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Can you give me the details on your wood duck houses. If I'm going to make bluebird boxes, I may as well build some woodie houses. Can I just mount them in trees along a creek or river in the forest?

How do you mount them, other than facing east? Are they on field edges? Mounted on t-posts? How high off the ground? I think I'll go ahead and build a few this summer. My parents have taken to feeding and watching birds in the winter. I'd like to put winterberry and beautyberry shrubs...

You make some really good points. And if you move to avoid a million bucks in taxes, you're not stuck at your new residence. You can still move around freely, and you can move somewhere else once you've fulfilled your legal residence obligation. And no one goes back and judges your motives...

If you have some big land transactions coming up, I really recommend looking into the tax implications. Our laws are pretty good about providing loopholes.

Sweet deal. I ran a Spypoint until it died. It was a great camera for 4 or 5 years. The Gardepro deals seem to have dried up, so I'll give these new Spypoints a chance. Gardepro does have a cellular model on Amazon for $40. I'll read up on the model, but it might be time for me to give...

Interesting. There are some skunks around, so that makes sense. i was able to find a picture on my other phone:

Same here. Fancy website, but my results were unimpressive. I'm done buying from them.

My understanding is he's saying that is a false dichotomy, and both factors are important. Generations of proper herd management yields a herd with superior genetics and superior health and fitness, and the offspring of Baker's does are likely to have superior genetics compared to those of deer...

Yes, well, I'm outside the US, so timing is important to me. I'm not allowed to buy things and have someone else pick them up. I asked before,, and they said it's called a straw purchase, and it's very illegal. I need to physically be there to pick up my items. And shops don't want to hold...

If you have a self-directed IRA, you can buy land inside your portfolio and not have to pay income tax. If you're a land guy, set up and IRA and use it to buy land. It also helps protect it.

I agree. That's why I'm exploring other options. A safari sling holds the rifle upright and ready to pull up for a shot. A British/Australian style stalker sling seems awesome for keeping my rifle secure when I need my hands free. It stays right up next to the pack and doesn't flop around or...

I have a Vortex 10 power that I got maybe 3 years ago. They were on sale when I needed new binoculars, and lifetime guarantee sealed the deal. I used to have Nikon Pro Staff 5 or 7, one step below the Monarch, but they are junk, so I've written off all of Nikon's hunting products. For...

I'm guessing most of it was electronic.

They're easy to get rid of if you locate their nest. Last autumn a raccoon or something dug up a yellowjacket nest and ate some of them. It was only a few inches under the surface. I would just spray wasp and hornet killer down the hole in the evening or early morning. Dunzo.

No problem grafting onto them, but I wouldn't do anything drastic yet. Do you water or fertilize them? If not, try a little fertilizer and a lot of water this year, but don't use anything high in nitrogen. If you do fertilize them, hold off on it this year.