividends. Ask me how I know 🤣 Lotta luck and timing in this market thing. Note the S&P 500 returned about 4.5x over that long period. Best to be boring and stick to a broad index fund
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    Excavator

    If you Google diesel therapy you get a completely different perspective. Guess guys sent to the big house look at it differently. I like our kind of diesel therapy tho also
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    How old is that bur oak?

    A bit humbling when you find some of these gnarly old relics. Was on a property where the land owner had some white cedars were aged over 400 yrs old. Some of the really old ones over 1000 yrs old are not that impressive as they grow out of basically rocky cliff faces. Nutrients so poor they...
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    Later to Leaf out / later to bloom Apples.

    Interesting that a number of years ago was always Enterprise, Freedom, and Liberty mentioned as the cool kids on the block for people/wildlife apples. Don't see Freedom mentioned much at all last 5 yrs. Been bumped by Galarina in most postings. Just wondering why Freedom kicked to the curb...
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    Morels 2025

    No morels here and have only found a scattered few in the last 20 yrs but the wild ramps are back up and looking good. Some areas have seemed to expanded a bit. Plan for ramp and tater soup later this week if I get back up there. There is a 40 acre sugar bush just down the road that has been...
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    Wetland Planting??

    Not saying alders are preferred but they will grow in very wet spots that dogwood won't. Willows and alders are what I see make it in the quagmire, mucky, loonshit marshy area I've duck hunted in the past. Otherwise a sea of grass and reeds with open water. Not talking swamp, that has patches of...
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    Wetland Planting??

    Do you have any spots with trees now or all marsh grass and sedges? True marshy stuff is tough but best bet willows and tag alders can grow on clumpy high spots. Forget all the prairie grasses, ain't gonna happen. Woods for us along a big marshy area are silver maple and unfortunately a lot of...
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    Too late for a 2nd Take?

    Yep now is a good time Barndog in WI. Did some topwork over the weekend and bark slipped very easily. And no bug clouds yet either. Now ticks....well tis the season
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    Apples vs crabapples?

    Agree with others that available times vs volume is bigger priority. I find it's easier to find late hanging crabs that last well into mid to late winter then regular apples that can hang so long. During heavy snow years only late hanging fruit, corn, and browse are above the snow for easy...
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